Organized Crime Figure. On the orders of mobster Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen, he was hired to murder Jewish gang leader Nathan "Kid Dropper" Caplin, who had been Orgen's archrival in the union rackets of New York City, New York. On August 28, 1923 he carried out his task, shooting and killing Caplin as he sat in a taxicab in front of the Essex Market Court House in lower Manhattan. Kerzner was subsequently convicted of the murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was paroled in 1937. Two years later, he was shot to death on a Manhattan Street on the orders of mob leader Lepke Buchalter.
Organized Crime Figure. On the orders of mobster Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen, he was hired to murder Jewish gang leader Nathan "Kid Dropper" Caplin, who had been Orgen's archrival in the union rackets of New York City, New York. On August 28, 1923 he carried out his task, shooting and killing Caplin as he sat in a taxicab in front of the Essex Market Court House in lower Manhattan. Kerzner was subsequently convicted of the murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was paroled in 1937. Two years later, he was shot to death on a Manhattan Street on the orders of mob leader Lepke Buchalter.
Inscription
Eliezer ben Avraham
LOUIS
KERZNER
JAN. 1, 1904
JAN. 28, 1939
DEAR SON
BELOVED HUSBAND
AND FATHER
AT REST
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