Dolan was born on 25 October 1914 in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. As a young man Dolan worked in a Californian hotel for a year and became a structural iron worker before joining the army. His employment was terminated in the early 60s because of his criminal activity. He was associated with local Dallasite organized criminals like
R. D. Matthews,
Joseph Campisi and
Joseph Civello, as well as
Nofio Pecora in Louisiana. Dolan would occasionally travel from Dallas around the country to do enforcement work for various organized crime figures. On one occasion he flew out to Miami Beach on behalf of
Santo Trafficante Jr. Dolan and George Fuqua of the
Dixie Mafia went out to deal with
bolita men who were not doing as Trafficante had wanted. As payment they were allowed to keep whatever cash the bolita operators had in their possession. At the first stop they netted $7000 and then proceeded to the next where they were again successful, the next week they returned to Dallas. In Las Vegas, July 1972, attorney William Coulthard was killed when four sticks of dynamite placed beneath the steering wheel blew up his Cadillac and four other cars in its vicinity. It was believed by the Las Vegas police that Dolan had carried out the bombing on behalf of
Benny Binion. Dolan was imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth at the same time as Binion. Later on in the 1970s he went on the run after pulling a scam in
Memphis, Tennessee. Before his death he became a key witness in an FBI probe into organized crime in Southern Texas, Operation Bushmaster. A few hours prior to his shooting he had, through his attorneys, negotiated immunity in exchange for testifying before a
grand jury. ==References==