1923 U.S.A. Gangs Of New York - laundryman shoots gangster

Aug. 29, 1923: In New York City a laundryman who was being bullied and blackmailed by the leader of the Dropper Gang Jak Kaplan took the law into his own hands when he shot and killed the notorious gangster chief. The police in New York have been trying to fasten some crime on Kaplan for the last 6 months have been saved the trouble by one of his victims who many see as a hero.