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FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Copy to:

1 - USA, Chicago

Report of:

Date:

Title:

SA ELLIOT W. ANDERSON

March 1, 1965

Field Office File #: 92-373

GUS ALEX

Office:

CHICAGO

Bureau File #:

92-3182

Character:

ANTI-RACKETEERING

Synopsis:

Information received indicating $100,000.00 home built

in Oak Park, Illinois, allegedly for

of SAM ALEX.

Additional

information determined concerning ALEX's

mother and family members residing in Evergreen Park,

Illinois.

Identity of hangouts and associates

of ALEX determined. ALEX reportedly has financial

interest, General Smokers Cigarette Service, and also

• the linen industry of Chicago..

Detailed information

European trip of ALEX and SUZANNE FUEGER set forth.

Question has arisen regarding French identity

card used by FUEGER causing investigation in France.

Customs report regarding FUEGER's entry received.

ALEX

vacationed in Florida in $100.00 a day suite. Swiss

Consulate, Chicago, requested intormation regarding

ALEX's status in preparation of barring him from

Switzerland.

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ADMINISTRATIVE

CG 6443-C advised SA JOSEPH G. SHEA on November 27,

1964 that he had been contacted that morning by LESLIE KRUSE

who requested him to send $70.00 by telegram to his son,

not a7 chairon,

RICHARD, attending school at Chadron, Nebraska, to pay for

damage to his son's automobile.

Informant asked KRUSE where

he would pick up the $70.00, and the informant suggested he

might obtain it from HENRY SUSK of the Susk Pontiac Agency.

KRUSE O.K.'d this plan, and the informant thereafter picked

up $75.00 from SUSK and

sent the money by telegram. He returned

to the

Susk Pontiac Agency where he met and observed GUS ALEX

talking with HENRY SUSK.

ALEX had left his automobile at the Susk Agency

and asked the informant to drive him to a local destination.

ALEX was carrying two matched pieces of luggage, was wearing

dark clothes and overcoat, carried a light tan briefcase

and had no hat. Informant drove ALEX west and on ALEX'S

instruction, proceeded north on the Kennedy Expressway.

ALEX then revealed to the informant that he wanted him to

drive ALEX to O'Hare Airport where he had a 10 a.m. flight.

Informant dropped ALEX off in front of Eastern Airlines a .

few minutes before 10 a.m., parked his car and observed

that there were only two 10 a.m. flights, one at Eastern Airlines

and one at Delta Airlines, both going to Miami Beach,

Florida.

During the ride to O'Hare Airport, ALEX offered

the informant an opportunity to work for him obtaining and

placing stops tor cigarette machines.

informant to see him when he returned to Chicago.

in when to rotured e

He requested the

While at the Susk Pontiac Agency, informant heard

ALEX remark to SUSK that he is normally at

his office every

day in Niles and can usually be found at his office at

10:15 a.m.

Informant advised that this office is located

on the premises of Deluxe Cigarette Service, 7730 North

Milwaukee Avenue, Niles, Illinois.

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Informant advised that on Tuesday, November 24,

1964, at6p.m., he ran into "MILWAUKEE PHIL" ALDERISIO in the

lobby of 188 West Randolph Street, at which time ALDERISIO

remarked that he had just talked

with GUS ALEX at Postl's

Gymnasium.

In this connection, the informant advised that

GUS ALEX formerly used the alley entrance to the 188 West

Randolph Street address, entering the alley from La Salle

Street at the Post Office on La Salle Street, and enters

the shipping department door on the nofth side of the

building in the alley. It is a short distance from there

to the rear elevators.

Informant stated he learned recently from LOUIS

ARGER that GUS ALEX is still mooning over MARIANNE RYAN,

his former wife.

INFORMANTS

The following informants were contacted on the

previously designated dates by the below named agents:

Identity of Informant

Contacted By

CG T-1

CG 6502-C*

CG T-2

PCI FRANK LA CROIX

CG T-3

CG 6443-C

CG

T=4

CG 6757-C

CG

T-5

CG 6446-C

SA ELLIOT W. ANDERSON

SA JOSEPH G. SHEA

SA JAMES D. DEWHIRST

SA JAMES D. DEWHIRST

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Identity of Informant

CG T-6

PCI GEORGE BECHARAS

CG T-7

CG 6543-C

CG T-8

Former

PCI PETER BROWN

CG T-9

PCI RUDY DRODZ

CG T-10

PCI JOHN CHARLES KLOBERDANZ

Contacted By

SA EUGENE I. SATHER

SA ROBERT J. TOMPKINS, JR.

SA JAMES W. GERBLICK

SA WILLIAM F. ROEMER, JR.

SA HARRY B. GLADDEN

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FD-302 (Rev. 10-11-63)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION*

11/17/64

Date

URLICH STRUWE, Gernan Consulate, 104 South

Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, advises

that his

TILe On DIEGARD ROSEMARIE FUGER indicates that she

was issued a passport on October 16, 1961, and has been

der passport number is

84019969

previously known was that of 541 West Wellington Street

as of 1960:

STRUVE advised that FUEGER has made no contact

with his office regarding any travel plans.

He said

that

very

inasmuch as she is not obliged to do so he would

likely not hear from her:

11/9/64

Chicago, Illinois

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On

at

_File #

SA ELLIOTT WO ANDERSON/MAB

11/17/64

by

-Date dictated

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The Surete Nationale advised on November 22, 1964

•that SUZANNE FUEGER arrived in Paris, France, via Transworld

Air Lines 9:15 that date.

She spend the night at the

airport hotel and left on the morning of November 23, 1964

for Munich, Germany via Air France.

On November 26, 1964

following information which had been obtained by the

Police Department of Munich, Germany:

SUZANNE FUEGER arrived at Munich by

air at

11:00 a.m. November 23,

coming from Paris, France.

District of Landsberg/Lech, near Munich. The two women

entered

a beige colored Volkswagen and proceeded from the

airport to Hotel Koenigshof am Stachus in Munich. There

FUEGER and her mother engaged room 512 for three days.

They remained in the hotel until 2:00 p.m. when they left

and walked along the adjoining streets.

During this time

they entered the banking institution,

Bayerische Hypo-Bank

located on the Stachus.

They were in this bank for only a

short while and the reason for their call has as yet not been

determined. They returned to the hotel at 4:10 p.m. The

Volkswagen automobile, which is owned by FUEGER's mother, was

still

in the hotel garage at the time the information was

dispatched.

FUEGER was dressed in a dark mink cap and dark

brown fur coat, probably mink, and during the time under

observation continously wore dark sun glasses.

She was

noted to have fair hair which might be described as straw-

colored worn in a

straight bob.

She was about 5'6" tall

and

made an elegant appearance. Based on observation the

available photograph of FUEGER originally furnished by this

office to the police was described as being a good

resemblance.

Other than above FUEGER has been noted to have

made no contacts.

On November 27, 1964, the following information

was received from the same source in West Germany:

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SUZANNE FUEGER visited the office of Swissair in

Munich, Germany at 3:00 p.m. November 25, 1964 and there made

reservations for herself and her mother to fly from Munich

to Zurich on December 19, 1964, on Swissair flight number

217 leaving Munich 2:55 p.m. that date.

She made reservations

for her mother to return to Munich by the same airline

from Zurich on December 23, 1964. The address given at the

time the reservations were

made was the Koenigshof Hotel

in Munich.

So far as the Munich police have been able to

deterime FUEGER has made no contacts since arriving in

Munich other than with her mother. It was determined that

their stop at the Bayerische Hypo-Bank on November 23, 1964

was for the purpose of changing $200.00 into local currency.

By communication dated November 30, 1964, the

BKA furnished the following additional information:

At 10:00 a.m. November 25, 1964, FUEGER and her

mother left the Hotel Koenigshof and went

to the banking firm

Bankhaus Merk ani. Fink in Munich where they changed money at

the foreign currency window.

They then went to Number 2

Habsburger Platz in Munich where they probably visited with

one ANNA BERGEN, born April 20, 1898 at Sackenhagen, (no country

given), who is

unmarried and who is registered as being an

owner

of a business. At 12:45 p.m. FUEGER and her mother

checked out of

their hotel and using the mother's Volkswagen

automobile left Munich toward the south along the Landsbergstrasse.

The Bavarian State Police determined that they travelled to

House Number 4 in Riederau which is the home of FUEGER'S

mother.

It was learned that on November 23, 1964, FUEGER

called the following telephone numbers:

Zurich, Switzerland Number 241700

Diessen, Germany Number 7116

The BKA is attempting to check the Diessen

number.

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The two women made future reservations at

the Koenigshof Hotel for a double room for the nights of

December 17 and 18, 1964.

It was determined that telephone number Zurich

24-77-00 called by FUEGER on November 23, 1964, was that

of the Dolder Grand Hotel in Zurich.

The Swiss Central Police Bureau was thereafter

requested to contact the hotel and has informed that

reservations were made there for ALEX and FUEGER for

December 19 through December 23, 1964. The Swiss Central

Police Bureau was also requested to attempt to determine

so detentral

the activities and contacts of ALEX and FUEGER.

CG T-I advised on December 17, 1964, that ALEX

left unexpectedly for New York on this date en route to

Europe for a vacation.

On January 13, 1965, WILLIAM KRAUSE, Oversee's

Reservations, Transworld Airlines, Chicago, advised that an

individual possibly identical with ALEX using the name of

MT. ALXEX appeared at the Kennedy International Airport

December 19, 1964 and purchased a first class ticket on

flight 802 for Zurich, Switzerland. He said the identity

of the salesman handling this transaction was Number 40.

The Swiss Central Police Bureau, Bern, Switzerland,

furnished the following information:

The Zurich Police have established the following:

ALEX arrived at Zurich-Kloten Airport from New

York-Paris on December 20, 1964, by TWA Flight 802. DIETGARD

FUEGER checked in at the Dolder Grand Hotel in Zurich on

December 19, 1964.

She was accompanied by her mother, who

left Zurich

again on December 21, 1964, by air for Munich,

Germany.

On December 22, 1964, ALEX and FUEGER left Zurich

at 10:00 a.m. by car in the direction of Pontresina.: The

car in question was a "Peugeot 404" which ALEX rented from

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Hertz AG.

On leaving the hotel he hired a taxi stationed

at the Dolder Grand Hotel, which acted as a guide in front

of his car as far as the outskirts of Zurich.

The driver of this taxi was later interviewed by

the Zurich Police. He stated that he had driven ALEX on

various occasions, e.g. on January 27, 1964, to Kloten Airport.

On said journey ALEX had been löoking time and again to see

mentioned that he knew very well he was being watched by the

police by order of his native country.

The driver also mentioned thatafter he had guided

ALEX and FUEGER out of town on December 22, 1964, ALEX had

a sked him whether he would be available on

January 5, 1965.

He, ALEX, would return on that day to Zurich.

In this respect, Zurich Police informed that ALEX

reserved

two rooms at the

Dolder Grand Hotel for January 5.

During the stay at the Dolder Grand Hotel, ALEX

and FUEGER made the following telephone calls:

Date

Number

Person Called

December 20, 1964

273232

Hertz AG, car rental con-

tractors, Lagerstrasse 32,

Zuirch

341600

348400

327010

082/66451

38675/312

842121

Swissair, Zurich

Swissway Auto-Rental,

Zeltweg 74, Zurich 7

Hotel Baur-au-lac, Zurich

Schlosshotel, Pontresina

Evergreen Park, USA

Swissair, Zurich-Kloten

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Date

Number

341600

December 21, 1964

December 22, 1964

7116

273233

Person Called

Swissair, Zurich (booking

a seat for December 21, 1964,

Flight No. 216 to Munich,

for Mrs. FUEGER)

Giessen, Germany (made by

Gertz AG, Zurich

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The Swiss Central Police Bureau, Bern, Switzerland,

furnished the following information:

According to a report received from the Cantonal

Police of Chur, Switzerland, GUS ALEX and DIZIGARD FUEGER

stayed at the Schlosshotel in Pontresina between December 22,

1964, and January 5, 1965.

Like on previous holidays, ALEX

and FUEGER had no contacts with other guests and are described

as being rather withdrawn. ALEX usually went skiing in the

morning whereas the afternoon and the evening he would spend

with FUEGER. They often traveled by car to st. Moritz.

ALEX made the following calls while staying at the

Schlosshotel:

December 24, 1964

676234

December 28, 1964

312-38675 Evergreen Park/USA

ALEX and FUEGER left Pontresina on January 5, 1965,

and traveled back to Zurich by car.

On leaving the hotel

they gave the impression they

would later proceed to Paris

and stay at the Hotel Bristol. They requested that any mail

addressed

to the Schlosshotel for their attention was to be

forwarded to Mrs. E. FUEGER, Riederau No. 4, Kreis Landsberg.

In Zurich ALEX and FUEGER checked in again at the

Dolder Grand Hotel. ALEX spent part of the afternoon of

January 5, 1965, in town and again went to town the follow-

ing morning by taxi, calling at the TWA booking office and

at the Swiss Bank Corporation. He gave the taxi driver to

understand that it is more advantageous to change money at

the bank than at the hotel. The same morning ALEX made a

call to Evergreen Park, USA, No. GAR 38675.

At noon on January 6, 1965, the couple left the

hotel by taxi and proceeded to Kloten

Airport, from where

they flew to Geneva on Swissair flight 043.

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With regard to their stay

in Geneva, the Geneva

Police reported that they checked in at the Hotel Richemond.

Among their baggage

were two pair of skis.

At the hotel

ALEX indicated that he and TUEGER would stay until January 8,

and again from January 19

impression that they would b ?l, 1965.

He also gave the

accompanied by another person

during their forthcoming stay.

It is thought that this

person will be Miss FUEGERs mother.

ALEX and FUEGER are believed to spend the time

between January 8 and 19 at a ski resort.

On January 20, 1965, the Swiss Central Police

Bureau advised that ALEX and FUEGER did stay at the Hotel

Richemond, Geneva, Switzerland, January 19 through 21, 1965.

There was

indication as to when ALEX would return to the

United

States.

The Swiss Central Police Bureau, Bern, Switzerland,

has furnished the following information:

The Geneva Police have reported that ALEX and

DIETGARD FUEGER stayed at the Hotel Richemond in Geneva,

switzerland, between January 6 and 8, 1965, and checked

in

again on January 12, 1965.

The couple left the hotel on

January 13 with flight tickets to Athens and requested that

any mailshould be forwarded to the Hotel Bristol in Paris.

It appears that the journey to Athens was short-termed.

While staying at the Hotel Richemond, ALEX and

FUEGER made the following telephone calls:

No. 32 68 00 Swiss Rent-a-Car, Geneva (several calls)

No. 34 15 15

Spycher's Swissways, Geneva

No. 31 21 30

Cook's Agency, Geneva

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No. 32 06 06

No. 25 83 50

Veron Grauer Co. (Garage Riesbach, Geneva)

Air France; Geneva

The 1964-65 telephone directory lists Spycher's

Swissways as an auto rental service.

On February 10, 1965, Mr. CLAUDE ROBERT, of the

Police Judiciaire (Criminal Police), Surete Nationale, at

Nice, France, advised that investigation in Nice revealed

that SUZANNE FUEGER, also known as DIETGARD FUEGER, is unknown

at 177 Promenade des Anglais, Nice.

This was the address

reportedly furnished by FUEGER at the time she departed from

the Hotel Bristol, Paris, on January 17 or 18, 1965.

card

ROBERT advised that the possessor of French identity

#R245537, which was the card allegedly furnished by the

subject fôr identification at the Bristol Hotel, was issued

on August 12, 1961 to THERESE JOSEPHINE GARELLI, born

November 11, 1919, at Nice, divorced from JOSEPH DISDIER.

She

resides at 177 Promenade des Anglais, Nice, and she still

possesses her card.

She has no explanation for the fact that

the hotel reported

this French identity card number as being

in the possession of FUEGER.

She does not know FUEGER or GUS

ALEX.

Miss GARELLI visited visited the United States once in

May, 1964 at which time she visited Mr. and Mrs. BALABAN,

the

proprietor of "Paramount" in New York City.

Further inquiry is being conducted by the French

police and any pertinent information received will be

furnished to the Bureau.

The following information was received from

the Customs Office, Chicago, Illinois, regarding the arrival

of FUEGER at O'Hare International Airport and regarding

the still unknown port of arrival for ALEX:

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The following letter was received from Consulate

General of Switzerland, Chicago Office, dated February 17, 1965:

Re:

ALEX GUS, born on April 1st, 1914,

assumedly living in Evergreen Park, I11.

I have been requested by my Government to serve notice

regarding an Interdiction of Entry into Switzerland to the

above captioned person against receipt.

Due to the frequent change of address I am unable to

attain the aforesaid GUS ALEX. AS I have reasons

• to believe

that he is known to you I would appreciate it if you could

devulge to me information as to his most recent address and

furnish me if possible with particulars regarding his actual

name or names and his civil status, etc.

It is needless to say that any information given to

me will be handled confidentially.

It is noted that the above letter is for the purpose

of barring ALEX from Switzerland.

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