Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, CG
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 06/15/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE:

11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

6/12/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10200-10070

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-3182-239

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, CG

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 06/15/1961

PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS :

DOCUMENT TYPE :

CLASSIFICATION:

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS :

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

OPENING CRITERIA : INDEFINITE

GAL, ASSOC, GAMBLING, RES

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

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U.S. DEPARIMENI OF JUSTICE

OOMMUNICATIONS SECTION

JUN 15 1961

RADO

TELETYPE

Mr. Tolson

Mr. Belmont.

Mr. Mohr---

Mr. Callahan

Mi. Conrad

Mr. Deloach

Mr. Hang BC

Mr. Rosen

Mr.

Sullivan-

Mr. Tavel

Mr. Trotter.

Tele. Room

Mr. Ingram.

Miss Gandy

URGENT 6-15-61

8-21

PM CLM

TO DIRECTOR, FBI /92-31821

FROM SAC, CHICAGO 192-3731 2P

GUS FLEX, AKA. AR. DAILY SUMMARY.

CG. SIX FOUR FOUR THREE DASH C ADVISED THAT REGARDING THE ORGANIZAT-

IONAL BREAKDOWN OF THE QUOTE OUTFIT END QUOTE, IT WAS HIS OPINION

THAT GUS ALEX IS UNQUESTIONABLY THE TOP MAN IN CHICAGO WITH MURRAY

HUMPHREYS ACTING AS THE ELDER STATESMAN. INFORMANT SAID THAT SAM

GIANCANA IS ALMOST ON AN EQUAL PAR WITH ALEX AND EXERTS OVERALL

SUPERVISION OF THE WEST SIDE INTEREST WHILE ALEX IS MORE CONCERNED •

WITH THINGS IN THE LOOP AREA AND NEAR SOUTH CHICAGO. INFORMANT

STATED THAT FRANK FERRARO IS NEXT IN LINE AND HAS DIRECT SUPERVISORY

CONTROL OVER ALL CARD GAMES, GAMBLING INSTALLATIONS AND STRIP JOINTS

IN THE LOOP AREA AND IS TIED DIRECTLY TO GUS ALEX. MAIL COVER ON

MAILING ADDRESS OF ALEX DISCLOSED THAT HE RECEIVED MAIL IN EARLY JUNE

ADDRESSED IN CARE OF HIS BROTHER GEORGE ALEX MARKED PERSONAL TO GUS

FROM MISS LILLIAN MITCHELL, TWO TWO ONE WEST IWENTYFOURTH PLACE,

ESICAGO ILLITAN MICHEL HAS CONSCIU AT HER RESIDENCE AN ADVISE I

THAT SHE WAS ACQUAINTED WITH GUS ALEX AND STATED THAT EVERYONE IN TH

WHEN QUESTONED AS OTHE

NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS GUS ALEX. HOWEVER REG 50

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EXTENT OF HER ACQUAINTANCE SHE STATED THAS

SHE DID YON KNOWHIM OR

ANYTHING ABOUT HIM EXCEPT THAS

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5 0JUN 21

SOME FORMERLY RESIDERE

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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MANY YEARS AGO. SHE STATED TTTA THAT SHE NOW WOULD PROBABLY NOT KNOW

GUS ALEX IF SHE SAW HIM ON THE STREET. A PHOTOGRAPH OF ALEX WAS

EXHIBITED TO HER AND SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THIS

INDIVIDUAL. WHEN ASKED SPECIFICALLY WHETHER SHE HAD EVER AT ANY TIME

BEEN IN CONTACT WITH GUS ALEX SINCE HE MOVED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD

SHE REPLIED THAT SHE HAD NO CONTACT WITH HIM WHATSOEVER SINCE THAT

TIME. MITCHELL ANSWERED PRACTICALLY ALL QUESTIONS BY STATING THAT

QUOTE I DON/T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GUS ALEX, I DON/T KNOW GUS THAT

WELL END QUOTE. SHE STATED THAT SHE IS ACQUAINTED WITH ALEX/ SISTER

STELLA SINCE SHE WENT THROUGH SCHOOL WITH HER, WHEN THEY LIVED IN THE

NEIGHBORHOOD. THE NAME CARUSO WAS NOTED BY THE AGENTS ON THE MAIL

BOX AT MISS MITCHELL/S RESIDENCE AND SHE WAS ASKED IN THE PRESENCE

OF HER SISTER, MRS. PHILLIP CARUSO AND HER NEPHEW NICK CARUSO, WHETHER

THEY WERE ACQUAINTED WITH OR RELATED TO FRANK QUOTE

SKID END QUOTE CARUSO. MISS MITCHELL STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT

RELATED TO FRANK CARUSO AND DID NOT KNOW HIM AND HER STATEMENT WAS

CORROBORATED BY MRS. PHILLIP CARUSO AND HER SON, NICK. IT IS TO

BE NOTED THAT FRANK QUOTE SKID END QUOTE CARUSO IS IN CHARGE OF A

NUMBER OF HORSE BOOKS ON THE NEAR SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO ACCORDING TO

INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED FROM CG SIX FOUR FOUR THREE DASH C.

ALEX ARMED AND DANGEROUS WITH SUICIDAL TENDENCIES.

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