Harry Horowitz
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Harry Horowitz, also known as "Gyp the Blood", was an American underworld figure and a leader of the Lenox Avenue Gang in New York City.
Police mugshot of Horowitz in 1912
Horowitz (left) and "Lefty Louis" Rosenberg after their capture in 1912
Murder of Herman Rosenthal
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The Becker–Rosenthal trial was a 1912 trial in New York City for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, a bookmaker, by NYPD Lieutenant Charles Becker and members of the Lenox Avenue Gang. The trial ran from
Harry Horowitz
…The Outlook, February 8, 1913. On July 16, 1912, he and three accomplices murdered bookmaker Herman Rosenthal outside the Hotel Metropole. The four shot Rosenthal to death. Two of the killers, Jacob Seidenshner (aka "Whitey Lewis"), and Francisco "Frank" Cirofici…
"Lefty Louis" Rosenberg and Gyp the Blood (seated in front row) after being arrested by police (standing)
Charles Becker (center) being escorted to Sing Sing
Charles Becker, ca. 1912