Thomas "Fat" or "Fatty" Walsh (died March 7, 1929)
was a New York mobster involved in narcotics and an associate of
Dutch Schultz
Dutch Schultz (born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer; August 6, 1901October 24, 1935) was an American mobster based in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. He made his fortune in organized crime-related activities, including bootlegging and the n ...
and
Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Charles "Lucky" Luciano ( ; ; born Salvatore Lucania ; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian gangster who operated mainly in the United States. He started his criminal career in the Five Points Gang and was instrumental in the ...
. He was taken in for questioning along with Luciano and
George Uffner regarding the 1928 gangland slaying of
Arnold Rothstein
Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 – November 6, 1928), nicknamed "The Brain", was an American racketeer, crime boss, businessman, and gambler who became a kingpin of the Jewish Mob in New York City. Rothstein was widely reputed to have orga ...
, of whom he was a former bodyguard with
Jack "Legs" Diamond, however he and the others were later released. He was later killed at the
Miami Biltmore Hotel
The Miami Biltmore Hotel, commonly called The Biltmore Hotel or The Biltmore, is a luxury hotel in Coral Gables, Florida. The hotel was designed by Schultze and Weaver and built in 1926 by John McEntee Bowman and George Merrick as part of the B ...
in
Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida and is located southwest of Greater Downtown Miami, Downtown Miami. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ...
during a gambling dispute on March 4, 1929.
It has been claimed that his ghost haunts the hotel elevator, doors opening and closing and lights blinking on and off.
Biltmore has the biggest pool, tallest tales
t www.palmbeachpost.com
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