Originator: FBI
From: SAC, CG
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 1961-06-16 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/12/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10200-10071

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-3182-240

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, CG

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

Heleased under the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

1992 (44 USC 2107 Note]. Case#:INW

55994 Date: 11-01-2021

DATE: 06/16/1961

PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS :

DOCUMENT TYPE:

CLASSIFICATION:

RESTRICTIONS :

CURRENT STATUS:

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

GAL, ASSOC, GAMBLING ACT, RES

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

4

Redact

04/22/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

19.1

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CHICAGO PD, ADVISED THAT HIS DESTRICT COVERS A LARGE PORTION OF CHICAGO/S

NEGRO SOUTH SIDE AREA AND THAT HIS EXPERIENCES INDICATE THAT POLICY

AND NUMBERS GAMBLING IN THIS ELEMENT IS CONTROLLED BY NEGROES

WHO HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH THE QUOTE SYNDICATE UNQUOTE. HE ADVISED

THAT HIS OFFICERS HAVE MADE QUOTE THOUSANDS UNQUOTE OF POLICY AND GAM-

BLING ARRESTS THROUGH THE YEARS AND NONE OF THE PERSONS ARRESTED HAVE

EVER INDICATED THAT ANYBODY CONTROLLED THEIR OPERATIONS• MC CARTHY

STATED THAT THE SUBJECT WAS KNOWN TO HIM AND THAT IN HIS OPINION

ALEX CONTROLS ALL BOOKMAKING IN THE CHICAGO DOWNTOWN AREA BUT HIS

AUTHORITY EXTENDS NO FURTHER. HE ADDED THAT THE SUBJECT IS PROBABLY

NOT DOING TOO WELL FINANCIALLY AS GAMBLING IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW

THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF CHICAGO PCI FRANK LA CROIX ADVISED

THAT BUTCH LADON, SUBJECT/S

PART TIME DRIVER, HAS RETURNED TO HIS

APARTMENT AND THAT HIS AUTOMOBILE IS NOW PARKED IN ITS USUAL GARAGE

FACILITY. HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE SUBJECT HAD RECENTLY GIVEN

THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE MAN A BOX OF CIGARS AND THE SUBJECT CONTINUES

TO BE FRIENDLY AND POLITE WITH ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE BUILDING IN WHICH

HE RESIDES.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS WITH SUICIDAL TENDENCIES.

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