Louis Lepke
(Louis Buchalter)
Born: 1897 Died: March 4, 1944
One of several Jewish gangsters in the New York underworld, Louis Lepke rose to the highest level of the newly formed national crime syn...
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At a time in U.S. history when gangsters were famous personalities, Louis ("Lepke") Buchalter (1897-1944) was one of the most famous of all. As head of Murder, Inc. he was also one of the most feared....
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