Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro | |
---|---|
Born | May 5, 1899 |
Died | June 9, 1947 | (aged 48)
Resting place | Montefiore Cemetery |
Other names | “Gurrah” |
Citizenship | American |
Organization(s) | Murder, Inc. |
Opponent | U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey |
Criminal charge | Conspiracy and Extortion |
Penalty | 15 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.