Both grew up in Cleveland Heights and later worked together as agents in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Sutton was currently serving as the liaison agent between the Cleveland F.B.I. office and the police department. Sutton accepted the position of assistant safety director in July 1947. I heard them from members of the department. I heard them from newspaper reporters.
Policy is a form of gambling similar to today s state lotteries.
Originally introduced to Cleveland by southern blacks, players selected a three-digit number and placed money on it. Sutton s first project was launching a one-man crusade to put Molnar behind bars. Over an eight-month period, working mostly at night, Sutton logged some 1,200 hours, in addition to his regular workload. The investigation sometimes resulted in late night telephone calls to the Sutton residence with Big Al leaving to meet someone in the wee hours of the morning. His resignation was demanded and when he refused, he was suspended.