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‘_#-Sgmoldering rival er-control]] .. of the remnants ‘urder, Inc.|; fiared into the open arly yesler~ day “with a ‘hail of ‘bullets: that ; ended the life of Jack (The Ox)| 4 - Finkel, victim of B ooklyn’s first("* ~ Fanipiand kil since the lush/-- days of Lepke\@uchalter’s tlay-|'- or-pay ‘89 me ; a _ .} -Shortly ‘after the pudgy -body a . . of Finkel pitched into a. gutter ; ; - +) Joutside the Embassy Rest, a night : a club-at 1650 Flatbush ‘Ave., Brook- -Slyn, police arrested abe) 4 Silvers, former preliminary i ghver, whom ,they described: as self-appointed successor to Lepke ‘in Brooklyn’s. Brownsville section. “Booked at the Vanderveer Park ipolice station on -& homicide charge, Silvers was to be arraigned today in Brooklyn Felony Court along with Lila Harris, .20, of .276) Troy. Ave., Brooklyn, who was with “Siivers when he was ar-| frested and was held 35-8 material. Can’t Talk in Lineup. _ |. “In the lineup this morning Sil- ; fvers was unable to respond coher- jently to a query by Acting Capt. \Edward Dillon if he had made a statement to the district attorney, explaining by signs..that some- thing had happened to his voice. “Well, let*us. know by some means,” Capt. Dillon sald... . . Silvers nodded.-assent..-... 5 - “Police said they Jearhed that Finkel, 45, bookmaker and. ex- } convict, had quarreled with Silvers in the restaurant shortly before . >. (ithe. shooting. Four - cartridges from a .32-caliber automatic were found near: the body and close to his hand was a loaded 38- jrealiber pistol, believed to pelong|/ 4to Finkel. ooo _ - Silvers, who gave his age as 29 and his address as 50 Lefferts Ave., ‘Brookiyn, was arrested inj; Beth-El -Hospital, where, accom- panied by Miss Harris,- he had applied for treatment of lacera-. i i poe, |Z AeZ/-A fons over the right eye and in’ di o 87 y RECORG@Ey e -scalp.. Police quo 8 a Ge ti mE Harris as saying she had met J : SUN 211944 Silversonadate. - = -_- - £ ; oo , Det OL - ": Payked Car Foun - xX - 35 —., ee a a t Capt. John C. McGowan of tha > 7 “a i prookiyn Homicide Squad, said an ¢ automobile belonging to Silvers’ oN : _ oe Fe a Loe {wife was parked across fhe street ; _ AGLIPPING FROM THE: r e lub and the see ean ignition keys were in Miss Harris’ NEW YORK WORLD-TELRGRAM . i Capt McGowan -expressed, the a pate i) 1-2 1944 ay _ Vette that ‘Finkel, whose police lrecord dates back to 1921, got into kinaking activities