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Lepke Buchalter Surrenders to Hoover in Park Car Pact
In a dramatic tale blending gangland history and a newspaper hoax, Walter Winchell claims Lepke Buchalter surrendered to J Edgar Hoover after a staged pursuit and covert rendezvous at Madison Square Park and Foley Square. The saga ends with the revelation Stalin signed a pact with Hitler.
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Law
Lindbergh
Louis “‘Lepke
Buchalter
New York
Tom Dewey
Lepke
John Edgar Hoover
Gérivland
John Edgar
Walter Winchell
Hoover
Walter
the Waldorf
Winchell
Proctor’s Theatre
Yonkers
June
Manhattan
28Th Street
Fitch Avenue
Madison Square Park
24Th Street
Metropoltan Life Insurance
FBI
G-man
Sau
John
Columunist
Wire
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Billy Rose