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Casper Holstein (December 6, 1877 – April 5, 1944) was a prominent New York mobster involved in the Harlem "numbers rackets" during the Harlem Renaissance.
21 nov 2007 · Casper Holstein was a prominent New York philanthropist and mobster involved in the Harlem “numbers rackets” during Prohibition. He, along with several other rivals, most notably Stephanie St. Clair, were responsible for resurrecting illegal gambling in Harlem after several years of inactivity following the conviction of Peter H ...
27 feb 2019 · Feb. 27, 2019. In the early 1920s, Casper Holstein, a black man from the Danish West Indies who worked as a porter for a Fifth Avenue store, liked to study the “Clearing House” totals published...
1 nov 2020 · Caspar Holstein, who pushed for self-determination and civilian rule, was successful in leading the campaign for the termination of naval rule in the Virgin Islands. Holstein’s triumphs occurred in 1927, when Virgin Islanders, domestically and internationally, became citizens.
3 feb 2021 · This is what happened to native Virgin Islander and millionaire Casper Holstein. Though Holstein’s success put him on the radar of police and several news outlets, he also became a prominent figure in Harlem society.
15 feb 2019 · Among the most widely famous native Virgin Islanders of the 20th century, Casper Holstein was regarded in some circles as a wealthy black businessman in a day when that was very rare, difficult and dangerous, in others as a tireless, politically engaged reformer and philanthropist, and others as a gangster, a racketeer.
7 apr 2020 · Casper Holstein. Native Virgin Islander Casper Holstein, somewhere in the 1920s, had more than $2 million, even though some records suggest it could be higher. Whatever the actual figure,...
