On this date in 1928, notorious gambler Aronold Rothstein lost his biggest bet. When Rothstein, thought to be the brains behind the 1919 World Series fix, showed up at room 349 at the Park Central hotel in Manhattan, he was greeted with a bullet to the abdomen. The shooting was allegedly motivated by an unpaid gambling debt. As the story goes, Rothstein–the ultimate gambling fixer himself–thought that the poker game where he lost three hundred large was rigged. As a result, he balked at paying. Another theory has it that the Rothstein hit was perpetrated by rivals looking to take over his rackets. Either way, Rothstein died a couple days later. He refused to name the shooter, and no one was ever convicted of his murder. The case remains officially unsolved.
Further reading:
Wikipedia – Arnold Rothstein
DavidPietrusza.com – Rothstein
Gangster City, by Patrick Downey
Nobody Move! 
John D.:
Not exactly the ROOM SERVICE he was looking for, that’s for sure.
Good story.
Stay safe out there.
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