Real life mobsters were often portrayed on "The Untouchables". However, the stories really have taken a lot of liberties with the actual criminals' lives and this one, like the Ma Barker and other episodes, is far from reality when it features Arthur Flegenheimer...otherwise known as Dutch Schultz.
In this episode, Ness wants to get Dutch Schultz. So, he decides that they need a man inside his organization, so Agent Flaherty (Jerry Paris) goes undercover and infiltrates the mob. Additionally, after he infiltrates, he tries to add fuel to a feud between Schultz and Lucky Luciano. Using evidence that they are able to obtain based on this contact, Ness and the Untouchables get evidence that will convict Schultz of tax evasion. However, after getting a change of venues to a small town, Schultz and his gang work hard to make a lot of friends in the city in order to get the jury to see him as a swell guy. And, when that doesn't work, he resorts to some dirty tricks...but Luciano is NOT pleased. Enjoyable and with some grains of truth but nothing more.
By the way, in real life Schultz was indicted for tax evasion. Instead, he ticked off other mobsters when he planned on killing Thomas Dewey, a federal prosecutor. He was murdered...found dead in a restaurant at age 34.
In this episode, Ness wants to get Dutch Schultz. So, he decides that they need a man inside his organization, so Agent Flaherty (Jerry Paris) goes undercover and infiltrates the mob. Additionally, after he infiltrates, he tries to add fuel to a feud between Schultz and Lucky Luciano. Using evidence that they are able to obtain based on this contact, Ness and the Untouchables get evidence that will convict Schultz of tax evasion. However, after getting a change of venues to a small town, Schultz and his gang work hard to make a lot of friends in the city in order to get the jury to see him as a swell guy. And, when that doesn't work, he resorts to some dirty tricks...but Luciano is NOT pleased. Enjoyable and with some grains of truth but nothing more.
By the way, in real life Schultz was indicted for tax evasion. Instead, he ticked off other mobsters when he planned on killing Thomas Dewey, a federal prosecutor. He was murdered...found dead in a restaurant at age 34.