CG 91-3396 Bureau fugitive based upon a warrant issued that date charging MENDOLIA with violation of Title 18, Section 1073, United States Code in that on or about January 26, 1964, MENDOLIA filed from Bakersfield, California, to the State of Illinois to avoid prosecition. for the crime of burglary. MENDOLIA remained a fugitive until June 30, 1964, when he was arrested by Bureau Agents at Chicago, Illinois.» . Following the arrest. of MENDOLIA on June 30, 1964, at Chicago, MENDOLIA refused to discuss any of his activities or. associates, Extensive investigation to place the weapons recovered at the scene of the abandonment of the getaway car in this matter, the residence of FRANK DELEGGE has met with negative results. This investigation was conducted in an effort to trace the weapons from the point of manufacture into one of the subject's possessions, The re- sults of this investigation conducted by other divisions is not being set forth in the details of this report but is maintained” in the Chicago file, On January. 7, 1964, CG 5913-C, advised SA WILLIAM A, MEINCKE that he was with MIKE LA JOY on. January 7, 1964. The informant advised that LA JOY refuses to talk about the Franklin Park Bank robbery other than the fact that he is in deep trouble and is "sweating it out", The informant — advises that LA JOY refuses to comment regarding COVER PAGE © Rae ae +B. . Docld: 32326954 Page 2?
CG 91-3396 the robbery. . +The informant also advised that. “inathe afternoon. ‘of January 7, 1964, he and LA JOY went to the restaurant operated by FRANK DELEGGE — in the vicinity of 16th and. Cicero, Cicero, . . Illinois. Upon entering the restaurant DELEGGE | told them to get out, that the FBI had just left. and he did not want anyone associated with the ~ bank robbery in the restaurant. The informant advised that DELEGGE was:all excited. about the FBI visit and that’ he’kept ment doning that he was "sweating it out". On January 7, 1964, .cG 6232-c, advis- ed SA WILLIAM A, MEINCKE that he had been in contact with the father of MIKE LA JOY. LA JOY"s:. father advised the informant that it is costing him.a great deal.of money regarding his son‘s implication in the.bank robbery, that he expects MIKE will have to do some time in connection with the robbery. .The informant: could gain no further information regarding the details of ‘the ‘robbery from LA. JOY's: father. «= a, -On. January 9, 1964, PCI ARTHUR ‘PASCUCCI, inmate, Illinois. State Penitentiary, ‘Stateville, Illinois, ‘advised the. following :concerning the |. T0638. of: the. Franklin Park Bank on 1 September : 23, 1963: . =. -~ E- COVER PAGE re Owls \ ey Wes eS ? PAS \y Docld: 32326954 Page 3
CG 91-3396 X GUY MENDOLIA is a close friend of ERANK DELEGGE and PAT SCHANG and was brought in on the robbery, PASCUCCI did not know about the tele- phone "school bomb" alarm but stated the freight train was supposed to be longer than.it was, The short train.caused a chase since the robbers figured the police could not cross the tracks to the bank from the station and sufficient time to catch them, before they. made the getaway. ' JOE D'ARGENTO, GUY MENDOLIA, GERRY. TOMASZEK and MIKE. LA- JOY went into the bank, GUY MENDOLIA stood by-the door, he wore a rain—~ coat. PAT SCHANG drove the getaway car, MIKE | LA JOY was behind the counter with GERRY TOMAS- ZEK and LA JOY probably put money in his ‘pockets: beside the loot he put in the box. During the chase JOE D'ARGENTO fired the shots with a carbine through: the rear win- dow at the pursuing. police cars.-He broke the window first..D*'ARGENTO also fell out of the car bresing off the right.door as it braked rapidly at the garage of DELEGGE' S residence. GUY MENDOLIA and TOMASZEK ran immediately through a nearby yard, where they got rid of some . of their clothing. and guns, MENDOLIA carried a box with part of the loot and took it to a residence of some friend nearby. This could have been FRANK  =-G- COVER PAGE \oF Ae We Docld: 32326954 Page 4
i, Lar CG 91-3396 MENDOLIA left: town. soon after the robbery, -he refused any share of the loot. . Arrangements for the splitting of the loot were possibly made in. a restaurant at the. northwest corner of Milwaukee, Lincoln and Fullerton, PASCUCCI was present when D'ARGENTO, TOMASZEK and LA JOY met at this spot, the day after LA JOY and D'ARGENTO were released on bond. . (Subjects were arrested September 27, 1963, TOMASZEK made bond September 27, 1963, SCHANG surreridered October 2, 1963,. D'ARGENTO, LA ea) and SCHANG were released. on. “bond October » 3, 1963 EMIL CROVEDI ‘may have been the person who obtained D'ARGENTO, SCHANG and TOMASZEK's share of the loot from LA JOY: ‘and delivered ‘it to them, about two weeks after the robbery. After the subjectés were released on bond there was a great amount of bitterness and accusations as to who was the. Government. ppigeon. Because several thought LA: JOY was weak and due to his heavy..debts and problems because of his gambling habits, LA JOY was looked at with Suspicions LA. ‘JOY is - the nephew és FRANK DE LEGGE and of WILLIE "POTATOES" DADDANO, well known Chicago Syndicate hoodlum, Because of this relationship, - CROVEDI fronted for the remaining subjects and re- me -_ I —_ COVER PAGE awe, Docld: 32326954 Page 5
CG 91-3396 quested JOE ROSSI, a known Cicero, Illinois hoodlun, to take CROVEDI to DADDANO to discuss the possibility of LA JOY or FRANK DELEGGE having. admitted to the FBI the robbery of the Franklin Park Bank and the identity of the remaining subjects. Also. under suspicion since he was in .on the job was GUY MENDORIA, because he had not been arrest- ed as were. the others. Eventually all the subjects were forced to take a lie detector test, given by someone hired by. DADDANO and possibly given at DADDANO's house or some unknown place on the west side of Chicago. All. cleared as being an informant, MENDOLIA left town shortly after, refused: any part of the loot and eventually the subjects dismissed the idea that a ."beefer" caused the. Government to solve the robbery. On. January 16, 1964, PCI ARTHUR PASCUCCI advised. as follows: Concerning the Franklin Park Bank robbery September 23, 1963, the garages used by the subjects -to keep the work . cars used in the robbery, belong to or were used by EMIL CROVEDI and GUY MENDOLIA,. “The train was definitely ashort train on the day of the robbery,this was the train thatrprevent-— ed the police cars. from arriving. at the bank while . the robbery was in progress. PASCUCCI did not know if it. was a scheduled freight or not, but it regul- _ COVER ‘PAGE Docld: 32326954 Page 6