Nicolas Galatas, served as Saint Tammany Parish Sheriff in the 1850s one of his daughter’s was Clementine she married Dr John Thomas Dale they have one child Arthur. Another one of Nicolas Galatas daughters, Maria marries French artist engraver Francois Bildstein while they do not have children young Arthur Dale and Clementine move into the Bildstein home after the death of John Thomas Dale (Arthur was just 3 years old).
Joseph was Clementine and Maria’s brother he would have a son in 1890, Richard Tallman Galatas, he was Nicolas Galatas’s grandson.
Richard Galatas, Inmate #46085, upon his transfer to Alcatraz, including physical description and sentence information. Galatas was sentenced to two years in the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth after being convicted of conspiracy related to the Union Station Massacre, and later transferred to Alcatraz.
The scheme was conceived and engineered by Richard Tallman Galatas…
In 1886 J. A. Galatas (Nicholas Galatas son) had a “store” on the corner of Dauphine & Conti Street in Storyville (400 block of Dauphine).
From Book:
The Last Madam
Not only movie stars found their way to 410 Dauphine; so did bootleggers who carried cigar boxes full of gold coins.
What a relief it must have been to enter Norma’s well-appointed, comfortable house after a night out on the town in the risqué but decaying French Quarter. – page 5
- Norma bought more furniture for the house—antique tester beds, cheval mirrors, and upholstered Victorian boudoir chairs, along with the new furniture she purchased at Maestri’s store on Rampart Street.
- The Maestri Furniture Store would rent the furnishings to the brothels in the red light districts, if payment were not made the establishment would be raid by the local police.
1890 we can find Ines Clementine Galatas (Arthur’s mother) has a grocery at 77 Dauphine St a short distance away.
J. A. Galatas leaves New Orleans in 1910 and opens a Saloon in Mobile, Alabama also in 1910 Clementine is living with at 1730 Saint Phillip with her sister and Francis Bildstein.
Interesting Arthur C Dale is living at 206 St Michael St in Mobile, Alabama in 1910.
September 11, 1911 Arthur C Dale marries Jenny Eugenia Maestri. Arthur and Jenny are both is 27 years old at the time. In 1914 they are living at 919 N Robertson St and their first child Arthur C Dale II is born in 1916. They will have four more children the last born April 29, 1929 Maestri Dale. Arthur was first place in DePaul Sanitarium in 1930 then six years later South Eastern Louisiana Asylum.
By the early months of 1939, police records vividly depict the prevalence of cribs and brothels operating in the vicinity Rampart Streets, with a notable concentration along Bienville, Burgundy, Conti, Dauphine, and St. Louis Streets.
On December 30, 1938, law enforcement made a significant arrest at 410 Dauphine Street, apprehending six women and one man, suspected to be the brothel’s operator. Subsequent raids followed: on January 27, six women operating from 912 St. Louis were arrested, followed by the apprehension of four females at 1020 Conti Street on February 2. These events underscored the rampant nature of prostitution during this period.
Notably, the majority of those arrested were white females, except for a forty-nine-year-old black madam overseeing operations at 1020 Conti. The age range of the white female prostitutes varied from twenty to thirty-six years old.
Arthur Dale’s Cousins Involved in Organized Crime
A group of men located Nash’s vehicle parked in front of the White Front Cigar Store, which was more than just a casual spot. This establishment, owned by Richard Galatas, was known for its connections to the underworld, with Galatas having ties to Kansas City.
Originally named the Ohio Cigar Bar in 1926, it was not just your typical cigar store. While the front may have appeared as such, beyond the double doors lay a hidden speakeasy, complete with an upstairs casino.
In delving into our family’s past, intriguing connections begin to unfold. Could it be that Richard Galatas and Arthur C. Dale share a bond beyond mere cousinship? Despite Arthur’s seven-year seniority, their simultaneous presence in Mobile, Alabama in 1910 raises fascinating questions.
As the new decade dawned, the Maestri family emerged as a formidable presence in New Orleans, their influence casting a shadow over the Galatas legacy on Dauphine Street. Did this shift in power potentially impact the dynamics between our ancestors, shaping their destinies in unforeseen ways?
Arthur claimed that his family turned against him but which family?