v9.1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENGY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: “PAGES: - SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : _CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : ' COMMENTS : ‘DoclId: 3235073513 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form “Agency Information FBI 124-10292-10016 HQ 92-3171-36 Document Information ~~ FBI HILL, RALPH R. JR. DIRECTOR, FBI 06/30/1959 22 SGI, THP, ASSOC, SUR, TEST, TRA, CRIMINAL ACT PAPER, TEXTUAL: DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 01/08/1998 INDEFINITE 428 Date: 5/7/2015
WAIOTS (0-12-09) FEDER+  JREAU OF IX ° TIGATION RALPH Ry ! ; ICAHA va. SAMUEL M.-GIANCAHA, ake CHARACTER OF CASE REPORTING OFFICE "| OFrice oF ORIGIN, ——~*S OATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD i aT Aan 24 CHICAGO _loumaw | OSes 5/7? - 6/22/59 TITLE OF CASE REPORT MADE BY t Is | | ANTI-RACKETEERING REFERENCE: Report of SA RALPH R, HILL, Jr., dated 5/1/59, at Chicago. $ Hu i ces CONTAINED LEADS: ro cste INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION tpl E “e eol8y PS ep ltny 7 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA lL. Will report information in Indianapolis files concerning JOHN FORMOSA, alleged front for GIANCANA in the 1 & J Motel, Gary, Inafana, a “lace off prostitution, 2. Will report any information indicating tie-up of GIANCANA with ANTHGNY PINELLI, Garv and Los Angeles hoodlum, as testimony before tis Senate Seiset Semmittee indicated. JN SHARSE argad (92-227 7h) eye G. , eveland (Info! 1 - 1 ~ Detroit (Info 2 - Indianapolis 2 - Miami 2 - New York (92-705) 2 = Sr eneS. (gases 5 Gore “PLOYED PROPERTY OF FBI.—Thia report is loaned to you by the FBI, ang neither it nor its contents are distributed outside the agency to which loan loaned. I { : Z HZ LUL & heats Docld: 32307313 Page 2?
of subject. CLEVELAND, DETROIT, AND SPRINGFIELD DIVISIONS ~_IN FORMATION CG 92-39 SALT LAKE CITY DIVISION ATLAS VEGAS, NEVADA | 1. Will attempt to ascertain incoming and outgoing: telephone numbers received or called by subject under the name of S, FLOOD at the Desert Inn Hotel in March, 1959. 2. Will advise the Chicago Office if the names | PETER, ED, CHARLIE. and JANICE as a group have any particular significance. CHICAGO DIVISION AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS WiLL continue to. follow and report the activities Information copies are being submitted for Detroit, vCleveland and Springfield in view of the situation reported concerning the Trans American Surety Company. INFORMANTS: In addition to the informants utilized in this report, the following informants are currently in a position to furnish information regarding the. subject: "OG 6132-C CG 5191-¢ CG 6215-C CG 6272-0 CG 6277-C PCI MARY TALMAGE | | a COVER PAGE ~~ | DocTd: 32307313 Page 3
CG 92-39 iN \ DAVID B, TROTT Attorney at Law _L North La Salle Street Chicago State 2-9891 MORRIS R. DE WOSKIN Executive House © 7L Hast, Wacker Drive Chicago KATHY STEELE 20 East Delaware Place Janus Beer Sales L901L West Cermak Broadview, Illinois BILL FACCHINI MISCELLANEOUS Attempt to Corner Bail Bond Business On June 17, 1959, Chicago T-2 was interviewed at the Criminal Court Building, 2600 South California, by SAs WILLIAM F, ROEMER, Jr., and PAUL B. FRANKFURT. Chicago T-2 stated he did not know SAM GIANCANA personally and would not know him if he saw him. He states he does know him by.reputation. He did not know who had given his name-to GIANCANA, but thought an explanation for it might . be that at about 10:00 a.m. last Monday, June 15, 1959, he was stopped in the hall of the Criminal Court Building by MIKE BRODKIN, attorney. BRODKIN stated he understood that.he was not | getting along too well with surety companies he writes bonds with. -He said there was a company -coming into town which is out | of Indianapolis and that "MOONEY" was interested in it and MOONEY | had given him his name. He said BRODKIN had mentioned the name ‘of the bonding company he was intérested in. and said it sounded like United Bonding Company or a name similar to it. The -12- | Docld: 32307313 Page 4
CG 92=3h9 informant related that he knew who "MOONEY" was and who BRODKIN represents, and further that he, himself, is on a friendly business basis with PAT CERONE, IRV WEINER, and ED MORRIS, who are some of the leading bondsmen in the city and he is aware that PAT CERONE and IRV WEINER have connections with the gutfit. He thought because of his association with these péople his name might have been recommended as a person to bring in to represent the colored interests on the South Side. “Chicago T-2 said he told BRODKIN that he was getting along all right with his present companies, but that he was always’ open . to a good proposition. He said after his initial conversation with BRODKIN, he called FRANK WRIGHT, President, United Bonding Company, 830 East 38th Street, Indianapolis, ‘which company he represents and with whom.he is a close friend.. He said WRIGHT told him that he had heard of the company which BRODKIN had mentioned to him and said that the outfit was behind this company in Indianapolis where a man named HADLEY was operating it, and that. the company was no good. He further stated that a hoodlum in Cleveland also has the agency for this company there, but he did not know his name. Chicago T-2 stated he has given this matter considerable thought. and that knowing that the outfit controls certain judges and that there are powerful people behind this operation, he did not feel that he. could flatly turn down the invitation. to ‘join up with this new company, especially when he knew who was behind it. He said that he had talked to RRODKIN yesterday and had told him that he wanted to stay in. business and did not want any "moth" to grow on him and that he was leaving it up to him to include him in the new company if he thought it was a good thing to do. He felt, therefore, that within the next month or so he very well could be writing bonds for a company that. is apparently being backed by the outfit. Chicago T-2 further remarked that since the bail bond scandal broke, a new association of bondsmen has been formed with the purpose of forming certain policies to be followed in the -future in an effort to eliminate chicanery on part of bondsmen ~ 13- ee | Doold: 32307313 Page 5 4
CG 92-39 as well as city officials. Officers in this association are IRV WEINER, President, ED MORRIS, Secretary, and TONY HORTON { as Treasurer, . Chicago T-2 believes that since the outfit is behind this new company they are attempting to freeze out a majority of the other bondsmen and take over-the bonding business in other larger cities as well. He said that if IRV WEINER, PAT CERONE, ED MORRIS, and TONY HORTON were to associate themselvés with the new company, they could sew up ninety per cent of the -, bonding business in Chicago. He further stated that if they had: a majority of the bonding business in five of the larger cities they would be able to take $15,000 per week out of the business. status of ED and GEORGE JONES, former policy wheel. operators. on the South Side, who are now in Mexico City, Mexico. He said he wondered about their present connections with the outfit as he understands when anyone from the syndicate goes to Mexico he, finds out that generally they have visited with ED JONES , before they return. He further stated that the son of an | Italian hoodlum, whose name he cannot recall, had spent some time | - with ED JONES in Mexico. He also advised he had learned that JONES has been to Switzerland on frequent occasions, but does not know for what reason. He commented that he is also | 7. on friendly terms with ED JONES and knows his.wife, and they have : been out together socially, and he speculated that if GIANCANA | had been to Mexico he possibly could have been in contact with ; JONES, and JONES could have given his name to GIANCANA and possibly have recommended him in this bail bond venture. Chicago T-2 further inguired as to the present Ly | Chicago T-3 advised SAs RALPH R. HILL, Jr., and PAUL B, FRANKFURT on June 23, 1959, that a new bonding company is being formed in Indianapolis, Indiana, named the United Public Insurance Company, headed by (FNU) SCHLOSS. The General Manager is JIM (0.J.) HELBURN or HILBURN. Their address is 108 - East Washington Street, Indianapolis. Until recently, this , company has engaged almost exclusively in -automobile insurance, but about a month or two ago, the company applied to the United States Treasury Department for a Federal Qualification to write bonds in Federal Courts. The United Public Company.was formed - lh - — N . So Docld: 32307313 Page 6
CG 92-39 Chicago T-1 Chicago T-2 Chicago T-3 - 16 = INFORMANTS SANDY SMITH, "Chicago Tribune" reporter, Column 2, contacted by SA RALPH R. HILL, Jr. TONY HORTON, PCI, Contacted by. SA PAUL B,. . FRANKFURT, June 17, 1959. FRANK E, WRIGHT, President, | United Bonding Insurance Company, Indianapolis (Requested). Contactéed by SAs HILL and FRANKFURT, June 23, 1959. ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE Docld: 32307313 Page Ff