Bumpy Johnson And The Queen
[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.
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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
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.
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.*
Lisa from Walkerton, Indiana, brought along her daughter for a once-in-a-lifetime experience that was fun as truck! Monster truck. Buckle up for a bumpy ride full of surprises.
So… you rode in a monster truck with Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.
Oh my gosh. I still haven’t come down off this whole thing. They were all so nice, and it was fun! I mean, who rides in a monster truck with famous actors and gets filmed? The whole thing was just so much fun. I feel so lucky.
What was it like meeting them?
They couldn’t have been more personable and kind and gracious, and they know how lucky they are to be where they are and have what they have. Dwayne Johnson is a spectacular human being—he deserves everything he has, as does Kevin Hart. For somebody on my side of the fence, it’s so nice to see people that have had so much success be so humble. And the fact that Aaron Paul showed up was an incredible bonus! My daughter is an insane fan of Breaking Bad.
Aaron Paul! Talk about a surprise guest appearance.
I know. First, Kevin Hart walked up and my daughter just screamed, “I love you!” And then a few seconds later, Aaron Paul walks up and my daughter just totally lost her stuff. She just went mushy and goo-goo, and I know he could tell because it was impossible not to. After Aaron showed up, basically the rest of the world just disappeared for her. At that point, Kevin said, “Oh, I see where this is going, you liked me a minute ago!” It was really funny.
Tell us about the truck and the obstacle course!
They put us in the back of the truck and buckled us in, and Kevin Hart’s first comment was, “I just want you all in the back to know that I can’t see over the steering wheel.” It was hysterical! Kevin drove first and there was a whole set of obstacles for him to go through. I don’t think he wanted to stop driving—he kept going over the watermelons as much as possible. Then Dwayne drove. They were really funny together. Before Dwayne bulldozed over a cutout of Kevin, he looked over and said, “Kevin, I’ve always really liked you, I’m sorry I have to do this.” And then he just completely rammed it! They had a good time, you could tell they had a lot of fun. And Aaron Paul got some good laughs out of it, too, taking videos from the backseat.
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What was the best thing you crushed?
The truck is so huge that it kind of goes over stuff with some minor bumps, not a big deal. So the funniest part was when, of all the things, we hit this little teeny electric Vespa. I don’t know how Dwayne hit this thing, but he hit it in such a way that the whole truck just jumped and bounced and knocked side to side. It felt likewe went off a cliff! That was the most amazing part because we didn’t see that coming.
Hilarious! Rocked by a Vespa. Anything you want to say to your fellow Omazers?
I feel so lucky. I wish I could’ve taken every single person that donated with me because everybody deserved it as much as I did. My daughter and I are extremely grateful. We’ll never forget it. You guys made us feel like the luckiest people on earth. Thank you so much, I’ll never stop saying thank you!
Bumpy Johnson And The Queen
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