Politician, Criminal. He was an American political figure during the 1920s and 1930s serving in district eleven assembly in New York City. As a member of the Democratic Party, he was a powerful Tammany Hall political boss in New York City, New York. His close association with such organized crime bosses as Lucky Luciano and Dutch Schultz caused New York District attorney Thomas E. Dewey to prosecute Hines on corruption charges in the mid-1930's. He was convicted in 1939 of accepting $200,000 in bribes from Dutch Schlutz and convicted on 13 counts of racketeering, serving five years in prison and paroled in 1944.
Politician, Criminal. He was an American political figure during the 1920s and 1930s serving in district eleven assembly in New York City. As a member of the Democratic Party, he was a powerful Tammany Hall political boss in New York City, New York. His close association with such organized crime bosses as Lucky Luciano and Dutch Schultz caused New York District attorney Thomas E. Dewey to prosecute Hines on corruption charges in the mid-1930's. He was convicted in 1939 of accepting $200,000 in bribes from Dutch Schlutz and convicted on 13 counts of racketeering, serving five years in prison and paroled in 1944.
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