Burton Kaplan
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Kaplan Burton Kaplan
Burton Kaplan took the stand and in measured tones told jurors of a secret meeting in a Staten Island cemetery, a kidnapped mobster screaming in a trunk and a bullet-laced Mercedes. Mr. Kaplan said he served as a liaison between the gangster and the lawmen, ferrying Mr. Anthony Casso's orders to the two detectives in secret meetings at his Brooklyn home or at an isolated rest stop near Exit 52 of the Long Island Expressway. It was strange to hear such violent accounts from the 72-year-old Mr. Kaplan, a docile man who suffers from arthritis, poor circulation, and high blood pressure.