Harry “Pittsburgh Phil” Strauss, he was one of the meanest hitters in Murder, Inc. Born in Brooklyn, he ain’t never been to Pittsburgh, but the name stuck like a bad alibi. This guy was a real psycho, took out more than a hundred folks, and did it with anything he could get his hands on—ice picks, ropes, you name it. Strauss didn’t care about nothin’ but the job, and he did it with a cold heart and a smirk. Cops couldn’t pin nothin’ on him for a long time, but when they did, it was curtains. The electric chair got him in ’44, but his legend? That ain’t ever gonna die.
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Buried at: Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, NY
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