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Abner Zwillman — Part 1
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ZWILLMAN is also alleged to have placed one of
his hire type union leaders, JOSEPH HEIMBERG, at the
head of the union, having jurisdiction over juke boxes
to control the industry and extract tribute from those
in the juke box business.
It is also alleged that ZWILLMAN and his
associates were responsible for the "coming out" party
in > New Jersey, ue Mirror, which
is presently out of business. The Blue Mirror was well
known &8 a meeting place of Newark and New York City
mobsters as well as a payoff spot for graft. It was also
reported that, still frequently visits the Tavern
Restaurant in Newark, New Jersey.
According to an article in the New York
"Daily News" on 12/31/55, Federal Judge REYNIER J.
WORTENDYKE, JR., on 12/30/55, at Newark, New Jersey,
denied a motion for dismissal of an indictment charging
ZWILLMAN with evading $46,000.00 in income tax for 1947
and 1948, and trial was slated for 1/10/56.
The article stated that the motion was based
on a rumor that grand jury members and others had
discussed the case at a party attended by federal
prosecutors ten days before the indictment was voted.
According to an article in the New York
"World Telegram and Sun" of 1/10/56, ZWILLMAN and one
of his prohibition era bootlegging aids, JOSEPH STACHER,
were behind a 1949 housing project deal in Jersey
City, New Jersey. A probe of whether ZWILLMAN gave false
testimony in connection with an inquiry into that
deal, was suggested by SAMUEL A. LARNER, a Newark, New
Jersey, Attorney, appointed by Superior Court in 1953,
to look into Jersey City Finances.
The deal involved the acceptance by the City
Commission in 1949 of a man named LESLIE M, WEBER
as a substitute for the Prudential Insurance Company on
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