| Birth: | 1901 | | Death: | Jan. 29, 1939
White Plains
Westchester County
New York, USA | 
Organized Crime Figure. An associate of mobster Dutch Schultz and the brother of Schultz's right-hand man Abe Weinberg, he handled the money end of Schultz's operation. After the murder of Schultz in 1935 and the disappearance and murder of his brother Abe that same year, George Weinberg decided to turn informant and testify against his former associates. On January 29,1939, Weinberg committed suicide while he was hidden away in a safe house in White Plains, New York and under police protection, stealing a gun from a detective who was guarding him and shot himself in the head (bio by: Bill Heneage)
Search Amazon for George Weinberg | | | Burial:
New Mount Carmel Cemetery
Glendale
Queens County
New York, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Bill Heneage
Record added: Mar 20, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6273255 |
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