Shultz was a different breed of crime lord when compared to most others. His style of negotiations followed a pattern that included placing his pistol on the negotiation table. This action made the point that Shultz was serious in his intent to bring the negotiations to a conclusion in his favor. If negotiations failed Shultz wanted to make clear that he was more than willing to utilize violence to obtain what he wanted. His bloody warfare with Gordon, Coll, and during his takeover of the numbers racket in Harlem make clear that the level of violence he would employ was extreme. His hot temper was well known and his willingness to carry out his own executions made him a man to be feared. A majority of the members of the Commission viewed Shultz as a loose cannon that had the potential to bring "heat" down on all them. While Capone, Gordon, and other crime lords accepted the decision of the government to prosecute and turned themselves in to face trial, Shultz's reaction was to go into hiding. At least it was hiding of a sort. He avoided contact with the authorities, but continued to oversee his business interests and take part in the public nightlife in the New York area. His political connections in the New York area aided in the difficulties to locate him, even though his hiding was becoming more and more public. More than a year after the initial indictments Shultz was still at large and the political pressures for his capture were increasing at the federal level. He turned to his friends on the Commission to aid in his continued avoidance of authorities and made an offer of paying $100,000 to the government in back taxes. His offer was based on the position that he did not know about any back taxes until the indictments had been handed down and he wanted to do the right thing as a good citizen.
