The Mobster Who Owned Every Taxi on the Streets of Manhattan – HT
Brooklyn, New York, November 25th, 1933, 11:42 p.m. Alex “Red” Alpert walked through the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. He was 19 years old. He carried stolen jewelry in his coat pocket. He had approached Harry Strauss earlier that day about selling it. Strauss told him to come back later. Alpert turned the…
