Most of his associates called him "Pep". In the 1930s, he was committing assaults, larcenies, and drug dealing. He was arrested 18 times but was never convicted until he was found guilty of the homicide that sent him and fellow Murder, Inc. hitman …

Jul 28, 1982 · PHILADELPHIA -- Maurice L. 'Moe' Strauss, last survivor of the three men who founded the 'Pep Boys' auto parts store chain, died Wednesday after a long illness in Beverly Hills, Calif., where...

Pep Boys is an American automotive aftermarket service chain. Originally named Pep Auto Supply, the company was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1921 by Emanuel "Manny" Rosenfeld, Maurice "Moe" Strauss, W. Graham "Jack" Jackson, and Moe Radavitz. Pep Boys is headquartered in the Philadelphia suburb of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Pep ...

Jun 12, 2018 · On this date in 1941, Brooklyn gangster Pittsburgh Phil went to the Sing Sing electric chair. The smart-dressed Pittsburgh Phil* — “Harry Strauss” to his parents or just plain “Pep” to his friends — was the most notorious contract killer of the Springsteen-worthy crime syndicate Murder, Inc..

Mar 22, 2014 · Longtime Manalapan, FL resident, Pep Boys executive and scion, renowned arbitrageur, and beloved father and husband Robert Perry Strauss passed away peacefully on March 20, 2014 at his home...

Strauss, better known to his chums as "Pep" or "Pittsburgh Phil," was on a contract job in Jacksonville, Florida but the bum he was supposed to take out wasn't making it easy.

Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss was the chief assassin and co-leader, along with Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, of Murder, Inc., the Brownsville, Brooklyn based organized crime organization, which along with keeping its own rackets, acted as the hit squad for the commission of the National Crime Syndicate, especially mob kingpins Lepke Buchalter and ...

Aug 26, 2022 · “Go up to Loch Sheldrake, where Pep (Strauss’s nickname) is staying, to do some work,” he had told Levine in the Brooklyn candy store that served as the gang’s headquarters. Levine and Anthony “Dukey” Maffatore, drove to the mountains, where they met up with Strauss, Mikey Syckoff and Jack Cutler.

Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss (July 28, 1909 – June 12, 1941) was a prolific contract killer for Murder, Inc. in the 1930s. He killed over thirty men using a variety of methods; shooting, stabbing with ice picks, drowning, live burial and strangling rope.

Oct 21, 2007 · Benjamin Strauss, 71, the dashingly handsome scion and chairman of the Philadelphia-based Pep Boys auto-parts firm, known coast to coast for its timeless caricatures of Manny, Moe and Jack, died of prostate cancer Sunday at home in Haverford.