When five men tried to murder "Iron Mike" with increasingly poisonous drinks
Speakeasy owner Tony Marino gave Malloy an unlimited tab. Malloy drank most of his waking hours and stayed upright. They escalated: antifreeze in his liquor, then turpentine, then horse liniment, then rat poison, then wood alcohol.
- ▪Speakeasy owner Tony Marino gave Malloy an unlimited tab.
- ▪Malloy drank most of his waking hours and stayed upright.
- ▪They escalated: antifreeze in his liquor, then turpentine, then horse liniment, then rat poison, then wood alcohol.
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| Publication time | Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:15:00 +0000 |
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When five men tried to murder "Iron Mike" with increasingly poisonous drinks Ellsworth Toohey 11:15 am Thu Aug 6, 2026 Michael Malloy — NYC Municipal Archives / Public domain (via Wikipedia) In January 1933, five Bronx acquaintances — the press later called them "the Murder Trust" — took out life insurance policies on Michael Malloy, a homeless Irish former firefighter, and set out to collect the $3,500 (about $87,000 today) by getting him to drink himself to death. Speakeasy owner Tony Marino gave Malloy an unlimited tab. Malloy drank most of his waking hours and stayed upright. They escalated: antifreeze in his liquor, then turpentine, then horse liniment, then rat poison, then wood alcohol.
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