The Mob Museum - #OnThisDay in 1931: Jack “Legs” Diamond was shot and killed in Albany, NY. Diamond was a Prohibition-era mob leader, hit man and bootlegger with close ties to Arnold
![Jack "Legs" Diamond - Catskills gangster after recovering from Gun Shot wounds. - Digital Commonwealth Jack "Legs" Diamond - Catskills gangster after recovering from Gun Shot wounds. - Digital Commonwealth](https://bpldcassets.blob.core.windows.net/derivatives/images/commonwealth:6682zt774/image_access_800.jpg)
Jack "Legs" Diamond - Catskills gangster after recovering from Gun Shot wounds. - Digital Commonwealth
![Jack 'Legs' Diamond, temporarily in the hands of the law in Troy, New York, USA, July 1931 Artist: Unknown Stock Photo - Alamy Jack 'Legs' Diamond, temporarily in the hands of the law in Troy, New York, USA, July 1931 Artist: Unknown Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DDYE37/jack-legs-diamond-temporarily-in-the-hands-of-the-law-in-troy-new-DDYE37.jpg)