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English: Louis "Lepke" Buchalter ( 12 February, 1897 - 4 March, 1944) was an American mobster of the 1930s. He is the only major mob boss to ever have been executed by state or federal authorities for his crimes.
Français : Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (Lepke signifiant "petit Louis" en yiddish) était un mafieux américain. Il est né sous le nom de Louis Bookhouse, en 1897, dans le Lower East Side à New York, de parents juifs allemands, et est mort en 1944, à la prison de Sing Sing. Il est célèbre pour avoir dirigé l’organisation criminelle Murder Incorporated, et a été le seul chef mafieux américain à avoir été condamné à mort par la justice.
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{{Information |Description=Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, American mobster of the 1930s, standing in court during sentencing. |Source=Library of Congress. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c34670 |