Lepke

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Lepke was the underworld nickname of Louis Buchalter, a notorious American mobster and leader of the contract killing organization Murder, Inc.

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Lepke canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American criminal
human
mobster
organized crime leader
activeIn American organized crime
New York City underworld
alsoKnownAs Lepke Buchalter
Louis "Lepke" Buchalter
linked to: Lepke Buchalter

Louis Buchalter
causeOfDeath execution by electric chair
controlledActivity garment industry rackets
labor unions
convictedOf murder
murder in the first degree
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
criminalCharge labor racketeering
murder
racketeering
dateOfBirth 1897-02-06
dateOfDeath 1944-03-04
era Great Depression
Prohibition era
ethnicGroup Jewish American
executedBy State of New York
linked to: New York State
hasFamilyName Buchalter
hasGivenName Louis
leaderOf Murder, Inc.
mannerOfDeath execution
memberOf Murder, Inc.
nickname Lepke
notableAssociate Abe Reles
Albert Anastasia
Jacob Shapiro
notableEvent surrendered to FBI in 1939 after being a fugitive
notableFor leading Murder, Inc.
occupation crime boss
labor racketeer
mobster
racketeer
partnerInCrime Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro
linked to: Jacob Shapiro
placeOfBirth Lower East Side, Manhattan
linked to: Lower East Side

New York City
placeOfDeath Ossining, New York
Sing Sing Correctional Facility
religion Judaism
subjectOf books about Murder, Inc.
films about Murder, Inc.
wantedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Louis Buchalter nickname Lepke
Lepke nickname Lepke