Go Fish

Twenty-four-year old Chicago hoodlum Richard Fishman was suspected in three murders, including that of another small timer named Herman Horwitz.

Around the beginning of November 1931 Fishman entered a cigar store and made his way to the gambling parlor located in the rear. Once inside, he stated to all there, "From now on, I'm the boss around here." To drive the point home he pulled out his pistol and fired three shots into the floor.

A week later on November 7, Fishman was in the parlor shooting dice with another guy when a "tall, heavy set man." walked in and did some shooting of his own. When the smoke cleared, a gambler was wounded but Fishman was dead. He was no longer boss around there.

Richard Fishman

Go Fish

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On this date in 1931, small time hoodlum Richard Fishman was gunned down in a gambling joint located in the rear room of a cigar store. The 24-year-old gunman was suspected in three murders, including that of another small timer named Herman Horwitz,

A week prior to the shooting Fishman had entered the gambling parlor and stated to all there, "From now on, I'm the boss around here." and to make his point, he pulled out a gun and fired three shots into the floor.

Fishman came back to the gambling room and was shooting dice with another guy when a "tall, heavy set man" entered and opened fire; killing Fishman instantly and wounding another gambler.

Richard Fishman

Cohen may have been Lucky, Fishman, not so much

On this date back in 1932 gangster Richard Fishman, said to have three notches on his shooting iron, was standing in the front parlor of Lucky Cohen's Chicago gambling joint, which doubled as a cigar store. Just as regular joe Jack Magdal entered, to either buy a cigar or gamble, a burst of machine-gun fire spat forth and Fishman dropped dead while Magdal fell with a bullet in the arm. I suspect his stogie was on the house.