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olD CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES . ZWILLMAN first became a feared man when in 1923 he shot LEO KAPAUS : in the leg, KAPAUS was at that time in the bootlegging business in the State £ of New Jersey and controlled what was commonly referred to as "Bootlegger's H Row" in Newark, As a result of this shooting, other Newark mobsters took particular note of Z/ILLMAN. Although he was quite young, he allegedly had a ' smill interest in a "numbers game™ in Newark and was reportedly associated in this particular racket with several well-known gangsters, ZO LLMAN's influence grew and at a later date he reportedly _took over control of the Third Ward in Newark, New Jersey, organizing a gang sometimes referred to as the "Longy” Mob. ~ It has been alleged that when RUGGERIO BOIARDO, alias "Ritchie", was confined in the New Jersey State Penitentiary in the 1930's, many members of the so-called BOIARDC Mob went over to the ZJILLMAN Mob, As a result of this, AL CAPCNE reportedly came to Newark to straighten out the differences between BOIARDO and ZWILIMAN, In 1925, ZWILLMAN became associated with LOUIS BUCHALTER, At that time there was a froup which was referred to as the "Big Six", a combination of racketeers comprised of BUCHALTER; BENJAMIN "Bugsy" SIEGEL; MEYER LANSKY, alias Bugs Meyer; CHARLES "Lucky" LUCIANO; JACOB SHAPIRO, alias Gurrah; and LONGIE ZWILLMAN, A confidential informant, whose information is reliable, advised that there was actually to his knowledge no group known as the "Big Six" but that the term "Big Six" probably referred to the better known men controlling bootlegring in the East who had allotted territories in which they operated. This informant stated that these groups maintained liquor headquarters at many of the prominent hotels in New York City. . ZWILIMAN became associated with members of the REINFELD family, and he reportedly with JOSEPH and SAUL REINFELD began to haul liquor into Atlantic June 7, 1950 per ee eee