Scott (1854-1907) and Congressman John J. Origins Early history īefore the rise of German American political boss Louis 'Commodore' Kuehnle and Scots-Irish American treasurer Nucky Johnson, Atlantic City's government was run by a three-man group, including: Atlantic County Clerk Lewis P. Its boss, Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson, coordinated the Organizations's bootlegging, gambling, racketeering, and prostitution activities. Nucky Johnson's Organization was a corrupt political machine based in Atlantic City, New Jersey that held power during the Prohibition era. Racketeering, illegal gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, number writing, bribery, bookmaking, police corruption, political corruption, extortion, money laundering, smuggling, and drug traffickingĬharlie Luciano, Johnny Torrio, Benny Siegel, Frank Hague, Walter Evans Edge, and Arnold Rothstein Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson (second from right) and Alphonse 'Scarface' Capone (third from right) this picture has also been proven to be photoshop on the boardwalk during the Atlantic City Conference
