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BS Abrahem Zwillman vag im Tn 19230 Zwillman, at the age of 19, shot Leo Kapeus i in the leg. Kepeus et thet time controlled what wes commonly A } rafarred to as "Rootleggera Row" in Newark. Hew Jersey. Az soe a result of this shooting, Zwillman geined some proainences ieee | among racket people in North Jersey, end even st that time was ane reported to have a small interest in the numbers recket in Boat Newark, and wes associating with well-known gangsters in thet a, area, By 1925 ho was tied up with the Lepke-Girreh gs in ge*ng New York, obteining liquor for New Jersey outlets, Shortly thereafter, Zwillaman owned end maintained a fast boat for raa running and reportedly trefficked as much es 50 truck loada of lfauor « night inte the Fewark port. It was sbout this time thet Zwillman became «a political boss of Newark's Third Ward, and it has been reported that police cars were observed convoying liquor tracks. Yhe Third Ward gang in Wewark wes sometines referred to as the "Longy Mob." It has been elleged that ig. sasociation with Louis Buchsiter began about 1925. By 1927, Zwillman hed bagun to operate "wildest" breweries, In connection with his liquor activities, ZWiliman becate associated with menbers of the fieinfeia family, and he reportedly begen hauling liquor into Atlentic Highlands, New Jersey, with Joseph and Saul Reinfeld, s was reportedly Zwillman's first big enterprise, and shortly thereafter, Joseph Stacher, with alias “Doc* Rosen, reportedly became a fifty per cent partner witb Zwillman, At no tine did Zwillman and his orgenizetion apparently have any troubis with liquor sathoritiss. Zwillmen and this group accumulated great wealth from this enterprise end from their cperations in distilling raw @lcohol with a group consisting of "Nig" Rutkin, Pail Kull, a former Newark police sergeant, and one Benny Zuckerman.