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Journal & Amn. -) New York, N. Y. DATE 6 “The Leopard. from f INGS FROM ‘AMBI Mr. ae: “Leopard springs ffol of !-Where he present ne knows. But men whe Mr. him in drop regular} x;, tov in Brooklyn, another Bronx,. another somewhe tains the -sarliest - recollect him. as a lad of 12. p( ‘oranges, bananas and- |; ‘from a push cart... An innocent enough al Clegg... . Coffer .. . Egan... The Lower East Side of; Mr. hattan where Lepke was bé y,,. Glavin Crow}... . Harbo 2 towel Lawie®*™ crafty tradesman he was tit Mr. Nichois. though today the people wht +;.. x,.en .. of his childhood pale a tri, hesitate when they speak q ““: #475 --- Delancey, Henry and Mad IS Sis. Quian T: NAMES ARE FEARED, = vi. Tracy .. For in the years that havt x2:55 Gancy. Boeing Murder, Dope and “Extortion. His Genius; Suey of of | Life Discolses -To save’ his en sk dered on the streets ‘he shas. Par ee na: ar a |: Lene. the Leopard has lived extc ytting oa, esti, much" of his 42 years amorigst : a¥ early... 4 le “and Gurrah were arrested ae ee ese? now. Lepke far back on Oct. 15, 1927, in the fouls Bughal vrtinteg ‘been 8 siaughter of Jacob (Little Augie) eee ae rug. and Orgen, one of New York’s first a alt ents -that carry celebrated industrial racketeers. a,total pen y of 118, Tears. ~Gur-; They beat.the rap and took over Tab’ gave-u 5! cna , ‘year, ierm, * Little Augie’s unlawful business. +4) From then on Lepke rose to be- alt -OF I PRE. BAR 4j/eome kingpin in his sector of the: | With, hitherto ublished data|CTiminal realm, supposedly en. trom, the files ; aa and other during Gurrah for what he was Jaw enforcemen agencies, the-New:/ Worth, and because he had. Re York Journal and American today: genuine liking for him. . begins publicati : Murder has even ‘doubled back rine ert of ke, ie lg ‘en. murder, for among the four rtralt-th against Lepke who have been; a tt ee slain in the past two years was trom: independent . data : ‘gathered Louis Cohen, who eradicated the oilterminated last Jan. 28 down pn 2¢#4\the same Lower East Side w re =,2||Lepke first won his ‘renown, =" -eat\iny animal it can ove ws es being, especially fond of dog. “‘Encyclon paedia Britannica;): ms ,{/notoripus Nathan (Kid Dropper) * spired mere mention of the| 'Lepke and‘ Gurrah” dema =" ‘the great garment industry, 2rOGr ‘big-time manufacturer to lowly union stitcher. : Mention of those names meant: “Pay up or else——~-” Neither the FBI, District Attor- ney Dewey nor the police profess to know much about Lepke’s ante- cedents. One story has it that his father settled in Colorado, came to New York City before: Lepke was born. That’s only a story, 6 But police know Lepke was born dn a tenement at 88 Essex st... ‘The ‘building is razed. now and in. its place is being built a . market center. Hig earliest’ “criminal ff 2, 1916, states he was fi “RAS 2 at 463. Henry st. ‘when’ he w: ar- yresed as a juvenile delinquent. | The details of that earliest’ fall jfrom grace are so unimportant {they do not even appear in‘ Police records. He got off, as‘ he thas done so many times since, for he has been arrested 18 times but’ served time only thrice. sf The Workers Education Center, of Henry Street Settlement ° ‘now. Occupies the’ 5-story red‘ brick |tenement at the address whence the Leopard started his: ‘Hf eg ‘of crime.. The Settlement endesprs of “AL we know about tee eis t .what we read in the papers’”? ‘they. say there, now “at “No, 263." ree : ar * at Aree jc aa} ; Beis “162i wise