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Director Neee

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Buyer Harold Burton and intone-

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Carruptian in

Haws 1:1 ted H a any

> &#39; 9, 1956, in which Bernard J I elf, Lieutenant of Police, Glevelaxxd Police Department, vim was femarly in charge of the Hbmicide Sua of that Bepartmat, made the allegatian that the D1ixec nr&#39;a charges "1:-he effecrt that to craoke politiciasxs with pcrliee

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the Kerpia-Barker gangsters to Escape in "t-he~

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naarly vresulted .9;gun battlebetween poliae Ci-Blaizih in and at the Glevaan iii
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V V Glevalanri during vv 3.934 was "false" andv@ in which B h Want-on to YVY . _ @L . Gity cf assert that tha refusal. of G-Diem to work with rm police at thsrh time
V V ed

ccumectiuna" permitt

ml@111 to sub ne them, it was necessary her ta hall upona *e for tr-aif c
oi. i i.c:e;r, who assisted
to the

. W 5,scene1 ecausathebeiaterous eunductwcmmn, who called to iv Q 1954arraste, ffteda palice women. being The of er e ac .by of theseSha was W
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for these women being taken isc the
and th ey war e "b on ka d" only

police stat-ion. informatiun devel pedcrevelgma Falic ax 1% was by mg .

Department as identity o these waman
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in arranging

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0 drunkencharge. the afternoon n 6, } #_ en Qf 8 evelanci, Seprtex aartlzat thex92, Paf Ohio 1954, called lifie De Sthese 2 vmmeun, ta at an farmer Special the Agmgj fact

was ahild aha her a yomzg nma as gamma

women had be-an arrested and that in the custo &#39; we f

ai these

mman =4,

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It is new desired to paint ant certain salient .&#39;a.ets disclosing the utter laxity on the part of the Cleveland Polica Bapartment in panning an investigatiun praperlqy, which tlncimzbtedly motivated the Detrait Gffica at that time in refraining frem calling ups the Blevaland

Police Department to assist

cmductad

.mantimed armed abwe, has Qpsrative sYureau, formerwhe been cc:-V Special amt Agent v
an Bpetember 5, 1954 an indivi ua . appeared at the Detective Bureau. of
V . B picture of Baby Face -Ralson, V he was uf the Opirlicmthat, h kn since Eew 7

them in certain raids

which ware later

the Cleveland -Felice Dup rtmant, mg acivi -aim 11 vwanted! toa see
INelsen
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wherewas living. was a he He sham: picture Nelson, stated ?<"" of but that
was nat he individual
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positively atatad to afficers in the Betective Bureau that he was certain some law enibrcement agenqy had a wanted notice nut for he inividual tn whom referred. This he stranger than requested that aditional wanted notices be displayed tn him, but he was Qaviae by officara at the sai detective bureau that a camplete file af all uf the wanted nutices issued by law enforcement agenciea was not maintained. He further stated that ha was p itive the man tc~wh0n he referred was wantad.and that this indivi ual was living at 4419
West l?nd to even.make Stree% in a nataticn Gleveland@ It cf the is to be mated that the this strange Cleveland

Police Eepartmsnt

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interest in

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who

address of

was giving this information. ahaut 5:

E . .on mane:

ptmber 5,

advised former Bap ment Spaniel$11 Agent 1%-4 t-heGleqrelanci Police

t0 the effeet that the three

reaeived netiee

fram the

Cleveland Hatel

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ahmre mentiuned women had hem arrested at that paix z. Ha stated. that these women ware braught to the Police Bepar ment and were not "banked" about 8 00 Pt er 5, 1924, at which time l?lBt Street; that V an were than tuned over to the Detectivw

Bureau far

mnrning 0 Sap amber 5, 19-34 was nated. The an]; gesture gati tl made by the Glsveland Palgice Department was tcs
cru:.ser" bha address "4419 West l ?2nd Street."
"there were

* L .,w &#39; Sing :um.,5 ,&#39;:&w being 1154 her adirass as 4 We l>7c_. given by and furnished tuba that by s&#39;hr&ng=er d the
uestioniu ,v leraupan the similarity between the anidresu
of imresbi-~ deliver to a
also learned
in the 44013 black

It was
nu houses

that this
back ta

"cruissr" draws
the Illetactive

past the

abeve memzioneri addxesa and reported

Em-eau that

on Rest Jfi ad. Stwe-at. H0 fimther investigation was made by the said detectives to determine whether the acid:-ass given by the strangar cculci pessihly have been urnng and he could pnssihly have meant l?1st Street, instead, but thay satisfied themselves wzlth making" na i ur"bher inquiry.

it gadtmlly amed upon the gietvective heaciquarbers at G ~ V there was a. goasibility that the m mom . imiividua nhosa namavthw had inot evan buthere tn secure might perhaps have baa referring in 4419
West 1718b Street, instea mail 4:G0 Adi. on cf Waat l?2nd Street. Thi infurmntiun car, under h&V~

Upnli ubtiainingv abcve muted the infomation fr0m

5 ?c__.

ing hem: mves jgation was madeat 4419 Hist Street obtained rwm?aa Heat early 8:00" on as P.1d. evptember 5, 1934., nu mther
September V, 1854 when a squad the

1g@<,==1m Of raided__thehouse ana anti fmmd nu om: there.

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It is
hat wauld

particxllarlgy desirable
attached to

to paint
N ll

out. the extrema im_pQ1"&#39;l -mice

had . V
$8

conducfaed pruper cantaining a. run uncier getaway &#39;P_,, the at time. 1 11e- an get 0: offivc-era b mind in this house a notebook
chart". This was later at the turneci over tins thaw "bu Agents an it was run out and in South which later the

have been

this invsatigativon

1_fmm<i ta the getaway chart which had been used by members sf the be
Km-pis-Barker gang robbed. she money truck

St. Paul,

Nizlnesota on August 59, 1955.

in this muss a set of fingerprints notice. These fingerprints were Fired Barker as being

There was alas fmmci had been taken from a wanteti requesting the apprehension of

identified as being those of Fr&#39;edv"Ba.rker and had seen placeai on a wawbed cirmzlar issued by the Sheriffw Uffiee at Wash Plains, Missouri,

mlrder af

aeriff G. Rl; Ble1.]r at West Pla.i.ua, Missouri an December 19,

implicated in

It will remiily be seen that had theeipprogxriate investigation

gone forward, based upon the splahdid information which was fursliahed by the unismmm infomnant, the apprahenaian of ta-11$Karpis-Barker gang
maaiaers would have been expedited &#39;ho- degree :1 which it is impassible

to calmlats hi investigation
the informatinn

and abrsmendaua
he G av

saving in
eland Puliee had ta

money would have been effeetmh

Departmem* ,15 same unknawn it
time and

IDuri.ng theformer Special wwas time that Agent cunductsing at "h 3.

an

infarmant appeared

Y, 1954 and requested

to knew whethar

has of any value.

we Z
at this

and.

He slam as visit-are

identified at that

b is-pg.
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This adnse

you that

I am personally aequainted with him during the course of

assure yam that the

-..~, therefore,

mentally af ected.~., is a straightforward ncrh individual and is

was G118

:1, Q1110would have no reasan ta believe infarmatiun, er that he was in any way consi.deration and

that

of tiw

"anoopsmg" kind, and .n&#39;orm-ationshed by such an individual fmw

receive appropriate attentian.

as he shoul certainly"

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the: Director

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suggested, therefQr e, Agents were

that in

view oi

the inertne-as their mm

and

ecided lam}: of intereat and desire to perform urdinary pulice investigatiml rather than waist: fer assistanea Ohia Police Departznmzti
fzmctiona, Special compelled to proceed with

from the Gleweland,

we

As has been med 3 wave, 1;,

several drunken wumma was

5: P. .on September 5-, 3.954. No publicity was given to this matter in {aha Glaveland newspapers on that ate, in view sf the fact that the
arrest of scarcely a nawa item.

&#39;?r_.._.. taken cus*boc?y at Ifotel abaut into the Clevelandat V

Investigation has disclosed that Barker gang cong:-egated at the reai ance

night Bf September 5,1%: In

Fred Barker ans} "Doc"-"Ba1~ker&#39; house oemlpied b Balm W came tau the and

time awn Jmoa P.1-ye-11 night @118 oi Seqitembar H&rz y Jy .&mp1l 5, ix-954&#39;,
1&#39; ca at ance; iiarpis than g same that ordea-eai Dnlares mlasaey
had been arrasfbad at tha Glsveland Hate].

this connection, Dolores* 13ela.n advised

several members sf tha K&;rpia-of Alvin Karpis late on the

Kaxpis.this time BarkerAlvin At Fred talzi Karpis g that

to go mm the living room and act as a lookout;

that Harm? Eamgball amii ?<;.

"D016" Ba:ker- laid down ta get acme sleep, while Fre Barker and Alvin Karpis talkecl privately; that abm-It an ham Q1 so lat-er, Karpis and ed Barker went om: of the hausa, returning. within about forty-i ive minutes, Etating that there were "copa and squad cars all amxmd Fred Earke a heme. Dolores Delanw statazi that she continued ta maintain hex watch

until about zi AJL, Eaptemher 8, 1954, vizen aha obsexwed tam police squad cars drive aluwly past the house, from which it appeared that the
o1 .f.3.cera were observing the Karpia in Toledn, Chic. said house; that Delaney . imediately called

Alvin, advising him of what aha had seen; that they than packed and the said parties departed from Glevelma , Dolores &#39; later ma iiing Alvin
It is pointad ant that Fred
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Barker arrived

at the
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Karpis residence

mlmgtedlytersv o a"t;ip~bzhw mm is Q Wof ax . -<1

at about 11:80 P.;M.von the of
"cmeic:~ub= h

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the or theabalephone D!that made wm1954, September 5, beam early molgng on$, latea headquaztersof by an IQ34, 911. Septemberavenztzlg -.2: said "Amman the had, arrested, call was police unlmcm
persun whoa: he atrangiy smapacted as being an officer -mi the police pa.rtmea1t,. to tbs Haxwmrd 61% ta get; in touch with the suhj eats in dethis

Special Agsnt

ran

~ with Agents and is conaidsred

connection with D partment,has m the the Police of " bip-0.&#39;f", levelnd, Chic wha var,especially reliabla,

edvilsarii former

ease and that the

person who anawaxed at the lmvarci

Club, xmknaml to

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Q. .uppea-:>:&#39;rofficar had woman maarrested. the mbjecta telephuned to anothear that tbs been e *er aeivised that the ummmm
time, and asked him what he could dc: for the mmmen, but the &#39;cllo1r-on
Offis r Of ha police department,who was nut at
as ha did not knew "me

headquarters at

that

that he had learned that the

at the the first anothver time time of call At advise

anal told him to lg off cons: t mi the woman

ingl day, before the

officer had

dame &:n;ything,he called hm ma e

the officer

peliae officer
in his

e telaphnna
was an

call

is new deceased and a vised tha ammymaus one, inasmuch as the

with some

was 0f the apinion

alas c lle

opinicn the

call

at umHazvard club. ?-*&#39;" Q7

the Harvard Glh

that the

i11.f0I i1&#39;l& l3i0I1 indicating that

nut 188-1&#39;11 the definitely circzmsbances under mi what he said during the c_mvars.atim1. ,
of the

,but

hh t he: cmzld

L ad,

or just,

Police Department, for the tipwff was

viewed. by
ths individual

ff *Z=*7::..~
later

Agent and
xdao recaiverl

that ha

was

the isiantitv
as a reward; for izha

of

the diamon-:1

tip-off. -

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a man.

who from

Uleveland and

that

individual talc} him, that the gang, not had left Qleveland that a tarnao for
went to
an

Mating Uhi h particular members, Ghicagn, Illinois, and fur her

I:
by them zmmam and warned

rela sing that some of the woman had been arrested at Glavelan g-that as v " H V YY the -:11c e epartmen ~ soon as pol:I.ce * Learned their V identities, someone t:-amp cl
we Q11 tha addresses which 13.8-ii been given

ten minutes prior ta -um

Referring tn

* V am to get out 0! tam, - that &#39; gang ahandmmed house the the fahuut

arrival or

squad cars. -~

five or

the class

aaaaciation between
M

members mi the K&rp;i.s.

331&#39;? -*~1 E8116 v J1,a.renca*Heb$rand_ arid Arthur and and v"&:1.m%at&#39;tson, James

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oparwa r of the arvarrl Qlt i! at Glavalanci, om, inveatigartiuna by tha

Bureau have newer sham exactly and in cietail the manner in which this

icnon, that Gheucles J; Fitzgarald was a member of the Kaxpis-Barker gang. We have learner} that during" the early S1.1R i1!I of 1954, Fitzgerald visited with Cassiuaj c onald at Detrait, ichigan. Fitzgeral has admitted that
he has Imam M<;Dcmald since 1924, wlien he first antered illicit traffic

acquaintance was develpped. Investigation disalas-e however, as has , yen

in liquar. It is Barkar gang became

safe, there ore, acquainted with

ta assume that members cf the Karp1s~ Gasaius Ec unal thmugh Fitzgerald.

Investigation has shown that Hai onal-:1 ma intimately assaciated with Hebeb-rand ami Pattan. The investigation in Bubs. ami Miami, Flnridav, 65.5-

closed that Mcmnsld curresponde . with Hebebrand and Patton, therefnre, in all probability, members of ths Karpis~Barker gang becameacquainted with
Habebrand and Pattm and the Hamrard Club fiasvsius hic onald.

J3:-mail robbexgr accnrred ngvmw lass . {Brock has mam an 1, furnishad a

Jams "&mr" Patton and Arthur Hehebrami formerhr financed various jabs

apprehendeai by Gffice Inspectors in eamzectirm with wast t-ha*T3:zz"x*a1;tsviJ.le~

You have advised JQhTruek; Uglahoma, wag been that of Tulsa,

great deal oi mfarmtion to I ast.._Qfice Inspeetars, mueh sf which Agents have been able ta obtain irom such Inspactura. Julm Brock has advised that far Karpis and that at such times aa Karpis visited Cleveland he contactve these two iucliviiduals. He ftmtaher stat~sd_ Ksrpis aranges his Toledu that

the name this individual being cf "wow" zarks i r on,

Indicative of the closa friedahip existing

contacts thraugh an ex~pri2e fighter who is emplqyg at tbs Harvard Glub,

between Fred Baker and

Habebrand an vPatton is the faat tha on. ovember 28, 1954, nhila Fted Barker was living at Lake Weir, Flarida, he mired a dozen roses fram Seals,

Florida to "Art @ eavsbrandt and James?Pax0n, qfu of the Harvard Glub,

Glsveland, Ohio. In wiring these flcwers,

559
the

name of "T. G;/Blgekhurn". It is intaresting ta note that when Arthur Hbebrand waslatr interviewed, he stated he recalled racaiving flowers
fram.0cala, Flarida as to the identity from a paty named F lackbun of the Bender. ta the class asaaciatian bum that

Harvard Avenue,

Barker used

he had nu idea

Ka1&#39;pis-Barizrvganghe,and had been afare& Hebabrand andKarpis, Patt_o~n,vhas advised thash 57$ Alvin Karpis on one occasinn infurmed him that
es. pI <3p0Sif;iDI1 certain by

Referring further

atween members of the he, Karpis-, could that

purchase an im;e1rest_

in an International

gamblers in

Gleveland whereby

Slot Biaahina venterprisa for

$5,360;

that this syndicate had been nagutiating wfxhv several large gambling Qndicatea in Europa for the purpose af establishing slot machines;

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5-12-56

Karpis further stated that these menwanted him, Karpis, to travel to

ithat tohe, interest enthusiastic proposition g? Karpis, at that time, but this syndicate would was about the and that he wanted bxnr an that
not accept ransom money, which at that time was all he could offer them.

Euro e and~assist in the negotiations.

Karpie at that time informed

mon would toCleveland these % , he return and contact people.

as soon as he, Karpis, was successful in changing portions of

He e rand and James "Shinmn" Patton and stated that Karpis had implicit faith in both of these individuals, the gg_gw_h 7? in i1 im o in re ard the 1,gg_a_ ;_g;; were tedlin iilevslsrldi. e "C that the premises er stated a it was occupied by Karpis and others in Cleveland were obtained through these individuals; that Arthur Hebebrand is reported to have an interest in a large real estate concern in Cleveland which bears his name.
v.

went to that had reference 7;, on relate Karpis particular ur to

With referencematter, a<1v1sea?u1at menu tothis Karpis t e ransom

has disclosedthat W. J11 Mitchell, mentioned hereinbefore Clarence

fact, go abroad together in July of
visited

Referring InternationalMachine investigation tothx Slot racket,

1955 and it is known definitely
and in fact did

Hebebrand, a brother Arthur of Hebebrand, and William F.&#39;$ ergus, did,in

that
these individuals Rumania and Poland establish

certain

slot machines in Rumania which were later

withdrawn by

virtue of

the Rumanian government -a disapproval.

~ Cnwahoga County,

Ohio, t d raided

OnJan

10, 1956, the Prosecutor&#39;s Office of

gation/concerning that John. theof this but zman, raid, clippingsggm ll, Guyahoga , January issue 1956 of the Cleveland Press discloses Sheriff

Club. Bureaumade The has noindependent investi-

County, took no part in the raid; that the County Prosecutor enlisted the cooperation and aid of twenty-five Private detectives and armed with search warrants endeavored to serve such warrants at the Harvard Club. They were met with forcible resistance, however, by Jimmy Patton, who threatened to "mowdown" the raiding party with machine guns and held the raiding party

at bay for six hours, during which time all the ganhling equipmentat the
Harvard Club was moved away by trucks. It was finally necessary for the Safety Director of Cleveland to proceed to the Harvard Club, located just outside the city limits, with a party of policemen to gain entrance to the Club. This action was necessary because the Sheriff, when called by the Prosecutor&#39;s raiding party for aid, refused to send assistance, even though his office was notified that the Prosecutor&#39;s raiding party had been threatened with machine guns. It is evident, therefore, that the pro-

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the Director

-8

-5--12-56

prietors of the HarvardClub were closely connected with politicians and

those in powecr in Cleveland.

party. The newspapers setting this informetion are forth probably correct
in the attitude which was assumed by Patton as will be sham herein below.

assumed by James "Shinmvy Patton, whothreatened to "mowthe down"

It is desired

to point

out particularly

the "hard boiled" attitude

raiding

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the Director

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l>?</

Frank

Noonan is

the head

of

Noonan Detective

Agency in

Cleveland, Ohio.
at 4419 West

You will

recall that
was raided,

when the residence of

there were foud therein

Alvin Kerpie
several pay

171st Street

envelopes of the Noonan Detective Agenqy, for which reason a rather

Memo. for the Director

- 10 -

5-12.-56

extensive investigation was madeconcerning Frank J . Noonan. He has, however, at all times denied knowledge the Karpis-Barker gang. He of
is well acquainted with Arthur Hebebrand and James Patton and has provided guards for the Harvard Club, to prevent holdups and thefts.

He has stated that the following individuals are actively interested in

the Harvard Club -

qhwere by arrested the

up them in an effort

and "$hinmgr" James Patton. that learned he when

Billy

A. W. Hebebrand-bWilliam J.

former S i

their in city.further one connections stated the I-Ie that

to ascertain the identity of the women called at the Cleveland Police Department, reporting several days later, inquiring
that the Police

e,pol was a women

certain susp cious
between divided

237 Q

people, later identified

Noonan made the statement

as Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis, and cameback

why nothing had been done about it.
Department is

the administration and the antiadministration forces, that is, between the forces supporting the Mayor, Harry Davis, and those opposedto him, and that inthe future, if it becomes necessary for the Bureau to request

any assistancefrom the Police Department matters concerning in this

case, it would be advisable for the Bureau to first ascertain

whether the

officers

assisting

are on one side or the other.

filled with graft and corruption; that

gambling, prostitution

Mr. Noonanintimated that

the City, as well as the County, is

the administration lmows that

and the like

are going on unmolested and that the

supporters of element, hell, if

the administration will not makeany movesuntil the higheryou have the right connections in this town, Toledo
By his own admissions, Mr. ~

ups in the administration&#39;s politics have been consulted. llr. Noonan is quoted as follows: "You have undoubtedly heard that Toledo invites this does not run one, two, three with Cleveland."

Noonanadvised that if

amronegoes to the police department or the city

hall making inquiries about something in which he is interested, he knows about it within ten minuim after the individual has left the building.

letter which directed Mr. J. M}&#39;McGrath, operator was to who the of is

a large detective agency in Cleveland. This letter
is stated as follows: in the Police

The Cleveland Office has come into possession of

an anonymous

is dated May 10, the letter

1950 and was xmdoubtedly written by some party connected with the

Cleveland Police Department, because the closing sentence of

will let you know vim wrote this,
Department I existing will just

"Some day when you are down in the department I

but under the conditions that are now

have to remain your friend",

signed "KY2". This letter alleges that 1&#39;1&#39;enk Noonanis now soliciting race track work through the aid. of Gideonj abshaw,the "biggest crook and
dummy that was ever in the Police Department . The letter also alleges

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Immmn, Sheriff~1<?s.z1rattynut will

prufits. When
you knnw, he 1.41 not have

"Babshau is tel;.i_ng the race track; peaple that Rabshaw wasin the
a. friend".

is, that Rahshaw and Noonan and Joe"%ia.1l going SQ-58 the are on

let them race. The reason of "lmia

1 hia.Rabahaw has been aiouble

if thw

do not emplagr

Felice Bepartment and even ;n<:w, as use the yam. the

Xmaspwwff who Bf boozepay--off gum ss btle~d_lan the/glut itzpat.ri_c:k Joints in guys". thecauntgv.tn Rabshaw machines Hats ambargw are and Tmy, anti sauna Q1the
that Alvin Karpis carried on his perscma aradentials
It is also interesting" ta note that Dcslm-e1s~ Balaney has advise

crossing. Hazmatty ever s"inc1ahe has been in offics and if they pawer of the Sheriff&#39;s Office tn get them mrk, I will fumiah

ear-d bearing his

photmgraph, which card was issued by the Rcmnmm Detective Agenqr. She stated that his reason for earning this was ta aha: it to pcrlicze officers in the event he were ever stopped for questioning. Roonan has
de ed any knowledge of the mannw-in which Karpis obi -ainad this card.

Hebebrami, aha have a on hasbeenn wlshaci debt, 75- nave} know:

is asai to he a. gentleman gambler; that
clcaed by

tbs Unitad States Secret Service fr as" Department, levalami, Dhia, was interviewed by Egmeial Agent Er. Ea:-per atate that
James " &.mray" Patton is
awbhoritiles infarmaizion

Sn Fehnzaxfy Hr. W. 24, 1356, G5/Kazrper, Qperative in Charge at

entirely

differemvis, being a ham! boiled and nah afrai-<3

the Harvard Club was the local

mi am-ans typ ; that

when
is ta

the effect

appointed afaty Director of Glevalami, a palitieal huilfxp.

As abovemated, tha allegation is

that the

raid was so

planned as to give

Eiliuikasa, recently

z:L92&#39;="~m lan j&#39; as Departmant, thatthe refusal sf Special Q1 the Glevlan Palica
Aganta ta war}: with the peliee nearly .re:sulted in a gun battle batwean when and G-Hen. En this cazmeetian, Gfficar Wolf has referenca to a r&id conducted by Special Agsnta upon the home located ax ?009 Franklin BouJ.e1rard,i iileveleund, Ohio, which was former A *7 i residence ofEmmy ?Q_, no effort an the part of Qampbsll. Ian are mfnmed that it was the Cleveland Puliee Department that Special learned the location of Gar 1954, whan
1 arms she had seen

ma a by lernard -T. l ulf,

F called
L M
Bepteme B,

cf members of the
195$ and

gang in

"Eh

that

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the Director

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Ho1 .e=vo.rci , .

Aasa result

of this

information, Special

Agents conducted

of that
that a.

address zmtil
mid should

6:50 A..M. on the

appearance an
This raid

morning of Soptemar
th ot at

hd one oaving yet put;

in an

time it
mode

be oonaiuotod.

t; in Ghar LeWilliam Larson,

former

is Resident Agent at Richmond, "i.z-gzlnia, Ho odvisod tho oa was present at the Elmo of iilmat raid and that he was foariful. that neighbors would notii r the police that persona were entering the saidimilr ging, whereupon that 21 raici was being conducted by Special Agents so as to p:,-ovont

Wolf, I tovlephonioalig communicated with Spo~oia.l Agont o

I11 oirder to obtain tho truth of the aJ.J..ego:tionma V on t

it was to to any police SpeCi&larr voon on <!:> ?&#39;,; decided. former Agent utsido spot leave the front walk, advise offioors who the

unfortunate way, shooting. Agent ocxmmmzitgr" suchcert&#39;a I111&#39;- persons that mo izncident %smares that as advised after the raid was umior Hg
homo-o with shotguns and other Glovolan . Police Degartmontq they than found their more the Agents were raiding; that

am &#39;

Fstatodfor the a of blow went to to vicinity and thatGampbollohome, rushedwrong address about in squad. police that out t92 air Search a two
blooka from

who had observed the Agents go into the said items of fixes;-m oquipauorr , had notified the

mistake and came to oooo dam Franklin Boulevard, whore ogwti fbrmor
aclviood them that a raid was being ooncluctoo, by Spooial Agents.

tba allegation that this incident almost between Agents and the Glowroland Police were taken and the investigating police:

Thoro woos, therefore,

as you will observe,

rosmlted in a. shooting fracas Bopartment. The proper proooautions wore amply notified so that no such

absolutely

no goxmd for

mxfortmote incident Q-"$11113 arise under any circumstances". It wouJ.d,o therefore, a oar __tha1s thore 1; no fomidartion for the omtemamt which is ma a by

Lieuteug . W531;

that a. few days prior to this Larson had made an agreement

Spooial Agent: further advised it was Imderstandingi mo that his

time, former 3pooi.al Agent. in Charge William with some oomanding officer oi the }1B?6l&I.tl

Polioo Eepartmerxt to the effect that Agents and offic.- era woulti work in .GUGp81I .9-1310!! with another; that, however, one in ocmsiloiaiog this raid, bk . Lawson had refrained from notifying the Cleveland Po4.ioe,. for which reason they were highly displeased and adopted somov oat of 8. hootilo attitude from that time. It is oubmittoci, however, that former Special Agent in marge Larson undoubtedly had gooci reason for reofraining from calling in
assist-once of the Gloveland Police in this matter-

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the Dirsctnr

-13- 5 12~36.

V This

will inform

you that during the

time members of the

the i ollm&#39;:r3.m1; pa-rscms

iisrpis -.Bar.kar resided in Glevalazxcl, Univ, cccugied tha fallowlng residences:

3973 West Street- DelanayKarpis Delnres 3;%;# lg th Alvin and

W369 Bnulevard --ilamibell Frz=.n.Prlit1 am iiarry

hen Alvin

by the William J. itchell Real Estate Qrganization, William .Mitchell being the haad_af said crganizaticn. It is pointed out to yam that William 3. Mitahell is a very claae ass0cate of Arthur W. Hebebrand.and James "Shimmy Patton and is alleged to&#39;E&%e an interest in the Harvard Club,
of Cleveland, Ohia, which is owne& an.uperated by Hebebrand and Patton. Karpis and Holores Delaney than maved to 3?73 est 149th Street, where the progaerty was rented frmn the A. W. Habe-brand Urganitaatinnv, In<:.,, Of 971

thqy occupied a rasidence Flaminge Street. prog was nwnad at i3lG9 This gay

Karpis an@ Buluras Uelaney

first arrived

in Cleveland,

nawever,

July 6, Fred Barker and wan locatedrented in l?lst 05 John &Q?;, 193$. The property at iii? Wes SreBt, which was occupied by the name
E. Matterson. Mitchell Real
rented from

Bennison Avenue, Uleveland, Ohio.

This property

was rented by Karpis on

William that the J.

This groperty was 1ikewise&#39;rented from tha Estate organizatimn. It is ahewn, however,
Hebebrsnd or Mitchell interests.

residence occupie
either the

by Harry Campbell at V399 Franklin Eaulevard was not . an May ll, 1936, I telephnnically cam-

muxxicated with Special Agaxfo

that waif hs a reputation

At abaut 11:08 A.

tf;a= U1-zjvalemd vary little B0!1eeIr1ing,;_ F, amed ilifice i-mm;-s but in

fur making goa arrests. He is likewise re

certain iurther details with regardLiehtan Eg%f. e that to stated

"haodlums". It
be an excellent palitieian

of the Cleveland Qffiice,to as-v

ported to

is reported that Wgl vadopts the policy that nae cann t

therafore, he uses this 6 naii n l

and also gets along well with

the

maka case by gving to 5unday Echaal an ,

for his rather continued asso iationh00dlum characters. iwi."th E stated thaii hasLieu5ant"Wolf was with the officersthe1 made cases. f1.11 S ffl goad stated that it is nb his impression that
?D0 Frank1in.Bculehrd where ga t
previously oeaupie by Harry

who madeinquiny at
raii on the residence

were making a

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Memo for the Director -14With reference Cleveland

in.

5-12-36.
to the situation excerpts existing therefrom in Cleveland, will Ohio,

numerous newspaper clippings have been forwarded to the Bureau by the

office and interesting be quoted here-

Reference has already been made to the raid on the Harvard Club oy Prosecuting Attorney Cullitan. It is to be noted that the Harvard Club which was raided was not actually located within the confines of

Cleveland but was really

cornoration adjacent

located in hewburg Heights, which is a

municipal

to Cleveland.

fhe Cleveland newspapers have given a great deal of oublicity

come theaidof County to Prosecutor T.?Cullitan, Cullitan Frank when

found it

to the raid

and to the fact

that

Sheriff

John M.

Sulzmann refused Club.

to

item appearingtheCleYeland Dealer, in Plain dated January 1936 ll,

is quoted as follows: V

impossible

to gain entrance

into

the Harvard

A news

>F%aryard County Club held ProsecutorT.Qullitan, Frank

his staff and twenty special constables at bay after they appeared at the expansive gambling resort in Newburg Heights to raid it simultaneously with a surprise
ed without resistance. -

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"For nearly six hours last

night operators of the

attack on the Thomas Club in Maple Heights, which yieldFrom sunset until
stables
doors.

nearly ll

last night the prosecutor mowdown the conto batter Safety in the Director

apd_his force of menwere repulsed by threats from the

operators of the Harvard Club to
with machine guns if The Harvard they tried

Club was stormed only after

hliot

Ness, acting,

he said,

as a private

citizen,

took
police

several police squads to the prosecutor&#39;s aid. Cullitan pleaded in vain for help from the city
forcement officer." -

department and from Sulzmann, the county&#39;s chief law en-

Entrance having been finally gained after a six hour s<i5e, the prosecutor and his deputies found that all of the gambling equipment had been removed by the aid of trucks. The paper goes on to state that after

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the Birector

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en rance had counting room

bean gained "Hebebran and of the club on the pretext

his aids walked into of getting their hats

the moneyan coats,

ana escaped by climbing through a small window anu dragping ten feet to the graund 0utside"
The gaper continues

near the

roof sf

the resort,

A few minutes later

his home, sent war that he would not

Sheriff Sulzmann,

ill in

bad at

to Cullitan, the Drosecutur said, send aid or pratection unless it was

requested by Mayor Jerry Eticha of Mewburg Heights, in accordance with my home rule galley. Cullitan had previously tried time after time to reach Sbicha at his
hume, but was b rld he was nmt there.

The paper gives tha following datails concerning raid: the

Patton James Shimmy Patten wh i5 wll known to thi$
Bureau!, cursing prnfusely, rushed tnward Gullitan. Sullitan tried ta accomglish his task peacefully ny me that goes in there, _Patt0n cried, gets their *_Whead knacked off. Yau*ve gut your __mhnme at stake an we g t nur V Hpraperty at stake. 1 I&#39;ve triadevery decent way I could*-&#39; Gullitan began. No,y0u haven t,&#39; Patten broke in@ This is my&#39;j0b close this to place, Bullitan said. " Why dan t yuu quit your job? Patton shot back." The Cleveland News, date January ll, 1936 3 ated as f llowst

"r@ Cullitan also had nothing to would take &ny aatinu against village gambling juints to upstate as openly The Cleveland
Ness, Safety Director, as

say when asked if he sfficials who allowed in violation sf law." 14, 936 quotes Eliat
the

Flain Dealer,
fnllows:

dated January

&#39;1 did know not

Sheriff Sulzmann

excepting through

newspapers, Hess

said. I

haven t met

him yet,

but I

consider Iknuw him thoroughly since his

rgfusal to

san

deputies to the aid of uunty ?roaecutar Su1Iitan,&#39; when Jnhn Flynn, my assistant directr, went to Gounty Jail he found six deputies just sitting~-perhass waiting
fa? the millennium. He got no satisfaction from Jailer

Murphy. either did I. plight, and we b0th.g0t

he bmth.pointed cut r. tbs anawer: The sheriff

Gullitan s stands by

his home rule policy~he

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Memn fdr hha Director

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mayur of

mewburg Heights .

it Gan t
best ssLlers, sheriff rsscuing

Happen Here ,

the title

of one

of our not have

wuuld be true locally tne prosecuting cities.

if applied to the &@EGPHEYn Hence the

reuant rains
been news

became news here, althuugh

in many

they waul

i. want to say aerimzsly to you and to all oi the bet, tar elment, that we must have the gublic with us, That means gou citizens must nan neglect their full duty.&#39;"

m theCl veiamd Athletic Club befara Odovan the Club? Q mgaed of Ohia
Resleysn nivewsity alum iu
That the

The abovs

qnnnunian was

t&h6n tram

a speech

viven uv &ii0&

Hess

its olitical Plain Sealer

raid canducted by Frank T. Qullitan is alleged ta have aspecta is shown in a naws item apsaaring in the Cleveland as folluws: ated January 29, 1935; which is quuted County Prnaacutar
Frank T.
blubs was

@ullit@n s

recnt raid

on

the Harvard

and Thomas

QB8GYlbd Last

night as

plot coaxed
embarrass Sheriff

up by

an

assistant

county prnsecutor benefit Congressman

to Martin

J hn M.

Sulzm an n&#39;s campaign Congress for

in the Twentieth District L. Eweeney~

and to

ne pews item goes on to state:

fhe ward leaders

v ied $0
next week

in erse Sulzmann
of the

fer GongreS$
com~

and to
- > H tnam ..

call

a meeting

277 precinct

mitteemen in For yaur

the district

Lu submit

Sulzmann&#39;5 candidacy to in the primaries, very lauum

infarmatian Bulzmann

was dgf ated

News items appearing in

at0ry of
Direutor

the Cleveland

newsgapers are

the agpaintmeut of Gleveland.

the Harvard

and conduct of bliot Ness as Public Safety He was particularly graised f r his action in

assisting County
raid on

Prosecutor Gullitan,
Club. Newa

"as a private
alse stated

citizen during
that numeraus

the
up

items have

raids are

being cmnducted The Gleveland

by golice

squads in

an effart

to Gl nn

gambling conditions

in Cleveland.

News dated January ll,

1936, refera

to Hess as

follows:

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the Director.

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_"It was Jr. Mess who, when Sheriff Sulzmann, from his sickbed, refused to send aid to Cullitnn, took the bull by the horns and led 33 Cleveland police officers
and nen to the Harvard club possible violence." to protect Cullitan from

Referring to

Cullitan the
his job

Samepaper states:
of closing the two notorious

"The prosecutor,

gaming resorts done, offered no criticism either of Sheriff 5ulzmann&#39;s refusal to help, or of the lethargy of Newburg~Hei;hts and Maple Heights officials in failing to close the clubs."

It is
Club, those

indicated that as a

result of

the raid on the Harvard

are James "Shimmy" Patton,

Arthur Hebebrendand DanTK@allagher, owners th of

for whom city police

are searching

Newburg and Sam Heights, "Gameboy&#39;!PMillerThomas Ale>uf&#39;iller of the and Club in Maple Heights.
Referring to Eliot Nose move to clean up conditions in Cleve-

Harvard Club in

land, the

Cleveland News dated January "On orders from policy operators

9, 1936

is quoted

as follows:

W.iStory at the
Tuesday night. Inspector Story

E. 35th st. told them.

Safety Director Ness a meeting of was called by Deputy Inspector Frank

Longwood ct. police station

you up,
&#39; and are in

Fold up of your own accord or we will fold

Along lower ccovill ave., once the
the city, officers are visiting houses

most open vice the city.

district in

ordering all
Only those the houses

transient girls

to move out of

who can prove their leitimate homes are being permitted to remain.

Bookmakers still exist, doing a curb or telephone business, but the gambling resorts have disappeared.
Gamblers who prospered in Cleveland last year are reported to have either left town or to be making plans to

head for other cities

casual-

where the law enforcement is more

the cleanup. Director Ness V means

The order The police

business.

has gone out for department knows

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In praise iews of ianuaxy ll,

ing:

of the mark of iafety Direcaor Hess the Claveland 1936 carries an z>.-diizoril cantainizng the 501.10?!cheering, let s
nine sharp

While we re
tnrea long
Meas.

fill the
r&hs far

air with
nliut

hurrahs and

refusal ta

Criticism n55 aid Presecut r

been launched Gullitau in

against Sherifi 5ulzm&nn far his raiding the Harvard Club. The

Ulevelsnd Plbin
titled "Three

Dealer for
Men , the

January 12, 1936 carries

of which
appraises Qulzmann as an

an editurial
follows:
officer

enk

clasing pcrtiun electorate ta

is as

The community

who, chosen by the

proves himself

enfarce the
be faithless

law,
to

in the

amerganqy to

his du y
the sheriff

and his

oath It

is nu

new appraisal

for

nf&#39;Cuyahnga1".

It appears that Bebebrand and Patten during Septamber l@35 were arrested n the charge cf being gambling Operaturs. In line with the criticism directed against &heriff Sulzmann the Cleveland Plain Dealer for Eeptember 10, 1935 is quoted as fellows: Arthur Hebehrand, Dan Gallagher and James Shimmy! Patton. sf, the l&#39;18~I ~"&1 d Club were placed in which was fnrmerly the wamen&#39;s psychopathic war&.

a * Gama Boy! Miller an his brathers, Save and Alky; of the Thomas Elub, were confined in the jail

keeping the

hQ iL&l ward. &#39; there waa $heri John M. Sulzmann axplained that Q vary 5in$le reasun for selection of these quarters M1m@&#39;mmm m j@l* I adhere raligiou ly ta the advocacy of segregation,

hardened criminals
he said."

segregated from

the

irst orfanders,&#39;

It appaars that three right nf the cnunty grand jury answer questions "which might

of the six efendants had challenged the during December 1935 ta force them to tend to incriminate" them and they carrieu

their cantemgt
winning their

of court
fight. It

convicticns ta
appears, however,

the tate
that on

Supreme Ccurt hefcre

September 9, l35 *

several defendants

pleaded guilty

to the

charge of

unlawfully keeping

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Memo for

the Director.

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5-1z36.

a room for gambling purgoses and that on that date Judge Corlett im~ posed $500 fines and thirty day jail sentences against Sam Miller, Arthur Hebebrund and Dan Qallagher; that against Patton and Dave and out $100 fines and ten day jail sentences. Alky Miller he meted
News certain criticism of items

appearing
the manner

in the Cleveland
in which officers

Plain
are

Dealer
trained

carry
for the

Cleveland Police Department. A considerable amount of

space has been

biven to the need for pOliC8 training which would be comparable to that given by the Bureau to new Special Agents. Indicative of the fact that the Cleveland Police Deparhnent has been beset with certrin evils is the fact that the Cleveland Plain Dealer of January ll, 1936
"NESS PELPABLS TO CUnh POLICE gave space to a news item entitled The news item goes on to elaborate upon NesS&#39; program, which LVILS?.
is to be

accomplished by
"l -Immediate
school.

ue following:
a police training

establishment of reruirements
to civil

24-Much more rigid

fect for

than are now in ef~

service examinations

admittance

given to candidates for appointmentas patrolman.

3 Searching character investigations and the finger&#39;

printing of
force.

men in line
requirements

for appointment to the

for admission to and promotion

4- Different

in various branches of

the police
fitness

service.

-ejecting of
mental

a candidate&#39;s temperamental, as well as

and physical, to become a policeman.

6--"eeding out of cadet patrolman who have not demonstrated proficiency in police work during a twoyear probationary period7~-Adoption of measures to improve the morale of the present police force."

Reference has already been made to the statement made by Lt. Bernard J. Wolf of the Cleveland Police Department with respect to the A news failure of Agents to cooperate with Cleveland police officers. item appearing in the Cleveland News of May 8, 1936 is quoted as follows: "City Sues to Reduce Wolf&#39;s Police Rank
ant

Bernard Wolf&#39;s right to his ranking as a&#39;lieuten in the Cleveland police department today was to be

contested in common pleas court at the hearing of

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Memo for

the Director.

-20- 5-12-36.

taxpayer&#39;s suitbrought by

Law Director

Alfred Clum.

The city contends Wolf&#39;s promotion by former Safety Director Lavelle Nov. 9, 1935, was illegal because he did not take a civil service examination and there was no eligibility list. His reduction to the rank of sergeant is asked, with a salary out from

$2,7Z6 to $2,613 a year." The Uleveland News dated October 26, 1935 gives a resume of the
of Mr. Burton and cites the fact that he is credited with

Harold Hf Burton was elected of Cleveland, recently Mayor Ohio.

activities
an impressive

record for
s The

public service.

V
29, 1935
I

Cleveland News dated October

is quoted

as follows:

"Mr. Burton promisedlthere will

the police
executive."

be no politics

in

department w n&#39;he is Cleveland&#39;s chief

Burton is

quoted

as follows:
is between the renewal of an administra-

"Your choice

tion which came into office on the promise of law enforce~ ment and under which a grand jury found that law enforcement was interfered with by politics. _ ,It is absolutely necessary that there be no politics, political pressure or political groups having control over
any individual in the police department. police department will know before election as I am concerned, politics has no place department." After Burton had been elected Mayor Every man that so in the police in the far .

of Cleveland

by the

greatest

majority ever
Cleveland Plain

accorded a candidate
Dealer gave
BABE BURTON

for that

position, on
WHIP."

May 5, 1936 the

space to
ATTEHPTS TO

the following:
USE JOB

The said

paper than

states:
4

"An attemptby Mayor Harold H. Burton to whip Republican

councilman into support of his stand on
ordinance by withdrawing their terday at a hearing before the the appropriation patronage was revealed yes
Civil Service Commission.

Councilman Thomas Fgeacvarferty testified

that he and

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Memo for the Director.

2l 5l2-36.

Councilman Thomas J.Gunning, who voted with the Democrats in support of the Art amendment to the appropria~ tion ordinance, had lost their patronage two days after
they had voted.

./

When I went to the mayor,&#39;he said:You&#39;ve got to expect that if you don&#39;t go along with the administration,
McCafferty said.

The mayor admitted last night that supporters of both men had been dropped, but said that the droppin5 was a mistaken policy and that most employee had been restored
to the pay rolls, except for several found unfit for jobs.

The Cleveland newspapers have given considerable publicity to the recent investigation involving Captain Louis J. Cadek, "the cop who made $109,000 . The Cleveland Plain Dealer dated April 14, 1936 is quoted
as follows: I

"The records

tell brusquely

of 28

transfers in

30

years; of one suspension and an acquittal; of another suspension, dismissal and reinstatement, but nothing of how

a cop could make $109,000."

The same paper shows that over a period of thirty years service

the total salary received by Ufficer Cadek was $67,966 but that investigation disclosed that he had $109,000 on deposit. Gadek has been relieved
of duty and has been indicted.Acoording "Nine witnesses--all to the Cleveland Plain Dealer of

Apr 1114: _]-9.36 .

admitted former bootleggers, accord
the ing to the county prosecutor&#39;s office- wcre called before county grand jury yesterday in an investigation of the

$109,000 in savings accumulated by Police Captain Louis J.

Cadek on a total salary of
said he had

$67,966 received
testified before grand jurors
who were

from the
the grand they had

city
jury paid
be

since his

appointment as a patrolman
they had
to collectors

nearly 30 years ago. payments. Other

understood to

One witness witnesses said

various amounts

that he had paid Cadek $2,000 in several

told the

gathering the

money for

the police."

Respectfully,

K. R.

Mclntire.

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