Mob Lawyer Isaiah Leebove for Mobster Arnold Rothstein & Purple Gang Ties Original 1938 Press Photo

Offered is an original 6.5" x 8.5" 1938 Vintage Press Photo by ACME.Isaiah Leebove, Leading Midwest oil operator and former New York City Attorney who was once the lawyer for Arnold Rothstein, the gambler who was killed in a New York hotel, was shot and killed in the bar room of the Doherty Hotel in Clare, Michigan.Isaiah Leebove, 42, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mammoth Producing and Refining Corporation of Clare had been shot dead. Not only was Leebove shot, but his attorney, Byron Geller, had suffered two bullet wounds to the left thigh.Historic photo of one of the most notorious 1930's mob lawyers!!