The Bumpy Johnson Files

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1947 A Syndicate Boss Sets a Trap for Bumpy — He Walks Straight Into It

1948 A Syndicate Crew Burns Harlem Cars — Bumpy Burns Their Empire

1946 Mafia Thugs Harass a Harlem Street Vendor — Bumpy Starts a War

1945 A Mafia Boss Mocks Bumpy at a Harlem Club — Days Later His Empire Crumbles

1943 A Mafia Boss Slaps a Harlem Elder in Public — What Bumpy Johnson Did Days Later Ruined Him

1946 A Rival Mob Boss Sends Hitmen to Kill Bumpy — None of Them Return.

1949 A Mafia Banker Freezes Harlem Businesses Overnight — Bumpy Leaves Him With Nothing

1945 A Mafia Crew Buys Harlem’s Newspaper to Destroy Bumpy — Bumpy Makes Their Empire Collapse

1943 Vincent Mangano ORDERS Harlem’s Numbers Kings to Pay Brooklyn — Bumpy Breaks the Order

1944 Frank Costello SABOTAGES Harlem’s Jazz Clubs — Bumpy Turns the Night Against Him

1941 Vincent Mangano TORCHES Two Harlem Casinos — 48 Hours Later, Bumpy Makes Him Lose Everything

1943 Albert Anastasia SHAKES DOWN Harlem Nightclubs — Bumpy Leaves Him With Nothing

1938 Vincent Mangano SENDS Dock Enforcers Into Harlem — Bumpy Leaves Them With Nothing

1934 Dutch Schultz Beats a Harlem Numbers Runner — 2 Days Later, Bumpy Takes Everything

1938 Frank Costello BLEEDS Harlem Businesses Dry — 5 Days Later, Bumpy Leaves Him With Nothing

1936 A Crooked Cop EXTORTS a Harlem Store Owner — 2 Days Later, Bumpy Ends His Career.

1943 Vincent Mangano TRIES to TAKE Harlem’s Gambling Streets — Bumpy Makes Him Lose Everything

1935 A Racketeer TERRORIZES a Harlem Grocer — 3 Days Later, Bumpy Takes His Network.

1939 A Loan Shark BLEEDS a Harlem Family Dry — 4 Days Later, Bumpy Leaves Him With Nothing.

1935 Dutch Schultz EVICTS an Elderly Black Couple — 5 Days Later, Bumpy Makes Him Pay

1957 — Anastasia Is Gunned Down in a Barber Chair… Bumpy Johnson DECIDES Who Controls Harlem.

1935 — Bumpy Johnson DEFIED Lucky Luciano... The Deal That SHOOK the Mafia Commission

1935 — Dutch Schultz DECLARES WAR on Harlem… Bumpy Johnson DRAWS the Line

1950 Mobster Called Bumpy’s Wife “Ugly” — His SILENT RECKONING Took Exactly 72 Hours

1931 — Lucky Luciano SEIZES Power and REWRITES the Mafia… Bumpy Johnson BREAKS the Rules

1958 – A Young Chinese Gangster SLAPPED Bumpy Johnson… Harlem MADE Him Disappear

1961 — A 350LB Thug Grabbed Bumpy’s Wife… He Didn’t Survive the Night

1965 Malcolm X’s Killer Had 30s To Escape — Bumpy’s SILENT RECKONING Closed The Door

1932 Mad Dog Coll THREATENED Harlem… What Bumpy Johnson DID Next ENDED It

1955 Bumpy’s Wife Was Poisoned — His SILENT RECKONING Lasted Only 48 Hours