Editing Dutch Schultz (section)

===Trials for tax evasion ===
In the early 1930s, [[United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York|United States Attorney]] [[Thomas Dewey]] had set his sights on convicting Schultz for [[tax evasion|non-payment of federal taxes]]. Schultz was [[indictment|indicted]] in New York in January 1933 and became a fugitive. He surrendered in Albany in November 1934 as part of a plan to have his trials moved from New York City to [[Upstate New York|upstate]]. His first tax evasion trial, in [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], ended in a [[hung jury]], with many speculating he'd [[jury tampering|bribed the jurors]]. He would face retrial in [[Malone, New York|Malone]].

With the case going to a second trial, Schultz quickly set about presenting himself to the townspeople of Malone as a [[gentleman|country squire]] and good citizen. He donated cash to local businesses, gave toys to sick children and performed other charitable deeds. The strategy worked, as he was [[acquittal|acquitted]] in late summer 1935.<ref name="five families book"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Schultz Is Freed. Judge Excoriates Jury Of Farmers. Acquittal 'Blow To Law' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/08/02/archives/schultz-is-freed-judge-excoriates-jury-of-farmers-acquittal-blow-to.html |quote=Arthur (Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer was acquitted of income tax evasion charges here at 8:55 o'clock tonight after the jury had been out 28 hours and 23 minutes. It was his second trial.... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 2, 1935 |access-date=August 16, 2012 }}{{subscription required}}</ref> [[Mayor of New York City|New York Mayor]] [[Fiorello La Guardia]] was so outraged at the verdict that he issued an order that Schultz should be arrested on sight should he return to the city. As a result, Schultz was forced to relocate his base of operations across the [[Hudson River]] to [[Newark, New Jersey]].