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te eo -43- @ Max Greenberg was formerly a St. Louis racketeer and Max Hassall was char— acterized as the Beer Baron of Reading, Pennsylvania. It will also te re- called that. early in 1933 Zwillman became affiliated with Luciano, Buchalter and Shapiro and it was said Waxey Gordon imported out-of-towm killers te carry on the war. , "Dutch" Schultz, as already indicated, figured quite prominently in the strife that existed in the underworld at the time. On June 2, 1933, Abe Iurst, a former chauffeur of Waxey Gordon, was found slain in a stolen car parked in the Morris Park section of the Fronx. On June 4, 1933, William "Big Fill" Oppenheim, one of Gcrdonts lieutenants, was shot and killed as he entered his apartment in Paterson, New Jersey. On June 12, 1933, Puchalter was arrested in New York City, charged with consorting with criminals and according to police records, wes asscciated at this timc with "Trigger Mike" Coppola. -Again Ruchalter was released. In the meantime, Verne C. Miller, Samuel Schrager and "Bu;s" Siegel were in Chicago.in the Spring of 1933. Schrager waseéclose friend of Ruchalter and Miller and it is ssid at onc time Miller and Echrager were interested in gambling in Montreal, Canada. AS has becn nlready in- dicated, underworld rumors have pointed to the importation ef Killer to the New York area to carry on some of the killing activities of members of the "Rig Six’ Combination, On June 17, 1933, the Kansas City massacre was per- petrated and on June 21, 1933, Verne viller d:-parted for New York fron Chicago, instructing his paramour, Vivian Mathias, to follow him to New York and go to Buchalter's home, 2ftcr she hed left her daughter in Minne sota. These instructions were followed and Vivian sinthias was cntertzined royally by both Fuchalter anc his wife Betty. Buchalter was the individual who would put her in touch with Miller snd arranged for her to meet him at various times. On July 30, 1933, Ruchalter joined his wife Retty and Mil- ler's paramour at the Sherwood Hotel, Purlington, Vermont. Luring, the evening Miller's paramour, then knowm as mrs. Allen, was heard to say she had just’ travelled some fiftecn hundred miles and later Ruchalter made some ccemment inquirin, as tc why somecne did not surrendr. Durir, the period that Miller's paramour was in the East h: made trips to Montreal with Betty Buchalter, where they visited numerous night clubs and did considersble sightseeing around the city. In the meantime it was ascertained Samuel Schrager was wanted as =) 2 parole violator and investigation revealed he w2s originally released on ~~~ <> parole from Clinton Prison, November 21, 1925. Subsequently he wes returned to Sing Sing as 2 parole violator and re=parcled from that institution on: October 1, 1929. He absconded from parole supervision and was declered de— linquent, April 1, 1931. Schrager was reputed to be an important. member of Buchalter's machine. Little is known of Ruchalter's activities during the remainder of the Summer of 1933, although it is known on 4dugust 31st, Puchalter called Dixie Davis, the attorney, 2nd asked him to come to his hotel that night. On Septemb-r 11, 1933, Fuchalter applied for 2 passport, stitin, he in- tended to visit France and Czechoslovakia, for his health.