Owen 'Owney' Madden
Owen 'Owney' Madden

Owen 'Owney' Madden

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Though having Irish roots Owney was from England.  He was a member of and later the leader of the Gopher gang in Hells Kitchen.  He spent some time in prison  until 1923 and then got into business with his friend Larry Fey running booze from Canada to NY.  He got involved in hijacking the booze from Big Bill Dwyer - who decided to make Madden a partner rather than make war with him.

He and Big Frenchie DeMange partnered in buying the Cotton Club in Harlem, one of the hotttest nightclubs in Manhattan.

In 1931, shortly before the end of Prohibition, Madden got out of bootlegging and entered into partnership with boxing promoters "Broadway" Bill Duffy and George Jean "Big Frenchie" DeMange. Between them, they controlled the careers of several boxing champions, including Max Baer and Primo Carnera. As Carnera's manager, Madden arranged fixed fights that led eventually to Carnera's winning the NBA World Heavyweight Championship in 1933. Carnera held onto the title for nearly a year, until reporters' suspicions about fixed fights led Madden to desert the Italian strongman, setting up Carnera's famous defeat at the hands of Baer on June 14, 1934.

In 1932, Madden was involved in the murder of Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, who had been extorting money from several mobsters, including DeMange and Madden. After being arrested for a parole violation that same year, Madden began facing greater harassment from police and encroachment on his territory by Italian Mafia families, until he finally left Manhattan, New York City in 1935.

 

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