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Louis Lepke Buchalter — Part 4
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seriously the reports” ‘that. “The --
‘Leopard is ready to ‘surrende
‘a detective ‘he knows. The detec-
Surrender
tive -is. connected with the office
of Assistant Chief Inspector: a)
J. Ryan. ~ * .
i Announcement ‘of “the: “reward!
brought an. immediate flood of
*elues® to the Police Department.
_Capt. ‘Conrad. Rothengast, in|”
pharge of the Lepke hunt, said
ore than 300 letters were = or. alive.” a Pe,
In 24 urs. ~ ough most of! ae)
them obviously came from. cranks,” Sarg a ‘smi | .
‘|hone is being overlooked. -y, | place of: the nation’s No. 1
PREDICTION REALIZED. ~ "| Fugitive? If you have, tele- | - Hs We
es i S. black hair, brown. C8,
- 4\- The two Brooklyn brothers who hone City Editor, New York exes, om
“Dewey to Quiz a have emerged in the Lepke case, qournal and American, DRy- complexion; large nose,
. 2-B h Who 7 as forecasters of murder are to be | ock 4-8800. You will. be tally mouth, dimple on left side.
-- 2:Brothers ° Oo 7 questioned by Dewey’s assistants protected.- + en _ He is a baseball fan, “7%
‘ within the next few. days. ~ Tbdkaeinafont fa
As first evidence of their-some-|
what. spectacular. prognostications,
Predicted Slayings
ore
‘While reports. increased ‘that the brothers.let it be known among i Mr, Telson...... oar
Louis (Lepke) Buchalter is about The Leopard tnd ordered an. ex- ¢ Mr, Nathan ......----
tor Burrender, District Attorney) ecution. .- -¢ Mr. E. A. Tamm. a2
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zr. Clee ....
Demy. ‘turned his attention to two
x. mn. April 26, Abrahain “whitey”
ee pe ,who were. able
edman, once .@ rhember of the
Kid Dropper gang and later oper-
ating. with the . Lepke - garment
mob; ‘Was shot and killed as he was
the - brothers “nave. “announced! walking a few doors. from | his
home at 22 E. 96th st., Brooklyn. .
thidle willingness,’ the Ne
Journal A ne le oe Frie had been indicted in,
arned, to} 1937 as one of the members of the!
give'all their information to Dewey,| mob controlled by Lepke and’ his
not only. about the murders, but} partner, “Jacob ¢ (Gurrah). ‘Shapiro.
also of the alliance between Lepke| {He had been released’ in “$15,000.
and Brooklyn mobsters headed by pail. It was believed the reason
the notorious Joe Adonis. _ { (for - Friedman's: murder: was that
~ «“. ”
‘HOLDS OWN LIFE DEAR. ihe had.“talked,” or “that Lepke had
‘ ‘thought ad “talked.”.-:
The reports of the imminent sur- ‘th us he bi one ;
render of The Leopard were taken GUESSED RIGHT AGAIN...
seriously “by authorities and: were “Then in the next month, ‘the
supported by. sound logic. : bre the ‘came ‘wh ith
‘ Although Lepke has always hel ° ae ‘ bse up a th sae on
the ‘lives, of others cheap, helf"-
places mo such bargain price on|}}_-
his own. skin. And, with a $30,000
dead-or-alive reward posted for
him, the chances.are more than| |
good that if he gambles on cap-]'. |
ture,. rather than surrender, he
‘will be killed. -
Furthermore, he has: become, s0
“hot” that the underworld has
turned. against him, and “he has
enemies there, where he had pro- ie
‘teetors before. Finally, the grad-|! . eTs WAS
ual.cutting. off of’his revenue and! brant to Jon ‘Adonis, the Broo!
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bat, “te .
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ven "Special “Assistant . Attorney-
yeneral John .Hartan Amen in
rooklyn valuable information in
_Snvestigation | inte. ‘official.
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CLIPPING FROM
NEW YORK EVENING JOURNAL -
AMERICAN.
pate. AUGB 1933
- FORWARDED BY NEW YORK DIVISION.
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Aa Sect Y
stfecial “Lepke Squad” of polic
Haleo “between. Adonis” a1 '
the ‘search: being r-cssed by the Fa omet, and. ‘acted as...
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