Julie Morrell or Jules Morello (died December 2, 1911) was an American freelance gunman associated with the New York Eastman Gang around the start of the 20th century.
However, upon being informed by local saloonkeeper Ike the Plug to whom Morell had bragged "I'll fill that big Yid so full of holes he'll sink !
", Zelig lured the unsuspecting assassin to a Second Avenue dance hall, the Stuyvesant Casino, where the Boys of the Avenue were holding an annual grand ball on December 1, 1911.
When the lights came back on seconds later, Morrell had been shot and was lying dead on the dance floor.
Remaining in hiding for two weeks, Zelig was eventually arrested by detectives in New York's East Side but released shortly after.