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vat DIRECTOR / @ Hederal Bureau of Investing fn ——— United States Department of Justice Washington, A.C. _I,0.#60=1501 - THE FURDRESS CASE _ t . IN / N\ / . \, , JACOB SHAPIRO; with aliases; LOUIS -BUCHALTER, with aliases. Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro surrendered to Federal authorities on April 14, 1938, in New York, after being a fugitive from justice for less than a year, During that time every known associate and contact was investigated to determine if they were in communication with him. Relentlessly tne forces of law and crder were seexing to drive him out into the open. Shapiro stated the Federal Bureau of Investigation was hunting him wherever he went and under the circumstances it was like being in jail, thus he surrendered, His associate of many years, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, was going to see how he made out, Shepiro related to Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, before he decided to surrender. Sixteen months ‘later Buchalter followed suit, bringing to a close a manhunt that en- circled the continental United States and extended into Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, England, Canada, France, Puerto Rico and Carlsbad, Germany. Summary reports alone succintly setting forth contects of Shapiro and Buchalter, number over a thousand pages, to say nothing of the thousands of reports of Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation working in every section of the United States, ; Cver a period of years the activities of this gang have been. the ' subject of headline after headline in the’ Metropolitan dailies, announcing some new depredation, Industrial racketeers, never hesitant to enforce their mandates with-lead pipes, stench bombs, brickbats and bullets, ~ =<1.7. Shapiro and Buchalter headed a modern gang of desperadoes whose brutality and vandalism equalled that of the Huns of old. Millions of dollars were exacted as tribute by the paid enforcers of Shapiro and Buchalter. Both had a flair for organization, combined with considerable business acumen, rivalling that of big business and industrial executives. Their underworld empire extended from coast to coast. Old associates still occupy pinnacles of authority in various sections of the country, while others hiding behind the garb of pseudo-respectability nurture their egoS with their ill-gotten