Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, CG
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 10/10/61
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

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Released under the John F. Kennedy AssasSiAge, Recoso ollection Act of 1902.

T1T U5C 2107 Note).

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Mr.

Tolson..

Mr. Belmont

-MUNICATIONS SECTION

OCT,10 1961

Mr. Mohr

Mr. Callahan

Mr. Conrad_

TELETYPE

Mr. Deleigh

Mr. Evans

Mr. Maloy

DEFERRED

10-10-51

7-12 PM SM

TO DIRECTOR, FBI 192-31821

RECAN

inder

Mr. Rosen

Mr. Salivar

Mr. Tavele

Mr. Trotter.

FROM SAC, CHICAGO 192-373/

Tele. Room.

1P

Mr. Ingram

Miss Gandy

GUS CALEX, AKA, AR. DAILY SUMMARY, CHICAGO SIX FOUR FOUR THRES DASH E

BRAVOS

ADVISED HE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT NICK/AND GEORGE/ BRAVOS, CLOSE

ASSOCIATES OF GUS ALEX, HAD ATTEMPTED TO SELL A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

CALLED/HYDRO-THERM GAS COMPANY TO LESLIE KRUSE A FEW YEARS AGO FOR ONE

HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. INFORMANT SAID AT THAT TIME THE BRAVOS

BROTHERS HAD A CONTRACT FOR INSTALLING PENTANE GAS HEATING UNITS IN A :

HOUSING PROJECT AT GLENVIEW NAVAL AIR STATION, GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS.

HE SAID PENTANE GAS FURNISHED THE HOUSING PROJECT IN GLENVIEW WAS -

INFERIOR AND THE LINES BECAME CLOGGED BY THE LIQUID GAS CAUSING A

GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE IN THE PROJECT AND THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS

COMPANY NOW HAS CONTRACT FOR PROJECT. INFORMANT SAID BRAVOS BROTHERS

EMPLOYED ONE NICK ALEX, FIRST COUSIN OF GUS ALEX, AS FOREMAN OF

HYDRO-THERM. HE ADVISED NICK ALEX FORMERLY OWNED

THE LAKESIDE RESTAURANT

ILL

WHICH WAS LOCATED ON BRYN MAWR AVENUE, CHICAGO,

AND IN ADDITION HE FORM-

ERLY OWNED THE ELEVEN ELEVEN CLUB ALSO LOCATED ON BRYN MAWR AVENUE AND

NOW NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE. INFORMANT STATED TO HIS KNOWLEDGE NICK

ALEX IS NOT ENGAGED IN THE RACKETS AND WAS OBTAINING ABOUT ONE HUNDRED

DOLLARS A WEEK FOR HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH HYDRO-THERM GAS COMPANY? 1Nº

FORMANT FURTHER STATED THAT GUS ALEX WAS A PARTNER OF THE

BRAVOS BROTHERS

IN THE PENTANE GAS COMPANY, ALEX ARMED AND DANGEROUS WITH SUICIDAL TEN-

DENCIES.

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