Hyman Amberg
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Hyman Amberg | |
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| Born | Herman Amberg Circa 1902 |
| Died | November 3, 1926 Tombs Prison, Manhattan, New York City |
| Burial place | Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Mobster |
| Relatives | Joseph Amberg, Louis Amberg |
Herman "Hyman" Amberg (c. 1902 – November 3, 1926)[1] was a New York mobster who, with his brothers, Joseph and Louis, formed one of the prominent criminal gangs during Prohibition.
Death
[edit]Often acting as an enforcer, he was arrested for the murder of a local jeweler in 1926. While awaiting trial in the Tombs, he and another prisoner attempted to escape after acquiring guns on November 3, 1926. However, they made it only as far as the prison wall before being trapped by prison guards. Rather than surrender to prison authorities, Amberg and the other prisoner committed suicide.[2] He is buried in Montefiore Cemetery.
References
[edit]- ^ "Herman "Hyman" Amberg". Found a Grave. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "HYMAN AMBERG". hollywoodmostwanted.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
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[edit]Categories:
- 1900s births
- 1926 suicides
- 1926 deaths
- American people who died in prison custody
- Criminals from Brooklyn
- Jewish American gangsters
- People who died by suicide in prison custody
- Prisoners who died in New York (state) detention
- Suicides by firearm in New York City
- 20th-century American Jews
- Burials at Montefiore Cemetery