NEW YORK POST, March 5, 1944.
 
* Mob Boss Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter Execution
* Sing Sing Prison (day of) - appeal & SCOTUS

The bottom of the front page has a heading: "Supreme Court Meets On Lepke's Life Plea" And the top of page 3 has a heading: "Supreme Court Convenes To Hear Lepke's Appeal" with mug shot photo of Lepke. (see images)
Complete with 20 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, more so along the spine, generally good.

Background: The execution of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter on March 4, 1944, represents a monumental turning point in American law enforcement's battle against organized crime, marking the only time in United States history that a top-tier mafia boss was tried, convicted, and executed by the state. As the brilliant mastermind behind Murder, Inc.—the lethal enforcement arm of the national crime syndicate—Lepke had long operated in the shadows, orchestrating dozens of contract killings while remaining seemingly untouchable. His ultimate conviction for the 1936 murder of garment trucker Joseph Rosen shattered the myth of mafia invincibility and proved that the highest echelons of the underworld could be held accountable under capital law. The frantic, eleventh-hour appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court, which convened in an extraordinary weekend session just hours before he was sent to Sing Sing’s electric chair, underscored the unprecedented gravity of the case. By choosing to take his vast underworld secrets to the grave rather than cooperate with prosecutors, Lepke’s death simultaneously preserved the secrecy of syndicates run by figures like Lucky Luciano and signaled the definitive end of the lawless, wide-open gangland era of the 1930s.