The burnt body of gangster Irving Feinstein, who was set on fire by Murder Inc
The burnt body of gangster Irving Feinstein, who was set on
fire by Murder Inc. killers Harry Strauss and Martin Goldstein and left
exposed in a lot in New York City. 1938.
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Irving
"Puggy" Feinstein (October 6, 1909 – September 5, 1939) was a
Jewish-American mobster involved in illegal gambling and labor
racketeering with Louis "Lepke" Buchalter.
Puggy
had made the mistake of attempting to move into turf which was not his
own. He was later murdered by several members of Murder, Inc. including
Abe Reles, Martin Goldstein, and Harry Strauss
The murder occurred in the living room of Reles' own house on E.
91 St. in Brooklyn. While Harry Strauss was icepicking Puggy Feinstein
to death, Puggy fought back and took a few bites out of Strauss's
finger. Irate over the turn of events, Strauss and a few of his
coworkers decided to make Feinstein's demise more painful and
lengthened. They did so by a process which incorporates a rope being
looped around the victim's neck and feet, so that as he struggled, he
would slowly strangle himself. Still aggravated over the wound on his
finger, Strauss and his associates took the body to a vacant lot and set
it on fire.
Strauss was eventually indicted
for his murder, due in part to the testimony of Reles, and sentenced to
death on May 10, 1939. In his court testimony, Reles explained that the
hit was carried out by Murder, Inc. for New York mobster Albert
Anastasia. He also said that Puggy had doublecrossed Vincent Mangano,
the boss of the Mangano family, which Anastasia belonged to.
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