Hyman Abrams |
No image
available |
|
1920s–1960s |
Lieutenant of Boston Mobster Charles
Solomon during
Prohibition. Later financed syndicate Las Vegas casinos with Meyer
Lansky,Carl
Cohen and Jack
Entratter during
the 1950s and 60s. |
[1][2] |
Evsei Agron |
No image
available |
d. 1985 |
1970s–1980s |
Russian-born mobster who established and ran the Russian
Mafiain Brighton
Beach, Brooklyn until
his murder in 1985. |
|
Israel "Ice pick Willie" Alderman |
No image
available |
1902-1970 |
|
From North Minneapolis; associate
with David
Berman In
Minneapolis and Las Vegas. 1965 Convicted in Denver Colorado
of conspiring of using telephone lines to threaten death to
a disbarred attorney; 1969 reported under indictment for
grand larceny. |
[3] |
Hyman Amberg |
No image
available |
1902–1926 |
1919–1926 |
New York mobster and chief enforcer for his brothers Joseph
and Louis "Pretty" Amberg. Hyman and another convict
committed suicide following an unsuccessful escape attempt
from Tombs
Prison. |
[4][5] |
Joseph Amberg |
No image
available |
1892–1935 |
1919–1935 |
New York mobster who led one of the top gangs in Brooklyn
during the 1920s and 30s with brothers Hyman and Louis
Amberg. Amberg and an associate, Morris
Kessler, were executed by Murder Inc. in his Brownsville auto
garage. |
[4][5] |
Louis "Pretty" Amberg |
No image
available |
1897–1935 |
1919–1935 |
He and brothers Hyman and Joseph Amberg led one of the top
criminal gangs in Brooklyn during the 1920s and 30s. The
last surviving brother, he was murdered a month after his
brother Joseph by members of Murder Inc. |
[4][6] |
Moses Annenberg |
No image
available |
1877–1942 |
1904–1936 |
Newspaperman and organized crime figure. Hired and directed
criminal gangs on behalf of the Hearst
Corporation during
Chicago's "circulation wars" of 1910–1911, and later became
owner of the National Racing Wire during the 1920s and 30s.
Later used his wealth to purchase The
Philadelphia Inquirer and
found theAnnenberg
Foundation. Jailed for tax evasion in 1939. |
[1][2][6][7][8][9] |
Marat Balagula |
No image
available |
b. 1943 |
1977–1986 |
Associate of the Lucchese
crime family during
the 1970s and 80s. Succeeded Evsei
Agron as head
of the Russian
Mafia in 1985
but fled the country to avoid criminal charges a year later.
He was extradited back to the US in 1989 and received an
18-year sentence in federal prison. |
|
David Berman |
No image
available |
1903–1957 |
1916–1957 |
Associate member of the Genovese
crime family who
ran syndicate operations in Iowa and Minnesota from the
1920s to the 40s. Involve in syndicate casinos in Las Vegas
during the 1940s and 50s, he and Moe
Sedway took
over The
Flamingo after
Bugsy Siegel's murder in 1947. |
[2] |
Otto "Abbadabba" Berman |
No image
available |
1889–1935 |
1920s–1930s |
Mob accountant and financial advisor for New York mobster Dutch
Schultz. |
[1][2][5][6][9][10] |
Abe Bernstein |
No image
available |
1892–1968 |
1910s–1960s |
Detroit mobster and leader of The
Purple Gang. After the end of Prohibition, he ran
syndicate gambling operations in Miami up until his death in
1968. |
[2][7] |
William Morris Bioff |
No image
available |
1900–1955 |
1920s–1930s |
Chicago labor racketeer who extorted millions of dollars
from Hollywood studios on behalf of the Chicago
Outfit during
the 1930s. |
[1][2][6][9] |
Charles Birger |
No image
available |
1881–1928 |
1919–1928 |
Illinois bootlegger who feuded with the Shelton
Brothers Gangthroughout Prohibition. |
|
Alex "Shondor" Birns |
No image
available |
1907–1975 |
|
A major gangland figure in
Cleveland throughout the 20th century. At one time
considered Public
Enemy No. 1, he controlled the city's underworld until
his murder by Danny
Greene in
1975. |
[2] |
Herbert Blitzstein |
No image
available |
1934–1997 |
|
Loanshark and bookmaker for the
Chicago Outfit during the 1950s and 60s. He was the top
lieutenant of Anthony
Spilotro when
he and his crew were sent to Las Vagas. |
[11] |
Ike Bloom |
|
1865–1930 |
|
An early organized crime figure in
Chicago associated with "Big
Jim" Colosimo. Owned some of the city's most popular
nightclubs, such as Midnight Forlics and Kreiberg's, during
Prohibition. |
[7] |
Isadore "Kid Cann" Blumenfeld |
No image
available |
1900–1981 |
1900s–1980s |
Minneapolis mobster who ran the city's underworld from the
1920s until his conviction for violating the Mann
Act in 1957.
Later retired to Miami Beach where he and Meyer Lansky
operated a real estate empire and were involved in syndicate
operations in Miami and Havana up until his death in 1981. |
[1][2][12] |
Louis "Lepke" Buchalter |
|
1897–1944 |
1910s–1940s |
New York labor racketeer who dominated the Lower East Side
with Jacob Shapiro during the 1920s and 30s. Later headed Murder
Inc.and was eventually sent to the electric chair at Sing
Sing for his
role in the organization. He is the only major mobster to be
executed by the state. |
[1][2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][13][14] |
Abraham Chapman |
|
1904/06-1991 |
1930s-1991 |
Member of Murder
Inc; imprisoned in Alcatraz 1951-1960; 1991 pleaded
guilty to charge of conspiracy |
|
Mickey Cohen |
|
1914–1976 |
1923–1961 |
Major underworld figure in Los Angeles during the 1930s and
40s. Later helped Bugsy Siegel set up The Flamingo in Las
Vegas and ran its sports book operation. |
[1][2][6][9][10][11][12][14] |
Louis Cohen |
|
1904–1939 |
1910s–1930s |
New York mobster who killed Nathan Kaplan on behalf of rival
labor racketeers Jacob Orgen and Louis Buchalter in 1923. |
[5] |
Moe Dalitz |
No image
available |
1899–1989 |
1920s–1960s |
Leader of the Mayfield
Road Gang during
Prohibition. He was later involved the development of
syndicate gaming in Las Vegas during the 1940s and 50s. |
[1][2][6][7][8][9][10][11] |
Stanley Diamond |
No image
available |
1922–1991 |
1960s–1970s |
Associate member of the Lucchese
crime family associated
withHenry
Hill and Jimmy
Burke during
the 1970s. |
[14] |
Monk Eastman |
|
1873–1920 |
1898–1920 |
Founder of the Eastman
Gang, one of the last of New York's major street gangs,
and dominated the city's underworld around the start of the
20th century. |
[1][4][9][10] |
Monya Elson |
No image
available |
b. 1951 |
1970s–1990s |
Russian-born mobster who feuded with Boris
Nayfeld over
control of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn during the 1990s. One of
Ukrainian mobster Semion
Mogilevich's closest associates, he at one time
controlled a criminal empire stretching from Russia to New
York and Los Angeles. |
[15][16] |
Maxie Eisen |
No image
available |
|
1910s–1920s |
Chicago labor racketeer allied with Dion
O'Banion and
the North
Side Gang, and later for the Joe
Saltis-Frank
McErlane Gangduring the 1920s. |
[6][7][8][12] |
Nat Evans
(Nathaniel Isaac Evensky) |
No image
available |
1876-1935 |
1900s–1940s |
Ganbler and Associate of Arnold
Rothstein; implicated in the 1919 "Black
Sox Scandal" as "Rachie Brown". |
[17] |
John Factor |
No image
available |
1892–1984 |
1920s–1960s |
British-born Chicago gangster and con artist associated with
theChicago
Outfit whose
staged 1933 kidnapping resulted in the wrongful conviction
of Roger
Touhy. He later became a prominent businessman and
casino owner in Las Vegas 1950s and 60s. |
[2][7] |
Ludwig "Tarzan" Fainberg |
No image
available |
b. 1958 |
1980–1999 |
Ukrainian-born New York mobster associated with the Russian
Mafia in
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn and South Florida during the 1990s.
He was convicted on Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act charges
for his involvement in arraigning the sale a Russian
submarine to a group of Colombian drug dealers in 1999. |
|
Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein |
|
1889–1977? |
1900–1941 |
New York mobster who dominated labor racketeering with Joseph
Rosenzweig in
the Lower East Side during the 1910s. |
[1][5][8][10] |
Irving Feinstein |
No image
available |
1910–1939 |
1930s |
New York mobster involved in illegal gambling and labor
racketeering with Louis "Lepke" Buchalter during the 1930s. |
|
Abraham Friedman |
No image
available |
1897–1939 |
1920s–1930s |
New York mobster and enforcer for labor racketeer Nathan
Kaplan, and later Louis
Buchalter and Jacob
Shapiro during
the 1920s and 30s. |
[5] |
Isadore Friedman |
No image
available |
d. 1939 |
1920s–1930s |
New York mobster associated with labor racketeer Louis
Buchalter during the 1920s and 30s. |
|
Martin Goldstein |
No image
available |
1905–1941 |
1920s–1930s |
Hitman and member of Murder
Incorporated. Involved in the 1939 murder of Irving
Feinstein and
later executed with other members of Murder Inc. in 1941. |
[4][5] |
Waxey Gordon |
|
1889–1952 |
1900s–1950s |
New York mobster who oversaw bootlegging operations for Arnold
Rothstein during
Prohibition. He was eventually imprisoned for tax evasion in
1933 and, again in 1951, for selling heroin. |
[1][2][5][6][7][9][10] |
Gus Greenbaum |
No image
available |
1894–1958 |
1910s–1950s |
Member of the Chicago Outfit and ran syndicate casinos in
Las Vegas during the 1940s and 50s. |
[1][2][6] |
Harry Greenberg |
No image
available |
d. 1939 |
1920s–1930s |
An associate and childhood friend of Bugsy
Siegel, he later worked for Charlie "Lucky" Luciano and
Meyer Lansky. |
|
Max "Big Maxie" Greenberg |
No image
available |
1883–1933 |
|
Detroit mobster and a member of Egan's
Rats. |
[1][5][10][14] |
Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik |
No image
available |
1886–1956 |
1910s–1950s |
Financial and legal advisor to the Chicago
Outfit. |
[1][2][6][7][8][9][10] |
Hyman Holtz |
No image
available |
1896–1939 |
1920s–1930s |
New York labor racketeer associated with Jacob
Orgen and a
later protege of Louis Buchalter. |
[4] |
Harry Horowitz aka Gyp
the Blood |
|
1889–1914 |
1900s–1910s |
Leader of the Lenox
Avenue Gang. |
[1][5] |
"Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan |
No image
available |
1895–1923 |
1910s–1920s |
A former member of the Five
Points Gang, he and Johnny
Spanishfought over control of labor racketeering during
the labor
slugger war. |
[1][6][10] |
Phillip Kastel |
No image
available |
1893–1962 |
1900s–1950s |
New York gambler associated with Arnold
Rothstein and Frank
Costello. He later ran gambling operations for the Genovese
crime family in
New Orleans. |
[2] |
Andrei Katz |
No image
available |
1952–1975 |
1960s–1970s |
Romanian-born mobster associated with the Gambino
crime family. Killed by the DeMeo
crew in 1975
after agreeing to become a government informant. |
|
Jacob Katzenberg |
No image
available |
1888-? |
1920s–1930s |
New York organized crime figure who supplied narcotics to
mobsters throughout the United States during the 1920s and
30s. |
|
Irving Kaye |
No image
available |
?-1977 |
1950s–1970s |
New York crew member of Longy Zwillman[18] and
coin-op business partner of Gerardo Catena.[19] |
|
Harry Keywell |
No image
available |
1910–1997 |
1920s–1930s |
Detroit mobster and member of The
Purple Gang. A suspect in theSt.
Valentine's Day Massacre and
later convicted of Collingwood Manor Massacre in 1931. |
[2][12] |
Philip Kovolick |
No image
available |
1908–1971 |
1920s–1970s |
New York mobster associated with labor racketeer Louis
"Lepke" Buchalter during the 1920s and 30s. He was a member
of Murder Inc. until his conviction on narcotics charges in
1941. |
|
Whitey Krakow |
No image
available |
d. 1941 |
1920s–1930s |
Hitman and member of Murder
Incorporated. He was a suspect in the 1939 gangland
slaying of Harry
"Big Greenie" Greenberg. |
|
Louis Kravits |
No image
available |
fl. 1933–1939 |
1930s |
New York labor racketeer and drug trafficker involved in a
major heroin operation with Jack Lvovsky and Yasha
Katzenberg during
the early 1930s. Later testified against Lepke Buchalter at
his trial. |
[1][5] |
Martin Krugman |
No image
available |
1919–1979 |
1970s |
Bookmaker and associate of the Lucchese
crime family during
the 1970s. Disappeared and presumably killed following the Lufthansa
heist in
1978. |
|
Hyman Lamer |
No image
available |
fl. 1959–1974 |
1950s–1970s |
A close associate of Sam
Giancana, he headed gambling and smuggling operations
for the Chicago
Outfit during
the 1960s and 70s. |
|
Abe Landau |
No image
available |
1898–1935 |
1920s–1930s |
Lieutenant of New York mobster Dutch
Schultz. |
[1][2][5][9][10] |
Meyer Lansky |
|
1902–1983 |
1910s–1970s |
One of the major underworld figures of the 20th century. He
was involved in the formation of the National
Crime Syndicate and
helped organize syndicate gambling operations in Cuba and
Las Vegas. |
[1][2][5][6][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] |
Samuel "Red" Levine |
|
1903–1972 |
1920s–1930s |
Hitman and member of Murder
Incorporated. Involved in the 1931 murders of Abraham
"Bo" Weinberg, Joe
Masseria and Salvatore
Maranzano. |
[1][10] |
John "Spanish
Louie" Lewis |
No image
available |
d. 1910 |
1900s |
Gunman/stick up artist at turn of century. |
|
Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis |
No image
available |
d. 1908 |
1900s |
A former circus strongman and bodyguard of New York gang
leader Max
"Kid Twist" Zwerbach. He and Zwerbach were gunned down
by Louie
the Lump at
Coney Island in 1908. |
[1] |
Joseph Linsey |
No image
available |
1899–1994 |
1920s–1970s |
Lieutenant of Boston mobster Charles
Solomon during
Prohibition. After Solomon's death in 1933, he and other
associates split Solomon's territory between themselves. |
|
William Lipshitz |
No image
available |
|
1910s–1920s |
Newsboy turned gangster, he murdered labor racketeer Benjamin
Levinsky on
behalf of Nathan
Kaplan in
1922. |
[20] |
Seymour Magoon |
No image
available |
d. 1940 |
1920s–1930s |
Hitman and member of Murder
Incorporated. Later became a state witness and
corroborated Reles' testimony. |
[5][10] |
Harry Maione |
No image
available |
1908–1942 |
1920s–1930s |
Hitman and member of Murder
Incorporated. Participated in the murders of the Shapiro
Brothers and
George Rudnick. |
[5] |
Hyman "Pittsburgh Hymie" Martin |
No image
available |
1903–1987 |
1920s–1930s |
Pittsburgh mobster associated with Moe Davis and Lou
Rothkopf. Acquitted for the 1931 murder of Cleveland city
councilman William E. Potter. |
[2] |
Samuel "Nails" Morton |
No image
available |
1894–1923 |
1910s–1920s |
A former World War I war hero, Weiss was among Dion
O'Bannion's top enforcers in the North
Side Gang during
the early 1920s. |
[1][6][7][9] |
Max Mermelstein |
No image
available |
1942-2008 |
1970s-1980s |
A drug smuggler for the Medellín
Cartel in the
late 70s and early 80s, who later became a key informant
against the organization. |
|
Boris Nayfeld |
No image
available |
|
1970s–1990s |
Russian-born mobster and heroin smuggler in Brighton Beach,
Brooklyn during the 1970s and 80s. He and Monya
Elson later
waged a gang war over Brighton Beach. |
|
Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen |
|
1901–1927 |
1900s–1920s |
New York gangster involved in bootlegging and labor
racketeering during Prohibition. He took control of the
garment district fromNathan
Kaplan at the
end of the end of the third
labor sluggers war. Killed by his former associates
Lepke Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro in 1927. |
[1][5][6][10] |
Philip "Pinchy" Paul |
No image
available |
d. 1914 |
1900s–1910s |
New York labor racketeer who headed a coalition of
independent gangs against Joseph
Rosenzweig and Benjamin
Fein during
thefirst
labor sluggers war. |
|
Leonard Patrick |
No image
available |
1913–2006 |
1920s–1990s |
One-time member of the Chicago
Outfit involved
in bookmaking and extortion with Gus
Alex. Agreed to become a government witness in 1992. |
|
Joseph Reinfeld |
No image
available |
|
|
Early, major bootlegger in the
northeast US; Established connections with the Bronfmans in
Canada and brought Longy Zwillman into the bootlegging
empire that Zwillman eventually took over. After
Prohibition, went legitimate, establishing the largest
wholesale liquor distributorship in NJ. |
|
Abe "Kid Twist" Reles |
|
1906–1941 |
1921–1940 |
One of the most feared hitmen of Murder
Incorporated during
the 1930s, he later became a government witness and was
responsible for sending many of his former partners to the
electric chair. Died under suspicious circumstances while in
protective custody in 1941. |
[1][2][4][5][6][9][10][13] |
Harry Rosen |
No image
available |
|
1920s–1950s |
Major bootlegger in Philadelphia during Prohibition. He was
a member of the Big
Seven and
later involved in drug trafficking withMeyer
Lansky during
the 1930s. |
[2][7] |
Chris Rosenberg |
|
1950–1979 |
1970s |
A member of the Gambino
crime family's DeMeo
crew during
the 1970s. He was later killed by DeMeo to cover up the
murder of Colombian drug cartel members. |
|
Bernard Rosencrantz |
No image
available |
1902–1935 |
1920s–1930s |
Bodyguard and chauffeur of New York mobster Dutch
Schultz. |
[2][5] |
Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal |
|
1929–2008 |
1960s–1980s |
One of the top sports handicappers in the United States
during his lifetime. Secretly ran several syndicate casinos
for the Chicago
Outfit, most notably the Stardust,
throughout the 1960s and 70s. |
[2][11] |
Joseph "Joe the Greaser" Rosenzweig |
No image
available |
1891-? |
1910s |
New York labor racketeer allied with "Dopey"
Benny Fein during
thefirst
labor slugger war. |
[1] |
Lou Rothkopf |
No image
available |
|
1920s–1930s |
Longtime associate of Meyer Lansky, he was a member of the Bug
and Meyer Mob during
Prohibition. Later ran syndicate gambling operations in
Cleveland with Moe
Dalitz, Jack
Licavoli, Maurice Kleinman and Thomas
Joseph McGinty (aka T.J. McGinty). |
[2][6][7][8] |
Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein |
|
1882–1928 |
1900s–1920s |
One of the first major underworld figures in New York during
the early 20th century. Widely reputed to have been behind
the Black
Sox scandal of 1919. |
[1][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][13] |
Morris Rudensky |
No image
available |
1898–1988 |
1920s |
Prominent cat burglar and safe-cracker |
|
Harry "Doc Jasper" Sagansky |
No image
available |
1898–1997 |
1920s–1990s |
Ran one of the largest bookmaking operations in Boston
during the 1950s. At the time of his imprisonment in 1988,
at age 91, he was the oldest organized crime figure to serve
a federal prison sentence. |
|
Arthur "Dutch
Schultz" Flegenheimer |
|
1902–1935 |
1910s–1930s |
Headed bootlegging and policy rackets in New York during the
1920s and 30s. |
[1][2][4][5][6][7][9][10][12][13] |
Moe Sedway |
|
1894–1952 |
1920s–1950s |
Lieutenant of New York mobster Meyer
Lansky. Later involved in running syndicate casinos in
Las Vegas during the 1940s and 50s. |
[2] |
Irving, Meyer and William Shapiro |
|
1904–1931 (Irving)
1908–1931 (Meyer)
1911–1934 (William) |
1920s–1930s |
Rivals of Louis
Buchalter and Jacob
Shapiro during
the late 1920s and 1930s. Irving and Meyer Shapiro were
killed after initiating a gang war with Buchalter and
Shapiro in 1931. William Shapiro was eventually murdered by
Murder Inc. in 1934. |
[2][5] |
Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro |
|
1899–1947 |
1910s–1940s |
He and Louis
Buchalter controlled
industrial labor racketeering in New York during the 1920s
and 30s. Shapiro also helped establishMurder
Incorporated. Died in prison in 1947. |
[1][2][5][6][8][9][10] |
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel |
|
1906–1947 |
1910s–1940s |
New York mobster associated with Meyer
Lansky, Frank
Costelloand Charles
"Lucky" Luciano during
Prohibition. Credited for the creation of syndicate casinos
in Las Vegas during the 1940s. |
[1][2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][13][14] |
Charles "King" Solomon |
No image
available |
1884–1933 |
1900s–1930s |
He and Irish gangster Dan
Carroll controlled
bootlegging, narcotics and illegal gambling in Boston during
Prohibition. Killed at theCotton
Club by rival
mobsters in 1933. |
[1][6][7][9][21] |
John "Johnny
Spanish" Wheiler |
No image
available |
1891–1919 |
1900s–1910s |
A former member of the Five
Points Gang, he and "Kid
Dropper" Nathan Kaplan battled
over New York's garment district during theSecond
Labor Sluggers War. |
[1][6] |
Joseph "Doc" Stacher |
No image
available |
1902–1977 |
1920s–1960s |
An associate of Abner
Zwillman and Meyer
Lansky. Assisted Lansky in organizing the Atlantic
City Conference and
later in financing syndicate casinos in Las Vegas. Deported
from the US in 1964 and later emigrated to Israel where he
died years later. |
[1][2][6][10] |
Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss |
No image
available |
1909–1941 |
1927–1941 |
Hitman and member of Murder
Inc. credited
with the murder ofIrving
Feinstein and
at least five other gangland slayings. Sent to the electric
chair at Sing
Sing in 1941. |
[1][4][5][6][10] |
Albert "Tick–tock" Tannenbaum |
No image
available |
1906–1976 |
1920s–1950s |
Enforcer and hitman for Lepke Buchalter during the 1920s and
30s. A member of Murder
Inc., he was responsible for the 1939 murder of Harry
Greenberg. |
[1][4][5][10] |
Benjamin Tannenbaum |
No image
available |
1906–1941 |
1920s–1930s |
Mob accountant for New York labor racketeers Louis
Buchalter andJacob
Shapiro during
the 1920s and 30s. Murdered by members of Murder Inc. in
1941 while babysitting for a friend. |
[5] |
Abraham Telvi |
|
1934–1956 |
1950s |
Hitman for New York labor racketeer Johnny
Dio. Responsible for blinding crusading New York
journalist Victor Riesel with acid in 1956. |
|
Harry Tietlebaum |
No image
available |
1889-? |
1920s–1930s |
An associate of the Bug
and Meyer Mob during
Prohibition. Later part of a major heroin smuggling
operation with Meyer
Lansky andHarry
"Nig" Rosen during
the early 1930s. |
|
Joseph Toplinsky |
No image
available |
1879-? |
1900s–1930s |
He, along with Jacob Levinsky and Charles Vitoffsky, led a
criminal organization in New York's Lower East Side known as
the Yiddish
Black Hand around
the start of the 20th century. |
|
Joseph Weil |
No image
available |
1875-1976 |
1892–1940 |
Confidence man. aka "The Yellow Kidd". Served a Jail
sentence in Atlanta Prison 1940-1942. |
|
Abraham Weinberg |
|
1897–1935? |
1920s–1930s |
Hitman and chief lieutenant for New York mobster Dutch
Schultzduring Prohibition. Disappeared in 1935 and long
presumed to have been killed by the mob. |
[5] |
George Weinberg |
No image
available |
1901–1939 |
1920s–1930s |
Younger brother of Schultz' gunman Abraham
Weinberg. After his brother's disappearance in 1935, he
agreed to become a government witness but committed suicide
while in police custody in 1939. |
[5] |
Emanuel Weiss |
|
1906–1944 |
1920s–1930s |
An enforcer for New York labor racketeer Louis
"Lepke" Buchalterduring the 1920s. He was also a member
of Murder
Inc. up until
his arrest in 1940. |
[4][5] |
Samuel Weiss |
No image
available |
1904-? |
1920s–1930s |
Hired gunman associated with New York labor racketeer Jacob
Orgen during
the third
Labor Slugger War. Investigated for extortion by
District Attorney Thomas
E. Dewey during
the late-1930s. |
|
Jack "Big Jack" Zelig |
|
1882–1912 |
1890s–1910s |
Start of the 20th century gangster and one-time leader of
theEastman
Gang. Killed by Phil
Davidson shortly
before his testimony in the Charles
Becker murder trial in
1912. |
[1][10] |
Jack Zuta |
|
1888–1930 |
1910s–1920s |
Mob accountant and political "fixer" for the Chicago
Outfit during
Prohibition. |
[7] |
Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach |
|
d. 1908 |
1890s–1900s |
New York gangster and head of the Eastman
Gang after
the arrest of Monk
Eastman in
1904. Engaging in a feud with the Five
Points Gang, he and his bodyguard were gunned down by Louie
the Lumpat Coney Island in 1908. |
[1] |
Abner "Longy" Zwillman |
|
1891–1959 |
1910s–1950s |
Prohibition gangster. Popularly known as the "Al Capone of
New Jersey", he was a founding member of the "Big
Seven" Ruling Commission. He was also associated with Murder
Inc. |
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