Charles "Vannie" Higgins

St. John's Cemetery, Queens, New York

Section 25   Row C   Grave 136

Charles "Vannie" Higgins was the last Irish Booze Baron of the 20th Century.  He ran his booze in speedboats, from Long Beach, Long Island to all parts of New York City.  Vannie was gunned down in a hail of bullets on a street in Brooklyn.