Advised by Meyer Lansky to instead infiltrate the unions however Orgen refused continuing labor slugging operations and on October 1927 Organ was killed by former associates Buchalter and Shapiro , as well as severely wounding bodyguard Jack Diamond , in a drive by shooting .
Advised by Meyer Lansky to instead infiltrate the unions , Orgen refused , continuing labor slugging operations . 
 In October 1927 Organ was killed by former associates Buchalter and Shapiro , who also wounded Orgen 's bodyguard Jack Diamond , in a drive - by shooting .