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Show STRUGGLE FOR LIQUOR FLEET1 CONTROL SEEN Lttdor Slain in Homo on Hilltop Overlook ing Ocoan (Be anuliled rmgl MIDDLCTOWN TOWNSHIP. N. J. March 24 A gigantic and murderoue atrugglo for control of a rum fleet waa aeen today aa an explanation for tha alaylng laat night of Alexander I All Ulllen, oalled maalar liquor runner. Sudden death br bulleia came to Lillian In hie Hilltop mansion, a auonghold from which ha could peer out over Sandy Hook, where rum v wear we-ar la ply. A myaterloua telephone call to townehip police aent them daahlng up tha nlghlanda to tha nouee, once the home of Oacar Hammeratein, inv rrauru. On tha floor In the big ronl hallway, they found Ullien aprawled, three bo lea through hit etculL BULLtTS ONLT CL11S Delectivea reasoned that lha klllen awept up to the front door In an automobile, auto-mobile, rang lha bell and ahot Ullien dead whan ho anawered IL Bullet that came from a J2-caliber pialol era their only clue. They eought to find tha connection between Li I lien 'a audden and and the killing of Charlaa "King" Solomon. Boa ton racket leader known aa a partner part-ner of Ulllen 'a. Solomon, a night club owner and reputed overlord of vice and liquor rlnga, fell before gunmen In a Beaton night club luet two monthi ago laat night Police aaid another partner, whoea name they did not recall, re-call, waa alain In Baltimore laat week. Chief Detective Harry B. Crooka announced that Walter Gerlett, called Ullien a bodyguard, and William Pae-ney, Pae-ney, caretaker of the manann. ware being held aa material witneaeee. The former Hammeratein bouae. federal agenla charged, had been headquartera and control point for a large rum fleet. Raiding it In lt2t. they aald they found a large quantity of erme. and a powerful radio eel uaeo In directing tha fleet't maneuver. Ulllen waa Indicted In connection with the Investigation of what federal fed-eral agenla called ona of the blggeil liquor coneptraciea over brought to light. AD CRfMK RECORD Eight year a earlier ho had been ar-reeled ar-reeled aa a material wltneaa In tha ahooling of Pete Parmer, racketeer. A pair of pallbearer'a glovaa and an upturned ace ot apadea were found In Ulliea'a homo. Police behaved they were gang aymbola left by the gun-I gun-I men to anow that Ulllen bad been 'rubbed out" by gangdom. Carlett, the reputed bodyguard, and Teeney were the (tret to discover Lilliena death. They aald they returned re-turned about p. m. from a trip out of town and found tha houee dark, tha radio going, and the door open. Inside they came upon tha body. Lillian waa tried and acquitted aa tha reeult of tha 192 Investigation. Ha and othera ware Indicted laat January Jan-uary in Brooklyn on a almllar charge, involving tha use of radio In rum running. run-ning. Solomon waa ona of tha othera Indicted. |