Frank Abbandando

American contract killer and gangster (1910–1942)

Frank Abbandando (July 11, 1910 – February 19, 1942), nicknamed "The Dasher", was an American contract killer (someone who murders for money) for a notorious gang called Murder, Inc.[1]

He born in Brooklyn, New York City to an Italian family. He was found guilty of murder after several of the Murder, Inc. bosses were arrested. He was sentenced to death in 1941 and executed by electric chair in 1942 in Sing Sing, Ossining, New York.

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  1. Joseph., Iannuzzi (1993). Joe Dogs : the life & crimes of a mobster. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780671797522. OCLC 27383580.