His liver was badly damaged and a number of pellets could not be removed. The shotgun blast had damaged his spine and he had more than 110 shotgun pellets lodged in his body. His wife Meta heard the shots and ran outside to see him slumped down on the floor of the garage. The shotgun was held so close to Fitzgerald's side that the wadding from the shell was embedded in his body. When he was brought to the hospital, it was thought that he would be paralyzed. The assailant fired a second time towards Fitzgerald's head but missed. Just after midnight on November 19, 1949, Fitzgerald was badly wounded when an assailant shot him in the right side with a shotgun. Murder attempt 1902-O NGC graded Morgan silver dollar from the Fitzgerald Hoard At the time of his death, he was operating three casinos, Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel (Reno) the Nevada Club (Reno), and the Nevada Lodge of Lake Tahoe. In 1976, he opened a larger 16-story casino which he named Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel. Fitzgerald opened the Nevada Club in 1946 and operated it until his death in 1981.

They eventually settled the matter by paying US$52,000 in fines and court costs. įitzgerald and Sullivan had been charged with bribery and illegal gambling operations in Macomb County, Michigan. In 1946, the partners opened a downtown Reno casino which they called The Nevada Club. In 1946, the two arrived in Reno with a truck full of gambling equipment. One of his establishments was called the Detroit Gambling Club. Career įitzgerald and his partner Danny Sullivan operated several gambling establishments in Detroit. The Purple Gang was a group of criminals primarily of Jewish descent who were associated with prostitution, gambling, bootlegging, and murder. While in Detroit, Michigan, Fitzgerald was a gambler and he became associated with the Detroit Purple Gang. Lincoln Fitzgerald was a United States Army veteran and served in World War I. The entire collection was purchased by famous coin dealer Ron Gillio, who named it the Fitzgerald Hoard.įitzgerald was born in San Francisco, California on Octoand had a brother named Stanton. In 1976, he opened the largest of his casinos, the 16-story Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel, Reno.Īfter his death a hoard of items his belongings was discovered in a warehouse which included casino chips and some 100,000 American silver dollars.

In 1949, he survived a murder attempt in his garage. He previously operated gambling establishments in Michigan, but in 1946 he moved to Reno, Nevada and opened The Nevada Club.

Lincoln Fitzgerald (Octo– April 18, 1981) was an American casino owner who operated three casinos in Nevada. Bribery and illegal gambling operations charges

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