Organized Crime Figure. He was a Jewish gang leader and labor racketeer in New York City, New York during the 1920s. He gained control of the labor rackets in 1923 when he had Nathan "Kid Dropper" Kaplan murdered outside a Manhattan courthouse. He himself was shot to death on a Manhattan Street corner in 1927 by crime figures Lepke Buchalter and Jacob (Gurrah) Shaprio, who then took over all of his rackets. His bodyguard that night was mobster John "Legs" Diamond who was also shot but survived to be murdered in 1931. His actual birth year was 1893, even though his headstone does not coincide with this fact.
Although 34 years old at the time of his murder, Orgen's tombstone in Mount Judah Cemetery reads simply "Jacob Orgen, Age 26 Years" because his father had disowned him after he formed the "Little Augies" in 1919 at the age of 26.
Although 34 years old at the time of his murder, Orgen's tombstone in Mount Judah Cemetery reads simply "Jacob Orgen, Age 26 Years" because his father had disowned him after he formed the "Little Augies" in 1919 at the age of 26.
Organized Crime Figure. He was a Jewish gang leader and labor racketeer in New York City, New York during the 1920s. He gained control of the labor rackets in 1923 when he had Nathan "Kid Dropper" Kaplan murdered outside a Manhattan courthouse. He himself was shot to death on a Manhattan Street corner in 1927 by crime figures Lepke Buchalter and Jacob (Gurrah) Shaprio, who then took over all of his rackets. His bodyguard that night was mobster John "Legs" Diamond who was also shot but survived to be murdered in 1931. His actual birth year was 1893, even though his headstone does not coincide with this fact.
Although 34 years old at the time of his murder, Orgen's tombstone in Mount Judah Cemetery reads simply "Jacob Orgen, Age 26 Years" because his father had disowned him after he formed the "Little Augies" in 1919 at the age of 26.
Although 34 years old at the time of his murder, Orgen's tombstone in Mount Judah Cemetery reads simply "Jacob Orgen, Age 26 Years" because his father had disowned him after he formed the "Little Augies" in 1919 at the age of 26.
Inscription
Here is buried /
Our dear son /
Shlomo Yaakov son of Mr. /
Moshe Tzvi the Kohain/
died on the 4th day of Chol HaMoed Sukkot (the 4th intermediate day of Sukkot) 5688 /
May his soul be bound in the bond of life
Jacob Orgen
DIED OCT. 16, 1927
AGE 26 YRS
REST IN PEACE
SON
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