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  1. 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.

  2. Nov 13, 2009 · Lepke was the head of a powerful crime syndicate that controlled the New York garment industry, liquor bootlegging, gambling and narcotics. He was betrayed by his own hit men and hanged at Sing Sing Prison in March 1944.

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  3. 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. [2]

  4. Oct 16, 2017 · Learn about the history and crimes of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, the leader of Murder Inc., a ring of Jewish-American gangsters who killed an estimated 1,000 people in 1930s New York. See photos of Lepke, his right-hand man Albert Anastasia, and their notorious hitmen.

  5. Mar 4, 2024 · Lepke Buchalter, the boss of the Mob's violent enforcement arm, Murder Inc., was one of the last three defendants to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison. Learn about his rise and fall, the sensational trials and the bizarre legal battles that led to his execution.

  6. Louis "Lepke" Buchalter Thomas E. Dewey built a political career around hounding the Jewish gangster Lepke. 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.

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  8. Learn how the FBI investigated and prosecuted Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro, the leaders of a fur dressing racket that extorted millions of dollars from dealers and manufacturers. The web page explains the antitrust laws, the methods of the gang, and the manhunt that ended with their arrests.