Seymour "Blue Jaw" Magoon was an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 hitman in New York's Murder Inc gang, one of many members who were implicated by the testimony of former member and government informant Abe "Kid Twist" Reles

Abe Reles

Abe "Kid Twist" Reles was a New York mobster who was widely considered the most feared hit man for Murder, Inc., the enforcement contractor for the National Crime Syndicate. Reles later turned government witness and sent several members of Murder, Inc...

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A longtime member of Murder Inc., Magoon was heavily involved in the painters unions with Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein

Martin Goldstein

Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein was a member of a gang of hitmen, operating out of Brooklyn, New York in the 1930s, known as Murder, Inc.....

 during the 1920s and 30s. Magoon helped testify against the other members of Murder Inc., along with Albert "Tick Tock" Tannenbaum

Albert Tannenbaum

Albert Tannenbaum , nicknamed Allie or Tick-Tock, was a Jewish-American hitman for Murder, Inc., the enforcement arm of the National Crime Syndicate, during the 1930s....

 and Sholem Bernstein. To this day, few details exist about Seymour Magoon.

External links

• Seymour "Blue Jaw" Magoon at Find-A-Grave
• Kill The Dutchman! - The Story of Dutch Schultz - Chapter XX by Paul Sann