| Dutch Schultz's Safe | |
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Origin |
Dutch Schultz |
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Type |
Safe |
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Effects |
Collects debts by returning loans and other payments to user. |
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Downsides |
Will disappear when anyone but the owner attempts to open. |
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Activation |
Ownership/Opening? |
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Origin[]
Dutch Schultz (August 6, 1902 – October 24, 1935) was based in NYC as an adversary to the Italian organized Mafia. He dabbled mostly in bootlegging and racketeering whenever not involved in rival gang wars. Two trials by U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey for tax evasion forced Schultz to move operations to Newark. As attention grew, the money dried up. Many of his underlings went on semi-strike, forcing fellow mob leader Lucky Luciano to temporarily take control until interest died down.
Dutch was having none of that waiting business. He wanted to kill Dewey and resume shop. The National Crime Syndicate, headed by the big leaders of opponent controlling gangs, denied his request knowing a mass law crackdown would respond. He stormed off. One of the top hitmen Albert Anastasia next day relayed Dutch wanted him to follow Dewey. The council agreed to remove Schultz from play.
Him and his entourage were all gunned down in a dinner, dying from their wounds after extensive blood loss. Worth $7 million at his demise, no liquid goods were ever found. Fearful Dewy would successfully ensnare him, Schultz ordered an airtight and watertight safe. Cash and bonds (the equivalent of $130,875,985.40 in 2019 dollars) were piled in and buried somewhere in upstate New York with his bodyguards. The location has never been found.
Effects[]
All described effects are theoretical from unlinked reports of money disappearing directly from Schultz’s rivals without any interference from outside parties’ days after his death. Thought to have been imbued with his violent pull for power and his shaky relationship with financing said ascendance.
Will collect any debts, legal or not. Steals cash, savings bonds and other currency backed valuables from one’s typical enemies and victims. Only the owner of the safe can physically retrieve the cash. Otherwise, it’s just a nice empty metal box. Everything inside disappears to some unknown place.
Since Dutch’s mob comrades were still fortunate at the time of his passing, their goods vanished. Once the last few died and no living relationships were maintained, it’s thought to have gone inert and only be usable by a direct descendant. For all that’s known, it may already have been discovered and in use again.