Isadore Friedman
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Isadore or Irving Friedman (died January 28, 1939), also known under the alias Danny Field, was a New York mobster and an associate of labor racketeer Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. He later agreed to testify against Buchalter on behalf of District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey as one of several high profile witnesses scheduled to testify against Buchalter, however he was murdered with Louis Cohen on January 28, 1939 shortly before his court appearance.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com - Allan May's Mob Report current mob stuff at www.americanmafia.com
[edit] Further reading
- Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-23109683-6
- "Killings Revealed In The Lepke Case". New York Times. 14 Jan. 1939
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