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Inside Story Of Lepke | Fugitive’s Chance of Dodging Trap “Appears Slim ~ Five men who ’ are accusing Louis (Lepke) Buchalter of crimes from murder down today brought nearer the capture or surrender ofthe country’s No. 1 fugitive. All five underworld figures who knew The Leopard well, are telling everything they know to Attorney Dewey, the New! nepappeared slim. “iin ‘fact, the ‘drive, against ‘crime ture that might not be too gentle. The five who have turned against Dim arc: 9) 0" ‘Moric Seidis.” i | iHiam (Wolfie) Goldis. Max Silverman. yt Abe Cohen. . “Big Harry’ Schoenhaus. DEWEY’S CHIEF WEAPONS. ‘They are the principal weapons being . used “by: District Attorney Dewey in the race by city, county and’ government authorities to bring in The Leopard. weet Dewey does not have # clear field, however. TheSnecial Fed: t ere conditions are CoD-. i , /Siderably less pleasant than the ed to the “get-Lepke” ligist st. prison. besernessten drive and today they were broad- casting 1,000,000 posters an- nouncing the city’s increase from $5,000 to $25,000 as a reward for the racketeer’s capture. The 80V-lient of Local 138 of the Flour arr already has offered)sng Bakery Drivers’ Union. The. . __ |illing took place at @ conference ZENNBREICH SOUGHT. in an Ave. A restaurant. “q To further bolster his case./EPKE ORDERED SLAYING. . Dewey also is seeking Isidore| Foy that crime, Max Silverman Zennreich, called the “bag man”land Sam Schorr.-were indicted for Lepke and who is under in-]with the Goldis brothers. At the dictment with the five who srejtime of the Snyder murder, Lepke now talking. ; and his partner, Jacob (Gurrah)! Zennreich, authorities believe,|Snapiro, were members of ‘the! might be induced to talk as welllconterence, Morris Goldis his; if an eight-State alarm results in/tolg Dewey's investigators that his capture. , the murder was ordered by Lepke Of the five, William Goldis, Sil-|because Snyder would not “de- verman and Cohen are at “Dewey’siliver” his local to the racket syn- Academy,” the Bronx Detention|dicate. Sg GRR AR Prison, 16ist st. and Third ave., From Abraham (Abe) - where witnesses lead a compara-|a lawyer convicted by Dewey in tively comfortable existence, if 1937 as one of the ringleaders of they are in talkative moods. the $2,000,000 restaurant racke GOLDIS RECUPERATING. the District Attorney has :been Morris Goldis is recuperating|getting a wealth of information from an emergency operation atjof Lepke’s State and nation-wide Bellevue Hospital. Schoenhaus,|connections with racketeering. one of the State witnesses against| Cohen, who was. ‘sentenced. James J. Hines, is at liberty, but}i0 to 20 years in prison, has the der police guard. . t Iveputation of knowing more-s One man, Samuel Schorr, has|the inter-relation of rackets and! used to turn informant against | Lepke's Jeadership in them, in ke,, Schorr is in the W. 63d any other may in the country, |} ° The Goldis brothers offered last year to plead guilty to man- slaughter in the killing, Sept. 13, 1934, of William Snyder, presi- Y