- Thomas Walsh (mobster)
Thomas "Fatty" Walsh (d.
September 7 ,1929 ) was a New York mobster involved in narcotics and an associate ofDutch Schultz and Charles "Lucky" Luciano. He was taken in for questioning along with Luciano andGeorge Uffner regarding the 1928 gangland slaying ofArnold Rothstein , of whom he was a former bodyguard with Jack "Legs" Diamond, however he and the others were later released. He was later killed at theMiami Biltmore Hotel inCoral Gables, Florida [http://www.onewal.com/kefp2.html] during a gambling dispute on September 7, 1929.It has been claimed that his ghost haunts the hotel elevator, from which reports of doors opening and closing and lights blinking on and off, [ [http://www.leftfield-psi.net/ghosts/haunted_places/usa_f.html Leftfield-psi.net ] at www.leftfield-psi.net] as well as the 13th floor on which he was killed. [ [http://www.palmbeachpost.com/getaways/content/entertainment/getaways/bandb/south_biltmore.html Biltmore has the biggest pool, tallest tales ] at www.palmbeachpost.com]
References
*English, T.J. "Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster". New York: HarperCollins, 2005. ISBN 0-06-059002-5
External links
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737586,00.html TIME.com: Obituaries] , Mar. 18, 1929
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