Albert
Anastasia was
born in Tropea, Italy, on 26th February,
1902. Anastasia moved to the United States in 1919 and settled in
New York. He joined the gang led by Joe
Masseria. However, in 1931, agreed to join Lucky
Luciano and Bugsy Siegel, in the
killing of Masseria at a Coney Island restaurant.
In 1933 Anastasia became a member of group that later obtained the
name, Murder Incorporated. Anastasia, and gunmen such as Louis
Lepke Buchalter and Abe Reles
carried out executions for money.
After the arrest and execution of Louis Lepke
Buchalter in 1944, Anastasia became the leader of Murder Incorporated.
On 25th October, 1957, Anastasia was murdered as he sat in a barber's
chair in a New York hotel.
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