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Louis Buchalter, known as Louis Lepke or Lepke Buchalter, (February 6, 1897 – March 4, 1944) was a Jewish-American organized crime figure and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc., during the 1930s. Buchalter was one of the premier labor union racketeers in New York City during that era.
Nov 13, 2009 · 1944. Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, the head of Murder, Inc., is executed at Sing Sing Prison in New York. Lepke was the leader of the country’s largest crime syndicate throughout the 1930s and was...
Oct 14, 2009 · His execution in 1944 — the first of a major underworld figure – riveted the attention of a nation and was in doubt up to the last minute. by Allan May. It was Thursday, March 2, 1944, and time was running out in Sing Sing prison for Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and four of his henchmen who were facing execution with him.
Oct 2, 2023 · But to most everyone else in New York City and beyond, Louis “Lepke” Buchalter was the most ruthless racketeer and gangster to emerge from the Lower East Side, a mob leader who terrorized...
Louis “Lepke” Buchalter and his gang of mobsters were busted thanks to an FBI investigation into a fur dressing racket in the 1930s. Overview. Jacob “Gurrah” Shapiro surrendered to federal...
Mar 29, 2015 · Louis “Lepke” Buchalter was one of the great Jewish gangsters of the 20th century, a violent goon who led the Mafia’s own private hit squad. He worked with key bosses of his day, helped build the mob we know today, and became the only major Mafia figure sent to the death chamber.
U.S. At War: That Lepke. 2 minute read. TIME. January 10, 1944 12:00 AM GMT-4. T he State of New York wants to electrocute a grubby little murderer named Louis (“Lepke”) Buchalter, but...
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