Johnny Spanish (1891-July 29, 1919) was an American gangster who was a rival of former partner "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan during a garment workers' strike which later become known as the Second Labor Sluggers War in 1919. Born in 1891 as John Weyler (or Wheiler), he claimed to be related to Valeriano Weyler, the famous Cuban dictator. He became involved in labor racketeering and murder, reportedly involved in a killing at age seventeen, … Wikipedia
1.John Wheiler, well known in gang circles on the East Side as "Johnny Spanish" according to the New York Times , was shot down in front of a restaurant here on July 29, 1919. members.tripod.com/Fighting9th/History2.htm
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