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. 92 ...[,[1,._. In accordance with the representations which had been made, the Director, unaccompanied, kept the rendezvous. At lO:l7 the search ended When "Lepke", wearing dark glasses, disguised with a mustache, kept his word. Although a little excited, he seemed anxious to talk, to talk to Someone new, after being in the shadows for over two years, probably with many other hunted men. He immediately threw away his glasses, stating, "I don't need them any more" and then added, "I would like to see my wife and kid, please". His wishes were acceded to. The man hunt which extended from coast to coast and across the seas, had come to an end, and With it, it is hoped, the terror that stalked through the East Side of Ran- hattan for years. Buchalter had closely observed proceedings which were instituted against his associates of many years, Shapiro, who on June 17, 1938, was sentenced to serve three additional years and pay a $15,000 fine in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York, in connec- tion with the indictment returned against him as a result of his activities in the Fur Dressers Factor Corporation case. The physical description of Buchalter is as follows: 2