Morris L. Kessler, a 23-year-old man, moved through 1930s Brooklyn in the slipstream of Joseph “Joey” Amberg’s underworld, known as Amberg’s close associate—his chauffeur and bodyguard—at a time when Brownsville rackets were being fought over street by street. On September 30, 1935, that proximity to power turned fatal, and Kessler’s last hours became tied to a killing meant to send a message far beyond him.
That afternoon, shortly before 1 p.m., Kessler and Amberg stopped
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