Jacob Gurrah Shapiro Fur Industry Mafia Enforcer
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Robert Grey Reynolds Jr | ISBN: | 9781311746153 |
| Publisher: | Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr | Publication: | March 5, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Grey Reynolds Jr |
| ISBN: | 9781311746153 |
| Publisher: | Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr |
| Publication: | March 5, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Jacob Gurrah Shapiro was a Mafia enforcer in the fashion fur industry. He worked as a lieutenant to the notorious Louis Lepke Buchalter who was himself executed at Ossining Prison (Sing Sing) in 1944. Shapiro and Buchalter were a tandem that single handedly dominated an industry in which shopkeepers and manufacturers were intimidated into paying tribute for Mafia control of striking workers. Over a period of time Shapiro and Buchalter collected hundreds of thousands in extorted money from merchants in the New York City garment industry.
Jacob Gurrah Shapiro was a Mafia enforcer in the fashion fur industry. He worked as a lieutenant to the notorious Louis Lepke Buchalter who was himself executed at Ossining Prison (Sing Sing) in 1944. Shapiro and Buchalter were a tandem that single handedly dominated an industry in which shopkeepers and manufacturers were intimidated into paying tribute for Mafia control of striking workers. Over a period of time Shapiro and Buchalter collected hundreds of thousands in extorted money from merchants in the New York City garment industry.
