In October 1935, the gangster known as Dutch Schultz was shot to death at the Palace Chophouse on East Park Street in Newark. The killing took place around the corner from where WBGO is now located. Two members of Murder, Inc., the notorious mob hit squad were the triggermen. A just-published memoir chronicles one Bronx family’s ties to one of the hitmen and the world of Jewish mobsters.
WBGO’s Jon Kalish has the story…
