Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein ( – June 12, 1941) was a member of a gang of
hitmen, operating out of
Brooklyn, New York in the 1930s, known as
Murder, Inc.
Born Meyer Goldstein, Goldstein grew up in
East New York, Brooklyn
East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, United States. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the Queens borough lin ...
, New York, and initially led the crime syndicate Murder, Inc. together with
Abe "Kid Twist" Reles. Goldstein later committed murders under the orders of
Lepke Buchalter and
Albert "Mad Hatter" Anastasia.
Around midnight on June 12, 1941, Goldstein and
Harry Strauss were executed by
electric chair at
Sing Sing prison.
See also
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Capital punishment in New York (state)
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Capital punishment in the United States
In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. It is also a legal penalty for some military offenses. Capital punishment has been abolished in 23 s ...
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List of people executed in New York
This list of people executed in New York gives the names of some of the people executed in New York, both before and after statehood in the United States (including as New Amsterdam), as well as the person's date of execution, method of execution ...
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1900s births
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20th-century executions by New York (state)
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Executed gangsters
Executed people from New York (state)
Jewish American gangsters
Mafia hitmen
Murder, Inc.
People executed by New York (state) by electric chair
People executed for murder
People from East New York, Brooklyn
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Inmates of Sing Sing
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