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Hr. Ladd telephoned end advised that the ChicagoL ericen was cerryi g a story to the effect that Byr2iH{2iton had
;iven out information ukich cleared up the St. VelenTihes D8"
meeeecre in Chicago. Mr. Ledd advised that Bolton had not riven
out any informztion concerniri this while he Wee being questioned
in C?ic go and that me fer ae he, Mr. L25 know, the story was
frlee; further that he hed refused to mwke any comment to other
nearpepore concerninr this story.
I advised Kr. Ladd that I would submit this
inforuation to you.
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uoon receivic; the above information, you desired to have Mr. Ladd
first zecertein from Mr. Nathan at St. Paul that Bolton did not make
each a etwtenent there, and then he, Ir. bedd, should iesue e
statement at ChiC:§J denying the information published in the Chicego
Awericzn, etttin; that no such statement had been secured from Bolton.
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had given Eny inforwetion to the Division regrring
. tle Si. Valentine's Drf I::r~cre. Mr. Ledd rdvieed that
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Eoiton it? ut ;rior authority frnn the St. Paul Livi*ion office.
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MEMURANDUM FOR THB DIRECTOR
Kindly be informed that Mr. Carusi telephonedknd tated that information had been received indicating
;0_1_1ii_~==-:gg_0 American was __3b°111? to 91-1bliSh_eo etgraieit Byrn
olton, E member of 1 ' -§erker_gengJ_h allegedlyas
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p iceted e Fred BQ:ke,_Gus tinkler, Humphriee, end several
others eta that the confession of Bolton was in the Department
being carefully studied; that the other newspaper reporters
are frantic end Tr. Carusi states that he would like to have
some word on tnie matter either confirming or denying, stating
that the other reporters have intiieted that it seems very
strange the Chicago American is able to get information in
edvence
I informed him I had no knowledge of the matter
mentioned above, but would gladly call it to your attention.
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Colonel. Gets! telephoned I-nil ltlted tilt he bed received
several inquiries for verification st the story which appeared in
t:-ii C2-toaio iiifitii %i t-ii 61'!-ti t»-1% 5';" ""'*"1'ti"-6, ='M is at thtpresent time in the custody of the mnnem confessed to his
part in thsaht. Valentine's Day massacre. The Colonel stated that
this story ls copyrighted by the CHO-ego Lfsrloem I told Colonel
Oetee that this story in entire]; dthoot foundation] that there is
no trdh ll it It 111- I told the Colonel thlt Ihile Is have 301.1908:
in custody charging his with participation in the Breaer kidnepisg,
which tact is not to be oiseloaed to the press, Bolton hes not uncle
any statements at all concerning the aforementioned ease.
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I telephoned the Chicago Office and talked with Ir. linear in
regard to the shove setter. Ir. Zine: stated that Ir. Lsdd was out
of the office, and he, in timer, was not advised st Ir. Lend: ooh-
Versetion with you end the inatructi one Ihieh had been issued relative .
to s tlgtil of this story by Ir. Ladd. I requested hie to have Ir-
Ledd telephone. no ieeediately.
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Ir. Ledd telephoned and I inquired it he had denied the story
above mentioned. Ir. Lend eteted that immediately Upon the receipt or
the inetrootioos tree jou, he can-so in all or the reporters in Chicago
and gave thee the 1-areal denial or the Division or this story. He also
confronted the Editor of the Chicago Lnorieao with the denial, but the
Editor had no statement to nuke whatsoever.
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that you furnish your interact-inn to tbs Chicago, Illinnia
Police D-opartaont for lpprbprlli-Q action-
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1 honed Mr Ladd at the Chicago Office and told hnm that I to ep .
I was very much concerned over the complaints which had been coming
i in, even before yesterday, from the other Chicago newspapers relat ve
American and the stories their reporters get the "scoops" to the cnicago
on. I stated that thedhicago American had the wrong "scoop" yesterday;
I that the other Chicago papers quote me as saying that there wssn t any
truth in the article in the Chicago American; and that these papers quote
him, Mr. Ladd, as saying he had never heard anything about the matter,and that Bolton had not been questioned about theost, Valentine's Day
Massacre.
Mr. Ladd advised me that the Chicago papers quoted him as saying
that we had no statement, oral or written, from Polton concerning the
Massacre case, which was the statement he, Jr. Ladd, had made to the
papers.
I inquired if Bolton had been questioned concerning the Massacre
and LT. Ladd said that he was not questioned directly because they were
i to et other information from him; that he was only asked if he anx ous g ~
knew anythipg about it and he replied that he did not, that he had nothing
to do with it.
I remarked that the thing which had been causing me concern for some
time was the thought that there might be a "leak" somewhere in the Chicago
ffi that T had this morning received some very reliable information, G oe; _
however, that the Chicago American has seven wire tappers who are tapping
' d _ ires tanned telephone wires; and that the Chicago nmerican had ha our w____ _rI_ ,
I suggested to Mr. Ladd that he check on this angle imnediately throgh
some man in the hicago
stated that Agent 1. L.
the matter, but that he was out
present time; that, however, heMedals was the only man they had who could handle
could get the Telephone Company to check
on it for us. I stated that he could have the Telephone Company check on
h hr Hadala returned be was to re-check on it. it first, then, and wnen . M .
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the Iith a fake story. M, Ladd advised that he had done just that
thing the other day, before the escape of Karpie and Campbell from
Atlantic City, New Jersey; that he had one of the Agenti circulate a
atory concerning Earpia, and this story received wide circulation in
the office; but
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geated that the
I stated that it ee caught the Chicago jnnrican wire tappera tappingthat when the real story about Karpic came out, hie
of course, stopped. ur. Ladd stated that he would give
along this eame line.
Ledd to keep me iniormed as to the reenlta, and I eug-
story be atartcd that Io had "someone" in custody.
our wires, it was my intention to prosecute them.
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John Edgar Hoover,
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k the I11 yutoz-day, he had the tolophanc oonpan; choc
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duct. being at-111 on the I111: and than ignora tap, the
llgls that it has Men disturbed.
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-I '92 _IEHORIIIUI FOR THE DIREBTUR
ii$h reference to your lelorendum of Jenuery Id, iddféaésd ia me
concerning e telephonic converenticn with Ir. Ledd, relating to the posaibilitiq
that the Obicegp American bee 92t§§Gd the teiephee wires of the Chicago uivisior
Office, I believe it would be edviaable to avoid any refersnca to any ¢Ontm-
glcceé ecticn er euepicicn oi n telephone tap in talking with the Chicvgo
Office, since thin proceure will undoubted1;'put the newspaper on notice if
the telephones are tapped. It in probable that if they tap one of the
telephones, thqy have tapped than ell, since neat of the informition no which
they have apparent access, it pltained as a result of u telephone tap, is
éieousaed en the confidniicl iaiephoes. I believe it iight be advisable
when di8cue81£ this cituation with anyone in the Chicago Office to have them
go outside of the Qhiuago Office and call the Division from e pay ettinn.
In this regard, we tight diccusc with the Chicago Office for a
period of several days by telephone the apprehension of Alvin Karpis, making
it appear that he is actunlly in custody and of course if there is any leak
then, the source of the information would be obtious.
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I called Mr. Nathan in connection with the stories in
the press concerning the §t. Valentine's daX_nas§apre&_in which
statements are made to the effect ¬EEt: 1ssistent Director Harold
Nathan gave the massacre story a left-hand confirmation", and asked
just shat he had said to the newspapers about this. Mr. Nathan
stated that the inquiries from the press came immediately after the
break and that he, Nathan, had advised that if he had ever made any
such confession, I know nothing about it". I advised that the Director
had issued a denial that any such statement was given and wants to
emphasize that denial and the fact that absolutely nothing more should
be said about the St. Valentine's day massacre. Mr. Nathan further
advised that the above quoted remarks constituted his first statement,
but that later on, efter talking with Ladd, he subsequently denied it.
Respectfully,
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January 26, 1935
MEMORANDUM F03 THE DIRECTOR
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I , I called Mr. oonnelley at Chicago in connection
92 if with the possibility that theghicago-American has a tap
on the Chicago Office telephone, and suggested that whenever
anything of a confidential nature was to be furnished to
Washington it would be well to go outside and call._/
I suggested that it might be well to make some
startling announcement over the telephone, such as stating
that they have Karpis in custody, in order to see if the
Chicago-American gets it; that, although the telephone company
had informed that no taps were beig maintained, information
,/- had also reached the Division to the effect that they have
{ five or seven tapping telephones all the time. I requested
9292_ advice as to the possibility of making it look, particularly
' ' in connection with the stenographers and clerks, as though
Perkins was Ksrpis, advising that my only worry in this
connection would be that if we did get Karpis we would not
know how to say over the telephone that it was genuine.
Mr. Connslley suggested that we could use the expression
"Ksrpis K9" meaning that the conversation was "phoney"
I advised that this would be fine, and suggested that we
should talk about him over the telephone as though he were
there, for the next day or so, and Connelley stated he -
do this.
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Johnson, Dillinger's contact, up there too.
I cautioned Connellay against letting the Agents on
routine assignment, and the stenographers and clerical personnel,
lknow just who they have in custody, advising that we would under-
stand that when he says "Ksrpis K 7" it will be"phoney"Q
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you request a couplets description of all of tho imam gangsters Ln-
volvad in the St. Valentina: Day Iuucra in Chicago, Illlaail. tau
are advised that the files of thin Division contain no intonation
iadieatiag =1-.-.= ids:-.t1t;1' =1 the air-yatratiri af this affaasi. 1 kiwi
that newspaper dispatches have recently indicated that 1 subject of a
Division investigation taken into custody at Ohioqo, Illinois had
undo n atntnnuat naming tbs perpetrator: or this crima, but such
dispatches taro absolutely false and without fmmdation in fact.
I regret that I an unable to mmilh yuu Ilth any lnforneti.-an
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Dear Sir:
Now that the Federal authorities have all the
information leading up to the killers of the St. Valentine's
Massacre, what action is going to be taken to mete out
Justice?
Oh, I suppose there might be a technicality
simply for the reason that what is left of the rats are
now serving prison terms, and maybe poor John Law can't
get in to prosecute until after their time has been
served. But this is Where the law should be revised -
"An eye for an eye", and these hardened killers made to
pay for their cnmss strictly in accordance with the
original interpretation of the law.
What is going to be done about it? If this case
is no longer in your hands, please pass this request for
Justice along to the proper department, and oblige
"Slumbering Public Indignation"
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I-.'.'r. D. M. Ladd,
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U. S. Department of Justice,
Post Office Box 812,
Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Sir:
with further reference to my desire to ascertain the source of in-
formation obtained by Chicaeo papers, concerning official Bureau activities,
prior to the time that any notice is given to the press, your attention is
invited to the following facts whic have been brought to my attention by
assistant Director Nathan.
Mr. Nathan recalls that on the morning followingthe apprehension or
Doc Barker, a newspaper reporter appeared at the Chicago Pureau Cffice, and
asked Fr. Nathan whetber it was not a fact that AlYin arpis was in custody.
You will recall that it was the belief of the Bureau, followin" the pprehension
of Doc Barker, that tbe person who had been apprehended was nlvin Karpis, and
accordingly, sarersl long dista*ce telepho.e calls were made between the Bureau
and tre Chicano office, pertaininr to the apprehension of Karpis. ;hi1; it is
possible that tte newspaper reporter the contacted Mr. Nattan my have been
merely guessing, ttese facts may have some significance in indicatin; that a
telephone tap is or was being maintained upon telephones of the Chicago Bureau
Cffice. Please give this mtter appropriate caisideratinn, in connection with
your efforts to ascertain tbe source of theinformation reaching the newspapers,
A similar letter is beinq addressed to Mr. 4. J. Gonnelley.
Very truly yours,
John ddgar Hoover,
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Dear Sir:
With further reference to my desire toaascertain the source of in-
formation obtained bv Chicnoo papers, concerning official Bureau activities,
prior to tke time that anv notice in given to tke press, your attention is
invited to tbe following facts wbick have been brought to my attention by
Aesietsnt Director Kgthan.
Mr. Nathan recalls that on the morning following the apprehension of
Doe Barker, e newspaper reporter appeared at the Chicu;o iureau Office, on '
naked Hr. Kotben whetber it was not a fact that Alvin nurpis was in custody.
You will recall that it nee the belief of the Bureau, followin-. the apprehension
of Doc Barker, tket the person who had been apprehended was Alvin Karpis, and
aocordinoly, eorcral lore fetence teleptone culls were mode between the Bureau
and the Chiceco ffice, pertaining to the apprehension of Zarpiu. While it is
possible ttat the newspaper rerorter who contacted er. Rstnen coy have been ,
merely guessing, these facts may have soae SlgniIicuuCu in indicating that a t
telephone tap to or was beinq maintained unon telephones of the Chicago Bureau
Gfficei ?leeee qivo this matter appropriate consideration, in connection eith
your efforts to aoocrtein the source of the information reaching tke newspapers
A Bnniler letter is being addressed to hr. D. M. Ladd.
Very truly yours,
John Edgar Hoover,
Director-
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Reference is made to Bureau letterl of February 13 and March
_ -'50, 19.55, referring to the source of the information upon which certain[ newspaoer art iclee lore based, -and possibly ind iceting that tk is infor-
~ nation is to a:.=tivities !had been furnished to the cross by92- someone at Chic ego.
-;_ I have givm this matter considerable thought and attention
'13 well as making certain discreet inquiry, and also by rr.!»:im- v.i=.at I
be} ic-ve were tests, inferences n ich rzi-ht lend to someone givingf out
this in1 o1'-nation, provided it was anyone connected ritk the C l-791-f~f'I!_ 92 office, E in my ooinion it is very doubtful that anybody at the
reach th rewspnoe Chicago 0 ice is intentionally funishing any information which mi;-ht
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have no definite information indicating; the source of these, it is
' information indicated could very well have been ob-
eourcee or oi:-cninatanoeiihma contact with somebodyEJ Q associated with the office. hie on!y matter which scene to be impoeeihle
f-____ oi satisfactory explanation is the information which was given out as
* to the fact that Arthur Barker was held at the Chicago office, as to
ii _ ii which it is noted aeverel days after he wee Held, the lfpena-"5 madeD hx inquiry end obtained c_Op16B of his Identification Order, and it is
Q _ possible that they my have exhibited his picture in the neighborhood
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office, particularly ahen she can firet apprehended and held here, it is
believed arc known to the Bureau, that is, as to the eource from which
the nelepaoere obtained the information indicated..
is to the articles which appeared the night before Helen Gillie
appeared before the Grand Jury in January, 1935, no one was aware of the
fast that aha was held here at that time until late the day before she
appeared before the Grand Jury, at which time this infonmation was furn-
ished to the United States Attorney at 0hi*ege,I11inois, and it is
pcaeihle that the U=S=éttorney node acme reference to the fact that he
intended to use her before the Grand Jury, and this may have been the
enurce from which the newspapers inferred that nhe wee being held by
ue at that thne. It ie known definitely that it was announced early
the following morning that she would appear before the Grand Jury that
morning to testify in that case, as this nae announced to the nozeonwcas
by the U.5.Attorney.
The article which epneared as to the alleged confession of WILLILK
Bhlih BOLIDE and hie connection with the 5t_Valentine Day massacre Febru-
ary 14, 1929, wee based entirely upon mie-information, inasmuch as he
had made no such statement to anyone, and at the time these articles
appeared Bolton had been taken to St.Pnul and eurrendered for official
custody at that place, indicating of course definitely that we previous-
ly had had him in custody. The recent articlee appearing in the papers
referring to the e?1eged confession furnished by I553 DOYLE to Federal
Agents at Kansas City I do not believe had any reference to any infcrma~
tion obtained at Chicago, and judging from the report from the Kansas
City office that the aeeociated prO8 diepetehes there do not ahow n die-
natch to St.Pau1, and the explanation offered by the representative of
the associated prose at St.Paul that he had received this in an associ-
ated prees dispatch from Kanene Uity, this would indicate that the eourde
of this infonnation was probably St.Pau1, and while I have no information
upon which to been same, it is my belief that possibly Attorneyiiheooureey
at that point may be reenoneible for this article which appeared.
Previously we have had a very careful check made of the teleohonce
at the Chicago office, and the tolenhone comnany has indicated there
is no noseibility of a tap on any of our linen here, and also Judging
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impartant things have beau discussed, Ihich sould very easily have
been the subjsut matter of press releases if thuy bad been able to
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j sed that Bolton was questioned concerni this offense. Boltonate Z: that the persons aho actually per _ treted this eessecre were* Ir ets-c Guqfiinkler, Fredurke, Raygugent and Bobxéierey. Bolton - s he personally purchased the Cadillac touring on which In!
used in thin aassacre, having been furnished with the honey to lake this
purchase hy Louis-92l-ipschultc. Bolton cleias that he purchased this car
.1, frog the Cadillac Company on lichigan Avenue in Chicago soeetiae before
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that it ens to be used in hauling alcohol. Bolton believes that he used
A _ the name James/llartin in purchacinb the car. The object oi this massacre,i} according to Bolton, which was planned by aenbers of thgcapone organi-I sd_t;i_og, ees for the purpose of eliminating "Bugsforen from the hoot-
, legging racket in Chicago. Iiolton claims that the plot to perpetrate/7 this killing us -initially developed at a place on Cranberry Lake, six
I iailes north of Couderey, Risconsin, Ihere on George operated a resort.» - = - .i1}Q-epone, Gus Iinkler, George"*Zeigler, Louis; * , iii?! Burke, Bill-*'}Jacelli reported to be an Illinois State Seniftor and D~ paretells are
reported to have been at the resort operated by George on Greater;-=y Lake
at the tine the killing, was first planned, his being in Qctoher or Ioveuher of 1928. bolton states that Ii|m$"giioCrnsoen encbiinqr _f'The Swede
,' '492._I__ore.n were selected to watch "Bugs" Iorexe garage, since they both knee
Ioran by sight in order to learn his lovenents. Bolton states that AlBK Capone sent to'3'1oride before the lleseecre ens perpetrated ihd left Frank
'" = ilitti in charge of the operations and that one Frenkieteo, hoe dead, eee
- l e o Iitti's assistant in the transaction Bolton cleill that F I the_ ectunl perpetrators of this offense sore police uniforms, jhoegh they
T1 did eeer police adgee end that ehen the killing took place the persons' / xlctually perpetrating therein did not know the tentity of each of their
J, Q victims but rather than risk the possibility of I1Bl1IlEe.KQI'-Dq._k1l-1-Gdr Klara; all of the persons fgnngnig gthenggsérelge. ' I ,_ L, In 4 , I IH. '8?-"00 mil :1 1 Th -- -HP" ' -' e. ,' 1 T l= -, 92 is indicated above, Bolton totes that Fred Goetz, Gus Iilikler
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01611110 Mr lfter the llaauci-0.
V Bolt-on has consistently denied that he pnrlonallg participated
in the luncre and Ina oxpreaaed 1 willingness to confront anyone of the
indiduals mused by bin, accusing hi! of participation in this offense.
, In diaeuning this utter, iolton has internal 8900111 Agent:
of thii Bureau that at t-ha t-in of tho St. Valentina: Day Iuucra,
6h1.»t of Dotootivn Skin of the 61:10:30 Polica Dopnri-lent val on am
iiiir-611 -if the paai §j'iI"i'6i$i; iii17ii§ 553% iii? iiii iii iipt.
tbs unborn or the Gyndiutn interim! as to the alas-abouts of Bugs Iurlll
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Iith reference to the requeet aaoe of yo oone weoko ago
by ltete'e Attorney Courtney of Chicago for information in the poa-eeeeica of the iggteoncerning the pereono reepouoiblo for the per-
petrotio of th . Valentine aaeeecre ig Bhicago February 14,1929, you will rocoII'¬EitI !E!3?ied'§ou*that Hggéiggtgg had fur-
nished no certain information relative to thie matter. In Hiecueeing
this aatter with you, it eal I underetaning that you felt that
this invoetigotion ahould be condcted by tho Bureau; that is to
lay, that we lhauld proceed with the looation of the various lub-
jecto who were involved in thie Ialeeore and eheh looated and
evidence gathered, then it would be time to determine the procedure
to be taken relative to preeenting it to 8tate'o Attorney Courtnoy.
Iy prpoeo in bringing thie again to yor attention in
duo to the fact that the Federal Statute penaliaing unlawful flight
to avoid prosecution wee dated Iay 14, 1954, ohereao the oriae oae
colitted, of course, on February 14, 1929. In memorandum received
from the Bepartaent uner ate of June 2§, 1984, the FBI wae in-
etructed that the Departmental interprptation ea that thie etatuto
did not apply to poet traneactioe but covere only actione which have
been in violation of this law after it became etiective. Consequently,
I would appreciate being edviled ae to whether, in V10! of thie ind
terpretution, it ie etill believed desirable for the Bureau to pro-
ooed with an inreetigation of this matter. The Breeu hoe no objec-
tio to conducting thie invootigation, but aw only doubt is ae to
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in ' D Massacre". I outlined to Mr. Holtzoff briefly 51:; Val-entme -us as: ..
what took place in this matter, and told him that it was just an
outbreak of gang warfare in Chicago.
He than wanted to know if the Bureau thought there was
any Federal violation involved in this matter. I told him that
we can see absolutely no Federal violation in this situation; that
while Mr. Keenan was in the Criminal Division, we received a
memorandum from him stating that no offenses would come Within
the provisions of the unlawful flight statute which was committed
prior to the time of its enactment for the reason that otherwise,
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the St, Valentine's Day Massacre, I desire to advise that the report
of Agent BrennandEte6THtrStw~Paul1~Hinnesota, July 24, 1935 rthermBremer Kidnaping case was received in the Bureau on July 27. t:1PthHt *
time, Mr. Newhy was supervising this case and the fact that Bolton
had furnished the details of the massacre was not brought to m at~
tention. Although Mr. Newby addressed a memorandum to you on August
3, 1935; containing an excerpt upon another situation from this report
of Agent Brennan's, no reference was made to Bolton's statement
concerning the massacre. The weekly summary report of Agent Newby
summarizing the developments in this case makes no reference to
Bolton's statement in this regard. V
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tained a close-mouthed silence and
jdeciined emphatically" to discuss the
According to information supplied
"The Daily _News, the new. light on
"Bugs"!fMoran mobsters in a gai
rage at 2122 North Clark street, in}
the course 01 prohibiti ns er-uptivefera, came from 'Byr<;¥Bo1ton, nowi
serving sentence in federal peni-f
tentiary Ior confessed participation
' the ran om abductions oi Ed-rd G. Bremer and William
Boltbn, it is reported, about tour
imonths ago, after his conviction
iand incarceration for the federal
oense, made a statement which
outlined the wholesale killing in
detail. This information was recent-
ly turned over to Police Commiv . %__ -~Hs M t,___,,,,_,______,____ ________N__________*_V__F________________ _
Convict Bares Sioryl
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After the mass slaying, investigation~
;revealed that two men had -rented
la room directly across the street
from the grease-soaked death cham-
ber a week before machine-gun ex-
ecutioners strode into the garage
and mowed down its seven occu-
pants. From this vantage point they
mapped out the lay of the land
tor the murderers. In the abandonedit-oom was found a letter addressedto Byron Bolton and it bore the
postmark ot Virden, I11.
Investigators went to Virden and
round Bo1tons' parents living on a
farm between it and Thayer, both
small towns in the central part oi
the state. A picture obtained tram
Bolton's rather was idezititied as
that oi! one of the men who had
rented the "death watch room.
BoItons movements were then
traced to St. Louis, where it was
learned he had been a chauffeurfor Fred Kil_ler jBurke, also va -
ously identified a a participant
the massacre. Burke is now servi g
a life sentence in the Michig
pententiary tor another murder.sioner James P. Allman. ' wt
1 Killers lleported Named, Yi In the statement, it was saiil,
Bolton named the participants in
the massacre. Some are known
to be dead and one or two others
are reported to be still alive.Wheth-
;er he implicated himself in the
statement could not be learned.
i Police officials declared today
i"that they would like to~i-all: to
;B01tOI1.
= Canvassed for conrmation oi! the
reported statement, Chicago police
oicials asserted they "could not
discuss it. 7
- It was reported that the homicide
-s uad unde the irection of eut.Ill
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Chief or Detectives John L. Sui
livan, in refusing to deny or verity
the reported statement, aid that itit were a case of any other caliber
J might be disposed to discuss it.
I will not discuss this case under
.sr'.y consideration, however. _
-; Bolton Linked to Crime. _
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ilor, has been identied at vs.-
1 s times as a man sought by we
ago pcliceior participation
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in Chicago, February 14, 1929 '
Hahn ' ,
This will acknowledge the receipt of your memorandum of Septeniber
, 1936, with reference to the request of State's Attorney Courtney of
chicego for information in the possession of the Bureau concerning the
I -I I-n G:-L 11 "l 4-Q Q men: an Qn Fhinnn-n 11 Bh|F'I'Il!92Y"I -|'i92périi réijjiiuhé &3:' Us-A3 gun ya-|.%Bvd-Pu? -u-=8=»-1£ --s 92I"-*1-wav 0- avlua
14, 1929.
It is noted that you call attention to this matter because o't'the
fact that the Federal statute penalizing unlawful flightio avoid prosecu-
tion was dated May 14, 1934. and was approved llaypli, whereas the crime
inquestion was _gonIni'ttFT_ o11_1'§]>;_ua2'y_j71», T919.
In this connection you are advised that although as indicated in the
emorandum under date of June 23, 1934 addressed to you, the Departmental
interpretation was that this statute did not apply to past transactions,
but covers only actions which have been in violation of this law after it
became effective, it may well 11_e__t_n_at__inpthepcircugnstances presented in
this case the ind e?p5nsib1e for perpetration E1" thI'§ é'£*iié' -..___ 1.__._ .:_ .-.1..- 4-u._.|._ -4» -r11s....a., _..;a ...4+92.4... 44- Q-,4.-.4....1 -:..--2..gli WELL LIBNB D5811 LII. B11-B bieali U1. J..l..L.u:.luJ.:| nuu Iniuu-J.u. AUI 92rJ.J..llIl-I-I-u-In Ju..|.4.§
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they subsequently left it for the purpose of avoiding prosecution to
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ict of Columbia or any foreign country, they would be within the terms
the statute, _ ,1 7/.7 _ , I?"RF RDrD -._ " - _ ,. '- - JYKLI KIf such is the case, then there is no questiog/but that the }'ede1{a1
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trannnitting a "memorandum purhining to the porpetratiol of the
St. hlantinaa by Insane:-0, I would 1991-oclah being ndrrinll of
the 601-all: or your coats:-mace with Oonninioner ulna of tin
Chleqo Police Depu-taut, an soon as you no nblu to arrange
thin conformer.
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I an attaching hereto I cow or 1 noaorandua prepared
in the Bureau under date of October 26, 1936 which Inlnarizoa tho
intonation containo in the Bu:-an filo: oonoorning the lécntity
of the perpetrators of tho 3t. Valentino: Day Insane:-0, I drain
that at tho oarlioat pouiblo nk you personally all upon
Oouaislionor Alla! of tho Chicago ?o11cn Bopartlont and u-nilh
a copy of i:-hit umorandua io iii, oipiaiiag i-mi this is all
of tho informtion developed during the Bureau: investigations
into the facts surrounding thi porpettrutimz the St. Yaloutinea
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nhtivo in than panama 0.110306 in ha rnpaulihh for tho
porputntlun or my St. Valentina nan-urn Edam, mm» an
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Inn Bolton has Du:-nluhod 8900101 lint: with tho in--_
fornutian that the pa:-sou maul}; aolnitung the murder: in the
garage an Iortbark Strut, Chicago, Illinois taro I:-ad Goats,
0111! Tharp 2013102, Gm ituhior, had Burke, in; Input mad
Bobuny, alias Gunrw, mdlboallongbswbbnlmonufld
Inux-:1. loltouhuadurittod that-he mrchnod tbohéilho tour-
ing on and by he mnlanrl in tin pcrpotrntion of the annea-
llontuhd um». thoentru gvmuxagmnunaanhc Compaq
looatnd on lidzlgln Aglnuo in Chicago, Hliaeil, and ho balilvu
tluttn and th0|u.Ia'o!I'uoaIart1n lapwohuaing thisur. Bu]
stated that Mull I-tpooinltl gun his tho nanny to purchase this
oar, and Ill tat purchase by Ltpuhulta. Ioltun
itatai %-it tr}: - * '"- - v-Qlati»-2.1!»? way iiiiiifi,
andatthutlnohoporahu uuundltuut-abound
in hauling alcohol.
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rnqlbltdthlt ho, Bolton,
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thuopu-tlurolnlnodon Lskotortnroau-three
wool.-1, and thin lnfornti. I;-yak Fraud-:11 and
lid; Index-nan, guides who to 0 and hunting
aid ihiiq, and iii Ii-iii ii ta-i vi.ii.i1u; - * -"-rt. fairlii
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verity the prunes at than various pqroona 1 we.
Boltoa mrnllhcd tbs lrthnr tnforultion that Oluuga
iaddox, 111» Jammy loo:-0, formerly at Bt. Louis, Iiuouri, Inn;
Gnpinio of Ghtongu, Illinois and a an haonn n l$hoaker , who val
also from St. I-ouil, Iiuouri, burned the 61111115: our after the
Illlllflo /
Dalton daniod that ho participated in thc ll-ssacro in
my my ud ltntcd that tho pirsoal who occupied thn npu-taunt
ac:-on the ltrat tron tho garage at 2127 Iorth Glut Street, match-
ing for the appearance of "Bug!" Iona, Io:-0 luau ilorand, alias
931% iiii 3ii6i* aa -"fa-g7 E663-iiiiiai that the apriatiqi ca thi
day of the Inner: an curried an £2-on Gland: ladder: Circus Cafe
an the north ulna or Gllicqu. Bolton ndvtaé that A1 clpunc as in
lint, florid: an Fob:-any L4, 1929, but t-Mt Funk Iltti took charge
of thing: In 6:99:10: absence, and that he as uatltod by I:-ankle
lino, mu nd. Fulton ltntod that noun of tho participants in the
nuunro Ion pollol uniform at the time u Indira an committed,
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leek Bulk, In-11 melt, One Itnkelew, fed Ielberry, Jeak Icihrn
and it-ed '15.!-.1er" lube.
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Imkeler eperteent end epeut east. of the efternoee eitting in trout
of the Iiadore. has the élenninne In. Imzeler overheard beteem
Ge:-ey, Iinkeler end eets, ehe learned thet Dalton end Jtlw Io:-end
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end gave the eipel in the killers when the
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Dear Sir
As possible infogmation to the Burgég/in
co ection with the St. Valentine Day Massacre
i ~Chicag6§I am forwarding herewith copy of
a memorandum submitted by Special Agent J. R.
GREEN rel ive to information received by himfrom SIMOSXRUSSEL of Gary, Indiana.
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On the late afternoon of December 20, 1938, SIMON RUSSEL,
830 West llth Avenue, Gary, Indiana, furnished the following infor-mation to the Chicago Field Office: I
He stated that he was Employed at the92Pyra:nid Engineer-
ing & Hanui'acturing Compaq, 56 Wellington Avenue, which wasunder the management of MIKE l1l1KAUFlLAN, as a tools maker; that he
worked at this place for about a week in the month of February the
year of the so called St. Valentine Day Massacre; then after being
laid off about one week, he was called back to work the day of
the massacre st. Valentine: Day!. About 9.30 or 10 1.11. on
that day three men came in one automobile to the shop and talked
with I<..4.III'92I...4.!~! at his ask m the office, this bemg a %I'.. shop,
and later about thirty men came to the shop, coming in several
automobiles; tlmt some of these latter men opened up a wooden box,
which they had brought with them, and took out an instrument, he
seeing only a long tube, which he did not closely observe, and
after taking it out covered it up with a black canvas so it looked
like a camera when this machine was set up on the floor in the
middle of the shop. The first three men, who had come in, -had
had revolvers when they came in, and after the others had set up
the instant machine, which he believed to be a machine gm, l hUFhI._L_N
gave a revolver to a part of these men after they had taken drinks -given to them by KAUFMAN. T}BANKE phonetic!, 8105 Vincennes
Avenue, was the leader of one group of these men who had come in
automobiles, and he also gave revolvers to his bunch, the two
groups being divided about equally; that shortly thereafter four
more men came in an automobile, one of whom wore a policemz-m's
92mii'orm. He later stated that this man, who wore the liceman'unifom, was later identified as DILLINGER. AE UENITE,
however, was the leader or this group of four, they al o having
revolvers. Thereupon one of the men from the KAUFIULN gang and
another from LAURENI'1I:S gang took the machine gun,_. which had been
disguised as a camera, and placed it in one of the automobiles,
whereupon all of the men left the shop. However, Just before they
left KAUFMAN asked him that this machine was, evidently arre£-""""- _"""'
tort to see how much he knew, and when RIISSEL replied it ,Qokad_._.._.-.-- _ ,7;
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like a camera KAUFMAN stated they would take his picture when they.
came back.
he stated that he LlfQ!'m__BQ the other iellow eapleyee, thehad been left in the shop with him, by the name o?[F1=u~:naa:cxson,
what KAUFMAN had said relative to the taking of their picture when
they returned, FREDERICKSON suggested that RIISSEL and he leave as
"tn:-e would be hell to pay" when the crowd came back. lhersupon he____'|EIICI. 1-zu:.umu 'CKSCi~I le the shop and separated-. 'n.u:ia"' EL stopped- in
several saloons, where he got drinks, and it was late when he went
to his room at 1417 - 49th Avenue, Cicero. The next morning he
read in the papers of the St. Valentinellw Massacre at twelve or
more blocks away from the Pyramid Engineering & llsnufsoturing
Company.
The second day after this KAUFMAN phoned to him to come
back to work, whereupon he worked at this place about one week or
so, However, KALTBLLH never nentioned this incident to him until a
year or so later, when RUSSELL was looking for work, CKAUFILAN asked
him who did the massacre Job, and he told KAIIFIMN he did not know»
However, he was sure that KAUFMAN suspicioned him, RUSSEB, with
knowing KAUFMAN had participated in the same. RUSSEI. n-ther stated
that when he came to work that instant St. Valentineis Day morn-
ing KAUFHAN had given him something to drink that had left him
dopey, and he believed he had given him this so that he wouldnot fully realize or remember what was totake place Later.
HISSEL stated that HR. and MRS. JOE{PASCO, his sister
and her husband, 553 Connecticut Street, Gary, Indiana, and their
son, JOE, JR., who lives with them and is married,
with knowledge as to KAUFllA.N'S connection with the
-massacre. Pie brcther=in=lar-', JOE PAS%, had %en
KAUFMAN in various illegal activities before this,
sent time,
on Instant
PASCO havesuspected him
instant Valentine
connected with
and at the pre-
and that he was one of the gang, but was not present
occasion; that his sister and both the Sr. and Jr.
tried to get him so he could not tell this story or
what he knew relative to instant massacre. He stated that on one
occasion, when he had g e to a friend's house for the night,while he was asleep JOEFASCO JR.,his ;nephew, tried to get his
friends, with whom he was 89111118, t0 let him go up to B!USSEL'S
room so he could shoot en; wldle he nee sleeping, He also statedthat Jo, hem phonetic!, e41 Virginia Street, Gary, Indiana,
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RUSSEL stated he had just recently tried to tell this
to the Gary, Indiana Police Department, but as their administra-
tion was changing. the first of the year they were not interested.
He insisted that the man appearing in the guise_oi' a policeman on
instant occasion, as heretofore described, was JOHN DII.-LINGER-
He further stated that he understood thi gang had been partlybroken, but that g_I_1g£:, GEO____QE and ALBERI_KLUF11gg§,_ who were sons of
LTK; !<aUFIl_.l_N, -5R=, are nemwers of this gang, still running at
large, and that they have also been making plates for the making
of counterfeit money, which they had also made; that he had seen
the plates. He stated that it was because of fear that members
of this gang were trying to get him, and that _thi was the reason
for the ccmplaint at the present tine, which the writer
remarked to him was rather a late - time for him to furnish said
information. He stated that for the past few years he has been
engaged in the sharpening and taking care of dentists tools, and
that for the past five year; or so he had ground the dental in- -etruments for nn. creme qluwu, who has an office on the
27th cor of the Bankers B dg. The telephone directory shows aex-somamruu at 105 Fest Adams Street, this building address, .
telephone State 3706. _ _
Ihile HR. HIISSEL was hard to understand, yet he appear-
ed rational, and the writer was unable to state whether he was
mentally off.
writer submitted these facts to Acting Special jgent
in Charge E. J. GEBBEN, who stated to place them in memorandum
form, but that there was nothing in Itaich this Office at present
was concerned in connection therewith, after which the writer
suggested that RUSSEL submit his information with reference to
this gang ma!-cI.ng counterfeit plates to the becret Service. He
indicated that he would do so, and would probably also go to the
Chicago Police Department.
* ' submitted.
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Rinhf hlln Rn 1- ||a"92 II IIILI W 921 ii. They. Celebrate. ;
v Ten years ago today i:l&Iapone's|
executioners reached all-time!
zlhigh for gangster butchery in the
' St; Valentine's Day dmassacre, in
which seven'""mén were stood
against a wall and shot down as last
as a machine gun could spray their
illbaclis. p -1 Today the Capone veterans of the
Moran gang slaughter are on top
again. In right with the |Ke1ly.-Nash
im chine, reputedly through organi-zakon of gambling privileges in ca-
hi ts William Robert Bil-lyr! "irskidmore, the Capone old
iguard is celebrating Valentine's
}1Day as the best of good times. p
4; A careful check covering several.
iweeks reveals that the period end-
ling with the mayoral primaries,
Feb. 28, is likely to be the most
prosperous enjoyed by the mob, not .
excepting the fat years of beer run-
ning marked by the St. Valentines
Day massacre,
1 Skidmore Afraid of Courtney. -
1 Skidmore, agent for a long line
of political pirates and described by
!States Attorney Courtney as the
' xer" through whom Capone mob-
sters and -other racketeers in many
Lines obtain protection, runs a
scrap-iron business at 2840 South
Kedzie avenue. Latest reports
reaching underworld circles de-
scribe Skidmore as alarmed over
the prospect of Courtney becoming
the next mayor of Chicago."
I K The Capone gang has reorganized
and widenedits eld. Concessions
granted by the Kelly-Nash-machine
i.n return for support 01. Mayor Kai-_
ly at the polls on primary day havei
skyrocketed receipts. 'Billy Skid-
more, as go- een conducted ne-_-gotiatibns uni érbllglit. them to a
muccessiful conclusion. _ ,o
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clubhouse or Iken over theél b . he race track.y a ora oes are be - das. their headquarter-e. in useaiOl!t there It this time of year, 8_ d a noted law enforcement ot-i
sl. "they Ire as -well hidden as
"3: +W91-lid be 1! conducting their}ac,-e"=.1iom the iuperintencientjsOlce or some graveyard." .
M759" Filllf Emerge;
A mysterious gure in the history°-ll Emidom in Chicago has beenlg1_°"8ht W 118111 by the survey, Pam.~!?B~&i herewrcre a handyman buti
recently promoted to big motesleadership. is now 11-ie acting top-.inctch boss 0! the mob A1 Capone
ionce led. Frank The Eniorcer !Nil. who B61? over after Cousin
Ztfliad been tossed into prison tor
i income-tax frauds, is said to have
sponsored Ricca's rise to power.
i Nitti, who ,rea1 name is Fran-cesco Rat!ele$*Xitto, spends his win-/
ters in Flori 8. He makes frequent
trips here. however. at the time of
hi5 hit Visit. said $9 hgvg $51595
3 Place in December, he occupied his
Chicago apartment
ghicago Nitti becomes Fr ad-" o. ' *-in G1adys ave-» H118. mar. Lotus avenue. in
§ Under the Ricca regime, Jackf'1nu¬lr --.--:__ :__ A _ __ . o
'Bamb1ingu:;e1l-Ztioalils. Rocc:f¬g¢I;__ G_ra_z1a has been assigned to super.
s-__.v1siol1"_bt numerous dens 0! vice -lo-
ijcated in Cook County but outside4,-the city limits. The gang's Chicago
gi P1otl1els_are to have a new operat-
' >1; ing head.
1 Comment around 22d d State
.Hrld "lth and Dearb ," where
le E8n!_°PB1ftB8 _two t the city'sb_1ggest vice dives, 18 at Ricca willtill the position tllis eek.
Ego! Heads l rdaohines. =Eddie Dutch Nwogel continuesas head of the slot-machine depart-
E1enta racket viewed generally as
Pushed around _a lot_ of late, butactually flourishing since Skidmore
ffaved hrsnnagic wand over theuiry nau. .-Ralph Bottles ]1:C¬!one, broth-=1 05 A1. itays on as__assistant in
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Mr. Coffey
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Mr. Leater_...,....
Mr. Mclntira" _'_...
Mr. Ni ......._
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it Ralph Pierce will continue toi_,-" 4-' _¢ ., L. "' n
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Continued from First Pa_ge_.l -l
charge of gambling spots and broth-
els in Cicero. One or the latter has
35 inmate_§,_ 'Murray? ' I-luinphries, alias John
Humphreys, one of Riccas chiet
aids under the new setuli. takesllover management of some of the,
mobs leading business enterprises,
such as towel and linen supply
service, sale of bottled waters to
night clubs and saloons and numer-
ous other lines. 1n addition, he will
carry on the cleaning and dyeing
racket the gang sponsors. ,
Louis Little New York" Cam--
pagna, for years Nittis bod guard.has a brand new assignment. He
cracks down on bookie joints, torc-
ing the proprietors to agree to a
cut. As a result, one third oi the
profits are turned over to the gangs
.re1Jresentative, installed on the spot.
'l92ia.ngano Press on Nisht Clubs. 92
a§vre_nce Dago Lawrence !
I what Little New York" and his,
b cl of plug-uglies do to gambling
e blishments. Mangano, No, B on
the Chicago Crime Comrnissionswuw@
tered the United States as an alien
on 0 about July 1, 1891, arriving at
New York City on the steamship
Guerra The records state lle
pplied for declaration oi intention.
o 129102 on March 9 1921 and
was naturalized _ cihzen of the}
nited States on Feb 25 1925 b
ng issued naturalization certificate
0. 191844."
Shootinl of Nitti Recalled.
Nittj is a first cousin of A1» Ca-
one. 'He served 14 months of an
18 months sentence at the federal,
penitentiary at Leavenworth hav-Augori, Italy,_Jan. 27, 1889, and en-
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amounting to $158,828, plus inter-
est. On Dec. 19, 1932, Detectives
Harry Lang and Harry Miller, to-
gether with other officers, burst in
on Nitti and followers occupying
room 554 in the La Salle-Wacker
Building, 22!. North La Selle street
times.
Lang suered a bullet wound in
the arm. Nitti charged Lang had
wounded him, then wounded him-
self in an effort to make it appear
Nitti had started to shoot it out'ng pleaded guilty to defrauding the
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During the raid Nitti was shot threel' i , . .
questing transclier gt I jia to
the Detective Byrcnu were d in.
his possession. Judge James ii. n=i-
kerson thereupon -found DAnd1-eaguilty at conterafrt eon-signed him to ail, where be re-
lmainet! six months. The judge inti-
mated that the next time he pre-
sided at the trial of a hoodlum he
would ask that the United States
army be called out.
Rocco DeGrazia once operated 18
handbooks in Mel:-ose Park.92 Dago Lawrence Mangano hasmoved £1-om 5929 Flo-umey "street to
a Loon hotel. The 1.-slice have
nabbed him about 200 times. He
has a summencottage at Berrien]Springs, Mich. -1" " ' ' A
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form of enterprise where 'i*8h0W of musclé, smiled upon-by-thmpoiice, wi1l..coun.t them-in. A new figure of importance,
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Postmerked Miami Beech, Fla., February 16 :00 p. m.! l9Q§
"City Editor:
Nitti did not like that story you had in Tuesday's paper.
He called a meeting lest nite at his home on the island. All the
Caoone boys that are here like umphreys, Qggrlie Fischetti, by
the way, they used his wife's car in the stickup here yesterday they
got $l'?5;OOO, The coppers gave them H pass, Here they got tip;-.
chief of ~0lice on the pay roll here cause they Upxt here also.
Nitti ordered all the boys beck home to go for Kelly 100 per cent to
beat Courtney. They kicked in 50 G already for Kelly.
Why don't you print that story you got e copy was sent to
Look Magazine its the truth.
An ex-waiter for Capone Killers".
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Director
Federal Bureau of Inveltignt-ion
Iuhington, D. O.
Dear Sir
In connection with the recant holdup of I hotel in
Iiui, Inerein a Llrgs nun of noney, jerela, etc"
Ill obtained, I an forwarding heroiiz I copy of
a tt-er which Ins received by the City Editor ofthggiiicago Daily News and ; oh copy Ias turnedover to time writer F§_Fro.nc:oGonmr, 1 reporter
for that paper.
The article that it refers to which rnn292bmt.1 did
not like was an article pertaining to the 93;. Valentine's
Day Iasacre Ihich appeared. in the C"nica{.»;o Daily Belt
oT1Tebruary 14, 1939, llli Idzicb article was written
by Francis Connor.
Very truly your:
HEAD-I D. I. LAD!!
1-ml. Bpacial igent in Charge
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There are attached excerpts concerning the above-captioned case taken from The 1'-Bi Story, A Report to the People,"
by Don Whitehead published by Random House, 1956. These exce tsPPare from page s! M5 of the book.
The full text of the book may be found in the FBI Library.
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entum in 1929. In that year the FBI began assembling a library offsbientic books and papers dealing with subjects related to crime in-
vestigations, such as the testing of drugs, blood and hair. And, oddly
enough, a gangland massacre spurred the development in Chicago.
It was the so-called St. Valentines Day Massacre.
This slaughter occurred on February 14, 1929. Members of the A1
Capone gang, disguised as police, cornered seven persons, one of whom
was believed to be Bugs Moran, in a garage. They stood their
victims against a wall and mowed them down with machine-gun re.
During the coroners jury investigation, some of the jurors asked whatgpurpose was served in keeping the bullets found at the garage.
Chicago police explained that ballistics experts could determine whether
the bullets had been red from certain guns-but that the Chicago
Police Department had no laboratory in which to do such work.
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THE old adage that truth
_ .1 is stranger r ciionnever more grimly bxught out than
in the cold-blooded,» premeditated
massacre of seven men eight years
ago this St. Valentine's Day and the
coincidental ction story that pre- 2
ceded it by only 12 days.- 'The story, Hooch, written by Charles?Francis Coe, dealt with exactly the same;
situation that existed among the rival gangs 'iInd politicians of the time. The part?
referred to here appeared as the last in- L.atallment in the Saturday Evening Post,
oi Feb. 2, 1929, alittle more than a week
before the ction so coincidentally became
fact. - _
- The mind of the author conceived what ;
he thought was sheer ction but less than;
e wee! uter his story was printed Gang-;
land proved that they had minds with ,»
more imagination, capable of bigger and
better things. .
Where Coe, in ction, ma dared to
murder four men, Gangland, in reality._
went him three better, slicing down seven -
in their -mad lust for power, two of whom 1
were innocent.
THE subject is that red stain on Chi-
cago: map known to the world as the
ht. Valentine's Day massacre. The time
was 16 o'clock on the cold rooming of Feb.
14, 1929, in a grease-grimed garage at
2122 N. Clark st.
Seven men lounged about in the N.
Clark st. garage, headquarters oi! the
"Bugs" Moran gangs illicit beer running
activities. .
Five of them were hoodlums, yoemen
oi! George Bugs Moran. They were Peter
and Frank Gusenberg, Albert Weinshank,
Adam Heyer and James Clark. The sixth
was the garage mechanic, John May, The
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son enjoyed the company of these rum run-
ners.
Suddenly a long ear drove up, stopped at
the curb outside the garage. It looked like
a detective bureau squad car. Five .men
got outone in a policema.ns unitorm.
-Leisurely they lifted two wicked looking
inaeiune guns from the car, and leisurely
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gun.s,. as they had been so any times be-1ore.""' _ -
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lace the walll". ' - '
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men ever heard. A second later a stinging
hall of machine gun slugs cut them down.
Blood sptashed on the wall, gathered in
pools on the oor, owed in long i.b_in
streams trom seven corpses toward the
drain. The executioners strolled out non-
chalantly, hopped into their carand sped
away.Q I I
POLICE and -newspapermen were stunned
at the sight that met their eyes in the
dim light of the garage. The whole world
was stunned later when news services
ashed the story around the globe. Head-
lines screamed GANGLAND GRADU-
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The case climaxed Chicago's reputation as
a hoodlum: stamping ground.
Two blocks away "Bugs" Moran almost
choked over his breakfast when he heard
the news. Only Capone would do a thing
I- like that!" he muttered as he hastily packed
his bag to blow town.
-Capone was blamed. Capone was al-
-.-.-ays blamed for everythmg. Many oi his
men were named, three, John Scalise, Al-
' hert Anselmi and Machine Gun" Jack Mc-
Gurn, were formally accused but were never
, brought to trial. The coroner's jury re-
turned a. verdict after long deliberation and
f investigation of "Murder by persons un-Q,-ll .-.-,92 II
Of all the strange angles and aspects
1 of the Valentine massacre, perhaps theé strangest ls that the story, called I-Ioochx"
iappeared only 12 days before and describe?
the massacre so accurately it might have
1 been written after Feb. 14.Q1--#11.
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truth. The funny thing about a mur-
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can't get any worse. You getjust as
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- Slenk held the bottle before uié
headli ht where all could see. "That-sa good looking wrapper," he admit-_ '"LAJ
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Slenk held the bottle before theheedli ht where all could lee. "'I"hat'aHm: looking wrapper," he admit-
]-Ie pulled the wrapper o the bot-tle and again held it up that the label
might be mpected. .
"The labels ain'-t so good," he com-
plained, There! aomething aboutthem that looks too new. I was tell-
ing Paddy the other day we ought tomake lip I Canadian Liquor Commie-aiou Stamp." .
Marty apoke up: It'd add aboutthree bucks a bottle to the price we
could get."-
Someone tried the aide door. All
three men whirled sharply.
"Who ia it?" Mart asked throat-
Ily.Slenk said, "I'll nd out." I"You better ahut off them head-
lights," Baer suggested. Leave them on," Slenk aaid,"Wait a minute. This ain't nothin."
He walked acme: the andopened the spring loci Flengeretepszg into the place. Sleuk kickedthe r abut. Iwe are they, Flehger naked.
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Baez whirled uncertain] , lank tohis kneel with a curse and gurled tha
mlnnaut of the whiskey bottle in the"general direction of the last flash haad Ieell.It was Slenk who stood lenientapinat the barrage of the rum ill-era.
A ahadawy gure atarted aroundthe end of the aeeond truck. In bill
hands be carried [bah machine gun.A hoarse la h crosseclyhia lips. Calm-ly while Six watched him, terror inhis -eyea, the man lifted the gun,
trained it upon him. and again thewild acream of 1,500 ehota a minutetore at the walla of the garage.
It was over within a matter of
seconds. After the deafening roar of
the guns aiienee came suddenly. A
whiaper here, the scraping of a footthere, hoarse and labored breathing»
Th the aide door of the building
opened again. The calm night airswept in over four prone gureai
Shadowy gures passed through thedoor, then along the alley beside the
-garage, nally to leap into a big mo=tor oar.
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CHICAGO, February 14.-'I'he rattle
of machine guns dealing mass death
echoed in the memories of Chicagoans
today as they noted the sixth an-
niversary of the crime which left the
blackest smudge on the citys crime-E.Ma.1oy,"crar"of the ction Pl_ch.u'e
landrashlcsi as he drove along the
outer drive. '
Only one gang name of importance
was erased through underworld rivalry
in Chicago during the past year, that
encrusted l'acu.»i.he still unsolved St.92 or Charles Ice Wason! Oonners,
of 1929 Touhy mobster. whcae body was found Valentine's day massacre . 92
It was this slaughter oi seven men
which, more than any other single
crime. gave Chicago a reputation as a
city of gangsters and sudden death.
It ellmaxed the gang wars between
underworld factions, than narrowed
down to a battle between the forces
of A1 Capone and George Bugs!
Moran.
For the past all years law entorelnl
agencies have scrubbed dilligently with
considerable sucoeas to remove the
gangland stigma from the city. Under-
svor1d- 14-_92a_.-e_s!nat1ons, once almost as
as automobile accidents, have,_ in a country ditch. . '
s The mystery oi the St. Valentine:
day massacre appeared near s solution
.!or a time last month. when it WIS
ireported that Byron Bolton, B1-emer
;kid.naping Inspect, had confessed and
;narned ve underworld characters ll
his associates in the killing.
The reported solution. however,
was greatly discounted when Claude
Maddox, named in the supposed ooh-
tession, was arrested and promptly
released, with the exptanation that
police had nothing on him.
Ohlmgo gay with hearts andbeen trew. H owers on. bruary 14, 1929. All
ra cally. Only 10 days ago Thomas street, the garage which was theviolence, however, still ilares i; seemed quit at 2122 Forth Clark92
Operators Union. was slain in gang-
beginningLo! the end Mgglggg in Chicago,e
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There was a roar oi! machine lun =
shots. Biz riddled bodiu tell to the
ground. A seventh victim lived only
a few hours. -He died in a hospital
without reeoverin: suloiently to
name assailants.
That was the St. Valentine: day
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