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Maione was head of the Ocean Hill Hooligans, an Italian street gang in the Ocean Hill section of Brooklyn, New York. His underling in this group was Frank Abbandando. Maione and Abbandando helped Abe Reles and Martin Goldstein exact revenge on the Shapiro brothers (Meyer, Irving, and William) in 1931 for trying to kill the two Jewish hoods and for abducting and raping Reles' girlfriend and future wife. The two Italians were hoping to get a piece of the Shapiro holdings in return. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Frank Abbandando (1910 – February 19, 1942) was a New York City gangster and Mafia hitman. ... Abe Kid Twist Reles (1907 – 12 November 1941) was a Jewish American mobster who was probably the most feared hitman in the stable of Murder, Inc. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...

Maione, Abbandando, Reles, and Goldstein then banded together and created Brooklyn, Inc., the forerunner to Murder, Inc. When joined by other killers, such as Harry Strauss, Emanuel Weiss, Albert Tannenbaum, Seymour Magoon, Louis Capone, Charles Workman, and Vito Gurino, the group started picking up contracts for the National Crime Syndicate through Syndicate "board of directors" member Joe Adonis. Brooklyn, Inc. soon became the official murder-for-hire squad of the Syndicate, and began to be dubbed "Murder, Inc." by the press. Maione acted as the Italian liaison to the Jewish killers of the faction; Reles was his counterpart on the Jewish side. They operated under the direction of the brutal Louis Buchalter (another member of the Syndicate board) and the nefarious Albert Anastasia. Murder, Inc. ... Harry Pittsburgh Phil Strauss (July 28, 1909 - June 12, 1941) was a contract killer for Murder, Inc. ... Emanuel Mendy Weiss was a hitman working for the criminal organisation Murder Inc during the 1930s and 1940s. ... Albert Tannenbaum, nicknamed Allie or Tick-Tock, was a Jewish- American hitman for Murder, Inc. ... Louis Capone (1896 - 4 March 1944) was an American organized crime figure. ... The National Crime Syndicate was the name given to an organized crime syndicate, set up in the 1930s, by Charles Lucky Luciano and based out of New York City. ... Joe Adonis Joe Adonis (22 November 1902 - 26 November 1972) was an Italian-American mobster who became one of the most powerful figures in U.S. organized crime during the mid-20th century. ... Louis Lepke Buchalter (6 February 1897 - 4 March 1944) was a Jewish American mobster who was the notorious head of Murder, Inc. ... Albert Anastasia (1902-1957) Albert Anastasia (February 26, 1902–October 25, 1957), also known as the Mad Hatter and Lord High Executioner, was a Mafia boss chiefly remembered for running the contract-killing syndicate known as Murder, Inc. ...

When Buchalter was being targeted by New York District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey starting in the mid-1930s, he waged an all-out war of extermination to eliminate potential witnesses Dewey could use. Murder, Inc. played a major role in this campaign, rubbing out anyone that "Lepke" even suspected of being an informant. Loan shark George Rudnick was one such victim; he was killed by Maione, Abbandando, and Strauss on 11 May 1937. Thomas Dewey - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... // Events and trends A public speech by Benito Mussolini, founder of the Fascist movement The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... Murder, Inc. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

When Abe Reles became an informant for the state in 1940, he implicated Maione in the horrific slaying of Rudnick. He reported that when the three hitmen had tried to get the "dead" Rudnick into their car after supposedly killing him, he coughed, apparently still alive. Strauss began hacking away at the body of the victim with an ice pick, Maione putting the final exclamation point on the murder by sinking a meat cleaver into Rudnick's skull. Abe Kid Twist Reles (1907 – 12 November 1941) was a Jewish American mobster who was probably the most feared hitman in the stable of Murder, Inc. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Reles' information was enough for Maione to be sentenced to death for first-degree murder. He was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing in February 19, 1942. The first electric chair, which was used to execute William Kemmler in 1890 The electric chair is a device used in some states in the United States for execution of criminals convicted of capital crimes. ... Alternative meaning: Sing Sing (band) Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a prison in Ossining, New York. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

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