Abe Reles: One of the First Mafia Hitmen - Mob Stories скачать в хорошем качестве

Abe Reles: One of the First Mafia Hitmen - Mob Stories

Some of the most notorious Mafia criminals in American history relied on Murder, Inc. The organized crime group operated out of Manhattan between 1929 and 1941. Founded by Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky, it provided paying customers with hitmen and a guarantee that their contract killings wouldn’t be traced back. Born in Brooklyn, New York on May 10, 1906, Abe Reles would become their primary hitter. A school dropout, he began thieving from local billiard halls and candy stores before his first arrest at 15 for stealing gum. After his four month sentence was over, his crimes only escalated. Reles began working for the Shapiro brothers, who ran many of the rackets in Brooklyn. He was arrested yet again and found their lack of help so disturbing that the two parties became utter enemies upon his release. By the time they raped and beat Reles’ girlfriend, he had been hired by Lansky — as a Murder, Inc. hitman.