Gangland Boston by Emily Sweeney

Author:Emily Sweeney
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781493030378
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2017-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

That night at the Cotton Club, Solomon rose from his seat and walked into the men’s room. The sound of gunshots suddenly echoed off the walls and bullets tore through Solomon’s arm, chest, and abdomen. He reportedly staggered out from the bathroom, clutching his bleeding wounds, and muttered, “Those dirty rats got me.” He was forty-six years old.

Michael Rocco, better known as “Mickey the Wiseguy,” was a top lieutenant of Solomon’s. At the time of Solomon’s murder, Rocco was still living with his parents in the “The Gothic” apartment building in the West End. Throughout the 1920s Rocco listed his occupation as a taxi driver, or chauffeur. In the 1930s he listed his occupation as a salesman. But in reality, Rocco was a jetsetter. He was reportedly in Florida when Solomon was killed, and he flew back to Boston when he heard the news. Commercial flight was still in its infancy back then, and an expensive mode of transport that only the wealthy could afford. Planes flew at low altitudes, so turbulence was common. Cabins weren’t pressurized back then, either. For Rocco, the trip home was probably a bumpy ride.

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