Stephanie St. Clair Hired Bumpy Johnson — The Harlem Numbers War That Left 40 Dead

A Female Numbers Queen HIRED Bumpy Johnson to Fight the Mob — She Started a WAR That Killed 40 Men

1930s Harlem was running on the numbers game—until Dutch Schultz tried to take it.
Stephanie St. Clair, the most powerful numbers banker in Harlem, refused to sell… and hired a young enforcer named Bumpy Johnson. What followed became the Harlem Numbers War, a brutal underground conflict that reportedly left 40 men dead.

In this video, we break down:

Who Stephanie St. Clair (Madame Queen) really was
Why Dutch Schultz targeted Harlem’s numbers empire
How Bumpy Johnson became a legend through strategy, fear, and precision
The newspaper ads, street intelligence network, and the federal pressure that ended the war
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Chapters
00:00 The Numbers Queen’s Problem
01:10 What Was Harlem’s Numbers Game?
03:05 Dutch Schultz Enters Harlem
05:10 Who Was Stephanie St. Clair?
07:15 Stephanie Hires Bumpy Johnson
09:40 The First Message to Schultz
12:10 Psychological War in Harlem
15:20 Arson & Escalation
18:10 Harlem Rallies Behind Stephanie
21:30 Bounty on Stephanie St. Clair
24:10 The Secret Weapon (Doctor)
26:30 Federal Heat & The Turning Point
28:45 Aftermath: Legacy of Bumpy & Stephanie