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Louis Lepke Buchalter — Part 3
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oe Bs “JOHN WADE -and ARNOLD PRINCE | - ae
” A Special Federal grand jury sitting in New York City will launch a drive
‘Monday on all phases of crime in the United States. According to officials
nothing approaching it in magnitude has been attempted heretofore. Acting
‘under special authority of U.S. Attorney General Murphy, the jury is to investi-
rgate the entire American underworld. —__. : ,
y All evidence will be — "
checked. against a file off! Ul. S, Attorney G
500,000 pages of crime re- -
Ports and investigations as- ,
sémbled by the FBI through-
bit the nation since 1937.
Ultimately, seven other Fed-
pral Grand Juries now fune-
Honing are to be assigned
parts in the gigantic task, _
; Principal’ case to receive im-
mediate consideration is that of
puis (Lepke) Buchietar, malign-
nt garment, bakery and narcotic
Packeteer, who has been a fugi- |.
Hive from New York City since
nly, 1937.
>The Mirror learned yesterday
Bhat subpoenas are being served
Nn an amazing Variety of witnesses
so be questioned in connection |
with the Jong hunt for Lepke. Pro-
me
ets Lepke Records
Lindbergh law, and guided by pre-
edents established in the Dillinger
rand Bremer kidnap gang cases,
‘Lepke, or aided him in any way,
is to be brought before the jury.
[“Hepke Firet Target |
:-- This will include physicians said
fto have treated him-for a kidney
ajlment he has Jong ‘suffered, at-
irneys he has consulted and other
oa
In Federal Court, U.S. Attorngy Cahill and his staff.go over evi-~
dence against fugitive racketely Louis (Lepke) Buchalter, which
was sent from Washington by|F. B. I. L. to r.: Mathias Correa, |
‘ . : William Young, Cahill and Jerome Doyle. —. =~.
It Federal officials yesterday eih- .
whd did not inform the authorities.’ Ph&ized, however, that the Lepke
“ Prosecutions against these will; Ae is but onewto be investigated,
he started under Federal statutes. | ew York City is to become the
§ Jacob “(Gurrah) Shapiro, once eadquarters for an integrated
Sepke’s partner in the rackets and ne balgn against criminal bands
now said to be his implacable | & e nation over, in which informa-
enemy, and.J. Richard (Dixie) ie) gbtained here will be distrib. 7
Davis, former Dutch Schultz at-| a among Federal attorneys and 15 ol S
Ftorney, also are to be witnesses. pate officials throughout the na- 0 ~“ /
Gurrah is being brought to New oth .
‘York City from the Federal peni- 4 € subpoena power will be
ntiary at Atlanta, where he “is | Sec in this district for. the gen- |
rving a term for violating the | °72!, probe, ‘and leads uncovered
herman Anti-Trust Laws. He is | 0Utsi a the jurisdiction will be
xpected to give information help- ee W ithe to wherever th
ful in finding Lepke and revealing, ~-*e'thout disparaging thé serjous.
‘the extent of his operations, which | a ess of this inquiry, it was pointed
ee
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