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Friday, October 16, 2015
Diamond's are not a Noe's best friend
Eighty-Seven-years ago this morning Legs Diamond had a meeting set up with his former proteges and current rivals, Joey Noe
& Dutch Schultz to exchange money for territory. Correctly assuming that
Diamond might try to pull some monkey business, Noe was wearing a bullet
proof vest while Dutch and possibly a few others took positions in some
nearby second story windows. As Noe approached the designated meeting
spot a blue Cadillac came speeding up from behind and a guy, Louis
Weinberg, opened fire on him. The assassin scored a lucky shot on Noe's
body where the vest wasn't covering and the Dutchman's partner went
down. Dutch, and any others, in hiding opened fire on the Cadillac,
which sped away. One of the bullets from above pierced the roof of the
Caddy and killed Weinberg. The car, with the dead man, was ditched on
the lower east side. Noe was taken to the hospital and questioned but
kept to the gangster code until dying about a month later.
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2 comments:
I don't recall, was Louis any relation to Bo Weinberg?
No. Or I should say, not that I am aware of.
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