George Musey, also known as "one-armed George Musey" was an associate mob boss in Galveston, Texas during the 1920s and early 1930s. He, with the "Beau Brummel of Galveston" Johnny Jack Nounes led the Downtown Gang, one of the two gangs which controlled Galveston underworld until the early 1930s. George was the gang's top enforcer and would not let anyone ruin the rise of the Downtown Gang. Bootlegging was his specialty, therefore, when the law would arrive to seize to illegal hooch, Musey always managed to escape. However, he would be convicted on conspiracy liquor charges and sent to Atlanta Penitentiary. George would go on to head the gang as Johnny's absence was in affect do to his prison terms. He was the only right-hand man to gang boss Johnny Jack Nounes and he was the best acting boss the gang ever had. He would later be assassinated in 1935, eight days after his 35th birthday.
Born |
17 July 1900
|
Died |
25 July 1935 (aged 35)
|
Zodiac | Cancer |
Tags | Add tag |