March 3, 2012
Little is known about Max Zwerbach’s childhood and youth other than his birth date of March 14, 1884. Zwerbach, nicknamed “Kid Twist,” was a member of Monk Eastman’s gang. When Eastman was sent to jail for robbery in 1904, Kid …
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Born to an immigrant family on New York City’s Lower East Side on February 6, 1897, Louis Buchalter was known to family and friends alike as “Lepke,” a shortened version of his childhood nickname. By the age of 22 he …
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