10 Facts About Jacob Orgen

Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen was a New York gangster involved in bootlegging and labor racketeering during Prohibition.

Jacob Orgen operated his labor rackets diligently for the next five or six years until his former boss, Dopey Benny, had faded from prominence.

Jacob Orgen's rising star was put on hold when "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan and Johnny Spanish were both released from Sing Sing in 1917.

Kid Dropper eventually eliminated Spanish that same year and reigned supreme while Jacob Orgen was in jail.

Jacob Orgen was released and on the streets again in 1923.

Jacob Orgen, allied with Solomon Schapiro, challenged Kaplan over labor slugging activities, particularly in the garment district.

Jacob Orgen kept up his original core occupation of labor slugging.

In 1927, through intermediary Louis Buchalter, Jacob Orgen was advised by Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein to concentrate on infiltrating labor unions instead of traditional labor slugging and strong-arm tactics.

In 1926 Jacob Orgen became a father when his wife gave birth to a girl who the couple named Zelda.

Jacob Orgen was killed instantly with a shot to the right temple while Diamond was shot twice under the heart.