Lepke Buchalter
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Louis Buchalter, known as Louis Lepke, Lepke Buchalter or Judge Louie,, was a Jewish-American organized crime figure and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc., during the 1930s. Buchalter was one o
Buchalter in 1939
Buchalter during his 1941 sentencing in New York for murder
Cover of the first issue of Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason Publications, July 1942), featuring the story of "Killer Lepke - alias Louis Buchalter"
Old Sparky
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Old Sparky is the nickname of the electric chairs in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia
Lepke Buchalter
…and Buchalter are the only National Crime Syndicate bosses to be executed after being convicted of murder. Buchalter was executed using the infamous "Old Sparky" electric chair after being sent "up the river" to Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Buchalter was born on February 6, 1897, into a large Ashkenazi…
Old Sparky at the Tucker Unit, Arkansas. It was used to conduct 104 executions from 1926 to 1948.
The Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville houses Kentucky's Old Sparky
The electric chair at Sing Sing prison in the early 20th century
A man being strapped into the electric chair at Sing Sing prison in the early 20th century.