JFK Assassination System Date: 6/12/201 Identification Form Agency Information Released under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10201-10047 Assassination Records . oOllection Act of 1992 ~ RECORD SERIES : HQ (44 USc 2107 Note). 2 ase#: NW 45679 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: 92-3182-50 pinio-20i" - Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI ~ FROM: ROEMER, WILLIAM F. JR. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 04/24/1959 PAGES: 36 SUBJECTS : GAL, SURVIELLANCE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified ~ RESTRICTIONS: — 4; 10(a)2 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 02/17/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : _ a v9.4 HW 45679 184 DoclId: 32269271 Page 1
It is noted that information has been developed that some- time during early December, 1958, GUS and MARIANNE ALEX : spent three or four days in New York City. CG 92-373 THE CHICAGO DIVISION AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ; Will continue to 3 the current activities, etc., of GUS ALEX in conformance with Bureau letter to New York dated November 27, 1957, entitled "TOP HOODLUM PROGRAM, ANTI-RACKETEERING", COPIES TO OTHER OFFICES » One copy of this ‘the Newark Office in view of the fact that it contains in- . formation furnished by CG 6232-C, regarding the identification of top hoodlums and their activities in the Newark area. INFORMANTS Source " Contacting Agent CG T-1 L Information” furnished to. Miss RITA RYAN, First cousin SAs EUGENE C. GIES and of MARIANNE ALEX, who is a nurse at the Cook County Hospital, March 25, 1959 and who.resides at the School of Nursing, ‘Cook County Hospital, - 1900 West Polk, Chicago. SO CG T-2 SANDY. SMITH, ‘Crime Reporter, _ SA ROEMER on April 6, 1959 . "Chicago Tribune" ; - a -B- ; NY — conduct investigation regarding s- report is being designated for WILLIAM F, ROEMER, JR., on ' Information furnished to COVER PAGE HW 45679 DoclId: 3227689271 Page 2?
co] .CG.92-373 - Source — ; | Contacting Agent. | CG T-3 Information furnished to . CG 6232-C SA WILLIAM A, MEINCKE on February 6, 1959 CG T=4 | ne, Information furnished to Miss EILEEN EDGAR, Clerk, Poe, Investigative. Clerk JOHN E, ‘Security Department, Illinois. | WHALEN on February 2, 1959 Bell Telephone Company, 230 oe West Washington, Chicago CG T-5 ~ Pipe es “Information furnished to CG 5953-C Seo Sf LENARD A, WOLF on OS September 1, 1955 OG T-6 an Information furnished to SA _ : CG 6308-C ROBERT W, HEDDEN on March 31, Do an ‘1959 . oo ae CG T= | Information furnished to SA Ps PCI RALPH R, HILL on January 23, 1959 oo ee Te | -__Anformation furnished to SA . PCI ~Head of —s ~ JACK S, NEWELL of the Butte Accounting Department, Sun Division’ on February 10, 1959 Valley Operations, . Sun Valley, - a Idaho , JFK Act 6 (4)... CG T-9 | Information furnished to SA PCI RAY LONGTREE ROEMER on February 5, 1959 CG T-10 coo. Information furnished on | CG 6272-C , February 10,,1959, to SAs. Fa : LAWRENCE COUTRE and ROBERT” FETZNER . of the ian Division CG T-11 Information furnished on _ CG 6241-c - March 23, 1959, to SA JOHN B, HARRINGTON - C — COVER PAGE HW 45679 DBocld:322892771 Page 3
“9 FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59) (> O f mA . L AF ; m al v . : Na, eH . t oh UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE " "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ~ Copy to: Repot of: SA WILLIAM F.. ROEMER, JR, Offs,» CHICAGO ; _ Date: April 24, 1959 - So Field Office File #: 99-373 a Bureau File # = 99-3182 1 Title: GUS ALEX, aka. } ; Character: ANT I-RACKETEER ING { Synopsis ALEX continues to reside at 4300 Marine Drive, Chicago, Illinois, He is currently on payroll of De Luxe Cigarette Service, Inc., and Ajax Phonograph Company, both controlle by EDWARD D, VOGEL, Chicago top hoodlum, at $203.35 and $198.75 per week respectively. Apparently married MARIANNE . RYAN in California in 1950, after she ran away from hin, ‘ ‘following six years of cohabitation in Chicago. Informant contacted PAT MARCI, secretary of Alderman JOHN D'ARCO, ALEX's. close associate, and was referred to a Chicago Police Depart- ment detective, who, for $50 per month, allows him to operate a "26" game. Informant also pays MARCI $600 per year, which ultimately goes to D'ARCO, for cutting business competition. -ALEX's chief aide, FRANK FERRARO, has been in contact with ots the summer home of FRANK CHESROW, President of the Chicago Wp , Sanitary District and political "fixer", ALEX is close to . _ TOMMY MUNIZZO and LES TRILLA, allegedly contact men for crime syndicate with Mayor DALEY and State's Attorney ADAMOWSKI,. ALEX, with TONY ACCARDO, recently arbitrated dispute between SAM GIANCANA and MARSHALL CAIFANO, crime syndicate leaders. ALEX continues to control lst Ward for syndicate. Hangouts of ALEX identified. ALEX and his wife visited England, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, and Turkey during European travel, which extended from December’ 21, 1958, to January 15, 1959. ALEX stayed at Sun Valley Lodge, Sun Valley, Idaho, in 1949, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1958, and cancelled reservations he had : there for February, 1959. ALEX was searched by United \ States Customs Service when he returned from Europe in January and was found to be wearing money belt containing $10,350 in cash, Search of luggage showed evidence of purchases far in excess of declarations, ALEX currently driving a 1959 _ Chevrolet Corvette with super-charged carburetor system. - Pp. ; This document contatns neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and jis loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. : HW 45679 DBocld:322892771 Page 4
. : i NEN eA NL CG 92-373 DETAILS: AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS oe I, BACKGROUND b b A, Residence A, C., JAWAREK, Manage®’;: Murray Hill Apartments, 4300 North Marine ‘Drive (alse - known as Lake Shore Drive), Chicago, Illinois, advised SA WILLIAM F, ROEMER, JR, >> On March.30, ‘1959, that GUS ALEX continues to. reside ‘in. apartment 1001 in the Murray Hill Apartments under the name of "MIKE RYAN", _ JAWAREK stated that MARIANNE RYAN continues | to reside with - ALEX in that. apartment. B. Euployment On March 18, 1959, CHARLES CHRISTIANSEN, - SR. ; Vice-President, First ‘Commercial ‘Bank, Clark and Morse,: ~ ‘Chicago, Illinois, furnished the following information asa result of .a_ subpoena | issued by Assistant United: States Attorney JOHN J, QUAN in connection with an investigation: presently being presented: to a Federal Grand ‘Jury sitting in Chicago: : SEK. Law’ 10(a)2 HW 45679 GA 318 3- FO Docld: 3227689271 Page 5 Oe