Organized Crime Figure. An associate of mobster Dutch Schultz and the brother of Schultz's right-hand man Abe Weinberg, he handled the money end of Schultz's operation. After the murder of Schultz in 1935 and the disappearance and murder of his brother Abe that same year, George Weinberg decided to turn informant and testify against his former associates. On January 29,1939, Weinberg committed suicide while he was hidden away in a safe house in White Plains, New York and under police protection, stealing a gun from a detective who was guarding him and shot himself in the head
Organized Crime Figure. An associate of mobster Dutch Schultz and the brother of Schultz's right-hand man Abe Weinberg, he handled the money end of Schultz's operation. After the murder of Schultz in 1935 and the disappearance and murder of his brother Abe that same year, George Weinberg decided to turn informant and testify against his former associates. On January 29,1939, Weinberg committed suicide while he was hidden away in a safe house in White Plains, New York and under police protection, stealing a gun from a detective who was guarding him and shot himself in the head
Bio by: Bill Heneage
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