Editing Murder, Inc. (section)

==After the trials==
With many of its members executed or imprisoned, Murder, Inc., vanished within a few years.

* In 1942, Duke Maffetore and Pretty Levine received suspended sentences after pleading guilty to petty larceny in the theft of an automobile used in a gangland murder.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/04/21/archives/2-freed-in-murder-ring-minor-members-of-gang-let-off-with-suspended.html |title=2 Freed in Murder Ring; Minor Members of Gang Let Off With Suspended Sentences| work=The New York Times| date= April 21, 1942|page= 25}}{{subscription required}} {{Cite news |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D15FE3E5D167B93C3AB178FD85F468485F9 |title=2 FREED IN MURDER RING; Minor Members of Gang Let off with Suspended Sentences |access-date=May 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925012600/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D15FE3E5D167B93C3AB178FD85F468485F9 |archive-date=September 25, 2012 |url-status=bot: unknown |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1942-04-21 }}</ref>
* In June 1944, NYPD Lieutenant John Osnato, who convinced Duke Maffetore to cooperate with the Brooklyn District Attorney's office, retired after 28 years on the police force. On November 25, 1945, he died of a heart ailment at age 55.<ref>[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A12F93C5E1B7B93C4AB178AD95F418485F9 John Osnato Dies; Ace Detective, 55; Key Figure in Solving Murder, Inc., and Rubel Ice Robbery Once Arrested Capone Broke Down "Stool Pigeon" Pounded East Side Beat], ''The New York Times'', November 26, 1945.{{subscription required}} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920210006/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A12F93C5E1B7B93C4AB178AD95F418485F9 |date=September 20, 2012 }}</ref>
* In 1949, Philip Cohen was murdered, several months after being released from federal prison. He had served seven years of a 10-year sentence for narcotics trafficking.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1949/09/17/archives/lepke-aide-slain-gang-war-is-seen-body-of-philip-cohen-is-found-on.html Lepke Aide Slain; Gang War Is Seen; Body of Philip Cohen Is Found on Valley Stream Road, 4 Bullets in His Head] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422231728/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA071EFA385B167B93C5A81782D85F4D8485F9 |date=2014-04-22 }}, ''The New York Times'', September 17, 1949. p. 30.{{subscription required}}</ref>
* In October 1950, 37-year-old Anthony Maffetore was arrested for grand larceny as a member of a nationwide auto-theft ring. On March 7, 1951, he disappeared, missed a scheduled appearance in Queens County Court, and was presumed murdered.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1951/03/25/archives/auto-recoveries-tied-to-gang-war-theory-of-a-reprisal-against.html Auto Recoveries Tied to Gang War; Theory of a Reprisal Against Informer Held Strengthened in Case of Maffetore Belated Reprisal Seen], ''The New York Times'', March 25, 1951, p. 57.{{subscription required}} {{Cite news |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20B10FF345C147B93C7AB1788D85F458585F9 |title=AUTO RECOVERIES TIED TO GANG WAR; Theory of a Reprisal Against Informer Held Strengthened in Case of Maffetore Belated Reprisal Seen |access-date=July 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925012917/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20B10FF345C147B93C7AB1788D85F458585F9 |archive-date=September 25, 2012 |url-status=bot: unknown |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1951-03-25 }}</ref>
* On October 25, 1957, [[Albert Anastasia]], dubbed in the media the "Lord High Executioner of Murder Inc.", was shot and killed in a barber shop at the [[Park Central Hotel|Park Sheraton Hotel]], in Manhattan.<ref>[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0E11F63A54177B93C4AB178BD95F438585F9 Anastasia Slain in a Hotel Here; Led Murder, Inc.], ''The New York Times'', October 15, 1957, p. 1.{{subscription required}} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528022458/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0E11F63A54177B93C4AB178BD95F438585F9 |date=May 28, 2014 }}</ref> Shortly after Anastasia's murder, East Coast organized criminals held a [[Apalachin meeting|meeting]] in [[Apalachin, New York]], to distribute Anastasia's rackets, according to law enforcement.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/15/archives/65-hoodlums-seized-in-a-raid-and-run-out-of-upstate-village.html 65 Hoodlums Seized in a Raid And Run Out of Upstate Village; Gangster Parley Is Raided Upstate; Meeting a Mystery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925013006/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70B17FC355A177B93C7A8178AD95F438585F9 |date=2012-09-25 }}, ''The New York Times'', November 15, 1957, p. 1.{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/16/archives/hoodlum-convention-viewed-as-splitting-anastasia-rackets-gang.html Hoodlum 'Convention' Viewed As Splitting Anastasia Rackets; Gang 'Convention' Tied to Anastasia],''The New York Times'', November 16, 1957, p. 1.{{subscription required}} {{Cite news |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50D15FD355A177B93C4A8178AD95F438585F9 |title=Hoodlum 'Convention' Viewed as Splitting Anastasia Rackets; GANG 'CONVENTION' TIED TO ANASTASIA |access-date=July 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021081834/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50D15FD355A177B93C4A8178AD95F438585F9 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |url-status=bot: unknown |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1957-11-16 |last1=Feinberg |first1=Alexander }}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/19/archives/meeting-of-thugs-tied-to-anastasia-but-top-city-investigators.html Meeting of Thugs Tied to Anastasia; But Top City Investigators Report No Definite Clue Has Been Uncovered Investigation Continues] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021081842/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20814FA355A177B93CBA8178AD95F438585F9 |date=2012-10-21 }}, ''The New York Times'', November 19, 1957, p. 24.{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/22/archives/apalachin-story-still-unresolved-mystery-but-the-strange-underworld.html Apalachin Story Still Unresolved Mystery; But the Strange Underworld Parley Has Started Investigative Furor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021081849/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70C12FA3A55137A93C0AB1789D95F438585F9 |date=2012-10-21 }},''The New York Times'', December 22, 1957, p. 98.{{subscription required}}</ref>