AGENCY INFORMATION . AGENCY: — FBI RECORD NUMBER: _ 124-10285-10113 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 7-6920-7102 ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: STATUS COMMENTS: DoclId: 32304101 Page 1 DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI SAC, SL DIRECTOR. FBI 09/24/1958 2 BBA, MED, ASSOC, CRIMINAL ACT PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT NEW Unclassified CLASSIFICATION: 05/09/1998 UPDATE DATE: Redact . RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4)
OF FICE MEMORANDUM -- UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO 3 _. DIRECTOR, FBI (7-6920) DATE: September 24, 1958 | ‘FROM: SAC, ST, LOUIS (7-429) / a ie SUBJECT: GARL AUSTIN HALL, was. (deceased), etal; ROBERT COSGROVE GREENLEASE, fo .aka Bobby (deceased) - VICTIM fi KIDNAPING ; EXTORTION j PERJURY SOS En¢losed herewith are two copies of the report . of SA JOHN S, BUSH dated (9f 24/58 at St. Louis. SC | REFERENCE So | NS : _ Report of SA JOHN S, BUSH dated 9/11/58 at NR St. Louis wa . SS One copy of this report is being furnished the ne : Little Rock Office in view of its investigation of JOHN ea AKC. _ FRANCISXKINNEY, JEFF HOLLIS and WILLIAM MANSKER CLUBB. > One copy of this report is being furnished the ~ Los Angeles Office in view of investigation by that office of , Xx JOHN OLIVER HAGER. One copy is furnished Chicago in view of investigation being conducted by that office. The following information was obtained from : confidential informants, Potential Criminal Informants eo ) “tts and confidential sources, SYNOPSIS: MAY TRAYNOR receives anonymous. phone eall econ Jf) . man who warns her to retract her testimony Z before the Senate Rackets Committee regarding JOE COSTELLO ; i and JOHN VITALE, LOUIS DONALD SHOULDERS continues to associate with PCI MARY JOAN LA PLANTE, almost daily, and latter furnishes detailed information on his - RECS 5 JD R &. 9 257_. ; C arenciegy RH a (7-6920) (Enel. 2 oo "Jae 6 73 6 ja 7 REG- 23-4. Chicago (7 2204 tener: 3 or i - raters Rock (7 $23) { (Ene! (t fas oul 0 SEP 26 1958 . an 1 = Los Angeles [533° Encl. 13 tre Loe 3 a 2 - St. Louis (7~ 29) Wy ae 2ra , ae Se Ww 7 0S Hse, «52 OCT 14195 ga? H ke QW DoclId: 32304101 Page 2?
a en - HKMemjh - . gource whose identity must be protected, personally advised even against his son, young LOU, the FBI would have proceedéd immediately by Commissioner's complaint and warrant rather than ‘LOU SHOUL SL. 7-429 On September 20, 195, MARTIN SILK, confidential ASAC H, K. MOSS as follows: He, SILK, had been by the residence of suspect SHOULDERS at noon and early afternoon of September 20, 19583 that the conversation at the SHOULDERS residence rotated entirely around the interview with SHOULDERS by ASAC H. K., MOSS on the preceding day. . SHOULDERS commented as follows. The FBI was trying to involve him in a criminal violation with respect to a visit made by CLUBB to SHOULDERS! residence, but SHOULDERS expressed confidence that the facts would not amount to a violation, He speculated that if the FBI had a real good case via indictment; that the latter method is used only when the case is essentially a weak one. He further commented that he | doubted if any action would be taken against himself for the reason that news stories referred only to young LOU, and certainly in view of all the press interest in SHOULDERS, himself, had there been any possibility of proceeding against SHOULDERS | the newspapers would so have been advised. He referred to ; comments made by ASAC MOSS as to what would make SHOULDERS "taik", and SHOULDERS claimed that. he implied that he had turned down a $100, 000 offer and when ASAC MOSS asked SHOULDERS to be a Government witness against COSTELLO, SHOULDERS claimed to have replied, "Hew can I when I. don't know anything?". It should be noted this is contrary to the comment that SHOULDERS did actually made to ASAC MOSS as related in the details of that interview | with SHOULDERS on September 19, 1958. SHOULDERS then referred to the "bad luck" that has befallen all of those who did get the money, referring to the successful Federal Firearms Act eonvietion of COSTELLO and the current severe heart illness. RD KER. In generalities SHOULDERS said it was his opinion that in some manner or other the Teamsters ‘Union was utilized as a vehicle to dispose of the missing GREENLEASE money... Referring to the efforts of the FBI to indict him on the CLUBB matter, SHOULDERS said that at one tiinme young. DERS wanted SHOULDERS to "shelter" CLUBB but "I warned | LOUIE that someday they'd get that S.0.B.. in a crack and he'd talk", SILK was of the opinion that notwithstanding SHOULDERS! claim that he was not worried about these developments, . that actually SHOULDERS was perturbed, - DoclId: 32304101 Page 3