Mobster's Hidden Treasure Could Be Buried in the Hudson Valley
His real name was Arthur Flegenheimer, but as he slowly became one of New York City's most feared mobsters, he changed his name to "Dutch Shultz," according to history.com. According to the website syracuse.com, Schultz allegedly stashed money, gold, jewelry, and bonds in a steel box, waterproof safe, or a suitcase buried somewhere in the Catskills region in the 1930s. His fortune was estimated at between $5 million and $9 million at the time; today, it would be worth between $50 million and $100 million. During prohibition in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Schultz was a renowned bootlegg...