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A brotherhood betrayed, the man behind the rise and fall of Murder, Inc., Michael Cannell

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A brotherhood betrayed, the man behind the rise and fall of Murder, Inc., Michael Cannell

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-311) and index

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non fiction

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A brotherhood betrayed

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bibliography

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Michael Cannell

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the man behind the rise and fall of Murder, Inc.

Summary

In the fall of 1941, a momentous trial was set to begin that threatened to end the careers and lives of New York's most brutal mob kingpins. The lead witness, Abe Reles, had been a trusted executioner for Murder, Inc., the enforcement arm of a coast-to-coast mob network known as the Syndicate. In exchange for police protection, Reles was prepared to rat out his murderous friends, from Albert Anastasia to Bugsy Siegel-- until the morning of the trial, when his shattered body was discovered on a rooftop outside his heavily-guarded hotel room. Was it a botched escape, or punishment for betraying the loyalty of the country's most powerful mobsters? Cannell traces the history of Murder, Inc. and resurrects a world of money and power, depravity and corruption, street corner ambushes and elaborately choreographed hits by wise-cracking foot soldiers in double-breasted suits and zooty fedoras. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Prologue: "Something has happened" -- The rise. Schlammers ; Babylon Brooklyn ; The Commission ; Murder for money -- The downfall. Twenty against the underworld ; Lepke ; Bill-O ; The wedge ; Long song ; Mr. Arsenic ; The dance hall ; Half Moon Hotel ; Kid Twist's ghost -- Addendum

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Man behind the rise and fall of Murder, Inc

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