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we dem ne, STANDARO romet nO fe ‘Office Memorandum f ‘ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO The Director DATE: = 1/22/59 FROM A Rosepy x ye Belmont “aN 4 | aa \ fare — supyRcr: ABNER "LONGIE" ZWILLMAN 4 Wet S __ Clayton Tele. Room —_ Holloman Gandy This is to advise of information received as a result ; of a microphone surveillance, covering Newark Top Hoodn "Longie" Zwillman indicating jury members had been compromised in 1956 income tax trial of Zwillman, which resulted in a hung jury On 9/16/58, the Newark Office was authorized to install a microphone surveillance in the office of the Supreme Beverage Company, Newark, a hangout for Zwillman and his associates. The installation was accomplished on 12/18/58. 7 On 1/21/59 a conversation between and an unidentified maie was overheard, aid tha urin "We had two jurors - that the 1956 trial of Zwillman,. is how we von." QE scussed how unidentified members of the jury anel were approached and that two of them were subsequently chosen for jury duty. aid that ‘Sue" paid one of the panel who was not even chosen for e jury. "Sue" is believed to be Sam "Big Sue" Katz, a constant Zwillman companion. ANTI-RACKETEERING The 1956 income tax evasion trial against Zwillman ended in a hung jury and a motion to dismiss the indictment is now pending before Federal Judge Reynier J. Wortendyke, Newark. in his conversation implied that should the motion to dismiss be unsuccessful, similar steps to bribe the jurors must be taken. It is to be noted that there is no trial in progress with respect to Zwillman and the statements made by are not an attempt to influence the court which is presently considering the motion to dismiss the indictment, and, therefore, there does not appear to be any reason to alert the court to statements at the present time. ACTION Before any action is taken with respect to the allegations of bribery of jurors in 1956 we will obtain the complete details of the onvyersation by It is felt we should handle the matter; however, upon receiving the details, they will be taken up with the Department without disclosing our source, This can be done by indicating we are in receipt of information from a source whose yreau fu cannot be disclosed. en instructed to furnish th Bipr eau full | W a conversation, vente WIS EX.}i2 ro — Q7 195° S$