Harry Strauss

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Harry Strauss was a notorious New York contract killer and prominent member of the Murder, Inc. crime syndicate during the 1930s and early 1940s.

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Harry Strauss canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf contract killer ⓘ
mobster ⓘ
organized crime figure ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeIn Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
activePeriod 1930s ⓘ
early 1940s ⓘ
activity contract killings ⓘ
alias Pittsburgh Phil ⓘ
associatedWith Abe Reles ⓘ
Albert Anastasia ⓘ
Louis Buchalter ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by electrocution ⓘ
convictedOf murder ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States ⓘ
criminalActivityLocation New York metropolitan area ⓘ
criminalCharge first-degree murder ⓘ
criminalOrganization Murder, Inc. ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-07-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1941-06-12 ⓘ
employedBy Murder, Inc. ⓘ
ethnicity Jewish American ⓘ
fullName Harry Strauss ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
incarceratedAt Sing Sing Prison ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatusAtDeath executed prisoner ⓘ
mannerOfDeath capital punishment ⓘ
memberOf Murder, Inc. ⓘ
methodOfExecution electric chair ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor being a leading hitman for Murder, Inc. ⓘ
large number of alleged contract killings ⓘ
occupation contract killer ⓘ
mobster ⓘ
penalty death ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States ⓘ
stateOfExecution New York ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abe Reles → collaboratedWith → Harry Strauss ⓘ
Harry Strauss → fullName → Harry Strauss ⓘ
Pittsburgh Phil → birthName → Harry Strauss ⓘ
Frank Abbandando → associatedWith → Harry Strauss ⓘ
Brownsville Boys → notableMember → Harry Strauss ⓘ