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FEDERAL BUREAU
OF INVESTIGATXON
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Pleaea institute immediate investigation
in arder Lu determine the reputation, abi1i»y
and qualificatiens far appintmet with the
Prohibitiun Unit 0? the above named &ppli¬3Ets,
This inveatigation should be conducted in
accoranca with instructions cnntainad in S. A. GV Letter #?8?.   &#39;
There are transmitted herewith persona}
" history sheets sf these&#39;appliaanta. The quaationL?@
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nairea previously forwarded e yum shmuld he filled
in by the agent conducting the ivatigation. It is
* baliaved that they are fully aelf»axp1anatory.
All invetigatiuns of this nazure are to be
cemplated and-repurts rendered the Buraau within
an days of raceipt thsramf.
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Jane of applicant 10811 Prairie Ave.,
Chicago, Illinois
Questions
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-. How did you gain your
knowledge of him?
i!Through personal con-
tact?  D! ThF0U8h Y9"?
friends? ! Through his
friends?  c! Through his
enemies? If the answer
-s  a! do you know him
F1! only slightly? !
sell? ! very well?&#39;"""-__-:_- _ _ . 32:-_-_
I Answers
Ar s!Thru»personal
c ntact.§Very well.
B- a!Thruypersonal
o ntect.?Very well.
C a!Thr personal
contact.
!Very well-
2. How many years have
/ou known him?WAll Of hi8 lifé
or n H n
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10. Has he, to your know- M.
ledge, ever been in Court 3&#39; N°
as a defendant? If so, 9- "Ogive full details. &#39; _7 F7- 1/3 /.;
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ever been in
any kind? I
stails.ll. Has he
trouble of
so, give dfA-
B_
C-No new
None
NoJ
subject to in-
ither by friends
politically
influential persons, or
otherwise? i12. Is he
fluenoe. e
superiors,12 92K1
B-
*. When ere yo; last in
.ouch wtn him? Recently
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_"13. Does he pay his debts?
!A.
3&#39;Yes
{es
. Is he  a! trustworthy
&#39;x- untrustworthy!  b!
&#39;iscreet?  y indiscreet!
Kc! Loyal?  z- disloyal!A-
B-
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l4. Doss h
way?  a! T
 b! Quite
Habituallys gamble in any
o a minor extent
often?  c!
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Never
Never
Kever
. v-5. Is he dishonest or
%;ceitful?
you ». What qualities do
.lk9 in him beet?Neither
Neither
Keither _ 7 H7
Veeps good oompaGood family L;15. Does he drink? If
so,to what extent.
16.What are his associates 5ho
No
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BYIISPIJHSE,
NESSUHHES
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Gambling Taboo Because ll
Gives Gangs Revenue,
He Tells College Class.
CORRUPliON FUND" HiT
Thugs Rally ll Police Are
on Take, He Asserts.
Strict supprnr-lion of vice and gam-
bling 18 a pressing necessity in Cleve-
land to help achieve control over
vrlve. racketeering and other law-
lessness, Safety Director Eliot Nests
enicl in n speech last night at Cleve-
land College.
Nessa said he had ordered the be-
ginning 0! a suppression campaign
by police because gambling and vice
joint! were manned by criminals and
racltotrors, attracted criminals and;
raciieteers from mil. of town. put al
large sum oi! money into the hands
of criminals to be usvrl for the cor-
ruption of pulilir officials nml pnllrr-,/A¢
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Diiclaiml Moral Grounds. |
Ness dinvlrunii the usual moral. i
grounds on which safety directors
and mayors have bnacrl sporadic
crusades against gambling. vice end
crime.
"It is debatable. for instance,
whether gambling is mvraliy wrong.
tut from the policing standpoint you
have an entirely different picture."
he said. "I an-. inclined to be lib-
eral in my views oi amusements
and I do not want to intrude my~
npinlnris on others. but as n safety
director I must l&#39;Pt2fJgni7.0_ every
thing which contributes to n law-.
less situation. By that I mean major
crime, _
"Gambling brings into ilnnneinll
power citizens rerogrlized as law!
vlnlalors. They cniicrl lnrze sums
inf mnrv~_v, whit-la must he disiribllterl
lamnng many pi-rwona, some of them
ipuhlic nifwinlei, pnrlmps. 
. -wvi» lind the ln92v-lwealrera growing
{in p0&#39;9r, Gradually, with rise of
flu-ir mrinr~!_&#39;, lliey get lnrnmls intn
ll» M-elem! nf public prntecllon.
pr-riians R anti-ty &#39;l l"1l&#39;tll&#39;lBl&#39;!t,_ per-
; Imps the courts. Other law~lirealters
Mrniher under their protection. anvil
you have B. situation in which the;
policeman on the he-at, and perhapsl
his captain, dne.~nt know what lawn
to enforce, what persons to arrest
and whet persons to avoid.
Since his advancement depend!
on his making no mistakes, he___bg__
comes cautious and grarluaiiy WE nd
nur.~;elv,ea n city ;;iQWing more desir-
able to law-breakers. That ltufi
travels.
"A policeman must be able to do.
police work without having to find
lnllt the family barkizround, the con-
,r?cz~tinns, or every individual he
comes across in his work. His job
is complicated enmiszh without that."
Nears ~aid gambling and vice sup-
presnion was a particular necessityin Cleveland because 0! the small-
lwns of the police force. Every
member of the department was need-
czi more than in other cities wherei92
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Mess. New Police Head,
Deniers Fight an Gang-
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CLEVELAND. January 29.»-A. rim
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mics" in ti"-rcmilnyz Lhc Chicago  Ja-
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mate revenu.
Antlrzmsxicm at resliignmenis in the
!ru.str:m:d uuderwurlti.
_ "Iv.-s ant? r&#39;rasana1aie." In cominued.
"E! We make it unpromahic for rack-
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ELIOT NESS DIRECTOR
DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CLEVELAND OHIO ,
RE LETTER JUNE SEVENTEENTH INVITING_=._.YOUR DEPARTMENT TO SEND
REPRESENTATIVE POLICE SCHOOL KINDLY WIRE COLLECT IF INVITATION
ACCEPTED AND GIVE NAME AND TITLE OF REPRESENTATIVE AS ROLL
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Reference is made ta a news itm aggaxing in the Wadhingboélin vw
Haws 1:1 ted H > &#39; I  a any 9, 1956, in which Bernard J elf, Lieutenant of
Police, Glevelaxxd Police Department, vim was femarly in charge of
the Hbmicide Sua of that Bepartmat, made the allegatian that the
D1ixecnr&#39;a charges to "1:-he effecrt that craoke politiciasxs with pcrliee
ccumectiuna" permitt the Kerpia-Barker gangsters to Escape in "t-he~
Gity cf Glevalanri during 3.934 was "false" and in which hV V   YVY .   vv _ @L v@ .  B Want-on to
assert that tha refusal. of G-Diem to work with rm police at thsrh time
naarly vresulted in .9; gun battle between poliae and Ci»-Blaizih
. W 1 er e , ac . by a paliéce wcmmn, who was called to
the h &#39; scene ecausa of the beiaterous eunduct of these women. Sha being iv
@111ml * e to subne them, it was necessary for her ta hall upon a tr-aifc
oi.ii.c:e;r, who assisted in arranging for these women being taken isc theV V edat the Glevaan iii Y7 _ ave an, ii-5.0 a =&#39;-an Va P-35. an $epta:aber§92 V5, 1954 The arrast W e ff ted Q
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police stat-ion. 1% informatiun was develped by mg crevelgma Falicé .
Department as to the identity o£ these waman and th war "b k d" ey e on a only0 drunken charge. n the afternoon af Seprtexaar 6, 1954, S }
uf th G1 #_  8 evelanci, Ohio Plifie De vmmeun, called ta theat en an Qf farmer Special Agmgj the fact tlzat these x92, 2
women had be-an arrested and that in the custo &#39; f we ai these mman =4,was a yomzg ahild aha gamma her nma as  _  "b Fa.
It is new desired to paint ant certain salient .£&#39;a.ets disclosing
the utter laxity on the part of the Cleveland Polica Bapartment in
panning an investigatiun praperlqy, which tlncimzbtedly motivated the
Detrait Gffica at that time in refraining frem calling ups the Blevaland
Police Department to assist them in certain raids which ware later
cmductad . mantimed abwe, whe has been vé cc:-VQpsrative   - s Y ureau,  armed former Special Agent amt
an Bpetember 5, 1954 an indiviua. appeared at the Detective Bureau. ofthe Cleveland -Felice Duprtmant, acivi mg -aim 11¢ vwanted! to see a
picture of Baby Face-Ralson, since he was uf the Opirlicm that h kn Eax :
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Mama. for the Birector - 2 -» 5-12-58
positively atatad to afficers in the Betective Bureau that he was
certain some law enibrcement agenqy had a wanted notice nut for he
inéividual tn whom he referred. This stranger than requested that
aéditional wanted notices be displayed tn him, but he was Qaviae
by officara at the sai detective bureau that a camplete file af all
uf the wanted nutices issued by law enforcement agenciea was not
maintained. He further stated that ha was pitive the man tc~wh0n
he referred was wantad.and that this indiviual was living at 4419
West l?nd Stree% in Gleveland@ It is to be mated that the Cleveland
Police Eepartmsnt éd nut éemsnatrate enough interest in this matter
to even.make a nataticn cf the name or address of this strange who
was giving this information.
E mane: advised former Spaniel Agent $11ahaut 5: . . on ptmber 5, 1%-4 t-he Gleqrelanci Police Bap» ment
reaeived netiee fram the Cleveland Hatel t0 the effeet that the three
ahmre mentiéuned women had hem arrested at that paixz. Ha stated. that
these women ware braught to the Police Beparment and were not "banked"
about 8 00 Pt er 5, 1924, at which timexmtil : . ,5 * L .,w &#39;Sing um 1154 ° ,&#39;:§&w her adirass as being 4 We
l?lBt Street; that V an were than tuned over to the Detectivw
Bureau far uestioniu , vleraupan the similarity between the anidresugiven byand that furnished by the s&#39;hr&ng=er during tuba
mnrning 0 Sap amber 5, 19-34 was nated. The an]; gesture of imresbi-~
gatitl made by the Glsveland Palgice Department was tcs deliver to a
cru:§.ser" bha address "4419 West l?2nd Street." It was also learned
that this "cruissr" draws past the abeve memzioneri addxesa and reported
back ta the Illetactive Em-eau that "there were nu houses in the 44013 black
on Rest Jfiad. Stwe-at. H0 fimther investigation was made by the said
detectives to determine whether the acid:-ass given by the strangar cculci
pessihly have been urnng and he could pnssihly have meant l?1st Street,
instead, but thay satisfied themselves wzlth making" na iur"bher inquiry.
Upnli ubtiainingv the infomation abcve muted fr0m
it gadtmlly amed upon the gietvective heaciquarbers at G ~ V
there was a. goasibility that the mmom imiividua. nhosa namavthw had
inot evan buthereé tn secure might perhaps have baa referring in 4419
West 1718b Street, instea cf Waat l?2nd Street. Thi infurmntiun h&V~ing hem: obtained £rwm?aa early as 8:00" P.1d. on evptember
5, 1934., nu mther mves jgation was made at 4419 Heat Hist Street
mail 4:G0 Adi. on September V, 1854 when a squad car, under the¢1g@<,=¢=1m Of  raided the ana house anti fmmd
nu om: there.  __
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It is particxllarlgy desirable to paint out. the extrema im_pQ1"&#39;l-mice
hat wauld have been attached to this invsatigativon had . Vconducfaed at the pruper time. 111e- offivc-era uncier bN ll $8 mind in this house a notebook cantaining a. run an get  0: getaway &#39;P¢_,,
chart". This was later turneci over "bu Agents an it was run out and
1_fmm<i ta be the getaway chart which had been used by members sf the
Km-pis-Barker gang at the tins thaw robbed. she money truck in South
St. Paul, Nizlnesota on August 59, 1955.
KThere was alas fmmci in this muss a set of fingerprints which
had been taken from a wanteti notice. These fingerprints were later
identified as being those of Fr&#39;edv"Ba.rker and had seen placeai on a wawbed
cirmzlar issued by the Sheriffw Uffiee at Wash Plains, Missouri,
requesting the apprehension of Fired Barker as being implicated in the»
mlrder af aeriff G. Rl; Ble1.]¢r at West Pla.i.ua, Missouri an December 19,
It will remiily be seen that had the eipprogxriate investigation
gone forward, based upon the splahdid information which was fursliahed
by the unismmm infomnant, the apprahenaian of ta-11$ Karpis»-Barker gang
maaiaers would have been expedited &#39;ho- :1 degree which it is impassible
to calmlats and a brsmendaua saving in money would have been effeetmh
IDuri.ng the time that former Special Agent wwas cunductsing
he G av * hi investigation at "h 3.
infarmant appeared an
the informatinneland Puliee Departmem , 15 same unknawn
Y, 1954 and requested to knew whethar
had ta has of any value. it
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at this time
and
He slam identified
as visit-are at that and.
This adnse you that I am personally aequainted
with him during the course of
-..~, therefore, assure yam that the
:1, Q1110 would have no reasan ta believe that
was G118 infarmatiun, er that he was in any waymentally af£ected.~., is a straightforward individual and is ncrh
of tiw "anoopsmg" kind, and .n£&#39;orm-ation fmwshed by such an individual
as he shoul certainly" receive appropriate consi.deration and attentian.
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It is suggested, there»fQre, that in view oi the inertne-as and
ecided lam}: of interéeat and desire to perform urdinary pulice
fzmctiona, Special Agents were compelled to proceed with their mm
investigatiml rather than waist: fer assistanea from the Gleweland,
Ohia Police Departznmzti
As has been med wave, 3 1;,we taken into cus*boc?y at the Cleveland Ifotel at abaut V
5: P. . on September 5-, 3.954. No publicity was given to this matter
in {aha Glaveland newspapers on that ate, in view sf the fact that the
arrest of several drunken wumma was scarcely a nawa item.
Investigation has disclosed that several members sf tha K&;rpia--
Barker gang cong:-egatedé at the reaiance of Alvin Karpis late on the&#39;?r_.._..»
night Bf September 5, 1%: In this connection, Dolores*13ela.n» advisedtime awn Jmoa P.1-ye-11 @118 night oi Seqitembar 5, ix-954&#39;, H&rzyJy.§&mp1§éll#
Fred Barker ans} "Doc"§-"Ba1~ker&#39; came tau the house oemlpied b Balm W andKaxpis. At this time Fred Barker talzi Alvin Karpis that g
had been arrasfbad at tha Glsveland Hate].1&#39; ca g same at ance; that iiarpis than ordea-eai Dnlares mlasaey
to go mm the living room and act as a lookout; that Harm? Eamgball amii ?<;.
"D016" Ba:ker- laid down ta get acme sleep, while Freé Barker and Alvin
Karpis talkecl privately; that abm-It an ham Q1 so lat-er, Karpis and ed
Barker went om: of the hausa, returning. within about forty-iive minutes,
Etating that there were "c»opa and squad cars all amxmd Fred Earkea
heme. Dolores Delanw statazi that she continued ta maintain hex watch
until about ézi AJL, Eaptemher 8, 1954, vizen aha obsexwed tam police
squad cars drive aluwly past the house, from which it appeared that the
o1.f.3.cera were observing the said house; that Delaney imediately called
Alvin, advising him of what aha had seen; that they than packed and the
said parties departed from Glevelma, Dolores &#39;  later maiiing Alvin
Karpia in Toledn, Chic. . 
It is pointad ant that Fred Barker arrived at the Karpis residence
at about 11:80 P.;M.v on the  of Setember 5, 1954 ;¢_-1» g-V-.. Vmlmg» of W mm axTh was "cmeic:~ub= h e  &#39;3 ; &#39;  &#39; is Q tedlytersv o£a"t;ip~-<1 . bzhw
connection with the "bip-0.§&#39;f",  of thelevelénd, Chic Police Dpartment, wha has m var,-
r an ~ with Agents and is conaidsred especially reliabla, edvilsarii formerSpecial Agsnt that on the late avenztzlg of September 5, IQ34,or the early molgng D! September $, 1954, a-.2: the said "Amman had, beam 911.»
arrested, a balephone call was made wm police headquazters by an unlmcm
persun whoa: he atrangiy smapacted as being an officer -mi the police de-
pa.rtmea1t,. to tbs Haxwmrd 61% ta get; in touch with the suhj eats in this
ease and that the person who anawaxed at the lmvarci Club, xmknaml to
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Q. uppea-»:>:&#39;r the mbjecta that» tbs woman ma been arrested.
e . * er aeivised that the ummmm officar had telephuned to anothear
Offisr Of ha police department,who was nut at headquarters at that
time, and asked him what he could dc: for the mmmen, but on the £&#39;cllo1r--
ingl day, before the officer had dame &:n;ything, he called the officer
anal told him to lg off as ha did not knew "me cons: t mi the womanat the time of the first call At anothver time  advise
that he had learned that the peliae officer hm ma e   e telaphnna call
is new deceased and avised tha in his opinicn the call was an
ammymaus one, inasmuch as the
with somewas 0f the apinion that the at um Hazvard club. Q7?-*&#39;"
i11.f0Ii1&#39;l&l3i0I1 indicating that
alas clleé the Harvard Glh
, but hh t he: cmzld
nut 188-1&#39;11 definitely the circzmsbances under mi L ad, or just,
what he said during the c_mvars.atim1. ,
of the
Police Department,
for the tipwff was
viewed. by Agent and that ha was
ths individual xdao recaiverl the diamon-:1
tip-off. -ff *Z=*7::..~
later
the isiantitv of
as a reward; for izha
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a man. who from Uleveland and that
individual talc} him, that the gang, not Mating Uhih particular members,
had left Qleveland that atarnao for Ghicagn, Illinois, and furher
relasing that some of the woman had been arrested at Glavelang-that as
~ soon as pol:I.ce Learned their identities, someone t:-am the -:11 e cl I: * v V " H V   é YY é p c epartmen
went to we Q11 tha addresses which 13.8-ii been given by them zmmam and warned
an * - &#39; Vam to get out 0! tam, that the gang ahandmmed the house fahuut five or
ten minutes prior ta -um arrival or squad cars. -~
Referring tn the class aaaaciation between members mi the K&rp;i.s-
M .331&#39;?-*~1 E8116 arid Arthur and vJ1,a.renca*Heb$rand_ and James v"&:1.m%at&#39;tson,
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oparwar of the arvarrl Qlti! at Glavalanci, om», inveatigartiuna by tha
Bureau have newer sham exactly and in cietail the manner in which this
acquaintance was develpped. Investigation has disalas-e, however, as yen
icnon, that Gheucles J; Fitzgarald was a member of the Kaxpis-Barker gang.
We have learner} that during" the early S1.1Ri§§1!§I of 1954, Fitzgerald visited
with Cassiuajconald at Detrait, ichigan. Fitzgeral has admitted that
he has Imam M<;Dcmald since 1924, wlien he first antered illicit traffic
in liquar. It is safe, thereore, ta assume that members cf the Karp1s~
Barkar gang became acquainted with Gasaius Ecunal thmugh Fitzgerald.
Investigation has shown that Haional-:1 ma intimately assaciated with
Hebeb-rand ami Pattan. The investigation in Bubs. ami Miami, Flnridav, 65.5-
closed that Mcmnsld curresponde. with Hebebrand and Patton, therefnre, in
all probability, members of ths Karpis~Barker gang became acquainted with
Habebrand and Pattm and the Hamrard Club  fiasvsius hiconald.
You have been advised that JQh§T§ruek; of Tulsa, Uglahoma, wagapprehendeai by wast Gffice Inspectors in eamzectirm with t-ha*T3:zz"x*a1;tsviJ.le~ 
J3:-mail robbexgr mam accnrred an ngvmw 1, lass. {Brock has furnishad a
great deal oi mfarmtion to Iast.._Qf£ice Inspeetars, mueh sf which Agents
have been able ta» obtain irom such Inspactura. Julm Brock has advised that
Jams "&§mr" Patton and Arthur Hehebrami formerhr financed various jabs
far Karpis and that at such times aa Karpis visited Cleveland he contactve
these two iucliviiduals. He ftmtaher stat»~sd_ that Ksrpis aranges his Toledu
contacts thraugh an ex~pri2e fighter who is emplqyg at tbs Harvard Glub,the name cf this individual being "wow" zarksiron,
Indicative of the closa friedahip existing between Fred Baker and
Habebrand anvPatton is the faat tha on.ovember 28, 1954, nhila Fted
Barker was living at Lake Weir, Flarida, he mired a dozen roses fram Seals,
Florida to "Art@eavsbrandt and James?Pax0n, qfu of the Harvard Glub, 559
Harvard Avenue, Glsveland, Ohio. In wiring these flcwers, Barker used the
name of "T. G;/Blgekhurn". It is intaresting ta note that when Arthur
Hébebrand was latér interviewed, he stated he recalled racaiving flowers
fram.0cala, Flarida from a paty named Flackbun bum that he had nu idea
as to the identity of the Bender.
Referring further ta the class asaaciatian atween members of theKa1&#39;pis-Barizérvgang and Hebabrand and Patt»_o~n,véhas advised thash 57$
Alvin Karpis on one occasinn infurmed him that he, Karpis, had been af£are&
es. pI<3p0Sif§;iDI1 by certain gamblers in Gleveland whereby he, Karpis-, could
purchase an im;e1rest_ in an International Slot Biaahina venterprisa for $5,360;
that this syndicate had been nagutiating wfxhv several large gambling
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Karpis further stated that these men wanted him, Karpis, to travel to
Euro e and~assist in the negotiations. Karpie at that time informedithat he, Karpis, was enthusiastic about this proposition and that g?¢
he wanted to bxnr an interest at that time, but that the syndicate would
not accept ransom money, which at that time was all he could offer them.
With menu reference to this matter, Karpis a<1v1sea?u1at
as soon as he, Karpis, was successful in changing portions of t e ransommon , he would return to Cleveland and contact these people. %went on to relate that Karpis had particular reference to ur  7;,
He e rand and James "Shinmn" Patton and stated that Karpis had implicit
faith in both of these individuals, gg_g§ w_h the 7? in
i 1 im o in re ard the 1,gg_a_;_g;;
were tedlin iilevslsrldi.e "C that the premises er stated a it was
occupied by Karpis and others in Cleveland were obtained through these
individuals; that Arthur Hebebrand is reported to have an interest in a
large real estate concern in Cleveland which bears his name.
v.
Referring to thx International Slot Machine racket, investigation
has disclosed that W. J11 Mitchell, mentioned hereinbefore ClarenceHebebrand, a brother of Arthur Hebebrand, and William F.§&#39;$ergus, did, in
fact, go abroad together in July of 1955 and it is known definitely that
these individuals visited Rumania and Poland and in fact did establish
certain slot machines in Rumania which were later withdrawn by virtue of
the Rumanian government-a disapproval. ~
On Jan 10, 1956, the Prosecutor&#39;s Office of Cnwahoga County,Ohio, raided t d Club. The Bureau has made no independent investi-gation/concerning this raid, but clippingsggm the January ll, 1956 issue ,
of the Cleveland Press discloses that John. zman, Sheriff of Guyahoga
County, took no part in the raid; that the County Prosecutor enlisted the
cooperation and aid of twenty-five Private detectives and armed with search
warrants endeavored to serve such warrants at the Harvard Club. They were
met with forcible resistance, however, by Jimmy Patton, who threatened to
"mow down" the raiding party with machine guns and held the raiding party
at bay for six hours, during which time all the ganhling equipment at the
Harvard Club was moved away by trucks. It was finally necessary for the
Safety Director of Cleveland to proceed to the Harvard Club, located just
outside the city limits, with a party of policemen to gain entrance to
the Club. This action was necessary because the Sheriff, when called by
the Prosecutor&#39;s raiding party for aid, refused to send assistance, even
though his office was notified that the Prosecutor&#39;s raiding party had been
threatened with machine guns. It is evident, therefore, that the pro-
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prietors of the Harvard Club were closely connected with politicians and
those in powecr in Cleveland.
It is desired to point out particularly the "hard boiled" attitude
assumed by James "Shinmvy Patton, who threatened to "mow down" the raiding
party. The newspapers setting forth this informetion are probably correct
in the attitude which was assumed by Patton as will be sham herein below.
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Frank Jl>?</
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Noonan is the head of Noonan Detective Agency in
Cleveland, Ohio. You will recall that when the residence of Alvin Kerpie
at 4419 West 171st Street was raided, there were foud therein several pay
envelopes of the Noonan Detective Agenqy, for which reason a rather
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extensive investigation was made concerning Frank J. Noonan. He has,
however, at all times denied knowledge of the Karpis-Barker gang. He
is well acquainted with Arthur Hebebrand and James Patton and has
provided guards for the Harvard Club, to prevent holdups and thefts.
He has stated that the following individuals are actively interested in
the Harvard Club - Billy A. W. Hebebrand-b William J.and James "$hinmgr" Patton. former S 237that he learned when i Qqhwere arrested by the e, a pol women was
up them in an effort to ascertain the identity of the womentheir connections in the city. I-Ie further stated that one
called at the Cleveland Police Department, reporting certain susp cious
people, later identified as Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis, and came back
several days later, inquiring why nothing had been done about it.
Noonan made the statement that the Police Department is divided between
the administration and the antiadministration forces, that is, between
the forces supporting the Mayor, Harry Davis, and those opposed to him,
and that inthe future, if it becomes necessary for the Bureau to request
any assistance from the Police Department in matters concerning this
case, it would be advisable for the Bureau to first ascertain whether the
officers assisting are on one side or the other.
Mr. Noonan intimated that the City, as well as the County, is
filled with graft and corruption; that the administration lmows that
gambling, prostitution and the like are going on unmolested and that the
supporters of the administration will not make any moves until the higher-
ups in the administration&#39;s politics have been consulted. llr. Noonan is
quoted as follows: "You have undoubtedly heard that Toledo invites this
element, hell, if you have the right connections in this town, Toledo
does not run one, two, three with Cleveland." By his own admissions, Mr. ~
Noonan advised that if amrone goes to the police department or the city
hall making inquiries about something in which he is interested, he knows
about it within ten minuim after the individual has left the building.
The Cleveland Office has come into possession of an anonymous
letter which was directed to Mr. J. M}&#39;McGrath, who is the operator of
a large detective agency in Cleveland. This letter is dated May 10,
1950 and was xmdoubtedly written by some party connected with the
Cleveland Police Department, because the closing sentence of the letter
is stated as follows: "Some day when you are down in the department I
will let you know vim wrote this, but under the conditions that are now
existing in the Police Department I will just have to remain your friend",
signed "KY2". This letter alleges that 1&#39;1&#39;enk Noonan is now soliciting
race track work through the aid. of Gideonjabshaw, the "biggest crook and
dummy that was ever in the Police Department. The letter also alleges
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"Babshau is tel;.i_ng the race» track; peaple that if thw do not emplagr
Immmn, Sheriff~1<?£s.z1ratty will nut let them race. The reason of "lmiais, that Rahshaw and Noonan and Joe"%ia.1l are going SQ-58 on the
prufits. When Rabshaw was in the Felice Bepartment and even ;n<:wé, as
you knnw, he 1.41 not have a. friend". 1hia.Rabahaw has been aiouble
crossing. Hazmatty ever s"inc1a he has been in offics and if they use the
pawer of the Sheriff&#39;s Office tn get them mrk, I will fumiah yam. theXmas Bf pwwff gum who ssbtle~d_l tn Rabshaw an the/glut machines antibooze Joints in the cauntgv. Hatsambargw and Tmy, itzpat.ri_c:k are
sauna Q1 the pay--off guys".
It is also interesting" ta note that Dcslm-e1s~ Balaney has advise
that Alvin Karpis carried on his perscm a aradentials ear-d bearing his
photmgraph, which card was issued by the Rcmnmm Detective Agenqr. She
stated that his reason for earning this was ta aha: it to pcrlicze
officers in the event he were ever stopped for questioning. Roonan has
deed any knowledge of the mannw»-in which Karpis obi-ainad this card.
Sn Fehnzaxfy 24, 1356, Hr. W. G5/Kazrper, Qperative in Charge at
tbs Unitad States Secret Service fr as" Department, levalami, Dhia,
was interviewed by Egmeial Agent Er. Ea:-per atateé thatHebebrami, aha has nave} been know: n have wlshaci on a  debt, 75-»-
is asai to he a. gentleman gambler; that James "&§.mray" Patton is entirely
differemvis,» being a ham! boiled and nah afrai-<3 mi am-ans typ; that when
the Harvard Club was clcaed by the local awbhoritiles infarmaizion is ta
the effect that the raid was so planned as to give Eiliuikéasa, recentlyappointed afaty Director of Glevalami, a palitieal huilfxp.
As above mated, tha allegation is maa by lernard -T. lulf,
z:Lé92&#39;=£"~mlanj&#39; as Q1 the Glevélan Palica Departmant, that the refusal sf Special
Aganta ta war}: with the peliee nearly .re:sulted in a gun battle batwean
when and G-Hen. En this cazmeetian, Gfficar Wolf has referenca to a
r&id conducted by Special Agsnta upon the home located ax ?009 Franklin
BouJ.e1rard,i iileveleund, Ohio, which was former    A *7   i
Qampbsll. Ian are mfnmed that it was
the Cleveland Puliee Department that Special learned the location
of Gar 1954, whanno effort an the part of
F calledarms she had seen 1
cf members of the gang in "Eh
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Ho1.e=vo.rci A , . as a result of this information, Special Agents conducted a
of that address zmtil 6:50 A..M. on the morning of Soptemar
h d t th one oaving yet put; in an appearance an o at time it
that a. mid should be oonaiuotod. This raid mode
t; in Ghar Le William Larson, former
I11 oirder to obtain tho truth of the aJ.J..ego:tion ma V  on tWolf, I tovlephonioalig communicated with Spo~oia.l Agont  o
is Resident Agent at Richmond, §"i.z-gzlnia, Ho odvisod tho oa was present
at the Elmo of iilmat raid and that he was foariful. that neighbors would
notiir the police that persona were entering the saidimilrging, whereuponit was decided. to leave former SpeCi&l Agent  utsido on thefront walk, to advise any police offioors who arr vo on the spot <!:>?&#39;,;__w
that 21 raici was being conducted by Special Agents so as to p:,-ovont am &#39;unfortunate izncident such as shooting. Agent %sma advised mo that
after the raid was umior way, cert&#39;aI111&#39;-persons res Hg  that ocxmmmzitgr"
who had observed the Agents go into the said homo-o with shotguns and other
items of fixes;-m oquipauorr, had notified the Glovolan. Police DegartmontqFstatod that a squad. of police rushed out to that vicinity and in
t92 air Search for the Gampbollo home, blow went to a wrong address about two
blooka from more the Agents were raiding; that they than found theirmistake and came dam to oooo Franklin Boulevard, whore fbrmor ogwti
aclviood them that a raid was being ooncluctoo, by Spooial Agents.
Thoro woos, therefore, as you will observe, absolutely no goxmd for
tba allegation that this incident almost rosmlted in a. shooting fracas
between Agents and the Glowroland Police Bopartment. The proper proooautions _
were taken and the investigating police: wore amply notified so that no such
mxfortmote incident Q-"$11113 arise under any circumstances". It wouJ.d,o there-
fore, a oar __tha1s thore 1; no fomidartion for the omtemamt which is maa byLieuteug. W531;
Spooial Agent: further advised mo that it was his Imderstandingi
that a. few days prior to this time, former 3pooi.al Agent. in Charge William
Larson had made an agreement with some oomanding officer oi the ¬}1B?6l&I.t¬l
Polioo Eepartmerxt to the effect that Agents and offic.-era woulti work in
.GUGp81I.9-1310!! with one another; that, however, in ocmsiloiaiog this raid, bk.
Lawson had refrained from notifying the Cleveland Po4.ioe,. for which reason
they were highly displeased and adopted somovoat of 8. hootilo attitude from
that time. It is oubmittoci, however, that former Special Agent in  marge
Larson undoubtedly had gooci reason for reofraining from calling in
assist-once of the Gloveland Police in this matter-
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V This will inform you that during the time members of the
iisrpis-.Bar.kar  resided in Glevalazxcl, Univ, the iollm&#39;:r3.m§1; pa-rscms
cccugied tha fallowlng residences:
3973 West lgth Street - Alvin Karpis and Delnres §3;%;#
Delanay  
W369 Frz=.n.Prlit1 Bnulevard -- iiarry ilamibell am 
§hen Alvin Karpis an@ Buluras Uelaney first arrived in Cleveland, nawever,thqy occupied a rasidence at i3lG9 Flaminge Street. This proggay was nwnad
by the William J. itchell Real Estate Qrganization, William . Mitchell
being the haad_af said crganizaticn. It is pointed out to yam that William
3. Mitahell is a very claae ass0c§ate of Arthur W. Hebebrand.and James
"Shimmy Patton and is alleged to&#39;E&%e an interest in the Harvard Club,
of Cleveland, Ohia, which is owne& an§.uperated by Hebebrand and Patton.
Karpis and Holores Delaney than maved to 3?73 est 149th Street, where the
progaerty was rented frmn the A. W. Habe-brand Urganitaatinnv, In<:.,, Of 971
Bennison Avenue, Uleveland, Ohio. This property was rented by Karpis onJuly 6, 193$. The property located at iii? Wes l?lst S§reBt, which was
occupied by Fred Barker and wan rented in the name 05 John
E. Matterson. This groperty was 1ikewise&#39;rented from tha William J.
Mitchell Real Estate organizatimn. It is ahewn, however, that the
residence occupie by Harry Campbell at V399 Franklin Eaulevard was not
rented from either the Hebebrsnd or Mitchell interests.&Q?¢;,
At abaut 11:08 A. . an May ll, 1936, I telephnnically cam-
muxxicated with Special Agaxfoé of the Cleveland Qffiice, to as-vcertain iurther details with regard to Liehtané§Eg%f. e stated thatt§f;a= U1-zjvalemd ilifice i-mm;-s vary little B0!1eeIr1ing,;_ F, but inamed
that waif h§s a reputation fur making goa arrests. He is likewise re
ported to be an excellent palitieian and also gets along well with the
"haodlums". It is reported that Wglvadopts the policy that nae cannt
maka case by gving to 5unday Echaal an, therafore, he uses this 6 lnaiinfor his rather continued assoiation iwi."th h00dlum characters. Estated thaii has made Sffl" goad cases. f1.11th£e1 statedthat it is nb his impression that Lieu¬§5ant Wolf was with the officers
who made inquiny at ?D0§ Frank1in.Bcule§hrd where gat were making a
raii on the residence previously oeaupie by Harry Campbell.
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Memo for the Director -14- 5-12-36.
With reference to the situation existing in Cleveland, Ohio,
numerous newspaper clippings have been forwarded to the Bureau by the
Cleveland office and interesting excerpts therefrom will be quoted here-
in.
Reference has already been made to the raid on the Harvard Club
oy Prosecuting Attorney Cullitan. It is to be noted that the Harvard
Club which was raided was not actually located within the confines of
Cleveland but was really located in hewburg Heights, which is a municipal
cornoration adjacent to Cleveland.
fhe Cleveland newspapers have given a great deal of oublicity
to the raid and to the fact that Sheriff John M. Sulzmann refused tocome to the aid of County Prosecutor Frank T.?Cullitan, when Cullitan
found it impossible to gain entrance into the Harvard Club. A newsitem appearing in the¢CleYeland Plain Dealer, dated January ll, 1936
is quoted as follows: V 
;~ "For nearly six hours last night operators of the>F%aryard Club held County Prosecutor Frank T. Qullitan,
his staff and twenty special constables at bay after
they appeared at the expansive gambling resort in New-
burg Heights to raid it simultaneously with a surprise
attack on the Thomas Club in Maple Heights, which yield-
ed without resistance. -
From sunset until nearly ll last night the prosecutor
apd_his force of men were repulsed by threats from the
operators of the Harvard Club to mow down the con-
stables with machine guns if they tried to batter in the
doors.
The Harvard Club was stormed only after Safety Director
hliot Ness, acting, he said, as a private citizen, took
several police squads to the prosecutor&#39;s aid.
Cullitan pleaded in vain for help from the city police
department and from Sulzmann, the county&#39;s chief law en-
forcement officer." -
Entrance having been finally gained after a six hour s<i5e, the
prosecutor and his deputies found that all of the gambling equipment had
been removed by the aid of trucks. The paper goes on to state that after
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enrance had bean gained "Hebebran and his aids walked into the money-
counting room of the club on the pretext of getting their hats an coats,
ana escaped by climbing through a small window near the roof sf the resort,
anu dragping ten feet to the graund 0utside§"
The gaper continues 
A few minutes later Sheriff Sulzmann, ill in bad at
his home, sent war to Cullitan, the Drosecutur said,
that he would not send aid or pratection unless it was
requested by Mayor Jerry Eticha of Mewburg Heights, in
accordance with my home rule galley. Cullitan had
previously tried time after time to reach Sbicha at his
hume, but was brld he was nmt there.
The paper gives tha following datailsconcerning the raid:
Patton  James Shimmy Patten wh i5 wéll known to thi$
Bureau!, cursing prnfusely, rushed tnward Gullitan. Sullitan
tried ta accomglish his task peacefully
nyme that goes in there,_Patt0n cried, gets their
*_Whead knacked off. Yau*ve gut your __mhnme at stake an we
gt nur V Hpraperty at stake. 1
I&#39;ve triad every decent way I could*-&#39; Gullitan began.
No,y0u havent,&#39; Patten broke in@
This is my&#39;j0b to close this place, Bullitan said.
" Why dant yuu quit your job? Patton shot back."
The Cleveland News, date January ll, 1936 3ated as fllowst
"£r@ Cullitan also had nothing to say when asked if he
would take &ny aatinu against village sfficials who allowed
gambling juints to upstate as openly in violation sf law."
The Cleveland Flain Dealer, dated January 14, £936 quotes Eliat
Ness, Safety Director, as fnllows:
&#39;1 did not know Sheriff Sulzmann excepting through the
newspapers, Hess said. I havent met him yet, but I
consider I knuw him thoroughly since his rgfusal to san
deputies to the aid of uunty ?roaecutar Su1Iitan,&#39;
when Jnhn Flynn, my assistant directr, went to Gounty
Jail he found six deputies just sitting~-perhass waiting
fa? the millennium. He got no satisfaction from Jailer
Murphy. either did I. he bmth.pointed cut r. Gullitans
plight, and we b0th.g0t tbs anawer: The sheriff stands by
his home rule policy~»he muat have a rgquest from the
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mayur of mewburg Heights.
it Gant Happen Here, the title of one of our
best ssLlers, wuuld be true locally if applied to the
sheriff rsscuing tne prosecuting &@EGPHEYn Hence the
reuant rains became news here, althuugh they waul not have
been news in many cities.
i. want to say aerimzsly to you and to all oi the bet,»
tar elément, that we must have the gublic with us, That
means gou citizens must nan neglect their full duty.&#39;"
The abovs qnnnunian was t&h6n tram a speech viven uv&ii0& Hess
m the Clveiamd Athletic Club befara the Odovan Club? Qmgaéed of Ohia
Resleysnénivewsity alumiu
That the raid canducted by Frank T. Qullitan is alleged ta have
its §olitical aspecta is shown in a naws item apsaaring in the Cleveland
Plain Sealer ated January 29, 1935; which
County Prnaacutar
the Harvard and Thomas
plot coaxed up by an
embarrass Sheriff Jhn M. Sulzm
in the Twentieth District and to
L. Eweeney~ »blubs was
assistant
ne pews item goes on to state:
fhe ward leaders
and to call a meetingFrank T. @ullit@ns
anis quuted as folluws:
recént raid on
QB8GYlb¬d Last night as a
county prnsecutor to
n&#39;s campaign for Congress
benefit Congressman Martin
vied $0 inerse Sulzmann fer GongreS$
next week of the 277 precinct com~
mitteemen in the district Lu submit Sulzmann&#39;5 candidacy to
- > Htnam ..
For yaur infarmatian Bulzmann was dgfated in the primaries,
News items appearing in the Cleveland newsgapers are very lauum
at0ry of
Direutorthe agpaintmeut and conduct of bliot Ness as Public Safety
of Gleveland. He was particularly graised fr his action in
assisting County Prosecutor Gullitan, "as a private citizen during the
raid on the Harvard Club. Newa items have alse stated that numeraus
raids are being cmnducted by golice squads in an effart to Glnn up
gambling conditions in Cleveland.
The Gleveland News dated January ll, 1936, refera to Hess as
follows: ~ ~
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_"It was Jr. Mess who, when Sheriff Sulzmann, from
his sickbed, refused to send aid to Cullitnn, took the
bull by the horns and led 33 Cleveland police officers
and nen to the Harvard club to protect Cullitan from
possible violence."
Referring to Cullitan the Same paper states:
"The prosecutor, his job of closing the two notorious
gaming resorts done, offered no criticism either of
Sheriff 5ulzmann&#39;s refusal to help, or of the lethargy
of Newburg~Hei;hts and Maple Heights officials in fail-
ing to close the clubs."
It is indicated that as a result of the raid on the Harvard
Club, those for whom city police are searching are James "Shimmy" Patton,
Arthur Hebebrend and Dan T¢K@allagher, owners of th Harvard Club inNewburg Heights, and Sam "Gameboy&#39;!PMiller and Ale>uf&#39;§iller of the Thomas
Club in Maple Heights.
Referring to Eliot Nose move to clean up conditions in Cleve-
land, the Cleveland News dated January 9, 1936 is quoted as follows:
"On orders from Safety Director Ness a meeting of
policy operators was called by Deputy Inspector Frank
W.iStory at the E. 35th st. - Longwood ct. police station
Tuesday night.
Fold up of your own accord or we will fold you up,
Inspector Story told them. &#39;
Along lower ccovill ave., once the most open vice
district in the city, officers are visiting houses and
ordering all transient girls to move out of the city.
Only those who can prove their leéitimate homes are in
the houses are being permitted to remain.
Bookmakers still exist, doing a curb or telephone
business, but the gambling resorts have disappeared.
Gamblers who prospered in Cleveland last year are re-
ported to have either left town or to be making plans to
head for other cities where the law enforcement is more K
casual-
The order has gone out for the cleanup. V
The police department knows Director Ness means
business.
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mama for the Director. ~13» 5"l2-J6
In praise of the mark of iafety Direcaor Hess the Claveland
iéews of ianuaxy ll, 1936 carries an z>.-diizoriél cantainizng the 501.10?!-
ing:
While were cheering, lets fill the air with
tnrea long hurrahs and nine sharp r&hs far nliut
Meas.
Criticism n55 been launched against Sherifi 5ulzm&nn far his
refusal ta aid Presecutr Gullitau in raiding the Harvard Club. The
Ulevelsnd Plbin Dealer for January 12, 1936 carries an editurial enk
titled "Three Men, the clasing pcrtiun of which is as follows:
The community appraises Qulzmann as an officer
who, chosen by the electorate ta enfarce the law,
proves himself in the amerganqy to be faithless to
his duy and his oath It is nu new appraisal for
the sheriff nf&#39;Cuyahnga1"¢.
It appears that Bebebrand and Patten during Septamber l@35
were arrested n the charge cf being gambling Operaturs. In line with
the criticism directed against &heriff Sulzmann the Cleveland Plain
Dealer for Eeptember 10, 1935 is quoted as fellows:
Arthur Hebehrand, Dan Gallagher and James
 Shimmy! Patton. sf, the l&#39;18~I~"&1d Club were placed
in which was fnrmerly the wamen&#39;s psychopathic war&.
¬a* Gama Boy! Miller an his brathers, Save and
Alky; of the Thomas Elub, were confined in the jail
hQ§iL&l ward. &#39;
$heri£ John M. Sulzmann axplained that
Q vary 5in$le reasun for selection of these
M1m@&#39;mmmmj@l*
I adhere raligiouly ta the advocacy ofthere waa
quarters
segregation,
keeping the hardened criminals segregated from the
£irst orfanders,&#39; he said."
It appaars that three of the six efendants had challenged the
right nf the cnunty grand jury during December 1935 ta force them to
answer questions "which might tend to incriminate" them and they carrieu
their cantemgt of court convicticns ta the tate Supreme Ccurt hefcre
winning their fight. It appears, however, that on September 9, l§35 *
several defendants pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawfully keeping
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a room for gambling purgoses and that on that date Judge Corlett im~
posed $500 fines and
Arthur Hebebrund and
Alky Miller he meted
News items
certain criticism ofthirty day jail sentences against Sam Miller,
Dan Qallagher; that against Patton and Dave and
out $100 fines and ten day jail sentences.
appearing in the Cleveland Plain Dealer carry
the manner in which officers are trained for the
Cleveland Police Department. A considerable amount of space has been
biven to the need for pOliC8 training which would be comparable to
that given by the Bureau to new Special Agents. Indicative of the
fact that the Cleveland Police Deparhnent has been beset with certrin
evils is the fact that the Cleveland Plain Dealer of January ll, 1936
gave space to a news
LVILS?.
is to beitem entitled "NESS PELPABLS TO CUnh POLICE
The news item goes on to elaborate upon NesS&#39; program, which
accomplished by ue following:
"l-Immediate establishment of a police training
school.
24-Much more rigid reruirements than are now in ef~
fect for admittance to civil service examinations
given to candidates for appointment as patrolman.
3Searching character investigations and the finger-
printing of men in line for appointment to the
force. &#39;
4-Different requirements for admission to and promotion
in various branches of the police service.
§-ejecting of a candidate&#39;s temperamental, as well as
mental and physical, fitness to become a policeman.
6--"eeding out of cadet patrolman who have not demon-
s strated proficiency in police work during a two-
year probationary period-
7~-Adoption of measures to improve the morale of the
present police force."
Reference has already been made to the statement made by Lt.
Bernard J. Wolf of the Cleveland Police Department with respect to the
failure of Agents tocooperate with Cleveland police officers. A news
item appearing in the Cleveland News of May 8, 1936 is quoted as follows:
"City Sues to Reduce Wolf&#39;s Police Rank
Bernard Wolf&#39;s right to his ranking as a&#39;lieuten , s
ant in the Cleveland police department today was to be
contested in common pleas court at the hearing of a
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taxpayer&#39;s suit brought by Law Director Alfred Clum.
The city contends Wolf&#39;s promotion by former
Safety Director Lavelle Nov. 9, 1935, was illegal
because he did not take a civil service examination
and there was no eligibility list. His reduction to
the rank of sergeant is asked, with a salary out from
$2,7Z6 to $2,613 a year."
 Harold HfBurton was recently elected Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.
The Uleveland News dated October 26, 1935 gives a resume of the activities
of Mr. Burton and cites the fact that he is credited with an impressive
record for public service. V
s The Cleveland News dated October 29, 1935 is quoted as follows:
I
"Mr. Burton promisedlthere will be no politics in
the police department w¬n&#39;he is Cleveland&#39;s chief
executive."
Burton is quoted as follows:
"Your choice is between the renewal of an administra-
tion which came into office on the promise of law enforce~
ment and under which a grand jury found that law enforce-
ment was interfered with by politics.
_ , It is absolutely necessary that there be no politics,
political pressure or political groups having control over
any individual in the police department. Every man in the .
police department will know before election that so far
as I am concerned, politics has no place in the police
department."
After Burton had been elected Mayor of Cleveland by the greatest
majority ever accorded a candidate for that position, on May 5, 1936 the
Cleveland Plain Dealer gave space to the following:
BABE BURTON ATTEHPTS TO USE JOB WHIP."
The said paper than states:
4"An attempt by Mayor Harold H. Burton to whip Republican
councilman into support of his
ordinance by withdrawing their
terday at a hearing before thestand on the appropriation
patronage was revealed yes
Civil Service Commission.
Councilman Thomas Fgeacvarferty testified that he and
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Councilman Thomas J.Gunning, who voted with the Demo-
crats in support of the Art amendment to the appropria~
tion ordinance, had lost their patronage two days after
they had voted. 
When I went to the mayor,&#39;he said: You&#39;ve got to
expect that if you don&#39;t go along with the administration,
McCafferty said.
The mayor admitted last night that supporters of both
men had been dropped, but said that the droppin5 was a
mistaken policy and that most employee had been restored
to the pay rolls, except for several found unfit for jobs.
The Cleveland newspapers have given considerable publicity to
the recent investigation involving Captain Louis J. Cadek, "the cop who
made $109,000. The Cleveland Plain Dealer dated April 14, 1936 is quoted
as follows: I
"The records tell brusquely of 28 transfers in 30
years; of one suspension and an acquittal; of another
suspension, dismissal and reinstatement, but nothing of how
a cop could make $109,000."
The same paper shows that over a period of thirty years service
the total salary received by Ufficer Cadek was $67,966 but that investi-
gation disclosed that he had $109,000 on deposit. Gadek has been relieved
of duty and has been indicted.Acoording to the Cleveland Plain Dealer of
Apr 11 14: _]-9.36 §.
"Nine witnesses--all admitted former bootleggers, accord
ing to the county prosecutor&#39;s office-wcre called before the
county grand jury yesterday in an investigation of the
$109,000 in savings accumulated by Police Captain Louis J.
Cadek on a total salary of $67,966 received from the city
since his appointment as a patrolman nearly 30 years ago.
One witness said he had testified before the grand jury
that he had paid Cadek $2,000 in several payments. Other
witnesses said they had told the grand jurors they had paid
various amounts to collectors who were understood to be
gathering the money for the police."
Respectfully, §
K. R. Mclntire.
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