NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, November 13, 1941

• Abe Reles death - Murder Inc. hitman
• "The Canary Who Could Sing, But Couldn't Fly."
• Gambino Crime family - Albert Anastasia informant

The front page has a three column heading: "Reles Policemen To Face Charges" (see images)
Complete with 40 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally in good condition.

Background: On November 12, 1941, notorious Murder, Inc. hitman turned government star witness Abe "Kid Twist" Reles died after falling from a sixth-floor window at the Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island, Brooklyn, while under 24-hour protection by a detail of five police officers. Reles had already provided crucial testimony that sent several top mobsters, including Murder, Inc. leader Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, to the electric chair, and he was scheduled to testify later that morning against Gambino crime family figure Albert Anastasia. Although investigators discovered two knotted bedsheets tied to a radiator wire and an official 1951 grand jury ruled the fall an accidental escape attempt, the fact that his body landed roughly 20 feet away from the building wall—combined with the heavy police presence—led to widespread belief that mobsters bribed or overpowered his guards and threw him to his death, earning him the enduring underworld epithet "the canary who could sing, but couldn't fly."