![]() | After hitman Abe 'Kid Twist' Reles turned informant, Strauss was arrested for the murder of Irving 'Puggy' Feinstein.![]() Strauss tried to avoid conviction by feigning insanity in the courtroom and on death row. Strauss and Goldstein were convicted September 19, 1940, and executed by electrocution using Sing Sing's Old Sparky on June 12, 1941. | ![]() ![]() Harry 'Pittsburgh Phil' Strauss & Martin 'Bugsy' Goldstein. |