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67 FEB 9- 1860 : STANDARD Pst nD. Ot T ‘ “ J see ne fice Ment, "bndum * UNITED . GOVERNMENT The Attorney General DATE: January 21, 1960 OFFICE O Director, FBI ABNER "LONGIE" ZWILLMAN Sy, ry €Y GENE® I thought you might be interested in the following story. \ The Special Agent in Charge of our Newark, New : Jersey, Office has advised me that recently a reporter of the "Newark Star-Ledger" newspaper stopped by to see him and, among other things, commented on the Jury-Bribery case of Abner "Longie" Zwillman. As you know, Zwillman was found dead in the basement of his home shortly after Agents of this Bureau had arrested several of his closest associates. The reporter commented, "I wonder if you people in the FBI realize fully what you did when you cleaned up the Zwillman mob.” He went on to state that in his opinion, there has been a noticeable change since the death of Zwillman, and he pointed out that for as long as he has been in Newark, each Christmas, cases of whiakey would arrive at the various newspaper rz offices in Northern New Jersey; and that while there was no indication as to its source, everyone knew that the whiskey was a present from “Longie" Zwillman. He stated that this year there was no whiskey delivere: to the newspapers and that there was considerable comment among newapaper people over this change. ee yet ee oe ; c 1 - Mr. Lawrence E. Walsh . Deputy Attorney General . > ye" ; WP oS