Isadore Friedman

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Isadore or Irving Friedman (d. January 28, 1939), also known under the alias Danny Field was a New York mobster and an associate of labor racketeer Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. He later agreed to testify against Buchalter on behalf of District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey witnesses scheduled to testify against Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, however he was murdered with Louis Cohen on January 28, 1929 shortly before his court appearance [1].

[edit] Further reading

  • Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-23109683-6
  • "Killings Revealed In The Lepke Case". New York Times. 14 Jan. 1939