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b7 ca a ce el A EG ER RN <n em mop ot NER gi a ee meprcqett pe ee - em ee ene ee NK 92-389 ZWILLMAN related that he had control of a group of individuals who assisted him in operating his liquor distributing agency in New York during prohibition days. He stated he spent time at the Victoria Hotel ~ and numerous hot<cis whose names have elace been changed, He stated that the groups operating this liquor business were so tremendous that it would be impossible to relate the various combingtioss, However, he denicd having been connected with any syndicate o> combination and stated he operated singly with numerous associates, ZWILLMAN advised that pUCUALTER, 70 i225, was in charge cf a proup distributing liquor and was considered one cf the bigger operators at that time, He said thet BUCHTAL‘ 's «group was known as the LEPKE-GUARZAH- EUGS SIEGEL combination, ZWILLMAN stated that on numercus cccasic2s it was nevess2ry to contact different groups, inasmuch as there wag an arrangement between all of the groups not to "muscle in" on each other's territory, and that therefore each group was known to distribute a particular brand of liquor and had a particulary territory. ZWILEMAN stated that during the ccurse of these liquor operations he had occasion to lesd money to BUCHALTER ani vice vers, As a result cf this associaticn and assistance tc one another, Z¥ILLMAN stated that when- ever BUCAALTES and his group cesired any favore in the state of New Jeisey, he would take care of the matter, and, in turn, if he wished anything taken care of in N.Y,C., BOLAALTER Would handle it for hin, ZWILLMAN stated that considerable investigation was conducted regtcding him by the Government and DEWEY's investigators as the result of a $10,000.00 loan which te made to BUCHALTER in 1835; that information concerning this iavastigation was told him by persons contacted, whe later adised him of this fact. In explanation of this loan, ZWILLMAN stated he never, et any time, was associated with BUCHALYZR in any business transaction whatssever; that his interests were his own and that at no tims had ary clashes concerning infringement on each other's texsritery occurred. He explained that in 1935, when be mage this 7 ow