Word: steuer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Filed in New York Surrogate's Court was the will of slick little Max David Steuer, late famed millionaire criminal lawyer and Tammanyman. More like a chatty, affectionate family letter than a will, it named Wife Bertha P. Steuer chief beneficiary, bequeathed her $60,000 a year, gave equal parts of one-half the estate's remaining income to his three children. Excerpts: "My grandchildren-God bless them all-who have been such a joy to me, may deem it strange that no bequest is herein made to them. I have each one of them in mind...
Died. Max David Steuer, 69, slick, hawk-faced criminal lawyer who rescued many a careless bigwig and stumbling mobster from legal quicksands; of a heart attack; in Jackson, N. H. Born in Austria, Jewish Max Steuer emigrated to Manhattan as a boy, worked day & night to pay for his legal education. At the height of his career, candid, inconspicuous Steuer was reputed to have made $1,000,000 a year. Among his clients: Max ("Boo Boo") Hoff, Gangster John Torrio, ex-Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, Fight Promoter Tex Rickard, onetime Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, Charles E. Mitchell, onetime...