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ce eae athe erence A oO © Director, August 3, 1935-6 = person calling stated that he was Mr. Gibney, that the person to be interviewed was then in his office, and that he had informed Gibney ‘that he was well acquainted with Agent Starr and preferred to talk personally with that agent. The person calling then stated that the man in his office told him he lived out of town and would be in tom again on Monday when he would telephone this office before calling to see Agent Starr. Charles Eq Russell, called at this office and was interviewed by Agent Starr. - or Russell stated to Agent Starr that he was the author of the magarine article, that he was the man who talked with Agent O'Don- nell from Mre Gibney's office, and that hie reason for being so cautious was that he did not want to be “put on the spot" by discussing the matter indiscriminately with some agent whom he did not know. Major Russell stated that the statements contained in the article which was published in Detective Fiotion Weekiy are absolutely correct as to facts, that whatever embellishments appear therein were merely added to make a better story, but that the substance is absolutely correct. The meeting referred to occurred, however, in Brooklyn, N. Y., and not in a mid-western city, and the man to whom the $10,000.00 a week offer was made is Major Ressell himseif. af Yesterday a man whom I believe you kmow of, namely, Major ‘Major ussell stated that the headquarters of the Al Capone syndicate have been shifted from Chicago to Brooklyn, and that - the entire racket sypdicate field, including vice, gambling, liquor and various other 1] » is now controlled and directed by a man named ito and two men a\Totto of Brooklyn. y have assoclated with hem many notoriouajratketeers, inoluding ch"\schultz, and the three men named are the hdéads of the syndicat At thgir headquarters they have a group of young men, none of appear fo be over twenty-four years of age, who ere professional kiYiers whose activities are limited to performing that function for the, syndicate. They have numerous henchmen, inoluding young[Jawyers \idoctors, and various other men of the professional type, as well as the usual gangster type. They receive a “out" from all the racketeer operations from Chicago to the east coast and from Boston to below Philadelphia. Some time, possibly along in April, they had Russell come to their meeting place and there in the presence of from twelve to fifteen men, including Vito, one of the Tottos, “Dutch” Schultz and others, made to him the proposition which is set out in the magazine article. Major Russell stated that