Dutch Voight
| Oscar "Dutch" Voigt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Oscar Ernest Voigt November 18, 1888 Brehnam, Texas |
| Died |
May 15, 1986 Galveston |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Known for | Mobster, Gang leader |
| Successor | Sam Maceo and Rosario Maceo |
| Partner(s) | Ollie Quinn |
Oscar Ernest "Dutch" Voigt was a German American gang leader in Galveston, Texas in the United States during the early 1900s. Voigt was called Dutch for Deutsch meaning German. He, with Ollie Quinn, led the Beach Gang, one of the two gangs which controlled most of the Galveston underworld until the mid-1920s. As the Prohibition era began his gang came to be one of the dominant forces in the Galveston liquor trade.
Voigt ushered in the modern era of gambling on the island when by establishing organized poker games in 1910.[1] He and Quinn soon ran games all over the city.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Nieman (2008), pg. 5.
References
- Cartwright, Gary (1998). Galveston: a history of the island. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 0-87565-190-9.
- Nieman, Robert (Fall 2008). "Galveston's Balinese Room" (PDF). Texas Ranger Dispatch (Texas Ranger Association Foundation) (27).
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