Charles Ruby Stein - The Mob's Biggest Shark

Very good….

Thanks, know the story but always hear something i did not know.
Jigs dropping dead at racetrack, perfect.

Thanks DP. Yes, "Ruby & Jiggs" was one hell of a mob saga.

It’s amazing how Ruby felt safe and comfortable around Coonan and his crazy crew, I would have thought him to be hanging in a higher social scene back then rather than Hells Kitchen.
That was a nut house neighborhood back then.

I agree with you. He probably thought of himself as an "untouchable" who they looked at in awe. Ruby figured he'd use their muscle as his personal collectors....He found out something about those whacked out fucks, but a bit too late to help him though.

I hung out down there for years, frequented the gold rush Rudy’s and of course O’Farrells on 10th Ave.

everything about coonan and his boys are spelled out in the book 'the westies"

Ruby Stein's life and career was a saga unto itself.

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