Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, SL
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 09/24/1958
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD_NUMBER:

124-10285-10113

RECORD_SERIES: HO

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 7-6920-7102

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC. SL

TO: DIRECTOR. FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 09/24/1958

PAGES: 2

SUBJECT: BBA, MED, ASSOC, CRIMINAL ACT

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

05/09/1998

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

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OFFICE

MEMORANDUM - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

10:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR, FBI (7-6920).

SAC, ST. LOUIS (7-429)

CARL AUSTIN HALL, WaS.

(deceased), etal;

ROBERT COSGROVE

GREENLEASE,

aka Bobby (deceased • VICTIM

KIDNAPING; EXTORTION; PERJURY

DATE: September 24, 1958

Enclosed herewith are two copies of the report

Of SA JOHN S. BUSH dated 9/24/58 at St. Louis.

REFERENCE

Report of SA JOHN S. BUSH dated 9/11/58 at

St. Louis

One copy of this report is being furnished the

Little Rock Office in view of its investigation of JOHN

ALK

FRANCISY KINNEY, JEFF HOLLIS and WILLIAM MANSKER CLUBB.

one copy of this report is being furnished the los

Angeles Office in view of investigation by that office of

JOHN OLIVER HAGER.

one copy is furnished Chicago in view of

Investigation being conducted by that office.

The following information was obtained from

contidential informants, Potential Criminal Informants

and confidential sources.

SYNOPSIS:

who warns her to retract her testimony

before the Senate Rackets Committee regarding JOE COSTELLO

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and JOHN VITALE.

LOUIS DONALD SHOULDERS continues to

associate with PCI MARY JOAN LA PLANTE,

almost daily,

and latter furnishes detailed information on his

2 ENCLOSURE

REC- 25

2 Bureau (7-6920)

(Enet. 2)

REC: 257- 6920-6

71020

• unicago 1/000

Enel.

• Little Rock (T-323)

• Los Angeles

7-435) (Ene]: 3 InFo

1) Enroas: 120 SEP 26 1958

2

• St. Louis (7-429)

ISB: ra

(7)

2-359

52 OCT 14 1958

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7-429

HKM: mjh

on September 20, 1958,

MARTIN SILK, confidential

source whose identity must be protected, personally advised

ASACH. K. MOSS as follows:

He, SILK, had been by the residence of suspect

SHOULDERS at noon and early afternoon of September 20, 1958;

that the conversation at the SHOULDERS residence rotated entirely

around the interview with SHOULDERS by ASAC H. K. MOSS on the

preceding day SHOULDERS commented as follows.

The FBI was

trying to Involve him in a criminal violation with respect to

a visit made by CLUBB to SHOULDERs residence, but SHOULDERS

expressed confidence that the facts would not

violation.

amount to a

He speculated that If the FBI had a real good case

even against his son, young LOU,

the FBI would have proceeded

immediately by Commissioner's complaint and warrant rather than

via indictment; that the latter method is used only when the

case is essentially a weak one.

He further commented that he

doubted i1 any action would be taken against himself for the

reason that news stories referred only to young LOU, and

certainly in view of all the press interest in SHOULDERS, himself,

had there been any possibility of proceeding against SHOULDERS

the newspapers would so have been advised.

He referred to

comments made by ASAC MOSS as to what would make SHOULDERS "talk"

and SHOULDERS clalmed that he implied that he had turned down a

$100,000 offer and when ASAC MOSS asked SHOULDERS to be a

Government witness against COSTELLO, SHOULDERS claimed to have

replied,

"How can I when I don't know anything?". It should be

noted this is contrary to the comment that SHOULDERS did actually

made to ASAC MOSS as related in the details of that interview

with SHOULDERs on September 19, 1958.

sHouldeRs then referred

to the "bad luck" that has befallen all of those who did get

the money, referring to the successful Federal Firearms Act

conviction of COSTELLO and the current severe heart illness

Of ROBERT BERNARL BAKER. In generalities SHOULDERS said it

was his opinion that in some manner or other the Teamsters

Union was utilized as a vehicle to dispose of the missing

CREENLEASE money. Referring to the efforts of the FBI to indict

him on the CLUBB

here noons cia chat®

said that at one time young

LOU SHOULDERS wanted SHOULDERS to "shelter" CLUBB but "I warned

Loute that someday they'd get that s.0.E. In a crack and he'd

talk"

i set that e

SILK was of the opinion that notwithstanding SHOULDERS!

claim that he was not worried about these developments, that

actually SHOULDERS was perturbed.

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