Abraham "Whitey" Friedman (c. 1897-April 25, 1939) was a New York mobster and former associate of Nathan "Kid Dropper" Kaplan and later for labor racketeers Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro as an enforcer in New York's garment district during the 1920s and 30s http://www.americanmafia.com/Mob_Report/4-22-02_Mob_Report.html.