Shock the Monkey

New York City -

Thirty-one-year-old Mortimer "Monkey" Schubert was a slot machine racketeer who was also involved in other nefarious pursuits, including, but not limited to kidnapping. He was an associate of gangster Gene Moran and was with him the night he was killed and set on fire.

Perhaps it was friends of Moran's or maybe those responsible for Moran's murder closing up lose ends but either way Monkey Schubert suffered a horrible demise. On the morning of November 14, 1929, a street cleaner admired a coupe parked on the street. Later in the day he noticed it was still there so began to look it over. He then noticed a pair of muddy shoes on the front seat. Looking closer he saw that the shoes were attached to a body.

Schubert had been tortured before having two bullets sent into his brain. An ear had been cut off, a large number of burns were found on his chest all the way up to his neck. In addition to another bullet wound in the arm, Monkey had been shot twice through the left cheek. It was determined that he had been dead for twenty-four hours.

Mortimer "Monkey" Schubert