| Show t r PROSECUTOR SAYS GANG ORDERS 1 MURDER RING RINO WITNESSES' WITNESSES DEATH NEW YORK YORI April 5 INS INS INS-A A widespread dragnet was instituted Friday for two characters District c Attorney William ODwyer of Brooklyn described as out of town trigger men who came to NewL NewYork New NewYork L York ark to liquidate as many hostile hostile hos has tile the witnesses as possible against the Brooklyn murder syndicate ODwyer Identified the alleged imported killers as Isadore Bernstein Bernstein Bern Bern- stein a member of the purple I gang of Detroit and B Ben n Bugs Siegel reputes reputed Los Angeles geles rack rack- Meanwhile the New York Journal Journal Journal Jour Jour- nal and and American reported In an exclusive story that it had uncovered uncovered ered a link connecting the Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn mob with the garment industry industry indus indus- try racket once headed by Louis Lepke Buchalter Its story was based on the recital of ot a man who claimed his a year trucking business was wrecked by the mobsters mobsters mobsters mob mob- through terrorism J Charges Out of Town Toun Killings f ODwyer attributed at least 16 out of town killings to the Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn mob which already is suspected suspected sus sus- of between 30 and 40 in the New York neighborhood The Brooklyn district attorney said the mob carried out five murders in Chicago four in Detroit three in Philadelphia two in Connecticut and two in Boston Bernstein and Siegel arrived here three days ago and registered at a swanky Manhattan hotel ODwyer said Bernstein is still in the city ODwyer asserted while Siegel has gone away on business business busi busi- ness but is expected to return Hunts Bunts for lor Trigger Men These men were here for business business business busi busi- ness declared ODwyer We expected expected expected ex ex- ex- ex to have hav out of town trigger triggermen triggermen men arriving a and d we are looking for them There are other trigger trigger trig ger men here also They are here hereto to shoot down those who stand in their way They wont won't get far in Brooklyn Siegel ODwyer charged came cameto cameto to New York three or four times a year to collect for Lepke and Lucky Luciano the erstwhile le respective respective re re- overlords of the garment and vice rackets Luciano is now serving a long Jong sentence and Lepke Is awaiting sentence to a life term ODwyer branded Harry Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh Phil Strauss and Harry Happy Maione Malone as the two chief executioners of the Brooklyn gang |
