St. Clair, Stephanie (fl. 1920s–30s)
St. Clair, Stephanie (fl. 1920s–30s)
African-American racketeer. Name variations: Madame Stephanie St. Clair; Queenie St. Clair. Born in Martinique; briefly married to Abdul Hamid.
Famed Numbers Queen of Harlem who arrived in US from Martinique (1912) and started banking numbers 10 years later with a bankroll of $10,000; ran an extortion gang known as The Forty Thieves; sentenced to 3 years on Welfare Island (1929), was paroled 1 month later; questioned by the Seabury investigators, named names of those involved in graft, most specifically the name of the district attorney, a score of policemen, and two judges.
See also (film) Hoodlum (1997), in which she's portrayed by Cicely Tyson.
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