Portrait of a Police Reward Bulletin
November 8, 1937 -
This police bulletin states that the runaways did not
surrender
themselves to the police
officials as scheduled. A reward has
now
been offered in exchange for the where abouts of these fugitives.
Portrait of Louis Buchalter
August 7, 1939 - F.B.I. Hunts Buchalter in New York Area. New York
City:
Here is a hitherto unpublished
picture of Louis (Lepke)
Buchalter, who
is the object of a nationwide search in a spectacular
war on crime.
Wanted Poster for Murder, Inc. Leader
August 8, 1939 - New York, NY: New York City Police
Department offers $25,000
for Lepke. This is a copy
of the poster
being printed by the New York Police
Department, Aug., 8th,
advertising a $25,000 reward for
the apprehension,
dead or alive, of
Louis "Lepke" Buchalter who is wanted for conspiracy
and extortion.
Louis Lepke Buchalter Standing by Height Bar
August 24, 1939 - Louis (Lepke) Buchalter, the nations No. 1
industrial racketeer, had his picture
snapped ay the G-Men, after he surrendered to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation in New York.
(Bettmann/Corbis)
Louie "Lepke" Buchalter After Surrender
August 24, 1939 -
Louis Buchalter, notorious labor racketeer, is shown after his
surrender
to J. Edgar Hoover,
chief of the FBI, here on the night of
August 24th. A $30,000 reward
had been offered for his capture but
Hoover announced that no money was involved in
the surrender. Lepke
Buchalter, listed as FBI enemy
number 4 had been the center
of a nationwide hunt.
(Bettmann/Corbis)
Mug Shots of Louis Buchalter
August 25, 1939 - Rogues Gallery View of Lepke After Capture. New
York: Louis (Lepke)
Buchalter, shown in
a photograph made by the F.B.I. here after the racketeer, object
of a nation-wide search,
surrendered
to J.Edgar Hoover, head of the F.B.I., in New York.
(Bettmann/Corbis)
