Global Information Lookup Global Information

Jacob Shapiro information


Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro
NYPD mugshot of Jacob Shapiro
BornMay 5, 1899
Odesa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
DiedJune 9, 1947(1947-06-09) (aged 48)
Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, U.S.
Resting placeMontefiore Cemetery
Other names“Gurrah”
CitizenshipAmerican
Organization(s)Murder, Inc.
OpponentU.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey
Criminal chargeConspiracy and Extortion
Penalty15 years to life in prison

Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro (May 5, 1899 – June 9, 1947) was a New York mobster who, with his partner Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, controlled industrial labor racketeering in New York for two decades and established the Murder, Inc. organization.

and 23 Related for: Jacob Shapiro information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8292 seconds.)

Jacob Shapiro

Last Update:

Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro (May 5, 1899 – June 9, 1947) was a New York mobster who, with his partner Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, controlled industrial labor racketeering...

Word Count : 1068

Shapiro

Last Update:

former CEO of Dupont J. David Shapiro, American filmmaker and stand-up comedian Jacob Shapiro, mobster James S. Shapiro (born 1955), American professor...

Word Count : 1126

Incel

Last Update:

on April 24, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018. Hoffman, Bruce; Ware, Jacob; Shapiro, Ezra (2020). "Assessing the Threat of Incel Violence". Studies in Conflict...

Word Count : 17006

Lori Shapiro

Last Update:

Lori Shapiro (née Ferrara) is the First Lady of Pennsylvania. Her husband is Governor Josh Shapiro. Shapiro previously worked in the White House during...

Word Count : 522

Josh Shapiro

Last Update:

Joshua David Shapiro (born June 20, 1973) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania since 2023. A member...

Word Count : 6242

List of Jewish American mobsters

Last Update:

1910s–1940s New York labor racketeer who dominated the Lower East Side with Jacob Shapiro during the 1920s and 1930s. Later headed Murder, Inc. and was eventually...

Word Count : 437

Shapiro Brothers

Last Update:

garment industry, long dominated by Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro and Louis "Lepke" Buchalter since the 1927 death of Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen, the two began...

Word Count : 283

Lou Kravitz

Last Update:

early 1930s. On July 12, 1929, Kravitz, along with Louis Buchalter, Jacob Shapiro and two other gangsters, broke into the M. L. Rosenblatt clothing plant...

Word Count : 392

Harry Greenberg

Last Update:

Teitelbaum, Louis Kravitz, Philip Kovolick, Hyman Holtz, Joseph Stacher and Jacob Shapiro. Most of these men were the assassins and backbone of Murder Inc. The...

Word Count : 645

1890s in organized crime

Last Update:

Lucchese crime family consiglieri and associate of Willie Moretti Jacob Shapiro, "Gurrah" Labor union racketeer Abner Zwillman, "Longie" New Jersey...

Word Count : 1736

Frank Abbandando

Last Update:

after the arrests and convictions of its leaders, like Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro, and top hitmen such as Charles "The Bug" Workman and Emanuel "Mendy"...

Word Count : 1447

George Raft

Last Update:

The 1938 interview was about his knowledge of Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro. Raft was investigated for alleged tax evasion in 1942. In 1944, he...

Word Count : 8970

Jacob Hiatt

Last Update:

Jacob "Jack" Hiatt (July 1, 1908 – February 25, 2001) was a Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist. Hiatt was born to a Jewish family in the...

Word Count : 1497

1920s in organized crime

Last Update:

October 16 – New York labor union racketeer Jacob Orgen is killed by Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro. Orgen's bodyguard Jack Diamond is severely wounded...

Word Count : 5019

1940s in organized crime

Last Update:

the Boss" Tannenbaum, an associate of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro, is murdered while babysitting at a friends house. June 12 – Murder...

Word Count : 3846

Louis Amberg

Last Update:

Joseph and Hyman Amberg, they competed against Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and the Shapiro Brothers for control of Brooklyn's racketeering...

Word Count : 573

Gyrodyne

Last Update:

N.Y. 2000, reprinted 2005. "Principles of Helicopter Engineering". Jacob Shapiro, Temple Press Ltd., London, 1955. "Development of the Autogiro: A Technical...

Word Count : 1950

Emanuel Weiss

Last Update:

Buchalter's lucrative garment industry rackets and once Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro became fugitives from justice in 1937 Weiss took over the post as the...

Word Count : 1146

Norwich University

Last Update:

after returning from overseas. Shapiro Field House Shapiro Field House, built in 1987 and named for trustee Jacob Shapiro (NU 1936), houses a multipurpose...

Word Count : 6309

2017 Aztec High School shooting

Last Update:

on March 14, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2024. Hoffman, Bruce; Ware, Jacob; Shapiro, Ezra (2020). "Assessing the Threat of Incel Violence". Studies in Conflict...

Word Count : 4773

Atlantic City Conference

Last Update:

shipments in the New York/New Jersey areas, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro, considered the underworld's "Rockefellers" and also known as the...

Word Count : 4518

Barbara Shapiro

Last Update:

Barbara Shapiro, or B.A., or Xixi Shapiro, is an American author. Her initial works were published as Barbara Shapiro; her recent novels are styled as...

Word Count : 291

Jacob Orgen

Last Update:

which included members such as gunmen Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro, and Jack "Legs" Diamond. Orgen, allied with Solomon Schapiro, challenged...

Word Count : 824

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net