Billy Lustig

For the American film director and producer, see William Lustig.
Billy Lustig
Born
William Lustig
Died(1913-08-16)August 16, 1913
Manhattan, New York, United States
Cause of deathMurdered
NationalityAmerican
Known forNew York gang leader and labor racketeer; ally of Philip "Pinchy" Paul during the first Labor Slugger War.

William Lustig (died August 16, 1913) was an American gang leader and labor racketeer. He was one of several independent gang leaders operating in Manhattan's Lower East Side and, along with Abe "Little Rhodey" Roch and Philip "Pinchy" Paul,[1][2] led a small coalition of gangs to break the monopoly held by Joseph "Joe the Greaser" Rosenzweig and Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein during the first "Labor Slugger War".[3] Lustig was also employed as a clerk and whose brother was a detective attached to the office of District Attorney Charles S. Whitman.[4]

  1. ^ Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. (pg. 6) ISBN 0-231-09683-6
  2. ^ Katcher, Leo. The Big Bankroll: The Life and Times of Arnold Rothstein. New York: Da Capo Press, 1994. (pg. 278) ISBN 0-306-80565-0
  3. ^ Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the New York Underworld. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. (pg. 336, 339, 342) ISBN 1-56025-275-8
  4. ^ "Shoot The Brother Of Whitman Sleuth; Gangsters Trail Lustig to 'Humpty' Jackson's Saloon and Wound Him Mortally". New York Times. August 5, 1913