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Abrehanm Zwillsean gained considerable success as the lergest operater of this type in the aree. Ac the height ef his business, Lillian was severely beaten one night and shortly thereafter, the eompany was purchased from Lillian end Zwillmaan geined eontrol of the Public Service Tobecco Company. This compeny was incorporated with ) Zvillmen, Jerry Catene end "Doo" Rosen as owners. : . . On November 15, 1932, the poll boxes of the First, Third, Fourth end Pifth Wards of the City of Newark were atolen from the Office of the Commissioner of Registration. Ballots from the boxes of the First, Third end Sixth Wards, City of Newark, were stolen from the City Clerk. A confi- Gentiel source stated that preceding the theft, William Egan, City Commissioner end Director of Public Safety; Charles Gillen, another Newark City Commissioner; Peter J. O'Toole, City Clerk; and Abner Zwillman met at the Riviere Hotel and Planned this theft. Zwillman was reported to have furnished the men for the job. cn & confidentisl informant, who has furnished relisble information in the past, advised that when Arthur P. PFlegenheimer, with slias "Dutch" Schultz, end three essociatea were murdered in a Newark tavern about 10:00 p.m. om October 23, 1935, Zwiliman by 11:00 a. m. the following morming hed in his possession Photostats of all pepers found on Schultz's body at the time of the murder. The purpose, according to the informant, was thet Zwillman could indicete which pepers should be destroyed, Zwillmen maintained practically the entire Riviera Motel in Newark for members of his mob from 1933 until the bellot scandal in Newark in November, 1939, when the mob left. In Aprit, 193), Zwiliman and fougey! Siegel were in Hollywood, Celifornis, snd sppsrently, " had several Close personal friends saong the offielele ot of the Fox Studio. It was also reported at this time thet Zwilimen was an intimete friend of Jean Harlow and that Siege] end Zwilisean had very ample financial resources. In the early 1930s, Zwillmen visited Hot Springs, . Arkansas, om several occasions with Louis Buchalter, Ben jamin KEutiow, and other imown hoodiums, -4-