by Patrick Campbell (Author)
Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll was one of the last of the Irish mob bosses who at one time controlled illegal activities on the streets of New York. Vincent Coll was different from the typical New York mob boss, who was usually mature, middle-aged, battle-scarred veterans of the streets. He was very young when he began a career of violent crime-only a teenager-and only 23 years old when he was killed in a hail of bullets in a Manhattan drugstore. He had become the leader of his own gang and one of the most notorious criminals in New York by the time of his death. He was very different in another way: during his brief career, Coll robbed other gangsters and even kidnapped celebrities for ransom, and towards the end of his career he set himself up as an assassin who would accept contracts from one prominent gangster who wanted to kill a rival.