Louis "Pretty" Amberg was in a criminal organization with his brothers Joseph and Hyman Amberg

Hyman Amberg

Herman "Hyman" Amberg was a New York mobster who, with his brothers Joseph and Louis "Pretty" Amberg, formed one of the prominent criminal gangs during Prohibition....

 competing against Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro

Jacob Shapiro

Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro was a New York mobster who, with his partner Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, controlled industrial labor racketeering in New York for two decades and established the Murder, Inc. organization.-Early years:...

, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter

Louis Buchalter

Louis "Lepke" Buchalter was a Jewish American mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc. during the 1930s. After Dutch Schultz' request of the Mafia Commission for permission to kill his enemy, U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey, the Commission decided to kill Schultz in order to prevent the hit...

 and the Shapiro Brothers

Shapiro Brothers

Meyer , Irving and William "Willie" Shapiro , collectively known as the Shapiro Brothers were the leaders of a group of Jewish-American mobsters from New York City and based in Williamsburg...

 for control of Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

's racketeering activities during the 1920s and early 1930s. Ambergs body was found in a flaming car the day he was killed. The case remains officially unsolved. When asked if there were any suspects, a police detective reportedly answered "Yeah, Brooklyn."

External links

• Louis "Pretty" Amberg at Find-A-Grave