For two years New York City police hunted halfheartedly for a big-eared little racketeer called Lepke (Jewish diminutive for Louis) Buchalter. But the U. S. public did not become Lepke-conscious until ...

Kavieff's brisk biography of Louis ""Lepke"" Buchalter, the only major crime boss in U.S. history to be executed, unevenly weaves the labor racketeer's story with that of the bustling early 20th ...

Two years ago the State of New York stood ready to execute a hammered-down, jug-eared little blackmailer, labor racketeer and murderer called Lepke (Yiddish affectionate variant of Louis) Buchalter.

Irving Penn was a short, fat man who was in the sheet music publishing business and had the bad luck to resemble a short, fat man named Philip Orlovsky, who was in the rackets. On Tuesday the 25th of ...

Lepke is the feared leader of "Murder Incorporated" in this underworld drama based on the life of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. Lepke began his criminal career as a petty thief in his teens; a stretch in ...