Martin Goldstein

Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein ( – June 12, 1941) was a member of a gang of

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, operating out of

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, New York in the 1930s, known as Murder, Inc. Born Meyer Goldstein, Goldstein grew up in

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, New York, and initially led the crime syndicate Murder, Inc. together with Abe "Kid Twist" Reles. Goldstein later committed murders under the orders of

Lepke Buchalter Louis Buchalter, known as Louis Lepke or Lepke Buchalter, (February 6, 1897March 4, 1944) was an American mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc., during the 1930s. Buchalter was one of the premier labor racketeers in New York City ...

and Albert "Mad Hatter" Anastasia. Around midnight on June 12, 1941, Goldstein and

Harry Strauss __NOTOC__ Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss (July 28, 1909 – June 12, 1941) was a prolific contract killer for Murder, Inc. in the 1930s. He reportedly killed over one hundred men (some historians put the number as high as 500)Carl Sifakis, ' ...

were executed by

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prison.

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