Emanuel Weiss
| Emanuel Weiss | |
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Weiss (right) and Louis Capone, surrounded by detectives, ride the New York Central railroad "up the river" to the Sing Sing prison death house on December 3, 1941, the day after receiving their sentences.
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| Born |
June 11, 1906 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 4, 1944 (aged 37) Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Ossining, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Sam Kline, Henry Gold, Mendy |
| Height | 6' |
| Criminal charge | Assault and armed robbery, narcotics trafficking, murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Spouse(s) | Blanche Weiss |
| Conviction(s) | Assault and armed robbery, murder |
Emanuel "Mendy" Weiss (June 11, 1906 – March 4, 1944) was a New York organized crime figure who was an associate of the notorious Louis Buchalter and part of Buchalter's criminal organization known as Murder, Inc. during the 1930s and up to the time of his arrest in 1941. The Federal Bureau of Narcotics claimed that Weiss and his partner in crime Philip "Little Farvel" Cohen were heavily involved in narcotics trafficking. Although he was indicted on multiple drug charges, Weiss was never sentenced for any of these crimes.
Starting as an enforcer for the labor rackets run by Louis "Lepke" Buchalter in 1923, Weiss not only rose to become one of Buchalter's closest associates but also his immediate operations manager, ordering murder on a country-wide basis. Weiss was active in Buchalter's lucrative garment industry rackets and once Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro became fugitives from justice in 1937 Weiss took over the post as the acting general manager and was left in charge of payrolls and finance. Buchalter continued to direct the outfit regardless.
Weiss personally took part in a number of high-profile contract killings for the National Crime Syndicate. On October 23, 1935 he and Charles "the Bug" Workman walked into the Palace Chophouse in Newark, New Jersey, to murder Dutch Schultz. Weiss went up to the barman and waiters and requested them to lie down on the floor. At the same time Workman walked past Weiss and opened fire on Schultz and his three associates. All of them were fatally injured and died of their bullet wounds within a few hours or days. Immediately after the shootings, Weiss, fearing the imminent arrival of police, fled the scene and jumped into the waiting getaway car. He ordered their getaway driver, Seymour "Piggy" Schechter, to drive off without Workman, who was still finishing off Schultz in the restaurant's restroom. As a result of his being left behind, Workman was forced to travel back to New York alone, on foot.
The next day, Workman filed a complaint to the "board" of Murder, Inc. that he had been abandoned by Weiss and Piggy at the murder scene, an offense punishable by death. Weiss defended himself by arguing that Workman had returned to the men's room not for the purpose of making sure the job had been completed (as Workman claimed), but simply for the purpose of stealing Schultz's money and other belongings. Therefore, argued Weiss, the job was already done and Workman had chosen to remain at the scene strictly for selfish personal reasons, thereby jeopardizing their escape and increasing their risk of capture. In the end it was Louis Buchalter who was able to save his lieutenant Weiss from being killed by the mob.
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