Isadore Friedman

Isadore or Irving Friedman (died January 28, 1939), also known under the alias Danny Field, was a New York mobster and an associate of labor racketeer Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. He later agreed to testify against Buchalter on behalf of District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey as one of several high-profile witnesses scheduled to testify against Buchalter; however, he was murdered along with Louis Cohen on January 28, 1939, shortly before his court appearance.[1] Jacob "Kuppy" Midgen was believed to be the killer.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com - Allan May's Mob Report current mob stuff at www.americanmafia.com
  2. ^ The Life and Times of Lepke Buchalter: America's Most Ruthless Labor Racketeer. Barricade Books. 2006. ISBN 9781569802915. Retrieved 2013-04-01.

Further reading

  • Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6
  • "Killings Revealed In The Lepke Case". The New York Times. June 14, 1939. p. 28.(subscription required)
  • Kavieff, Paul R. The Life and Times of Lepke Buchalter: America's Most Ruthless Labor Racketeer, 2006. ISBN 1-56980-291-2
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