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Abner Zwillman — Part 1
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ANE behest be
The offices of the Public Service Tobacco Corpany are located at
1464 Nerth Proad Street, Hillside, New Jersey. ZWILLMAN is reported to
proceed to these offices and remain there most of the day, A confident» 1
informant advised thet the offices are used as a meeting place for numerous
racketeers in the New York and Nev Jersey areas,
& conTidential informant, of known reliability, advised that prior
to the time P, JAMES PE: LECCHIA, JR., former Newark Police Judge, surrendered
himself tc authorities, PELLECEIA contacted ZWILIMAN regarding his embezzling
#€57,000 from the Columbus Trust Company, Newark, New Jersey. At ZVILLMAN's
Suggestion, PELLECHIA gave himself up to make it easier on everyone who might
becore involved in any subsequent investigations,
PISCELLANECUS
A confidential informant, of known reliability, advised that in the
spring of 1940, Mayor MEYER ELLENSTEIN of Newark, New Jersey was acquitted of
allered misconduct In office. Upon his acquittal, ZWILLMAN was stated to
have thrown a big party for ELLENSTEIN, He also stated the re-organization
of the Newark Police Drpartment then going on was re-organization by ZWILLMAN,
The informant stated that to his knowledge, 2WILLMAN was not personally parti-
cipating in illegal activities but is barely within the lew, The informant
cory onted that ZWILLMAM had acquired a substantial block of stock in the
Brewster Aircraft Corporation in late 1939 or early 1940 and at this time
ZWILLMAN was allegedly operating a racket with one FRANK CORBALLY, then local
WPA Administrator who was sucplying WPA labor to Brewster, It was also stated
that as of Acril 17, 1949, no lease had been negotiated by Brewster Corpora-
tion for the use of the Newark Airport; as a result, the corporation was
June 7, 1950
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