[A little backstory in the name of fairness; there's no evidence that Queenie ever was involved in bootlegging or speakeasy/club operations in Harlem. Illegal liquor was run by Owen Madden who was a lieutenant of- you guessed it- Arnold Rothstein. Much later, after AR's murder Dutch Schultz would establish a presence. Queenie, however, was the person who's blessing you sought to do business there.]
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She was born in Martinique and immigrated to New York in 1912. She came from the Caribbean but tried to pass herself as European French, and would respond in French when anyone asked her where she came from.
Although incredibly sophisticated, and cultured (Madame Queen favored the opera), St Clair was also notoriously arrogant and brutal. Her main protégé was a man named Ellesworth 'Bumpy' Johnson (who in turn would mentor some of the most brutal gangsters NYC ever saw.)
She spoke four languages: English, Spanish, French and some Italian and was known to spew profanity in all four of them when angry.
She rose to power in 1922, and would remain there until the mid-40's. Her reputation was legendary throughout New York. Manhattan would refer to her as Queenie, while Harlem called their lady the more respectable Madame Queen, or Madame St. Clair
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She ran the numbers rackets: (a lottery style game of chance) in Harlem by first wrestling the control of it from white folks- she did this by allying herself with the 40 Thieves, an old lower east side gang then branching out on her own.
She was able to control her business like most gangsters of the time period by quietly paying the appropriate kickbacks to Tammany and relying on the Tammany machine to keep running. This changed when Rothstein was murdered and the Seabury Commission (among other events) came about to end Tammany's influence in the City.
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With Tammany (and more importantly Prohibition) dismantled, Dutch Schultz and an emerging Charlie Luciano began to pressure Queenie for her numbers rackets. Because Tammany/the police were unable and unwilling to help her- Queenie took out newspaper ads naming names of corrupt police officials. When Seabury called her, she turned state's witness and proceeded to help bring down Tammany and those officers.
This did little to help her with the Five Families, and finally, at the advice of her protégé Johnson, Queenie agreed to pay the 'family tax.' She would then quietly fade into obscurity, as Bumpy grew to prominence with Luciano and the Italian Mafia.
Bumpy Johnson himself would later mentor incredibly important and dangerous gangsters like Frank Lucas who would undermine the Mafia in the 70s by wrestling the heroin trade from them.
Queenie is kind of famous for sending a telegraph to Dutch Schultz deathbed with the words 'as ye sow, so shall ye reap.' This is particularly cruel when you remember Dutch would die slowly, and incredibly painfully over the course of several days, and little Queenie was *gloating.*
Ellsworth Raymond 'Bumpy' Johnson (October 31, 1905 – July 7, 1968) was an American drug trafficker in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
Johnson was born in Charleston, South Carolina on October 31, 1905, to Margaret Moultrie and William Johnson. When he was 10, his older brother Willie was accused of killing a white man. Afraid of a possible lynch mob, his parents mortgaged their tiny home to raise money to send Willie up north to live with relatives.[1] Johnson's nickname 'Bumpy' is derived from a bump on the back of his head.[2] As Johnson grew older, his parents worried about his short temper and insolence towards whites, and in 1919 he was sent to live with his older sister Mabel in Harlem. Johnson dropped out of high school and began working unruly jobs. Gangster William Hewett started to notice him. Johnson then began working for him and this was a beginning to his life of crime.[3]
Johnson was an associate of numbers queen Madame Stephanie St. Clair.[4] He became St Clair's principal lieutenant in the 1930s. Johnson and St. Clair aimed to start a war against New York mob boss Dutch Schultz. The fight resulted in more than 40 murders and several kidnappings. Eventually the fight on their end was lost, ending with a deal for Johnson.[5]
In 1952, Johnson's activities were reported in the celebrity people section of Jet.[6] That same year, Johnson was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a drug conspiracy conviction related to heroin.[7] Two years later, Jet reported in its crime section that Johnson began his sentence after losing an appeal.[8] He served the majority of that sentence at Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay, California as inmate No. 1117, and was released in 1963 on parole.[9]
Johnson was arrested more than 40 times and served two prison terms for narcotics-related charges. In December 1965, Johnson staged a sit-down strike in a police station, refusing to leave, as a protest against their continued surveillance. He was charged with 'refusal to leave a police station' but was acquitted by a judge.[10]
With Tammany (and more importantly Prohibition) dismantled, Dutch Schultz and an emerging Charlie Luciano began to pressure Queenie for her numbers rackets. Because Tammany/the police were unable and unwilling to help her- Queenie took out newspaper ads naming names of corrupt police officials. When Seabury called her, she turned state's witness and proceeded to help bring down Tammany and those officers.
This did little to help her with the Five Families, and finally, at the advice of her protégé Johnson, Queenie agreed to pay the 'family tax.' She would then quietly fade into obscurity, as Bumpy grew to prominence with Luciano and the Italian Mafia.
Bumpy Johnson himself would later mentor incredibly important and dangerous gangsters like Frank Lucas who would undermine the Mafia in the 70s by wrestling the heroin trade from them.
Queenie is kind of famous for sending a telegraph to Dutch Schultz deathbed with the words 'as ye sow, so shall ye reap.' This is particularly cruel when you remember Dutch would die slowly, and incredibly painfully over the course of several days, and little Queenie was *gloating.*
Ellsworth Raymond 'Bumpy' Johnson (October 31, 1905 – July 7, 1968) was an American drug trafficker in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
Johnson was born in Charleston, South Carolina on October 31, 1905, to Margaret Moultrie and William Johnson. When he was 10, his older brother Willie was accused of killing a white man. Afraid of a possible lynch mob, his parents mortgaged their tiny home to raise money to send Willie up north to live with relatives.[1] Johnson's nickname 'Bumpy' is derived from a bump on the back of his head.[2] As Johnson grew older, his parents worried about his short temper and insolence towards whites, and in 1919 he was sent to live with his older sister Mabel in Harlem. Johnson dropped out of high school and began working unruly jobs. Gangster William Hewett started to notice him. Johnson then began working for him and this was a beginning to his life of crime.[3]
Johnson was an associate of numbers queen Madame Stephanie St. Clair.[4] He became St Clair's principal lieutenant in the 1930s. Johnson and St. Clair aimed to start a war against New York mob boss Dutch Schultz. The fight resulted in more than 40 murders and several kidnappings. Eventually the fight on their end was lost, ending with a deal for Johnson.[5]
In 1952, Johnson's activities were reported in the celebrity people section of Jet.[6] That same year, Johnson was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a drug conspiracy conviction related to heroin.[7] Two years later, Jet reported in its crime section that Johnson began his sentence after losing an appeal.[8] He served the majority of that sentence at Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay, California as inmate No. 1117, and was released in 1963 on parole.[9]
Johnson was arrested more than 40 times and served two prison terms for narcotics-related charges. In December 1965, Johnson staged a sit-down strike in a police station, refusing to leave, as a protest against their continued surveillance. He was charged with 'refusal to leave a police station' but was acquitted by a judge.[10]
Johnson was under a federal indictment for drug conspiracy when he died of congestive heart failure on July 7, 1968, at the age of 62. He was at Wells Restaurant in Harlem shortly before 2 a.m., and the waitress had just served him coffee, a chicken leg, and hominygrits, when he keeled over clutching his chest.[1] Friend Frank Lucas claims to have been present (yet this has been refuted), and someone ran down the street to the Rhythm Club to get his childhood friend, Junie Byrd. When Byrd arrived, Lucas cradled Bumpy in his arms, and Johnson briefly opened his eyes and smiled, then fell into unconsciousness. He was taken, by ambulance, to Harlem Hospital where he was pronounced dead. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.
Johnson married Mayme Hatcher just six months from their first time meeting each other. They were married in October 1948.[11] Johnson had two daughters, Ruthie and Elease, one of whom is from another relationship. His wife died in May 2009 at the age of 94.[12]
