Jacob Shapiro
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.
Read more about Jacob Shapiro: Early Years, Labor Slugger, Murder, Inc., Government Pressure, Further Reading
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