| 词条 | Dixie Davis |
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BiographyDavis was born in New York City in 1905 and grew up in Tannersville, New York after his father a tailor named Davidowitz relocated the family to the Catskills. Davis attended Syracuse University Law School, being admitted to the New York State Bar in 1927. He served a clerkship, then started his own firm in New York City specializing in defending mobsters. Many of Davis' clients were African-Americans involved in the numbers game in Harlem.[1] In 1932 he decided that he could take control and brought in Dutch Schultz as enforcer only to lose control to Schultz. With the murder of Schultz in 1935, Davis took over his numbers racket. On July 14, 1937 a grand jury indicted Davis for racketeering. In exchange for his cooperation, Davis was sentenced to one year in prison and was disbarred.[1] On December 31, 1969,[2] Dixie Davis died of a heart attack in his home in Bel-Air, California during a break-in. Two masked gunmen had bound his wife and grandson and had stolen jewels, furs and cash.[3] The character Tommy Farrell in the 1958 film Party Girl is loosely based on him. References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/rackets_3.html |title=Harlem Policy Rackets |accessdate=2011-11-15 |quote='Dixie' Davis, represented many of Harlem’s Black policy operators and had a strong influence over them. ... |publisher=TruTV |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323225416/http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/rackets_3.html |archivedate=2014-03-23 |df= }} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Dixie}}2. ^[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A1EFE3C5D137B93C3A9178AD85F448785F9] DIXIE DAVIS DIES; RACKETS LAWYER; Partner of Dutch Schultz Was Disbarred in 1937 3. ^1 2 {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Dixie Davis Dies. Rackets Lawyer. Partner of Dutch Schultz Was Disbarred in 1937 |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A1EFE3C5D137B93C3A9178AD85F448785F9 |quote= J. Richard (Dixie) Davis, former New York gangland lawyer, died of a heart attack in his home here yesterday, after learning that two masked gunmen had bound his wife and grandson and had stolen jewels, furs and cash. He was 65 years old. |agency=United Press International |work=The New York Times |date=January 1, 1970|accessdate=2007-07-21 }} 4 : 1905 births|1970 deaths|Syracuse University College of Law alumni|20th-century American lawyers |
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