“Gangsters Convicted”

“BODY AND SOUL”; Duke Ellington and Jimmy Blanton; Heyman; Sour; Eyton; Green; Victor (27406-A); Publication date: October 1, 1940

Poughkeepsie Eagle, September 20, 1940

GANGSTERS CONVICTED

New York. Sept. 19 – (AP) – Harry (Pittsburgh Phil) Strauss and Martin (Buggsy) Goldstein were convicted tonight by a Kings County jury for the contract killing of Irving (Puggy) Feinstein last September – the second dual conviction since the breakup of Brooklyn’s notorious “Murder, Inc.”

The jury deliberated one hour and 20 minutes and returned a verdict of murder in the first degree against both defendants. The death sentence is mandatory.

Poughkeepsie Eagle, September 20, 1940, Unidentified photographers

“MR. J. B. BLUES”; Duke Ellington and Jimmy Blanton; Duke Ellington; Jimmy Blanton; Victor (27406-B); Publication date: Publication date: October 1, 1940

Daily Worker, September 20, 1940

Strauss, Goldstein
Murder, Inc.
Killers to Die

Harry (Pittsburgh Phil) Strauss and Martin (Buggsy) Goldstein , Murder, Inc. killers, were sentenced in Kings County Court yesterday to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison some time in the week of Nov. 4.

Strauss, 33, and Goldstein, 34, were convicted last Thursday on first degree murder charges in connection with the strangling of Irving (Puggy) Feinstein, a minor Brooklyn gangster, in September 1939.

Daily Worker, September 20, 1940

“Sophisticated Lady”; Duke Ellington and Jimmy Blanton; Parish; Mills; Ellington; Victor (27221-A); Publication date: October 1, 1940

Weegee (1899-1968), [Martin (Buggsy) Goldstein], 1937, Screenshot

“Pitter Panther Patter”; Duke Ellington and Jimmy Blanton; Duke Ellington; Victor (27221-B); Publication date: October 1, 1940