Serving as the official hit squad for the early-era Italian mafia in New York City during the 1930s, Murder, Incorporated was made up of mainly Jewish gangsters and could morbidly boast a body count reaching well into the triple figures in a little over a decade of gangland prominence. With affairs in the mob enforcement wing overseen by the diminutive, but historically-lethal Louis (Lepke) Buchalter and reporting directly to “The Commission” of the notorious Five Families and legendary Jewish crime lord Meyer Lansky, the trigger-happy unit of eager thugs and sociopathic sycophants wreaked havoc on the east coast and eventually each other, cementing a legacy of viciousness and volatility unrivaled in American underworld circles. The Murder Inc. Murder Timeline (1930-1951): Greatest Hits Version June 12, 1930 – David (Frisco) Gordon August 6, 1930 – New York State Supreme Court Judge Joe Crater April 15, 1931 – Joseph (Joe the Boss) Masseria July 11, 1931 – Irv Shapiro July 31, 1931 – Guido Ferrari September 16, 1931 – Joey Silvers September 17, 1931 – Meyer Shapiro December 31, 1931 – Louis (Crooked Neck Louie) Levine *The first significant Murder, Inc. lieutenant to be slain by his fellow Murder, Inc. members May 22, 1932 – Leon Goldstein May 26, 1932 – Walter Schwall September 13, 1932 – Jack Painter October 27, 1932 – Sam Medell November 20, 1932 – Frank Fabrizzio *Killed in a brewing beef between Murder, Inc. and Jewish gangster Irving (Waxey Gordon) Wexler March 19, 1933 – Joe Calligari and Frank Russo March 25, 1933 – Elmer Johnson April 10, 1933 – Max Hassel & Max Greenberg *Waxey Gordon’s bodyguards are both killed in an attempt on Gordon’s life. June 2, 1933 – Abe Durst *Waxey Gordon’s driver is found in the trunk of his car in the Bronx June 4, 1933 – William (Big Bill) Oppenheim *Waxey Gordon’s bodyguard is killed entering his apartment building in Patterson, NJ June 25, 1933 – Joey Kennedy July 2, 1933 – Murray Marks *Another casaulty of the Gordon-Murder, Inc. feud November 20, 1933 – Alan (Al Silver) Silverman November 25, 1933 – Alex (Red) Alpert December 5, 1933 – Frank (Skinny Frankie) Partuese & Frank (Frankie Black) Stillo July 20, 1934 – Willie Shapiro October 18, 1934 – Joe (Fatty) Cooperman March 3, 1935 – John (Spider) Murtha September 15, 1935 – Abe Meers & Irv Amron May 7, 1935 – Orlando (Duke) Minichelli August 21, 1935 –Ben Holinsky & Frank Holak *Pair of independent gangsters killed for running a kidnapping racket targeting associates of Meyer Lansky and his partners, Italian mob don Charles (Lucky) Luciano and fellow fabled Jewish racketeer Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel September 30, 1935 – Joe Amberg and his driver Morris (Manny) Kessler *Murder, Inc. hit men October 11, 1935 – Frank (Little Frankie) Teitlebaum *Murder, Inc. hit man October 23, 1935 – Louis (Pretty Louie) Amberg *Murder, Inc. hit man October 24, 1935 – Dutch Schultz, Otto (Abbadabba) Berman, Bernard (Lulu) Rosencrantz & Abe (Abie the Accountant) Landau *Iconic Jewish crime lord Schultz, his top advisors Berman and Landau and his bodyguard are gunned down at The Palace Chop House in New Jersey August 5, 1936 – Irving (Charlie the Chink) Sherman September 13, 1936 – Joseph (Joe Candy) Rosen *Murder, Inc. hit man October 18, 1936 – August Justriano September 26, 1936 – Irv Askenaz *Askenaz was Murder Inc’s No. 1 getaway driver May 25, 1937 – George (Whitey) Rudnick July 16, 1937 – Sam Silverman July 31, 1937 – Walter Sage November 24, 1937 – Harry Millman *Detroit wiseguy and Purple Gang leader murdered for butting heads with his counterparts in the Motor City’s Italian mafia August 21, 1938 – Herman (Little Greenie) Yuran & Solomon Goldstein *Murder, Inc. hit men November 10, 1938 – Married couple Leon & Rachel Scharf March 21, 1938 – Maurice (Frenchy) Carillet January 19, 1939 – Albert (Al the Plug) Shuman *Murder, Inc. hit man January 28, 1939 – Louie Cohen & his brother-in-law Isadore (Whitey) Friedman February 6, 1939 – Cesare Lattaro & Antonio Siciliano February 9, 1939 – Felice Esposito May 10, 1939 – Sam (Tootsie) Feinstein May 19, 1939 – Morris (Mershie) Diamond July 14, 1939 – Pete Panto July 28, 1939 – Irv Penn August 10, 1939 – Yoeli Miller August 23, 1939 – Hyman (Little Curly) Holtz *Murder, Inc. hit man September 4, 1939 – Irving (Puggy) Feinstein *Murder, Inc. hit man October 16, 1939 – Harry Schober October 17, 1939 – Rube Smith November 22, 1939 – Harry (Big Greenie) Greenberg *Murder, Inc. hit man and Bugsy Siegel’s close childhood friend December 14, 1939 – Mike Spataro May 14, 1940 – James (Dizzy) Ferracco *Murder, Inc. hit man February 6, 1941 – Benjamin (Bennie the Boss) Tannenbaum *Murder, Inc. numbers whiz June 12, 1941 – Murder, Inc. hit men Harry (Pittsburgh Phil) Strauss & Martin (Bugsy) Goldstein die in the electric chair July 30, 1941 – Walter (Whitey) Krakow Bugsy Siegel’s brother-in-law November 12, 1941 – Famous Murder, Inc. turncoat Abe (Kid Twist) Reles dies suspiciously when he either falls or is thrown out of a window in his police-guarded hotel room February 19, 1942 – Murder, Inc. hit men Harry (Happy) Maione & Frank (Dasher) Abbadando die in the electric chair April 11, 1942 – Anthony (Tony Romero) Romanello *Murder, Inc. hit man August 3, 1942 – Morris (Morrie Dimples) Wolinsky & Bobby Greene March 4, 1944 – Murder, Inc. leaders Louis (Lepke) Buchalter, Emmanuel (Mendy) Weiss & Louis (Brownsville Lou) Capone die in the electric chair June 20, 1944 – Jack (The Ox) Finkel November 4, 1944 – Enrique Diarte *Bugsy Siegel’s partner in a drug racket is killed in Tijuana, Mexico June 20, 1946 – Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel *The historic Jewish mob figure is murdered in Beverly Hills, California after angering his partners in the mob with dealings in getting the Las Vegas hotel and casino industry off the ground and his girlfriend’s sticky fingers September 15, 1949 – Philip (Little Farvel) Cohen *One of Murder, Inc.’s most accomplished assassins and top narcotics peddlers March 7, 1951 – Anthony (Dukie) Maffetore *Murder, Inc. hit man and the last body to drop of the group’s core members
