Murder, Inc. Explained

Murder, Inc.
Founding Location:New York City, New York
Years Active:1929–1941
Number Of Victims:400-1000+
Territory:United States
Ethnic Makeup:Irish Americans
Italian Americans
Jewish Americans
Criminal Activities:Murder, illegal gambling, prostitution, theft, money laundering, arms trafficking, fraud, fencing, kidnapping, robbery

Murder, Inc. (Murder, Incorporated) was an organized crime group active from 1929 to 1941 that acted as the enforcement arm of the National Crime Syndicatea closely connected criminal organization that included and was started by the Irish Mob, and included Italian-American Mafia, the Jewish Mob, and other criminal organizations in New York City and elsewhere.[1] Murder, Inc. was composed of Irish, Jewish, and Italian-American gangsters, and members were mainly recruited from poor and working-class Irish, Jewish, and Italian neighborhoods in Manhattan and Brooklyn. It was initially headed by Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and later by Albert "Mad Hatter" Anastasia.

Murder, Inc. was believed to be responsible for between 400 and 1,000 contract killings,[2] until the group was exposed in 1941 by former member Abe "Kid Twist" Reles. In the trials that followed, many members were convicted and executed, and Abe Reles himself died after suspiciously falling from a window. Thomas E. Dewey first came to prominence as a prosecutor of Murder, Inc. and other organized crime cases, before being elected to become the 47th governor of New York.[3]

Origins

The Bugs and Meyer Mob was the predecessor to Murder, Incorporated. The gang was founded by New York Jewish mobsters Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel in the early 1920s. Sicilian mafioso Charles "Lucky" Luciano created the Commission and began to closely cooperate with his friend Lansky and the Jewish Mob in general, establishing a multi-ethnic alliance that eventually was deemed the "National Crime Syndicate". Soon after, Siegel and Lansky disbanded the Bugs and Meyer gang and helped form Murder, Incorporated.

Methods

Members of Murder, Inc. were Italian and Jewish gangsters from the gangs of the Lower East Side and the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brownsville, East New York, and Ocean Hill. They committed crimes in New York City, acting as enforcers for New York Jewish mobster Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, and they accepted murder contracts from mob bosses all around the United States.

Murder, Inc. was based in Rosie Gold's candy store at the corner of Saratoga and Livonia Ave in Brooklyn, Murder, Inc.[4] [5] The group had a number of members, although Harry Strauss was the most prolific killer, committing over 100 murders—and some historians put the number as high as 500.[6]

The killers were paid a regular salary as retainer as well as an average fee of $1,000 to $5,000 per killing.[4] Their families also received monetary benefits.

Founding and early activities

Murder, Inc. was established after the formation of the commission of the National Crime Syndicate, to which it ultimately answered. It was largely headed by mob boss Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and Mangano Family underboss Albert Anastasia,[4] but also had members from Buchalter's labor-slugging gang (in partnership with Tommy "Three-Fingered Brown" Lucchese) as well as from another group of enforcers from Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York led by Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein and Abe "Kid Twist" Reles. Buchalter, in particular, and Joe Adonis occasionally, gave the outfit its orders from the board of directors of the syndicate. Albert "The Mad Hatter" Anastasia was the troupe's operating head, or "Lord High Executioner", assisted by Lepke's longtime associate Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro.

In 1932, Abe Wagner informed on the crime syndicate to the police. He fled to Saint Paul, Minnesota, and adopted a disguise to evade possible pursuit. Two killers, George Young and Joseph Schafer, found and shot him but were later apprehended. Bugsy Siegel failed to get them released.

In the 1930s, Buchalter used Murder, Inc. to murder witnesses and suspected informants when he was being investigated by crusading prosecutor Thomas Dewey.[3] In one case on May 11, 1937, four killers hacked loan shark George Rudnick to pieces on the mere suspicion he was an informant. On October 1, 1937, they shot and seriously wounded Buchalter's ex-associate Max Rubin. Rubin had disobeyed Buchalter's orders to leave town and "disappear" in order to avoid being summoned as a witness against Buchalter. Three alleged victims of Murder, Inc. in 1935 were Morris Kessler and brothers Louis and Joseph Amberg.

Murder of Dutch Schultz

Murder, Inc’s best known victim was most likely Dutch Schultz, who had openly defied the syndicate. In October 1935, Schultz insisted on putting a contract on Thomas E. Dewey, who was leading an all-out effort to put the mob out of business, but the syndicate board overruled him. They feared that Dewey's assassination would incite public outrage and result in an even greater campaign to shut down the rackets. Schultz vowed that he would ignore the board's decision and kill Dewey himself.

Hitmen Mendy Weiss and Charles Workman were given the assignment to kill Schultz. On October 24, 1935, they tracked down Schultz and his associates Otto Berman, Abe Landau, and Lulu Rosenkrantz and shot them at the Palace Chop House in Newark, New Jersey. Berman, Landau, and Rosenkrantz died almost immediately, while Schultz clung to life until the following day. Workman stayed behind while Weiss escaped with their driver Seymour Schechter. In 1944, Weiss was executed by electric chair for another murder. Workman was eventually tried by the State of New Jersey for the Schultz murder and served 23 years in prison.[7]

Demise

In January 1940, professional criminal and police informer Harry Rudolph was held as a material witness in the murder of 19-year-old minor gangster Alex Alpert. Alpert was shot in the back on a street corner in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn on November 25, 1933.[8] [9] While in custody, Rudolph talked with Brooklyn District Attorney William O'Dwyer. With Rudolph's testimony, O'Dwyer secured first-degree murder indictments against Abe Reles, Martin Goldstein and Anthony Maffetore.[8] [9]

After the three were indicted, O'Dwyer learned from Special Prosecutor John Harlan Amen[10] that Rudolph was reportedly offered a $5,000 bribe by another prisoner, on behalf of the syndicate, to "put Reles and Goldstein on the street".[9] O'Dwyer stated that when Maffetore learned of the bribe offer to help clear Reles and Goldstein and after several talks with New York City Detective John Osnato, he decided to turn state's evidence.[9] [11] Detective Osnato talked with Maffetore even though he had worked with Rudolph previously and did not put much credibility in his story since Rudolph was paid for information in other cases that turned out to be false.[12]

Eventually, Maffetore decided to cooperate, stating that he was not involved in the Alpert murder, but was the driver in six gangland murders.[12] Maffetore then convinced Abraham Levine to talk. Reles was next to cooperate with the District Attorney's office.[13] After Reles agreed to cooperate, numerous first-degree murder indictments were issued in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and in upstate Sullivan County (Catskills).[14] Additional members of the "Combination" then were added to the list of cooperating witnesses, including Albert Tannenbaum, Seymour Magoon, and Sholem Bernstein. Harry Rudolph's testimony was never used in any of the trials, as he died of natural causes in the infirmary at Rikers Island in June 1940.[15] Abe Reles fell to his death from a room at the Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island on November 12, 1941, even though he was under police guard.[4] [16] [17] The official verdict was accidental death.

Trials

Harry Maione and Frank Abbandando

Harry Maione and Frank Abbandando were the first members of the Brooklyn "Combination" to be put on trial for murder. In May 1940, the trial started for the May 25, 1937 ice-pick murder of George "Whitey" Rudnick in a Brooklyn parking garage.[18] [19] [20] Harry Strauss was also indicted for the murder, and, after initially agreeing to cooperate with the District Attorney's office, he was severed from the trial.[21] On May 15, 1940, Abe Reles testified that Rudnick was marked for death after Strauss claimed he had obtained information that Rudnick was a "stool pigeon for the police." Reles also testified that he waited outside the garage while Maione, Abbandando and Strauss were inside with Rudnick. After Rudnick was believed to have been murdered, Abbandando called for Reles and summoned Angelo "Julie" Catalano to the garage to assist with moving the body. Since Rudnick was still alive, Strauss resumed his assault with an ice pick, and Maione used a meat cleaver to complete the murder.[22] The next day, Catalano, who drove the automobile with Rudnick's body, corroborated Reles' account of the murder.[23] "Dukey" Maffetore and Abe "Pretty" Levine testified that they stole the automobile that was used to dispose of the body.[24] Maione and 14 witnesses testified that he was at his grandmother's wake when Rudnick was murdered.[25] The funeral home undertaker and embalmer testified that Maione was not at the wake.[26] Also, one of Maione's chief witnesses admitted that he committed perjury as ordered by Maione's brother, whom he feared.[27]

On May 23, 1940, Maione and Abbandando were convicted of first-degree murder, which meant a mandatory sentence of death in the electric chair.[28] New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals, overturned the conviction on a 4–3 vote in December 1940.[29] [30] The second trial started on March 10, 1941.[31] [32] At one point during the trial, Maione lost his temper and threw a glass of water at Reles.[33] Maione and Abbandando were convicted of first-degree murder for a second time on April 3, 1941.[34] Maione and Abbandando were formally sentenced to death for a second time on April 14, 1941.[35] The Court of Appeals upheld the second conviction on January 8, 1942.[36] Maione and Abbandando were executed at Sing Sing prison on February 19, 1942.[37]

Harry Strauss and Martin Goldstein

Harry Strauss and Martin Goldstein were put on trial for the September 4, 1939, strangulation murder of bookmaker Irving Feinstein, whose body was set on fire and left in a vacant lot after Feinstein had been strangled.[38] The trial started in September 1940 with Strauss feigning insanity.[39] [40] [41] [42] [43] Abe Reles, the chief prosecution witness, testified that Feinstein was murdered on orders of Albert Anastasia, since he supposedly "crossed" Vincent Mangano.[44] Reles testified that he, Goldstein and Strauss murdered Feinstein in his house. Reles's mother-in-law also testified that Reles and Strauss had asked her for an ice pick and clothesline earlier in the day and, while at the house, heard loud music masking a commotion in the living room. She also testified hearing Strauss say that he had been bitten. Goldstein's former bodyguard/driver Seymour Magoon corroborated the story, as he testified that on the night of the murder, Goldstein told him that he along with Reles and Strauss had murdered Puggy Feinstein and that shortly after the crime was committed, Goldstein and "Duke" Maffetore burned the body.[45] Goldstein's attorney decided not to put up a defense. Strauss's attorney claimed his client was insane. Strauss was briefly allowed on the witness stand but refused to take his oath and was "babbling incoherently" as he was led back to the defense table. Strauss then began chewing on a leather strap of a briefcase.[46] On September 19, 1940, Strauss and Goldstein were convicted of first-degree murder and a week later sentenced to death in the electric chair.[47] [48] On April 24, 1941, Strauss and Goldstein's convictions were affirmed by New York's Court of Appeals on a 4–3 decision.[49] Strauss and Goldstein were executed in the electric chair on June 12, 1941.[50]

Charles Workman

Charles Workman was indicted in New Jersey on March 27, 1940, for the October 23, 1935, murder of Dutch Schultz and three members of his gang.[51] Workman was extradited to New Jersey in April 1941.[52] The trial, which opened in June 1941, featured testimony from Abe Reles and Albert Tannenbaum as the primary underworld witnesses against Workman.[53] [54] The trial opened with two state witnesses, the restaurant bartender and a woman who was outside the restaurant, failing to identify Workman.[55] The next day, Reles and Tannenbaum provided their testimony implicating Workman. Next, a female friend of slain gangster Danny Fields, who was described as a "collector for the payroll" of Lepke, testified that Workman showed up at her apartment the day after Schultz's murder and asked Fields to burn his clothes. The woman, who used a pseudonym on the witness stand, testified that Workman openly talked about the Schultz killing and how he was left behind in the restaurant.[56] Workman's defense opened with testimony from Marty Krompier, a close associate of Dutch Schultz who was shot in Manhattan the same night Schultz was murdered in New Jersey.[57] Krompier testified that Tannenbaum told him that he did not shoot him as he was in New Jersey and killed Schultz.[58] Workman, in the middle of his defense, changed his plea from 'not guilty' to 'no contest' after one of his chief defense witnesses, a Manhattan funeral director who testified that Workman was employed by him during the time of the Schultz murder and who was the brother-in-law of the late Lepke associate Danny Fields, recanted his testimony that had provided Workman with an alibi.[59] The same day Workman changed his plea, he was sentenced to life in prison.[60] Workman was paroled on March 10, 1964, after serving 23 years in prison.[61]

Irving Nitzberg

Irving Nitzberg, who was "imported" by the Brooklyn "Combination" from the Bronx, was put on trial for the January 9, 1939, murder of Albert Shuman in Brooklyn based on the testimony of three accomplices, Abe Reles, Albert Tannenbaum and Seymour Magoon. Reles testified that Shuman was killed since he cooperated with the authorities who were conducting an inquiry of Lepke's involvement in labor racketeering.[62] Reles also testified that he helped plan the murder of Shuman with Lepke, who was a fugitive at the time, and Mendy Weiss and that Lepke received approval from Albert Anastasia to use a person who lived outside Brooklyn to help with completing the assignment. Seymour Magoon testified that he stole the car used in the murder on Reles's orders.[63] Albert Tannenbaum testified that he was the driver that picked up Nitzberg and Shuman under the pretense of performing a robbery. Nitzberg, who was in the back seat, shot Shuman twice in the back of the head when Tannenbaum gave a predetermined signal. Tannenbaum and Nitzberg then exited the murder car to join Reles and another gangster in the getaway car and departed from the crime scene.[64] [65] Nitzberg was convicted of first-degree murder on May 23, 1941, and sentenced to death in the electric chair.[66] [67] However, on December 10, 1941, the conviction was overturned on a 4–3 vote by New York's Court of Appeals, which questioned the use of testimony of non-accomplice witnesses who were promised leniency to support the testimony of Reles, Tannenbaum and Magoon.[68] [69] Nitzberg was tried a second time in 1942 with the now-deceased Reles's testimony read to the jury.[70] Nitzberg was convicted for a second time on March 12, 1942.[71] The conviction was overturned again by the Court of Appeals on a 4–3 vote, but, this time, the court also dismissed the indictment as faulty since the only testimony presented to the grand jury was from accomplices without corroboration.[72] [73]

Louis Buchalter, Emanuel Weiss, Louis Capone, Harry Strauss, James Feraco and Philip Cohen

Louis Buchalter, Emanuel Weiss, Louis Capone, Harry Strauss, James Feraco [74] Cohen had his murder indictment dropped prior to the start of the trial after his conviction on a federal narcotics charge and received a 10-year sentence.[75] James Feraco had vanished without a trace and was presumably killed in 1940 or 1941, and Harry Strauss had already been executed for the murder of Irving Feinstein. Jury selection for the trial began in August 1941. However, securing a jury for Lepke proved difficult. After enough jurors were finally selected, the trial actually started in October 1941.[76] The trial featured the testimony of Rosen's wife and son, a teacher, and underworld turncoat Sholem Bernstein, who was marked for death after refusing to carry out a murder contract on Irving Cohen, who fled to California after the murder of Walter Sage in 1937.[77] [78] [79] Lepke, Weiss and Capone were convicted on November 30, 1941.[80] [81] The Court of Appeals upheld the murder convictions of Lepke, Weiss and Capone in October 1942 on a 4–3 vote.[82] The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Lepke's appeal in February 1943.[83] In March 1943, the Supreme Court reversed its earlier decision and granted a review to Lepke, Weiss and Capone.[84] The Supreme Court upheld the conviction in June 1943.[85] Before Lepke could be executed, New York State needed the federal government to turn Lepke over, as he was currently serving a 14-year sentence in federal prison.[86] Lepke continued to appeal his death sentence vigorously in New York and transfer from federal custody.[87] Lepke, Weiss and Capone were executed in Sing-Sing prison on March 4, 1944.[88]

Vito Gurino

Vito "Socko" Gurino was sought for questioning in the Brooklyn murder investigation as the member assigned to eliminate witnesses against the "Combination".[89] First, Gurino attempted to silence a small-time gangster and eyewitness to the George Rudnick murder.[90] Police picked up Angelo "Julie" Catalano on the streets of Brooklyn shortly after he was bailed out by the syndicate, as Gurino tried to convince him to "hide out" on Long Island.[90] Several days later, Gurino used a contact, corrupt Queens County Deputy Sheriff William Cassele, to enter the county's civil prison on the night of March 29, 1940.[89] Cassele then forced Joseph "Joe the Baker" Liberto, who was being held as a material witness in the George Rudnick murder, to meet with Gurino.[89] According to Liberto, he was pushed up against a wall in his cell and threatened with death if he cooperated with the District Attorney.[89] Liberto was taken into custody shortly after an acquaintance drove him to a farmhouse on Long Island. Liberto quickly exited through a window, convinced he was going to be killed.[89] Gurino, who was hiding out in New Jersey for much of 1940, was arrested on September 12, 1940, at the Church of the Guardian Angel in Manhattan, screaming hysterically in fear for his life.[91] Shortly after being arrested, Gurino confessed to three syndicate murders and implicated himself in four others.[92] In March 1942, Gurino pleaded guilty to three murders.[93] In April 1942, Gurino was sentenced to 80 years to life in prison.[94] He died of a heart ailment on April 22, 1957, at Dannemora Hospital for the Criminally Insane.[95]

Jacob Drucker and Irving Cohen

Jacob Drucker and Irving Cohen were put on trial separately for the murder of racketeer Walter Sage in the Catskills.[96] [97] Sage was killed with an ice pick and had the frame of a slot machine tied to his body, which was found in Swan Lake on July 31, 1937. After the Sage murder, believing he was also going to be killed, Cohen fled to California and managed to secure small roles in films.[98] [99] He was identified two years later by the chief prosecution witness, Abraham Levine, who spotted Cohen in one of the ringside crowd scenes in the 1939 film Golden Boy.[100] According to Levine, Sage was riding in a car with Cohen and Drucker when he was stabbed 32 times with an icepick as Levine and Harry Strauss were following in another car. During the assault and struggle, Drucker stabbed Cohen once in the arm as Sage had grabbed the steering wheel and wrecked the car. Levine also testified that he observed Drucker wiping the icepick clean before helping dispose of the body. Cohen testified in his own defense, stating that Levine had stabbed him with an icepick as he was walking home from a casino. Cohen stated that he was assaulted by Levine and another man on Drucker's orders since he refused to pay 25% profit on a game of chance that he operated.[101] Cohen was acquitted on June 21, 1940.[102] Drucker, who was a suspect in four murders in the Catskills, was a fugitive for over three years, until the FBI located him in Delaware.[103] [104] Drucker was convicted of second-degree murder on May 5, 1944, and received a sentence of 25 years to life.[105] [106] Drucker died in Attica prison in January 1962.[107]

Jack Parisi

Jack "the Dandy" Parisi was acquitted of two murders, Teamsters official Morris Diamond in Brooklyn and music-publishing executive Irving Penn in the Bronx. Penn was killed by mistaken identity, as the intended target, Philip Orlofsky, a Cutters Union official, left his home early to get a shave the day his killers waited for him.[108] Parisi was a fugitive for 10 years, until he was captured in Pennsylvania in 1949.[109] Albert Tannenbaum was brought in from Atlanta, where he was reportedly living, to testify for the prosecution.[110] One accomplice in the Penn murder, Jacob "Kuppy" Migden, who provided the erroneous identification of Penn and who was also a fugitive for several years, pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree assault in the middle of his murder trial and was sentenced to a term of 5–10 years.[111] [112] Each of Parisi's murder trials ended with an acquittal, as the judges directed a verdict of not-guilty due to the lack of corroborating evidence, since the chief witnesses for the prosecution were accomplices.[113] [114] [115] He died at home of natural causes on December 27, 1982, at the age of 83.[116]

Others

Max "the Jerk" Golob was indicted with Frank Abbandando for first-degree murder in the slaying of gangster John "Spider" Murtha on March 3, 1935.[117] With little evidence other than the eyewitness testimony of Murtha's female companion, Golob was permitted to plead guilty to second-degree assault and received a maximum term of five years.[118]

Sidney "Fats" Brown was the subject of a sealed first-degree murder indictment in Sullivan County, New York. The indictment was dismissed after the death of Abe Reles, the sole witness. Brown was never arrested, and the identity of the murder victim was never revealed.[119]

After the trials

With many of its members executed or imprisoned, Murder, Inc., vanished within a few years.

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Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Ruderman . Wendy . Ice Picks Are Still Used as Weapons . The New York Times . 2012-08-31 . 2016-10-04 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170109121416/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/01/nyregion/ice-picks-are-still-used-as-weapons.html . 2017-01-09 .
  3. Book: Stolberg, Mary M. . Fighting Organized Crime: Politics, Justice and the Legacy of Thomas E. Dewey . Northeastern University Press . Boston . 1995 . 55–64 . 1-55553-245-4 . registration .
  4. Web site: The Old Headquarters of Murder, Inc. . Atlas Obscura: Places . Atlas Obscura . 25 February 2024 . 18 November 2014.
  5. Murder, Inc.: The Story of the Syndicate by Burton B. Turkus, Sid Feder
  6. NASA Report, The Mafia Encyclopedia. Checkmark Books, 2005, p. 360.
  7. News: Brooklyn Gang Solved by Confessions of Pair, O'Dwyer Says; 15 Seized in Round-Up; Penn Case Mistake Laid to Thugs Who Specialized in 'Rubbing Out' Witnesses . The New York Times . March 18, 1940 . 1 .
  8. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0911FD3B55117A93C1A91789D85F448485F9 "Reles, Two of Gang, Indicted in Killing as O'Dwyer Acts; Prosecutor Says Case Against Racketeers, Reputed Immune to Conviction, Is 'Air-Tight' Slaying of 1933 Charged Mother of Young Victim Has Made Almost Daily Pleas Since to Get Action"
  9. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C13F63C54117A93C2AB1788D85F448485F9 Murder Witness Got Bribe Offer, O'Dwyer Charges; $5,000 Promised If He Would Clear Reles and Goldstein, Prosecutor Declares
  10. Web site: NYC Gangland. www.nycgangland.com. 27 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120310001703/http://www.nycgangland.com/. 10 March 2012.
  11. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30714FE3558127A93CAA81788D85F448485F9 Trigger Men Bare 'Contract' Murders for Big Racketeers; Dozen Killings by Brooklyn Gang Solved by Confessions of Pair, O'Dwyer Says 15 Seized in Round-up Penn Case Mistake Laid to Thugs Who Specialized in 'Rubbing Out' Witnesses
  12. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0616F93454107B93C2A81782D85F408485F9 What Makes a Successful Detective; John Osnato, who cracked big cases, used his own formula: stool pigeons and common sense
  13. News: Reles Is Telling Story of Murders Done by His Gang; Leader, in a Surprise Move to Win Leniency, Gives O'Dwyer Facts on Paid Killers; Also Naming 'Employers'; Two More Slayings Are Solved as Drive on Syndicate Takes on Added Momentum . The New York Times . March 24, 1940 . 1 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920205550/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C12F83D55177A93C6AB1788D85F448485F9 . September 20, 2012 .
  14. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB061EF834581B7A93CBA81788D85F448485F9 Murder for $1 Profit Is Charged as Evidence Piles Up Against Gang; Fifteen Killings Checked With Probability That Twice as Many May Be Traced Hollywood 'Bit Man' Held
  15. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/04/archives/57-murders-laid-to-brooklyn-ring-odwyer-asserts-crimes-are-solved.html 57 Murders Laid to Brooklyn Ring; O'Dwyer Asserts Crimes Are 'Solved,' but Time and Death Bar Many Prosecutions; 10-Year Period Covered; Slaying of Vannie Higgins Is Added to List – Blue Ribbon Jury Plea Is Granted
  16. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/11/13/archives/abe-reles-killed-trying-to-escape-sheet-rope-fails-after-he-lowers.html Abe Reles Killed Trying to Escape; Sheet Rope Fails After He Lowers Himself From 6th to 5th Floor of Hotel; Motive Puzzles Police; Informer Against Murder Ring Lived in Dread of Bullets of Former Confederates
  17. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/11/14/archives/guards-demoted-in-reles-escape-five-to-get-departmental-trials-on.html Guards Demoted in Reles Escape; Five to Get Departmental Trials on Laxity Charge – Mayor Orders Inquiry
  18. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/03/30/archives/another-murder-laid-to-3-in-ring-brooklyn-gangsters-indicted-as.html Another Murder Laid to 3 in Ring; Brooklyn Gangsters Indicted as Killers of Stool Pigeon in Garage in 1937; Police Guard O'Dwyer; Meanwhile, Jury in Bronx Is Due to Return True Bill in Penn Slaying
  19. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B10F63B54117A93CAA9178ED85F448485F9 Murder Ring Trial Due to Start Today; Jury to Be Picked From Special Blue-Ribbon Panel of 150
  20. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C10FB3A54107A93C6A8178ED85F448485F9 Murder Ring Trial Gets Death Proof; State Witnesses Establish the Corpus Delicti and Tell of 63 Wounds on Body Ex-Deputy Sheriff Held; Accused of Allowing Thug to Threaten Prisoner – Machine Used to Dig for Bodies
  21. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/09/archives/strauss-to-bare-murders-of-ring-cruelest-killer-of-the-gang-agrees.html Strauss to Bare Murders of Ring; 'Cruelest Killer' of the Gang Agrees to Talk – Gets Severance of Trial
  22. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/16/archives/reles-confesses-to-six-murders-crime-ring-informer-gives-4hour.html Reles Confesses to Six Murders; Crime Ring Informer Gives 4-Hour Story of Killings to Brooklyn Jury; Court Room Is Stunned; Calm Recital of Strangling, Shooting and Stabbing Amazes Hearers
  23. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/17/archives/witness-upholds-reles-testimony-catalano-testifies-against-two.html Witness Upholds Reles Testimony; Catalano Testifies Against Two Accused in Killing of Rudnick, Gang Informer Names Them as Slayers; Gives Graphic Description of Ice Pick Attack in Garage and Disposition of Body
  24. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/15/archives/informers-link-2-to-garage-murder-maffetore-and-levene-say-they.html Informers Link 2 to Garage Murder; Maffetore and Levene Say They Stole Car in Which Body Was Found; One Saw Two Killings; Detectives Guard Courtroom to Prevent Vengeance by Brooklyn Gangland
  25. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/21/archives/maione-gives-alibi-in-rudnick-slaying-14-witnesses-put-the-alleged.html Maione Gives Alibi in Rudnick Slaying; 14 Witnesses Put the Alleged Murder Ring Leader at His Grandmother's Wake; He Is Calm on the Stand; Firmly and Politely Denies All Charges – Contradicts Reles and Others
  26. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/22/archives/undertaker-hits-murder-ring-alibi-he-and-embalmer-say-they-did-not.html Undertaker Hits Murder Ring Alibi; He and Embalmer Say They Did Not See Maione at His Grandmother's Wake; 'Dasher' Also on Stand; Like Co-Defendant, He Says He Had No Part in Slaying – Both Sides Rest
  27. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/23/archives/maione-witness-admits-perjury-asserts-he-lied-when-he-said-he-saw.html Maione Witness Admits Perjury; Asserts He Lied When He Said He Saw the Defendant in Murder Ring at Wake; Sharp Blow to Defense; Counsel, Summing Up, Assails Reles – Brooklyn Case Goes to the Jury Today
  28. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/24/archives/two-in-murder-ring-quickly-convicted-maione-and-abbandando-are.html Two in Murder Ring Quickly Convicted; Maione and Abbandando Are Found Guilty by Kings Jury, Must Go to the Chair; Lepke Indicted in 2 Cases; Racketeer Accused in O'Dwyer Inquiry of Slayings by the Brooklyn 'Syndicate'
  29. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D15FA3E5F167B93C3A9178AD85F458485F9 2 in Murder Ring to Get New Trial; Court of Appeals Reverses the Lower Tribunal in Maione and Abbandando Case; Finds Judge Made Error; Four-to-Three Decision Holds He Accepted Undisputed Testimony From Reles
  30. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/01/14/archives/five-back-from-sing-sing-maione-and-others-convicted-as-slayers-to.html Five Back from Sing Sing; Maione and Others Convicted as Slayers to Get New Trials
  31. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/03/11/archives/murder-ring-trial-begins-maione-and-abbandano-again-face-jury-in.html Murder Ring Trial Begins; Maione and Abbandano Again Face Jury in Killing
  32. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/03/15/archives/reles-repeats-tale-of-rudnick-slaying-testifies-against-maione-and.html Reles Repeats Tale of Rudnick Slaying; Testifies Against Maione and Abbandando at New Trial
  33. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/03/20/archives/maione-in-tantrum-at-murder-trial-brooklyn-florist-and-gang-leader.html Maione in Tantrum at Murder Trial; Brooklyn Florist and Gang Leader Hurls Water Glass at Reles on Stand; Screams Oaths in Rage; Courtroom Thrown Into Uproar When Defendant Objects to Ex-Partner's Testimony
  34. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/04/04/archives/2-in-murder-trial-are-found-guilty-abbandando-and-malone-are.html 2 in Murder Trial Are Found Guilty; Abbandando and Malone Are Convicted at 2d Trial for Icepick Killing; Jury out for 3 Hours; Both Men Stoical as Verdict Is Returned – Sentence to Death Mandatory
  35. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/04/15/archives/2-of-murder-ring-to-die-court-sets-week-of-may-18-for-maione-and.html 2 of Murder Ring to Die; Court Sets Week of May 18 for Maione and Abbandando
  36. https://www.nytimes.com/1942/01/09/archives/high-state-court-dooms-3-convictions-of-maione-abbandando-and-cvek.html High State Court Dooms 3; Convictions of Maione, Abbandando and Cvek Are Affirmed
  37. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C12FC3F5D167B93C2AB1789D85F468485F9 2 in Murder Ring Are Put to Death; Maione and Abbandando Bring to Four the Number to Die for Syndicate Slayings 3; Others Face Same Fate; Executions Carried Out on Standard Time as Prison Has Not Changed Clocks
  38. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/04/04/archives/cars-killers-used-are-found-junked-oscar-the-poet-sends-police-to.html Cars Killers Used Are Found Junked; Oscar the Poet Sends Police to Yard Where They Uncover Parts of 30 'Hot' Autos; His Bail Set at $50,000 But He Is Jailed for His Safety – Maione Offers to 'Sing,' but O'Dwyer Won't Listen
  39. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0817FF345D10728DDDAB0994DE405B8088F1D3 Strauss's Sanity to Be Tested
  40. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/08/02/archives/prisoner-fights-to-retain-beard-strauss-gang-gunman-holds-to-be.html Prisoner Fights to Retain Beard; Strauss, Gang Gunman, Holds to Be Shaved Would Violate Constitutional Rights; Court Reserves Decision; Ponders on Procedure if the Ex-Convict Were a Nudist or Needed a Bath
  41. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/08/03/archives/pittsburgh-phil-fails-to-get-writ-court-dismisses-habeas-corpus.html Pittsburgh Phil Fails to Get Writ; Court Dismisses Habeas Corpus Plea of Murder Ring Suspect Involving Psychiatrist; Case of Beard Pending; Prisoner Awaits Ruling on Prosecutor's Request That He Be Ordered to Shave
  42. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/09/05/archives/court-rules-thug-must-shave-beard-refuses-to-allow-strauss-to-wear.html Court Rules Thug must Shave Beard; Refuses to Allow Strauss to Wear His Disguise at Murder Ring Trial
  43. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/09/10/archives/murder-ring-trial-opens-in-brooklyn-3-jurors-chosen-and-locked-up.html Murder Ring Trial Opens in Brooklyn; 3 Jurors Chosen and Locked Up for Night – Strauss Stares, Mutters Continually
  44. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/09/17/archives/reles-confesses-5-more-killings-increases-number-to-eleven-as-he.html Reles Confesses 5 More Killings; Increases Number to Eleven as He Appears at the Trial of Strauss and Goldstein Turns on 2 Old Friends; Tells of Getting Orders From 'Boss,' Waterfront Leader, to 'Take' Feinstein
  45. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB071EFA3E54157A93CAA81782D85F448485F9 Gangster in Court Pleads for Life; Goldstein Interrupts Murder Trial With Dramatic Appeal to His Ex-Bodyguard; Cries 'You're Burning Me!' Magoon, State Witness, Turns Away and Corroborates Reles Story of Slaying
  46. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/09/19/archives/murder-ring-trial-hears-no-defense-goldsteins-counsel-pleads-with.html Murder Ring Trial Hears No Defense; Goldstein's Counsel Pleads With Jury to Spare Client He Terms 'a Poor Bum'; Strauss Stares Vacantly; Two Psychiatrists Testify He Could Not Tell Date – Opinion on Sanity Forbidden
  47. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0812FC3B5A11728DDDA90A94D1405B8088F1D3 Two in Murder Ring Quickly Convicted; Strauss and Goldstein to Die in the Chair – Judge Praises O'Dwyer Drive on Crime
  48. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/09/27/archives/two-in-murder-ring-sentenced-to-die-goldstein-launches-a-tirade-at.html Two in Murder Ring Sentenced to Die; Goldstein Launches a Tirade at Judge, but Strauss Stares Vacantly; Calls Accusers 'Rats'; Leaders of Gang, Linked to 83 Slayings, Hear Week of Nov. 4 Set for Doom
  49. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B11FA3559167B93C7AB178FD85F458485F9 Two in Murder Ring Fail in Their Appeal; Conviction of Strauss and Goldstein Upheld at Albany
  50. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/06/13/archives/2-in-murder-ring-are-put-to-death-pittsburgh-phil-strauss-and.html 2 in Murder Ring Are Put to Death; Pittsburgh Phil Strauss and Buggsy Goldstein Go to Chair for Brooklyn Slaying; 83 Killings Laid to Gang; Strauss Was Termed the 'Most Vicious' of Mob
  51. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/03/28/archives/schultzs-murder-laid-to-lepke-aide-workman-witness-in-brooklyn.html Schultz's Murder Laid to Lepke Aide; Workman, Witness in Brooklyn Syndicate Slayings, Indicted in Essex County; Extradition to Be Sought; O'Dwyer to Cooperate in Action by Jersey Prosecutor, Who Reopened the Case
  52. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/04/26/archives/workman-goes-to-jersey-he-is-extradited-to-answer-dutch-schultz.html Workman Goes to Jersey; He Is Extradited to Answer Dutch Schultz Murder Charge
  53. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B17FD3A59167B93C3AA1788D85F458485F9 'The Bug' to Be Tried for Schultz Killing; Murder Ring Witness Will Be Extradited to New Jersey
  54. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B17FE3F5B147B93C5A9178DD85F458485F9 Schultz Slaying Laid to Workman; Tannenbaum and Reles Testify Newark Defendant Bragged of Killing 'Dutchman'; Row with Weiss Is Told; He Also Claimed 'Credit' for Fatal Shooting and Lepke Sought to End Dispute
  55. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/06/06/archives/testify-in-schultz-case-two-state-witnesses-fail-to-identify.html Testify in Schultz Case; Two State Witnesses Fail to Identify Workman as Killer
  56. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/06/08/archives/workman-killer-woman-testifies-he-called-at-her-apartment-and-told.html Workman Killer, Woman Testifies; He Called at Her Apartment and Told How Schultz Met His Death, She Adds
  57. https://www.nytimes.com/1935/10/24/archives/schultz-aide-shot-here-hour-later-krompier-lieutenant-of-the.html Schultz Aide Shot Here Hour Later; Krompier, Lieutenant of the Gangster, Critically Wounded in Broadway Barber Shop. Companion Also Injured; Assailant Opens Door Just as Pair Prepare to Leave and Fires Into Room
  58. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E14FF3F5B147B93C2A8178DD85F458485F9 Tannenbaum Named as Schultz's Slayer; Admitted the Killing in 1938, Says Witness for Workman
  59. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/06/11/archives/life-for-workman-as-schultz-killer-gangster-sentenced-after-he-ends.html Life for Workman as Schultz Killer; Gangster Sentenced After He Ends Trial by Changing Plea to No Defense; Workman Jailed as Schultz Killer
  60. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0813FD3F5B147B93C1A8178DD85F458485F9 Workman Goes to Prison
  61. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/11/archives/schultzs-killer-freed-in-treton-charles-workman-served-23-years-of.html Schultz's Killer Freed in Trenton; Charles Workman Served 23 Years of Term
  62. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/05/17/archives/gang-killer-tells-why-he-reformed-became-disgusted-with-way-of-life.html Gang Killer Tells Why He 'Reformed'; Became Disgusted With Way of Life That Required 11 Murders, Reles Says; Believes in God, He Adds; Waxes Philosophical After He Details One Slaying to Jury in Brooklyn
  63. https://www.nytimes.com/1942/03/06/archives/polite-murderer-explains-silence-magoon-didnt-tell-what-he-knew-of.html "Polite Murderer Explains Silence; Magoon Didn't Tell What He Knew of Gangster Leaders Out of Sheer Courtesy; or So He Informs Court; Hired Slayer of the Brooklyn Ring Says He Stole Car at Request of Reles"
  64. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/05/20/archives/gang-killer-tells-of-rings-system-tannenbaum-holds-nitzberg-on.html "Gang Killer Tells of Ring's System; Tannenbaum Holds Nitzberg, on Trial for Murder, Shot Shuman on His Signal; Testifies for the State; Witness, the Death-Car Driver, Says He Asked Boss 'Why Did We Kill Him?
  65. https://www.nytimes.com/1942/03/10/archives/brooklyn-killing-just-another-job-who-was-the-guy-and-why-did-we.html "Brooklyn Killing Just Another Job; 'Who Was the Guy and Why Did We Kill Him?' Tannenbaum Asked Boss, Lepke Aide; His Interest Ended There; Death-Car Driver Testifies for the State as Nitzberg Is Retried for Shuman Death"
  66. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/05/24/archives/nitzberg-held-guilty-after-18-minutes-slayer-in-brooklyn-murder.html "Nitzberg Held Guilty after 18 Minutes; Slayer in Brooklyn Murder Syndicate Faces Death"
  67. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/06/03/archives/nitzberg-sentenced-to-chair.html "Nitzberg Sentenced to Chair"
  68. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/12/11/archives/murder-ring-verdict-reversed-in-albany-appeals-court-in-43-decision.html "Murder Ring Verdict Reversed in Albany; Appeals Court, in 4–3 Decision, Grants New Trial to Nitzberg"
  69. https://www.nytimes.com/1942/12/08/archives/robber-wins-freedom-aided-in-obtaining-conviction-of-a-brooklyn.html "Robber Wins Freedom; Aided in Obtaining Conviction of a Brooklyn Slayer"
  70. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B10FC3F5D167B93C7A91788D85F468485F9 "Reles's Story Echoes Hollowly When Read By the Prosecutor at 2d Trial of Nitzberg"
  71. https://www.nytimes.com/1942/03/13/archives/nitzberg-convicted-in-shuman-murder-brooklyn-ring-member-found.html "Nitzberg Convicted in Shuman Murder; Brooklyn Ring Member Found Guilty for Second Time"
  72. https://www.nytimes.com/1943/01/22/archives/twice-condemned-reles-aide-freed-appeals-court-4-to-3-saves.html "Twice Condemned, Reles Aide Freed; Appeals Court, 4 to 3, Saves Nitzberg From Chair, Finds Indictment Faulty"
  73. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E13F73D59147B93CAAB178AD85F478485F9 "Freed from Death House; Man, Twice Convicted of Murder, Quits Sing Sing at Last"
  74. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/08/05/archives/lepke-trial-opens-jurypicking-lags-blueribbon-talesmen-prove.html Lepke Trial Opens; Jury-picking Lags; Blue-Ribbon Talesmen Prove Reluctant to Serve in Brooklyn Murder Case
  75. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/01/31/archives/guilty-in-narcotics-case-cohen-and-3-others-convicted-by-federal.html Guilty in Narcotics Case; Cohen and 3 Others Convicted by Federal Court Jury
  76. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/10/18/archives/lepke-jury-filled-after-five-weeks-prolonged-sessions-in-racket.html Lepke Jury Filled after Five Weeks; Prolonged Sessions in Racket Murder Case Seen as Record
  77. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/10/23/archives/son-of-slain-witness-heard-at-lepke-trial-teacher-says-father.html Son of Slain Witness Heard at Lepke Trial; Teacher Says Father Trembled After Talk With Racketeer
  78. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/10/25/archives/murder-ring-aide-involves-bosses-bernstein-who-fled-after-he-balked.html Murder Ring Aide Involves 'Bosses'; Bernstein, Who Fled After He Balked at 'Job,' Implicates Weiss and Capone
  79. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/10/28/archives/rat-tells-of-job-in-murder-ring-selfdescribed-figure-says-he-talks.html 'Rat' Tells of Job in Murder Ring; Self-Described Figure Says He Talks Because Brooklyn 'Combination' Sought Him
  80. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/11/30/archives/lepke-convicted-with-two-aides-all-face-death-former-gang-chief.html Lepke Convicted with Two Aides; All Face Death; Former Gang Chief, Weiss and Capone Found Guilty After Jury Ponders Hours
  81. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/12/03/archives/lepke-and-2-aides-sentenced-to-die-gang-leader-whitefaced-and.html Lepke and 2 Aides Sentenced to Die; Gang Leader White-Faced and Shaken as He Hears Doom Pronounced by Court; Their Families Barred; Nominal Execution Date of Jan. 4 Set, but Long Delay Because of Appeals Looms
  82. https://www.nytimes.com/1942/10/31/archives/lepke-conviction-upheld-in-albany-court-of-appeals-votes-4-to-3-to.html Lepke Conviction Upheld in Albany; Court of Appeals Votes, 4 to 3, to Sustain Jury's Verdict of a Death Sentence
  83. https://www.nytimes.com/1943/02/16/archives/high-court-rules-lepke-must-die-rejects-petition-for-review-of.html High Court Rules Lepke Must Die; Rejects Petition for Review of Racket Chief's Conviction for Brooklyn Murder
  84. https://www.nytimes.com/1943/03/16/archives/lepkes-last-hope-revived-by-court-supreme-bench-reversing-its-feb.html Lepke's Last Hope Revived by Court; Supreme Bench, Reversing its Feb. 15 Ruling, Gives Review to 3 in Murder Case
  85. https://www.nytimes.com/1943/06/02/archives/high-court-seals-lepke-trio-deaths-tribunal-in-washington-says.html High Court Seals Lepke Trio Deaths; Tribunal in Washington Says Brooklyn Gang Defendants Had a Fair Trial
  86. https://www.nytimes.com/1943/07/17/archives/state-wins-fight-to-sentence-lepke-us-to-produce-slayer-before.html State Wins Fight to Sentence Lepke; U.S. to Produce Slayer Before Appeals Court Tuesday for Death Penalty Decree; Reverses its Refusal; Gangster's Two Colleagues, Now in Sing Sing, Will Appear With Him
  87. https://www.nytimes.com/1944/01/22/archives/lepke-is-turned-over-to-state-placed-in-sing-sing-death-house-lepke.html Lepke Is Turned Over to State by the U.S.; Taken to Sing Sing and Put in Death House
  88. https://www.nytimes.com/1944/03/05/archives/lepke-is-put-to-death-denies-guilt-to-last-makes-no-revelation-two.html Lepke Is Put to Death, Denies Guilt to Last; Makes No Revelation; Two Aides Also Die
  89. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0914FE3854117A93C6AB178FD85F448485F9 Gang Prison Call to Be Investigated; Queens Prosecutor Asserts if Crime Is Revealed He Will Take Definite Action; New Warden Appointed; Action Follows Report Gunman, Now Missing, Threatened Murder Ring Witness
  90. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/03/29/archives/murder-ring-plot-to-kill-a-witness-foiled-by-police-odwyer-says.html Murder Ring Plot to Kill a Witness Foiled by Police; O'Dwyer Says Gang Got Man Out of Jail Against His Wish in Order to Slay Him; Almost 'Taken for Ride'; Picked Up by Detectives as He Argued Against 'Trip'
  91. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/09/12/archives/murder-ring-fugitive-seeks-haven-in-church-trigger-man-hysterical.html Murder Ring Fugitive Seeks Haven in Church; 'Trigger Man' Hysterical in Fear of Killers; Gunman Seeks Refuge in Church
  92. News: Gurino Confesses to Three Murders; Ring's 'Toughest Trigger Man' Implicates Himself in Four Others, O'Dwyer Says; Killed Two in Apartment; Gained Access When Confederate, Now in Death House, Wore Woman's Clothes as Ruse . The New York Times . September 13, 1940 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121106180518/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A10FD3454107A93C1A81782D85F448485F9 . November 6, 2012 .
  93. https://www.nytimes.com/1942/03/24/archives/gurino-pleads-guilty-on-3-murder-counts-trigger-man-of-brooklyn.html Gurino Pleads Guilty on 3 Murder Counts; Trigger Man of Brooklyn Ring Admits 2d-Degree Charges
  94. https://www.nytimes.com/1942/04/08/archives/80year-sentences-for-murder-ring-ace-gurino-trigger-man-gets-three.html 80-Year Sentences for Murder Ring 'Ace'; Gurino, Trigger Man, Gets Three Consecutive Terms
  95. http://news2.nnyln.net/plattsburgh-press-republican/plattsburgh-press-republican-1957-february-may/plattsburgh-press-republican-1957-february-may%20-%200905.pdf{{dead link|date=May 2016}}
  96. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/03/21/archives/five-are-indicted-in-murder-for-hire-big-gangi-named-in-sealed.html Five Are Indicted in Murder for Hire; Big Gangi Named in Sealed Bills Involving 2 Slayings in Sullivan County; O'Dwyer Denies Friction; Amen Also Scouts Talk of Clash – Woman Accused of 'Fixes' for Brooklyn Gang
  97. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/03/23/archives/new-murder-hunt-started-upstate-jack-drucker-of-monticello-is.html New Murder Hunt Started Up-state; Jack Drucker of Monticello Is Sought in Gang Killings Originating in City; Queried in Other Crimes; Reported Having Been in Miami Recently – County Aroused by the Revelations
  98. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/04/11/archives/cohen-brought-here-as-contract-slayer-questioned-5-hours-by-odwyer.html Cohen Brought Here as Contract Slayer; Questioned 5 Hours by O'Dwyer, Then Sent to Monticello
  99. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/18/archives/murder-accusation-makes-cohen-weep-breakdown-necessitates-recess-at.html Murder Accusation Makes Cohen Weep; Breakdown Necessitates Recess at Monticello Trial
  100. Book: Turkus, Burton T.. Murder, Inc: The Story of "the Syndicate". 1951. Da Capo Press. 9780306804755.
  101. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/21/archives/gang-slaying-denied-by-cohen-bit-actor-testimony-ends-in-upstate.html Gang Slaying Denied by Cohen, 'Bit' Actor; Testimony Ends in Up-State Case Linked to Brooklyn Ring
  102. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/22/archives/big-gangi-cohen-cleared-of-murder-slaying-was-one-of-57-laid-to.html Big Gangi Cohen Cleared of Murder; Slaying Was One of 57 Laid to Syndicate in Brooklyn
  103. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C16F93B58157A93CAAB1789D95F478485F9 Fugitive Drucker Seized as Slayer; Brooklyn Gang Figure, Sought in Up-State Killing, Found by FBI in Delaware
  104. https://www.nytimes.com/1943/12/30/archives/fbi-gives-up-drucker-extradition-move-to-start-now-against-alleged.html FBI Gives up Drucker; Extradition Move to Start Now Against Alleged Slayer
  105. https://www.nytimes.com/1944/05/06/archives/drucker-guilty-of-icepick-murder-brooklyn-rings-fingerman-is.html Drucker Guilty of Ice-Pick Murder; Brooklyn Ring's Finger-Man Is Convicted in Second Degree
  106. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0617F93959147B93C0A8178ED85F408485F9 Drucker Gets 25 Years; Murder, Inc., Alleged Trigger Man Sentenced at Monticello
  107. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0811FF3E551A7B93C6AB178AD85F468685F9 Murder Inc. Figure Dies
  108. https://www.nytimes.com/1943/02/17/archives/penn-jury-hears-intended-victim-orlofsky-says-killers-missed-him.html Penn Jury Hears Intended Victim; Orlofsky Says Killers Missed Him When He Left Home an Hour Early to Get Shaved
  109. https://www.nytimes.com/1949/10/15/archives/10year-fugitive-caught-parisi-murder-inc-gunman-surprised-in-sleep.html 10-Year Fugitive Caught; Parisi, Murder, Inc., Gunman, Surprised in Sleep
  110. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/03/30/archives/murder-witness-back-accuser-of-lepke-will-testify-against-another.html Murder Witness Back; Accuser of Lepke Will Testify Against Another Suspect
  111. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0916F63C581B7B93CAA81789D85F478485F9 Lepke Aide Admits His Guilt in Killing; Halts Trial in the Mistaken Identity Penn Murder to Plead to Assault Charge
  112. https://www.nytimes.com/1943/03/06/archives/gets-5-years-in-slaying-migden-had-pleaded-guilty-to-assault.html Gets 5 Years in Slaying; Migden Had Pleaded Guilty to Assault Attempt on Penn
  113. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/04/14/archives/parisi-is-acquitted-faces-new-charge.html Parisi Is Acquitted, Faces New Charge
  114. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/04/15/archives/parisi-is-arraigned-for-bronx-murder.html Parisi Is Arraigned for Bronx Murder
  115. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/06/15/archives/freed-in-mistakemurder-suspect-recently-won-freedom-on-second.html Freed in Mistake-murder; Suspect Recently Won Freedom on Second Slaying Charge
  116. News: Jack Parisi, 85, Accused of Links to Murder Inc. – New York Times. The New York Times. 1996-12-30. 2018-06-26.
  117. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/03/25/archives/2-lepke-men-seized-in-murder-inquiry-held-as-vagrants-but-one-is.html 2 Lepke Men Seized in Murder Inquiry; Held as Vagrants, but One Is Wanted in Up-State Killing – Maxie the Jerk Jailed
  118. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0D16FE3E5F167B93C7A91789D85F468485F9 Avoids Trial for Murder; Max Golob, Member of Brooklyn Ring, Allowed Lesser Plea
  119. https://www.nytimes.com/1942/02/07/archives/murder-inc-indictment-dropped.html Murder, Inc., Indictment Dropped
  120. News: 2 Freed in Murder Ring; Minor Members of Gang Let Off With Suspended Sentences. The New York Times. April 21, 1942. 25. News: 2 FREED IN MURDER RING; Minor Members of Gang Let off with Suspended Sentences . May 19, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120925012600/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D15FE3E5D167B93C3AB178FD85F468485F9 . September 25, 2012 . bot: unknown . The New York Times . 1942-04-21 .
  121. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A12F93C5E1B7B93C4AB178AD95F418485F9 John Osnato Dies; Ace Detective, 55; Key Figure in Solving Murder, Inc., and Rubel Ice Robbery Once Arrested Capone Broke Down "Stool Pigeon" Pounded East Side Beat
  122. https://www.nytimes.com/1949/09/17/archives/lepke-aide-slain-gang-war-is-seen-body-of-philip-cohen-is-found-on.html Lepke Aide Slain; Gang War Is Seen; Body of Philip Cohen Is Found on Valley Stream Road, 4 Bullets in His Head
  123. https://www.nytimes.com/1951/03/25/archives/auto-recoveries-tied-to-gang-war-theory-of-a-reprisal-against.html Auto Recoveries Tied to Gang War; Theory of a Reprisal Against Informer Held Strengthened in Case of Maffetore Belated Reprisal Seen
  124. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0E11F63A54177B93C4AB178BD95F438585F9 Anastasia Slain in a Hotel Here; Led Murder, Inc.
  125. https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/15/archives/65-hoodlums-seized-in-a-raid-and-run-out-of-upstate-village.html 65 Hoodlums Seized in a Raid And Run Out of Upstate Village; Gangster Parley Is Raided Upstate; Meeting a Mystery
  126. https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/16/archives/hoodlum-convention-viewed-as-splitting-anastasia-rackets-gang.html Hoodlum 'Convention' Viewed As Splitting Anastasia Rackets; Gang 'Convention' Tied to Anastasia
  127. https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/19/archives/meeting-of-thugs-tied-to-anastasia-but-top-city-investigators.html Meeting of Thugs Tied to Anastasia; But Top City Investigators Report No Definite Clue Has Been Uncovered Investigation Continues
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