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Murder, Inc., Mobster Louis "Lepke" Buchalter Is Executed (1944)In the early 1930s, American gangster Louis "Lepke" Buchalter joined "Lucky" Luciano in forming a national crime syndicate. Buchalter came to control the enforcement arm of the Syndicate—Murder, Inc.—which carried out contract killings across the US. He went into hiding during a government crackdown on organized crime in the mid-1930s but eventually surrendered himself, stood trial for various crimes, and was sentenced to die. Which of his associates were executed on the same day as he was? More...
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Wiwthin moments of his execution, were the executions of his lieutenants Emanuel "Mendy" Weiss, and Louis Capone
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Crime pays the ultimate price but it doesn't spend well.
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