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OO OANA Eu to = So a te ~ oa Set * witnesses revealed the existence of a vast criminal syndicate which the 4 underworld referred to as the "Combination, '' and to which the presa gave (19) os the appellation "Murder, Inc." Murder, Inc., was the brain child of Louls "Lepke" Buchalter, who ‘ aaa wns later sentenced to death and electrocuted. It was staffed by hoodlums of - different nationalities. and specialized in intimidation, extortion, violence, }..'?: “ and murder. Prominent among ita personnel was a corps of gunmen called "troops" who gunned, knifed, or beat victims. It is estimated that between |; o 69 and 80 individuals were killed by Murder, ing”) he 7 The leader of the Brooklyn "troops" and "chief executioner" of te Murcer, Inc., wee Mafiore Albert Anastasia, who wae to meet his own viol nt” (1950 secret report of Federal Bureau of Narcotics) death fu typical gencland feehion by unknown aseatlants in a hotel barbershop, in midtown Manhattan in October, 1957. Anastasia was an associate bf. such infamous Mafiosl ea Vito Genovese, Joseph Frofaci, Frank Costello, and | santo Trafficante, Jr, . Vs One of the most Irportant witnesses acainst Murder, Inc., and Anastacia waa Abe Relez, Meltes stated that he had been with Anastasia when the dotnils of one murder were being planne:!, During the time Reles was furniching information to the district attorney and to the police, be was held in - 27 - | [oo te ' a a.