Throughout history many gangsters, mobsters and wise men have left their mark on society. Names like Al Capone, "Lucky" Luciano and Albert Anastasia come to mind when looking back at the history of Cosa Nostra. However, one of the most interesting figures in the history of organized crime, Dutch Schultz, also left a lasting mark on history with his unorthodox style of crime. Dutch Schultz was born Arthur Flegenheimer, despite the nickname "Dutch" Arthur Flegenheimer was a German Jew. Flegenheimer was arrested early, at age 17, for burglary. He served on Blackwell's Island for a year and was released. After returning to his hometown, he asked to be called "Dutch Shultz", the nickname of a famous gangster from the late 1800s. Dutch Shultz quickly rose to power and became one of the most ruthless gangsters ever. Dutch Shultz had the Bronx all to himself in 1928, managing every aspect of it. The Dutch forced speakeasy owners to buy only contraband alcohol from him; those who refused were introduced to the dark side of Dutch. Shultz was a hot-tempered gangster who often lost his temper easily. A nightclub owner named Joe Rock discovered how ruthless Dutch was the hard way, Rock was beaten mercilessly by Dutch Shultz and his henchmen, then hung from a thumb hook. Schultz then tied a gauze bandage smeared with gonorrhea pus around Joe Rock's eyes and left him dangling in a warehouse. Shortly after the accident, Joe Rock went blind. From 1928 to 1933, Dutch and his gang were involved in many turf wars. When Jack "Legs" Diamond was thought to be hijacking Schultz's whiskey trucks, he came to be nicknamed Legs "the Clay Pigeon of the Underworld". By the press (due to the massive amount of bullets pumped into him) when asked about the murder, Schultz told reporters "Diamond was just another thug with his hands in my pockets." An Irish psychopath named Vincent Coll and his friends actually gave Dutch and his gang a run for their money, but never posed a serious threat. Shultz's men eventually killed Coll in a telephone booth. After Dutch Shultz controlled all of Harlem and the Bronx, he began to have problems with Lucky Luciano and the New York syndicate. The union was tired of Dutch monopolizing its territory, not sharing the profits, and only looking out for itself.