Oct 24, 2005 schultz s famous last words, influenced by a high fever and large quantities of morphine, were a delirious stream of consciousness babble. A fiction in the form of a film script burroughs, william s. He made his fortune through organized crime including bootlegging and the numbers racket. The dutchman, was born arthur flegenheimer to a german jewish family in the bronx. Deathbed delirium of dutch schultz by abbott on october 24, 1935, in the last few hours of his life, the gangster arthur flegenheimer a. There is a line of dutch schultzs last words that has gained my attention for narrowing down possible locations. Jun 8, 2011 poets come in all sorts of guises from misanthropic librarians to paranoid megalomaniacs. This was in turn taken from the dying words of notorious gangster. A fiction in the form of a film script by william s. Many treasure hunters believe dutch schultz buried his treasure in phoenicia, new york, in the catskills region and continue to search for it to this day. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
In wilsons and sheas story, schultzs ramblings are a coded message. The last words of dutch schultz with had the intriguing subtitle a fiction in. June 21, 2017 dutch schultzs lost treasure dutch schultz, born authur flaegenheimer, was a notorious gangster in the 1920s in the prohibition era. Burroughs 1975, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. The last words of dutch schultz by burroughs abebooks. He was a mobster phenomenon who rose to the top of the ranks by age 25. Dutch schultz, whose given name was arthur flegenheimer august 6, 1901 october 24, 1935, was a new york cityarea jewish gangster of the 1920s and 30s. Utilizing these peculiar last words, burroughs has crafted his own vision of dutch schultz. Attorney, dutch was shot on 23 october 1935 at the palace chop house in newark, new jersey, by order of the mafia and died the following day. August 6, 1902 october 24, 1935 was a new york cityarea german jewishamerican mobster of the 1920s and 1930s who made his fortune in organized crimerelated activities, including bootlegging and the numbers racket. Burroughs and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. William s burroughs that is what caused the trouble. Another is that he inadvertently point out the limits of art, the borderlands beyond which lies madness. To prevent his unauthorized planned murder of prosecutor thomas dewey, a u.
By receiving last rites despite his being jewish, schultz was guaranteed interment in gate of heaven cemetery in hawthorne in westchester county, new york, although at the request of his orthodox jewish mother, schultzs body was draped with a traditional jewish prayer shawl, the talit. A fiction in the form of a film script pdf file isbn. In 2003, dutch filmmaker gerrit van dijk used schultzs last words as the basis for an animated film, intercut with tvstyle liveaction dramatizations of the palace chop house shooting. Dutchs surrealistic, joycean streamofconsciousness ramblings are reproduced in full and sann explores the meaning of the poetic jumble of his last words. August 6, 1901 october 24, 1935 was a new york cityarea jewishamerican mobster of the 1920s and 1930s who made his fortune in organized crimerelated activities, including bootlegging and the numbers racket. Lyrics for this song were taken from the last words of dutch schultz, a novel in the form of a screenplay by william s burroughs. The last words of dutch schultz prop thtr no sense in speculating why, but it seems as if this years theatrical trend in chicago is the dramatization of novels, such as the pointless little. Aug 02, 2019 arthur flegenheimer, who will go on to become one of new yorks most feared criminals under the name dutch schultz, is born in the bronx.
Oct 19, 20 the tale of dutch schultzs lost treasure takes one into the heart of the catskills and into the small community of phoenicia. Deathbed delirium of dutch schultz at ask trapper, topic. August 6, 1902 october 24, 1935 was an american mobster. Words of dutch schultz, published by the atlantic monthly in 1969 under the same title, burroughs.
I am a pretty good pretzeler sic, please crack down on the chinamans friends and hitlers commander, and his most majestic utterance, mother is the best bet and dont. Burroughs published a screenplay in novel form entitled the last words of dutch schultz in the early 1970s, while robert shea and robert anton wilson connected schultzs words to a global illuminatirelated conspiracy, making them a major part of 1975s the illuminatus. Dutch muttered a few thousand words of fragmented eccentricity before his final incoherent mumbles, and then he was dead. The syndicate bigwigs deny him permission to make the hit but the dutchman proceeds with his plans anyway. Where can i find the entire text of dutch schultzs last.
The algebra of need, eric mottram writes that in this work, dutch schultz s mob, the federal governments power move in a continuous sphere of action within the monologue of the dying gangster, a deathbed. On this day in 1935 arthur flegenheimer who was better known as dutch schultz died from gunshot wounds received 22 hours beforehand. Born in the bronx, schultz took his alias from an oldtime bronx gangster and advanced from burglaries to bootlegging, ownership of breweries and speakeasies, and policy rackets in the. The last words of dutch schultz, a film by gerrit van dijk. As the life leaked out of him through multiple gunshot wounds, dutchbabbled, ranted and raved to the policemen in his room at newarkcity hospitalnew jersey. In 1969, burroughs offered up to readers what i think is a neglected masterpiece. Includes transcript of the last words of dutch schultz. The last words of dutch schultz is a closet screenplay by beat generation author william s. Laid out as a strippeddown movie script its almost as if this is the form that burroughs has always neededan enforced brevity which keeps the poetry of banality weary evil from becoming unendurably tiresome. The notes covered a period from about 4 oclock thursday afternoon until schultz died. Schultzs last words, a streamofconsciousness ramble on his hospital death bed, was fully transcribed by a police stenographer. Burroughs wrote the last words of dutch schultz based on the deathbed transcripts. Be the first to ask a question about the last words of dutch schultz. The last words of the gangster dutch schultz form the starting point for this animated documentary.
The event so traumatized schultz, that throughout his life he denied his father left the family. When he was 14 years old his father abandoned the family. And looking into what schultz spoke, even as he was in a delirious fit before dying, might provide some ideas on where to look in phoenicia. On october 23 rd, 1935, dutch schultz, who was a major player in organized crime, was gunned down at the palace chop house in newark, new jersey. As he lay dying from bullet wounds on a hospital bed, schultz uttered strange thoughts that were incomprehensible to the. Born in the bronx, he made his fortune in bootlegging illegal alcohol and the numbers racket in harlem. While it was the end of dutch schultz, man and criminal, we may never see the end of dutch schultz, the legend. Kill the dutchman the story of dutch schultz book pdf, epub. Rutger hauer, schultzs voice in the short, gives a surprisingly understated performance. Dutch schultz, born arthur flegenheimer to german immigrant jews in 1902, grew up in the slums of the bronx. The lost treasure of dutch schultz mysterious writings. Facing two tax evasion charges, shultz asked for permission to kill the prosecutor thomas dewey which was denied.
Within a few years, dutch schultz was one of the biggest gangsters in new york, employing as many as 100 gunmen to enforce his racketsone of whom, legs diamond, split from schultz and started. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Burroughss spare ass annie and other tales for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. The last words are a kind of demented aria, full of unconscious gutter poetry a boy has never wept or dashed a thousand kimwhat are kim. Using found footage everything from 1930s era travelogues, fbi training films, silents, newsreels, television serials, to golden era 1930 hollywood films the film takes place entirely within the mind of the dying gangster. The last words of dutch schultz this is insane william. Dutch schultz, american gangster of the 1920s and 30s who ran bootlegging and other rackets in new york city. Burroughs, first published in 1970 based upon the life or, to be more precise, the. Jun 16, 2015 and looking into what schultz spoke, even as he was in a delirious fit before dying, might provide some ideas on where to look in phoenicia.
Dutch shultz, born arthur flegenheimer, was a notorious mobster in the new york area in the 1920s and 30s. Based upon the life or, to be more precise, the death of 1930s german jewishamerican gangster dutch schultz, the novel uses as its springboard schultzs surreal last words. The filmfiction however links up much of their weird outflow with incidents from dutchs career and childhood, and theres a surprising aptness to burroughs interpretative guesses. Jul 25, 2018 provided to youtube by universal music group the last words of dutch schultz this is insane william s. Taking these last words as his starting point, burroughs has created his own fantasy of dutch schultz, casting his fiction in the form of a film script. Even by the standards of the time, he was a piece of work. When a rival gangster joe rock objected to him muscling in on his territory, schultz had him kidnapped, hung from a. People throw around the word sociopath a lot these days, but dutch schultz was a man who could commit murder just as casually as if he. During that period he was delirious most of the time, but lucid at intervals. In his important early critical study of wsb, william burroughs. The last words of dutch schultz this is insane youtube. After getting mortally wounded, notorious gangster dutch schultz communicates his final words to police stenographers at his bedside. The last words of dutch schultz is comprised verbatim from the deathbed transcripts of the gangster dutch schultz.
The last words of dutch schultz with had the intriguing subtitle a fiction in the form of a film script. Dutch schultzs mob, the federal governments power move in a continuous sphere of action within the monologue of the dying gangster, a deathbed. The last words of dutch schultz the new york times. Burroughs published a screenplay in novel form titled the last words of dutch schultz in the early 1970s, while robert shea and robert anton wilson connected schultzs words to a global illuminatirelated conspiracy, making them a major part of 1975s the illuminatus.
Watch the video for the last words of dutch schultz this is insane from william s. Profile for dutch schultz from the last words of dutch. Van goghs ear ii the last words of dutch schultz mafia. Doctorows billy bathgate, is loosely based on the last few months of schultz s life. Doctorows interpretation of the words french canadian bean soup is of so much importance to the plot of that. The lawless years episode 05 the dutch schultz story. William s burroughs before he was gunned down in the palace chop house in newark, nj, october 1935, arthur flegenheimer, alias dutch schultz, was generally considered new yorks number one racketeer. Feb 06, 2014 gerrit van dijks combination of liveaction sequences and rotoscoped animation is tangentially related to william burroughs, it being burroughs who popularised the deathbed ramblings of new york gangster arthur dutch schulz flegenheimer with a fiction in the form of a film script also entitled the last words of dutch schultz 1970. Weakened by two tax evasion trials led by prosecutor thomas dewey, schultzs rackets were also threatened by fellow mobster lucky luciano.
How burroughs plays with the brain, or ritornellos. The last words of dutch schultz turns out to be a straightforward, skillful piece of work for the movies, a good old. The last words of dutch schultz project gutenberg self. This document has been made available through purdue epubs, a service of the purdue university. Kill the dutchman the story of dutch schultz book pdf. William s burroughs 04 the last words of dutch schultz. Of this edition 100 copies have been numbered and signed by the author.
William s burroughs 04 the last words of dutch schultz this is insane gathersound. A fiction in the form of a film script paperback april 15, 1993 on. The last words of dutch schultz, the cartoon dangerous minds. This article is going to look at some of the other last words of dutch schultz which might offer more support for the treasure to be hidden near phoenicia, new york. Poets come in all sorts of guises from misanthropic librarians to paranoid megalomaniacs. The last words of dutch schultz and his hidden treasure. Shultz had created and empire from smuggling alcohol, narcotics, numbers racketeering, and protection by the early.
On this day in 1935 dutch schultz was killed aged 33 the ncs. Here, spoken by rutger hauer, they accompany the sober, pencil drawn animation based on traced. Statements made by arthur dutch schultz flegenheimer were taken down by a newark police stenographer, f. A few nights ago when i couldnt really sleep i somehow got started on a wikipedia bender where i think i somehow traced the history of organized crime and the mafia in america and sicily note. Do the last words of dutch schultz give clues to his.
In 1935, mobster dutch schultz was using the bathroom at the palace chophouse in new york when charles charlie the bug workman walked into the back room and shot dead three of schultz s associates. Yet, by the time he was gunned down in late 1935, dutch schultz had become. Dutch schultz, the gangster who left behind a buried treasure. Based in new york city in the 1920s and 1930s, he made his fortune in organized crimerelated activities, including bootlegging and the numbers racket. The format forces a certain narrative tautness on him. Soon after his fathers departure, schultz left school. Aug 04, 2009 the beat writer william s burroughs based a rambling script on the gangsters last words, appropriately titled the last words of dutch schultz 10. Dutch schultz born arthur simon flegenheimer, 6 august 1901 was a mobster of the 1920s and 30s in the area of new york city, and a rival of lucky luciano. Attorney, dutch was shot on 23 october 1935 at the palace chop.
During that period he was delirious most of the time, but had lucid intervals. His father was a saloonkeeper who abandoned the family at 14, never to be heard from again. The search for the lost treasure of dutch schultz visit. Schultzs assassin used rusty bullets to insure dutchs death if the shooting itself didnt kill him. Phoenicia has been a popular search area for the lost treasure of dutch schultz. When a rival gangster joe rock objected to him muscling in on his territory, schultz had him kidnapped, hung from a meathook and tortured. He, more than likely, thought writers were all cunts. The mountainous region, only a couple hours from new york city, is now a popular place for tourists to enjoy lots of outdoor activities. Burroughs 1993, paperback, reprint at the best online prices at ebay. This film is a sendup of the cheap american pulp magazines of the early twentieth century.
In 1935, mobster dutch schultz was using the bathroom at the palace chophouse in new york when charles charlie the bug workman walked into the back room and shot dead three of schultzs associates. Few were as unlikely or unintentional as dutch schultz. Burroughs, first published in 1970 based upon the life or, to be more precise, the death of 1930s germanjewishamerican gangster dutch schultz, the novel uses as its springboard schultz s surreal last words, which were delivered in the midst of highfever delirium after being mortally shot while. This is burroughs most accessible, tightly knit work of fictiona gruesome, hallucinatory exposition of the dying words of prohibition mobster dutch schultz.
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