JFK Assassinatron System Date: 6/12/201 Identification Form AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : ; CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : ~ COMMENTS : FBI 124-10201-10067 HQ 92-3182-218 FBI SAC, CG DIRECTOR, FBI 05/22/1961 2 Agency Information Peleased under the John Kennedy Wssassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 45679 Date: 11-16-2017 Document Information GAL, INTV, COOPER, R. MRS., REL PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 04/22/1998 INDEFINITE v9.1 TN HW 45679 DBocld:322892791 Page 1 191
q n . ~ < FR idl ts ree a eee eee : i. 2 4 . a So8 + +, YAY , ; ee, ge , j Mr. Polson ip o& ‘ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | Mr. Parsons. Y a U, §. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTIBE tM. M Said CTION . | be, Belmont a MAY 24 | URGENT 5-22-61 PP 10-25 PM CLM ~ ‘ Mr. W.C.Sullivan if TO BERECTOR, FBI /92-3182/ Mir Ingram | : Miss Gandy. FROM SAC; CHICAGO /92-373/ 2P ——- cus ALEX, AKA. ARe DAILY SUMMARY « cc SIX FOUR’, -FOUR THREE DASH C PREVIOUSLY ADVISED THAT MRS. Re COOPER, JR. WAS FORMERLY MARRIED TO LOUIS ARGER, CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF ALEX, AND WHO RUNS STRIP JOINTS AND AMUSEMENT CASINOS ON SOUTH STATE STREET, FROM WHICH ESTABLISHMENTS ARGER IS ALLECED To DERIVE INCOME. MRSe ‘Re PAREN HELEN END PAREN COOPER, JRo INTERVIEWED AND ADVISED THAT SHE MET ARGER AS A RESULT OF WORKING AS A CASHIER FOR UNCLE OF ARGER, NAMELY JAMES SAVOLOS, ABOUT TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO, WHO AT THAT _ TIME WAS OPERATING SEVERAL RESTAURANT SUPPLY STORES IN CHICAGO. ARGER WAS ALSO EMPLOYED BY SAVOLOS AT THAT TIME AND AFTER A SHORT ACQUAINTANCE WITH ARGER SHE MARRIED HIM. ‘SHE SAID THAT DUE TO A CLASH IN PERSONALITIES SHE DIVORCED ARGER AFTER LIVING WITH HIM FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME. SHE SAID SHE HAS HAD NO CONTACT WITH ARGER SINCE. THEIR DIVORCE AND KNOWS NOTHING OF HIS PRESENT ACTIVITIES OR ASSOCIATES«. SHE STATED THAT SHE NEVER KNEW ARGER TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY ILLEGAL OPERATIONS. SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW ALEX, HUMPHREYS, GIANCANA OR FERRARO. SHE STATED SHE MET SIDNEY KORSHAK ONCE A FEW 7) - YEARS AGO ‘AND HE WAS INTRODUCED TO HER AS A FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STAR ATTORNEY» it iis TO BE NOTED THAT SIDNEY KORSHAK IS AN ASSOCIATE G2MAY 26 1961S 3 REC- 89 CG . YQ 4 “ END PAGE: ONE S MAY ont HW 45679 DBocld:322892791 Page 2?
PAGE TWO | OF ALEX AND REPRESENTS MANY OF THE HOODLUMS IN THE CHICACO AREA. DURING THE INTERVIEW, MRS. COOPER WAS VERY EVASIVE ANSWERING ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS CONCERNING ARGER AND STATED THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO DISCUSS HIM, AS VERY FEW PEOPLE KNEW SHE WAS EVER MARRIED TO ARGER, INCLUDING HER STEPSON, DOUGLAS COOPER, WHO RUNS Re COOPER y JRey INC. IN CHICAGO, ONE OF THE LARGEST GENERAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTOR- SHIPS IN THE MIDWEST. SHE STATED SHE MARRIED Re COOPER, JR. IN NINETEEN FORTY TWO AND THAT SHE HAS BEEN A WIDOW SINCE NINETEEN FIFTY TWO, WHEN HE DIED. CG SIX FOUR FOUR THREE DASH C ADVISED THAT CHESTER MICHAELS, BROTHER OF MRS. Re COOPER, JRe, WHOSE INTERVIEW HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, OWNS THE BUILDING HOUSING THE CROSSROADS RESTAURANT AND RECEIVES THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH RENTAL FROM BILL FISHMAN, OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT. INFORMANT STATED THAT THE CROSSROADS RESTAURANT EMPLOYS SEVEN GIRLS AT ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS PER WEEK, AND THAT THESE GIRLS RECEIVE TWENTY FIVE CENTS COMMISSION ON EACH DRINK SOLICITED AND THREE DOLLARS COMMISSION ON EACH BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE SOLICITED FROM A CUSTOMER » INFORMANT STATED THAT FISHMAN HAD INFORMED HIM THAT THE CROSSROADS RESTAURANT NETS ABOUT TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH, AND THAT THE QUOTE OUTFIT UNQUOTE GETS HALF OF THIS OR SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. AS PREVIOULSY _ REPORTED BY CG SIX FOUR FOUR THREE DASH Cs ALEX ALLEGEDLY. DERIVES INCOME FROM THE OPERATION oF. THE gs sroans RESTAURANT. ALEX 7 by ARMED AND DANGEROUS WITH SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, . SRCEIAEG SEPE sare Wt | END WA 44-35 PM OK FBI WA HFL HW 45679 DBocld:322892791 Page 3