Isadore or Irving Friedman (died January 28, 1939), also known under the alias Danny Field, was a New York mobster and an associate of labor racketeer
Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. He later agreed to testify against Buchalter on behalf of District Attorney
Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in 1944 and ...
as one of several high-profile witnesses scheduled to testify against Buchalter; however, he was murdered along with
Louis Cohen
Louis Cohen (Born Louis Kushner ''alias'' “Louis Kerzner” January 1, 1904 – January 28, 1939) was a New York mobster who murdered labor racketeer "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan and was an associate of labor racketeer Louis "Lepke" Buchalte ...
on January 28, 1939, shortly before his court appearance.
Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com - Allan May's Mob Report current mob stuff
at www.americanmafia.com Jacob "Kuppy" Midgen was believed to be the killer.
References
Further reading
*Fried, Albert. ''The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America''. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980.
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*Kavieff, Paul R. ''The Life and Times of Lepke Buchalter: America's Most Ruthless Labor Racketeer'', 2006.
Year of birth missing
1939 deaths
People murdered by Murder, Inc.
Murdered Jewish American gangsters
Murdered American gangsters
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