15 Facts About Frank Abbandando

Frank Abbandando's preferred killing method was to stab his victims through the heart with an ice pick.

Frank Abbandando was born in New York on July 11,1910.

Frank Abbandando began as a teenager extorting money from shop owners by threatening to torch their shops.

Frank Abbandando organized gambling, loan sharking, and extortion rackets for the gang, as well as committing murders.

In 1928, Frank Abbandando was convicted of beating a New York police officer and was sent to reform school in Elmira, New York, where he demonstrated skill at baseball and received the nickname "The Dasher".

Frank Abbandando had become associated with Murder Inc in the 1920s.

In September 1931, Frank Abbandando helped Buchalter and gang member Abe Reles eliminate the Shapiro Brothers, a rival outfit from the Lower East Side of Manhattan who controlled the garment industry in Brooklyn.

In 1937, Frank Abbandando assisted in the murder of George Rudnick, a loan shark in Brooklyn.

In May 1940, Frank Abbandando was put on trial for murder along with co-defendants Harry "Happy" Maione and Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss.

Frank Abbandando was so confident that his allies would succeed in fixing the verdict, he even whispered a threat into the judge's ear while he was on the witness stand.

Frank Abbandando spent the next nine months in Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York.

Frank Abbandando was buried in the family plot in St John's Cemetery in Queens, New York City.

Frank Abbandando married Jennie DeLuca, a hairdresser from Ocean Hill, at his parents' urging, in September 1927.

Frank Abbandando died of cancer in North Miami Beach, Florida on March 25,1995.

Frank Abbandando was murdered in Florida on December 22,1995.