- Louis Capone
Louis Capone (1896 –
March 4 ,1944 ) was a New Yorkorganized crime figure who became a hitman for the notoriousMurder Inc . Louis Capone was not related to the boss of theChicago Outfit ,Al Capone .Murder, Inc. , was a network ofJew ish andItalian-American hoodlums fromBrooklyn, New York , who performed murder contracts for crime families in New York and other cities from during the 1930s. Murder, Inc., was directed by Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and Albert "Mad Hatter" Anastasia.In 1936, Buchalter was trying to silence potential witnesses against himself and Murder, Inc and ordered the murder of
Joseph Rosen . In 1941, Capone, Buchalter, andEmanuel Weiss were all convicted of murdering Rosen and were sentenced to death. OnMarch 4 ,1944 , Louis Capone was executed in theelectric chair atSing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. He was immediately followed by Weiss and Buchalter.Capone was buried in
Holy Cross Cemetery, New York City .In popular culture
In the 1960 film "Murder Inc.", Capone was portrayed by
Lou Polan .ee also
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List of individuals executed in New York External links
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