CC205 Study Guide - Final Guide: Homicide, Walter Winchell, Anthony Anastasio
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Spawned by jewish gangsters, this murderous arm of the mafia was mainly the brainchild of louis buchalter lepke Buchalters nickname stemmed from the yiddish diminutive lepkele Lepke signed on as a strong arm enforcer for arnold rothstein and other jewish gangsters, mainly for strike breaking duties in the garment centre. Lepke hide shot his way to the top of a predominantly jewish getting the gorilla boys and learned it was more profitable to take over union locals then to work solely as a strikebreaker. The gorilla boys murderess record was known and appreciated by the mafias high command. With anastasia relaying orders through lepke, the boys from brooklyn would be paid to track down and slaughter victims the mob wanted eliminated. The jewish killers rather than italians would take all the risks but would be ignorant about the motive for the murders.
