Organized Crime Figure. Known as "Kid Dropper", he was a Jewish crime gang leader during the 1910s and early 1920s. In 1923 gang he led and the gang headed by gangster Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen fought for supremacy of the labor rackets in New York City, New York. On August 28, 1923, he had just left the Essex Market Court House in lower Manhattan under heavy police guard and was sitting in a taxicab in front of the courthouse when mobster Louis Cohen, who had been hired by Orgen, walked up to the taxi and shot him to death.
Organized Crime Figure. Known as "Kid Dropper", he was a Jewish crime gang leader during the 1910s and early 1920s. In 1923 gang he led and the gang headed by gangster Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen fought for supremacy of the labor rackets in New York City, New York. On August 28, 1923, he had just left the Essex Market Court House in lower Manhattan under heavy police guard and was sitting in a taxicab in front of the courthouse when mobster Louis Cohen, who had been hired by Orgen, walked up to the taxi and shot him to death.
Inscription
The dear man,
our teacher,
the master Sender Nosen son of Yosef the Levite,
died the 16th of Elul 5683.
May his soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life.
My beloved
Husband
our dear Son
and Brother
NATHAN Caplin
Died Aug. 28, 1923
Age 34 Years
HUSBAND
Gravesite Details
Reference 7 is un-marked; it is behind reference 6 (way in the back) facing south.
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