Lepke Buchalter
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Lepke Buchalter was a notorious American mobster who led the labor racketeering operations of Murder, Inc. and became one of the few major organized crime bosses to be executed by the U.S. government.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Louis "Lepke" Buchalter | 6 |
| Lepke Buchalter canonical | 3 |
| Louis Lepke Buchalter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T985496 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Lepke Buchalter Context triple: [National Crime Syndicate, notableMember, Lepke Buchalter]
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A.
Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky was a major American organized crime figure and financial mastermind who helped build the National Crime Syndicate and modernize the mob’s gambling operations.
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B.
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a notorious American mobster and key architect of organized crime’s expansion into Las Vegas, becoming one of the most infamous figures of the early 20th-century underworld.
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C.
Jimmy Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffa was a powerful and controversial American labor union leader whose 1975 disappearance remains one of the most famous unsolved mysteries in U.S. history.
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D.
Richard Loeb
Richard Loeb was an American university student and one of the infamous "Leopold and Loeb" duo who committed a highly publicized 1924 murder in Chicago.
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E.
Dutch Schultz
Dutch Schultz was a notorious Prohibition-era American mobster and bootlegger who became a prominent figure in organized crime before his murder in 1935.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lepke Buchalter Target entity description: Lepke Buchalter was a notorious American mobster who led the labor racketeering operations of Murder, Inc. and became one of the few major organized crime bosses to be executed by the U.S. government.
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A.
Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky was a major American organized crime figure and financial mastermind who helped build the National Crime Syndicate and modernize the mob’s gambling operations.
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B.
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a notorious American mobster and key architect of organized crime’s expansion into Las Vegas, becoming one of the most infamous figures of the early 20th-century underworld.
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C.
Jimmy Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffa was a powerful and controversial American labor union leader whose 1975 disappearance remains one of the most famous unsolved mysteries in U.S. history.
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D.
Richard Loeb
Richard Loeb was an American university student and one of the infamous "Leopold and Loeb" duo who committed a highly publicized 1924 murder in Chicago.
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E.
Dutch Schultz
Dutch Schultz was a notorious Prohibition-era American mobster and bootlegger who became a prominent figure in organized crime before his murder in 1935.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American mobster
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labor racketeer ⓘ organized crime boss ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activity |
control of labor unions
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extortion ⓘ murder for hire ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Albert Anastasia
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Jacob Shapiro ⓘ Louis Capone ⓘ National Crime Syndicate ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1897-02-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Lower East Side
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surface form:
Lower East Side, Manhattan
New York City ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | electrocution ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
murder
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murder of Joseph Rosen ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
conspiracy
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labor racketeering ⓘ murder ⓘ narcotics trafficking ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1944-03-04 ⓘ |
| era |
Great Depression
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surface form:
Great Depression era
Prohibition era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| executionMethod | electric chair ⓘ |
| fullName | Louis Buchalter ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | executed criminal ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| memberOf | Murder, Inc. ⓘ |
| nickname |
Louis Capone
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surface form:
Lepke
|
| notableEvent | surrender to FBI in 1939 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the few major organized crime bosses executed by the U.S. government
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leadership role in Murder, Inc. ⓘ leading labor racketeering operations in the United States ⓘ |
| occupation |
labor racketeer
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mobster ⓘ racketeer ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Brooklyn
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New York City ⓘ |
| penalty | death ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Ossining, New York
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Sing Sing Correctional Facility ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Lepke Buchalter Description of subject: Lepke Buchalter was a notorious American mobster who led the labor racketeering operations of Murder, Inc. and became one of the few major organized crime bosses to be executed by the U.S. government.
Referenced by (10)
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