Career
Starting as an enforcer for the labor rackets run by Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, Weiss not only rose to become one of Buchalter's closest associates but also his immediate operations manager, ordering murder on a country-wide basis. Weiss was active in Buchalter's lucrative garment industry rackets and once Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro became fugitives from justice in 1937 Weiss took over the post as the acting general manager and was left in charge of payrolls and finance. Buchalter continued to direct the outfit regardless.
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