, ▁Inc . ▁Although ▁the ▁pair ▁are ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁started ▁Mur der ▁Inc ., ▁the ▁enter prise ▁was ▁already ▁th riv ing ▁when ▁the ▁pair ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁their ▁top ▁clients ▁next ▁to ▁the ▁" National ▁Crime ▁Sy nd icate ", ▁a ▁conf eder ation ▁of ▁crime ▁families ▁created ▁by ▁Luci ano ▁and ▁L ans ky ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 . ▁The ▁Sy nd icate ▁was ▁created ▁to ▁avoid ▁the ▁blo ody ▁gang ▁wars ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁by ▁creating ▁an ▁organization ▁with ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁medi ate ▁organized ▁crime ▁disput es ▁and ▁pun ish ▁off enders . ▁Mur der , ▁Inc . ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁enfor cement ▁arm ▁for ▁the ▁Sy nd icate . ▁ ▁Government ▁pressure ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁US ▁Att orney ▁Thomas ▁E . ▁De we y ▁started ▁to ▁pro sec ute ▁organized ▁crime ▁members ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁ ▁The ▁pressure ▁created ▁by ▁De we y ▁was ▁such ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁mob ster ▁Dutch ▁Sch ult z ▁asked ▁the ▁National ▁Crime ▁Sy nd icate ▁to ▁appro ve ▁De we y ' s ▁murder . ▁Sh api ro ▁and ▁An ast asia ▁agreed ▁with ▁Sch ult z , ▁but ▁Buch alter ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁Sy nd icate ▁turned ▁down ▁his ▁request . ▁K illing ▁a ▁pro sec utor ▁went ▁against ▁mob ▁tradition , ▁the ▁majority ▁argued , ▁and ▁would ▁only ▁increase ▁federal ▁investigation ▁into ▁organized ▁crime ▁and ▁possibly