Frank Abbandando "Dasher" (1910-1942)
New York gangster and murderer. He was a top "hit" man for Murder, Inc., the enforcement squad of the national crime syndicate, and was supposedly involved in the killing of at least 50 persons in Brooklyn in the 1930s. Abbandando received the nickname "Dasher" after one of his early hits; when his gun failed to fire, he fled with his intended victim in pursuit and ran around a building so fast that he managed to come up behind the person. He then pumped several bullets into him to carry out his assignment successfully. Based on testimony from killer-turned-informant Abe Reles, Abbandando was arrested, convicted of murdering a loan shark operator and sent to the electric chair on February 19, 1942.
 
 

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