for the State of New York. He then implicated Maione and Abbandando in the horrific slaying of Rudnick. According to Reles, the men supposedly killed Rudnick and started stuffing him back in their car. Suddenly, the "corpse" started coughing. To finish him off, Strauss stabbed Rudnick 63 times with an ice pick and Maione buried a meat cleaver in his skull. In May 1940, Maione was convicted of first degree murder, but the verdict was overturned on appeal. After a second trial, Maione was convicted again. This time, the conviction was not overturned by an appeals court. On February 19, 1942, Maione, along with Frank Abbandando, was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. See also Capital punishment in New York (state) Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in New York References Executions in New York External links , as of September 18, 1932, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1908 births 1942 deaths American gangsters of Italian descent Murder, Inc. American people executed for murder People convicted of murder by New York (state) Executed gangsters 20th-century executions by New York (state) Burials at St. John's Cemetery (Queens) People executed by New York (state) by electric chair 20th-century executions of American people