Abraham "Kid Twist" Reles (/ˈrɛlɪs/; May 10, 1906 – November 12, 1941) was a New York Jewish mobster who was a hit man for Murder, Inc., the enforcement contractor for Meyer Lansky's National Crime Syndicate.
Reles later turned government witness and sent several members of Murder, Inc. to the electric chair. Reles's death from falling through a window while in police custody might have been a hit placed by the American Mafia, as he was set to testify against Gambino crime family underboss and future boss Albert Anastasia.
Reles died accidentally during an attempted escape. Reles is buried in Old Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, Queens. List of unsolved murders "Abe Reles...
turning point in his career. He was cast in the supporting role of killer AbeReles in a film based on the real-life murder gang of that name who terrorized...
the Bronx. In 1940, Reles became a government witness and helped break up Murder, Inc. In jail on a pending 1933 murder charge, Reles gave in to pleas from...
convicted of murder and executed based on Reles' testimony. On November 12, 1941, while under police protection, Reles fell out a hotel window in Coney Island...
prostitution in New York's East Side, is murdered by former associates Abe "Kid Twist" Reles and Martin "Bugsy" Goldstein, who quickly take control of his criminal...
built by the Cauldwell-Wingate Co. It is best known as the location where AbeReles, informant for the FBI who brought down numerous members of Murder, Inc...
stabbed with an ice pick over 20 times. The most feared hitman of his day, AbeReles, used the ice pick as his weapon of choice, usually stabbing his victims...
gunmen. February 2 – Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, a member of Murder, Inc., is arrested. District Attorney William O'Dwyer charges Reles with robbery, assault...
reward for Reles's murder. On November 12, 1941, Reles was found dead on a restaurant roof outside the Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island. Reles was being...
city's illegal gambling operations continues throughout the summer. AbeReles [Abraham Reles] "Kid Twist", Murder, Inc. member and informant December 1 – Joseph...
unsuccessfully tried to murder Reles and Goldstein. Meyer Shapiro then abducted Reles' girlfriend and raped her. Reles and Goldstein wanted revenge and...
hitman and Orekhovskaya gang soldier. Pustovalov has 22 confirmed kills. AbeReles, hitman and initial leader of Murder, Inc. along with Martin Goldstein...
murdered in 1941. AbeReles, a notorious hitman for Murder Inc., agreed to testify but the case was dismissed when he died in 1941. Reles' actual cause of...
City to turn state's evidence George Orwell, author of Orwell's list AbeReles, Murder, Inc. hit man Freddie Scappaticci, member of the Provisional IRA...
murders. Buchalter's order for the Rosen hit had been overheard by mobster AbeReles, who turned state's evidence in 1940 and implicated Buchalter in four...
protégé, Jack Zelig. Years later, it was said[by whom?] that gangster AbeReles took his nickname of "Kid Twist" from the long-dead Zweifach. Asbury,...
NYPD officer who also worked as a bodyguard of Murder, Inc. enforcer AbeReles, and by Burns' brother, Frank. According to the letter, Crater was buried...
and initially led the crime syndicate Murder, Inc. together with Abe "Kid Twist" Reles. Goldstein later committed murders under the orders of Lepke Buchalter...
Jersey. Albert Anastasia was suspected of ordering the execution but AbeReles, the chief witness, died in 1941 while supposedly trying to escape from...
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