Though Prohibition was no longer in effect during the 1930’s, Dutch still preferred to frighten his customers. “..in Mr. Schultz’s min his enterprise was an independent kingdom of his own law, not society’s, and that it was all the same to him whatever was legal or illegal, he would run things the way he thought they ought to be run, and f*** woe to anybody who got in his way”. (25)
According to Billy, Dutch Schultz’s actions and schemes often landed him front page on the newspapers. However, these headlining articles were not always accurate. (104) This took place in an era where journalism was just making it big and becoming more “scandalous”, so to speak. Billy informed me that it was through this phase of popular culture and these newspapers that the nation kept up-to-date with current events. He even remembers some of the papers, for example News, Herald Tribune, and Mirror.