Martin Goldstein

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Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein (c. 1905 – June 12, 1941) was a member of a gang of hitmen, operating out of Brooklyn, New York in the 1930s, known as Murder, Inc.. He was one of the Jewish members, as opposed to the Italian hitmen, who were normally affiliated with the Mafia.

Born Meyer Goldstein, Goldstein grew up in East New York, Brooklyn, New York, and initially led the crime syndicate Murder, Inc. together with Abe "Kid Twist" Reles.

Thanks in part to testimony by Reles, who turned informant in an effort to escape the electric chair, Goldstein and Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss were convicted of the murder of Irving "Puggy" Feinstein and sentenced to death. When given the opportunity to speak before receiving the mandatory sentence of a date with the electric chair, Goldstein, ever the joker, said "Judge, I would like to "pee" up your leg."

Goldstein committed murders under the orders of Lepke Buchalter and Albert Anastasia. He and Strauss were electrocuted at Sing Sing prison near midnight on June 12, 1941.