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Posted by Timothy Henderson on June 03, 2003 at 17:56:52:
On the Lamb New York Press Bronx Stroll I recently met with Patrick Lamb to discuss a legendary Jersey City gambling kingpin named "Newsboy" Moriarty. Lamb had read my In the early 60s, Newsboy Moriarty was known to keep a ton of cash on hand from his lucrative gambling racket. Back in the pre-Lotto "He had a bigger mob than the Mafia behind him," Lamb told me. "He had the Jersey City police force as his back-up." The end came for the Newsboy in 1962 when $2,400,000 was discovered in the trunk of his 1949 Plymouth, parked in a small garage. . . . For the complete piece, see the Link.
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