Editing Murder, Inc. (section)

===Murder of Dutch Schultz===
Murder, Inc’s best known victim was most likely [[Dutch Schultz]], who had openly defied the syndicate. In October 1935, Schultz insisted on putting a contract on Thomas E. Dewey, who was leading an all-out effort to put the mob out of business, but the syndicate board overruled him. They feared that Dewey's assassination would incite public outrage and result in an even greater campaign to shut down the rackets. Schultz vowed that he would ignore the board's decision and kill Dewey himself.

Hitmen [[Emanuel Weiss|Mendy Weiss]] and Charles Workman were given the assignment to kill Schultz. On October 24, 1935, they tracked down Schultz and his associates [[Otto Berman]], Abe Landau, and [[Lulu Rosenkrantz]] and shot them at the Palace Chop House in [[Newark, New Jersey]]. Berman, Landau, and Rosenkrantz died almost immediately, while Schultz clung to life until the following day. Workman stayed behind while Weiss escaped with their driver Seymour Schechter. In 1944, Weiss was executed by [[electric chair]] for another murder. Workman was eventually tried by the [[State of New Jersey]] for the Schultz murder and served 23 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brooklyn Gang Solved by Confessions of Pair, O'Dwyer Says; 15 Seized in Round-Up; Penn Case Mistake Laid to Thugs Who Specialized in 'Rubbing Out' Witnesses |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 18, 1940 |page=1 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1940/03/18/91580280.pdf}}{{subscription required}}</ref>