Owney Madden

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Owney Madden was a notorious early 20th-century New York City gangster and bootlegger who controlled the famed Cotton Club during Prohibition.

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instanceOf gangster
organized crime figure
activity bootlegging
homicide
labor racketeering
racketeering
activityInLaterLife hotel ownership in Hot Springs
alias Owney Madden NERFINISHED
The Killer NERFINISHED
associatedWithOrganization Gophers gang NERFINISHED
New York City underworld
associatedWithPerson Dutch Schultz NERFINISHED
Frank Costello NERFINISHED
Lucky Luciano NERFINISHED
birthDate 1891-12-18
birthPlace Leeds, England NERFINISHED
businessInterest Cotton Club NERFINISHED
nightclubs
speakeasies
controlled Cotton Club NERFINISHED
controlledTerritory Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan NERFINISHED
convictedOf murder
criminalCharge murder
deathDate 1965-04-24
deathPlace Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States NERFINISHED
era early 20th century
ethnicity Irish
fullName Owen Vincent Madden NERFINISHED
grewUpIn Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City NERFINISHED
immigratedTo United States NERFINISHED
immigrationDestination New York City NERFINISHED
involvedIn bootleg beer distribution in New York City
knownFor bootleg beer rackets in New York City
violent enforcement tactics
laterResidence Hot Springs, Arkansas NERFINISHED
nationality American
British
notableFor control of the Cotton Club
role in New York City organized crime during Prohibition
operatedDuringPeriod Prohibition era NERFINISHED
parentalOrigin Irish parents
releasedFromPrisonYear 1923
servedPrisonTimeAt Sing Sing prison NERFINISHED
usedFrontBusiness nightclubs
taxi companies

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The Cotton Club featuresCharacter Owney Madden