Mobster, whose real name was Arthur Flegenheimer, (1902–1935) who made his fortune in bootlegging and the numbers racket. After two tax evasion trials against him by Thomas Dewey, Schultz saught permission to kill Dewey, which the Commission declined. After Schultz disobeyed the Commission and attempted to carry out the hit, they ordered his assassination. Original 1934 wanted poster, issued for Schultz and Henry Margolis by the US Treasury Department, one page, 8.5 x 14. Poster states Schultz, using his real name Arthur Flegenheimer, is wanted for “Violation of Federal Income Tax Law,” and features his ten fingerprints, mug shots, physical information, and his known aliases. Instructions at the bottom state, “If located, arrest and hold as a fugitive from justice.” In very good condition, with a central horizontal fold, light pencil marks throughout, paper loss to left edge, and a vertical mounting remnant to reverse of left edge.
