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the . probably would be in town fay to confer on plans for pressing the crime inquiry. * The city’s drive on “Lepke” and his associates was taken up by the Police Department yesterday when the printing of 1,000,000 circulars was be- gun, offering 3 $25.000 reward for in- formation leading to Lepke’s capture. voted on Monday by the Hoard of Estimate. The department: printing presses ‘turned out about 25,000 of the circu- lars during the day under the dire:~ tion of Inspector Joseph Donovan, »and will continue to grind them out daily until the job is finished. These circulars, in addition to the offer of the reward, assures all in- formants of the utmost secrecy and protection and gives a full descrip- tion of the hunted man. Text of Circular The full circular reads: $25,000 Reward, “Dead or Alivé. “Twenty-five thousand dollars will be paid by the City of New York for information Jeading to the can- ture of Lepke Buchalter, aliases Louls Buchalter, Louis Buckhouse. Louis Kawar, Louis Kauvar, Lon's Cohen, Louis Saffar, Louis Brodsk “Wanted for conspiracy and ex tortion. ords, as this man may be serving a} prison sentence for som | offense. “If located, arrest and hold as fugitive. and advise the Detective Division, Police Department, New York City. by wire. “Information may be communi- cated in person or by telephone or by telegraph, collect, to the under- signed, or may be forwarded direct to the Detective Division, Police De- partment, New York City. “LEWIS J. VALENTINE, “Police Commissioner. “Telephone—SPring 7-3100, SPring 71-2722, SPring 71-1366, or CAnal 2-2000.” : The announcement of ‘the city's reward has brought a flocd of tips to the Police Department. Capt. Conrad Rothengast, in charge of the office created for the Lepke hunt at headquarters, said that more than 300 letters had arrived within twen- ty-four hours after the announce- ment of the increased reward. Most of these. he said. were obviously from cranks and professed to locate Lepke all over the country. “There is always the chance. hoy; ever,” said the captain, “that one ify these ‘tips’ will really give us so: a important clew. and we are, ther i" fore. going to jock into every off “The person or persons who give; of them.” information leading to the arrest of ‘Lepke’ will be fullv protected, his or her identity will never be ro- vealed. The information will be re- ceived in absolute confidence. “Description: Age. forty-two yea white. Jewish: height. 5 feet 2 inches: weight. 170 pounds: build. medium: black hair: brawn eves: complexion. dark; married. one son. Harold, age about cighteen years. “Peculiarities: Eyes, piercing a shifting, nose. large, somewhat blunt at nostrils; ears, prominent and close to head: mouth. large. shghi dimple left side; right-handed: suf- fering from kidney ailment. “Frequents baseball games. “Is wealthy; has connection with all important mobs in the United ay Industry rm methods. Influential deparunent holds indici- ment warrant charging conspiracy aya extortion, issued by the S$ pleme Court. Extraordinary, Spd- ; ates oe in rackeleering «in cll and Trial Terms, New Yous Cpunty. : ‘Kindly search your prison red-