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jto the Detective Division zhnt ie F¥-§++ HEAD 10 SEE: tain Conrad Rothengast, head of the police Departments “Get-Lepke* said most of them were ob- uad, viously phoney. Not one is being overlooked. he emphasized, however, for “there's lalw ays the chance that one of these ‘tips’ will really give us an ime 2 Grand Jury Witnesses, portant clue.” ame in Inquiry Are Heav- ily Guarded J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, iwas due in New York today to con-' fer with United States Attorney! (John T. Cahill and P. E. Foxworth, local FBI chief, on the Govern- iment’s hunt for Louis (Lepke)- 'Buchhalter. i Meanwhile. a special Grand Jury ‘empaneled Monday by Cahill had Jaunched the nation-wide crime probe inspired by Lepke’s two-year flight from prosecution as an in- dustrial terrorist and extortion racketeer. 1 Two witnesses — a gray - haired ‘woman and a middle-aged man— iwere escorted into the Grand Jury room yesterday with great secrecy and under heavy guard, and not a word could be fad from Federal authorities as to their identities ory the nature of their testimony. 4 Wanted: Dead or Alive ! Cahill would say only that the, Grand Jury was reconvening at 2, P.M. today to resume its investi- gation. Simultaneously, word that the [Board of Estimate had granted Dis- trict Attorney Thomas E. Dewey's request for a $25,000 price on Lepke's head was spread throughout the country by means of 25,000 “Want- ed: Dead or Alive” circulars rolled off the presses yesterday for the Potice Department. They constituted the first batch of a total of 1,000,000 such circulars, evantually to be distributed. i Khe announcement of the addi- ti¢nal reward—a $5,000 offer by the! Gtyess wert was posted Jong aging ots stag, TORT in baiual htoanm pertdiate fland of é’paee eet 16 ak ee ee Se ae oo oe 7 Clipping from MEW YORK POSt ABE.8 Ss? mr YORK