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a ne “that he had no specific information as to the source of thege rumors other, + oa? ’ than Reporter DOHERTY, that he had "no hot leads", but felt the best start Chicago File #58-194 Wsid smeL ee Nn, ely, a 4 DETAILS: This investigation is predicated upon Bureau Letter to tne . Washington Field Division dated September 22, 1947. a 7 ts fi It is noted that Bureau teletype of reference dated September 19, 1947 requested interviews with MARIO TONWELLI, JO PORCARO, ROBERT G. SCELZ and JOSEPH oe eet IMBURGIO BULGER. a Fos - Teletype of reference dated September 24, 1947 from Washington Field Division - requested that interviews be conducted with Bishop SHEIL and STEVE HEALY. As a matter of background, it is observed that the captioned subjects were co- ..- defendants in the anti-racketesrinzg prosecution brought in the United States a District Court for the Southern District of New York. These subjects, together . ~ with CEOPCE pRemat and WITLTE BRID°r and others, wera charged with having Weel wee AT ed a dd Pe — se he el 26r se Fa wee sau . yy extorted from various motion picture producers a sum upwards of ona million...» ro ‘ . . houq@. , dollars. The captioned subjects were convicted and sentenced to ten years - +, « imprisonment and fined 10,000 on December 31, 1443. The five captioned subjects were all released on parole on August 13, 1947 after having served - ~*~ just slightly over the minimum sentence received for this conviction. OO Bureau letter of reference pointed out that it should be definitely under=— ; a stood that the object of this investigation was to determine whether any Een yg violation of the federal Bribery statute or other criminal statutes within’ “the ~ investigative jurisdiction of the Bureau is present, and whether there were ate? any irregularities in conection with tie granting of the paroles of these subjects. ry Mre FYED E. WISBEY, Menber of the United States House of Representatives from Jllinois, telephonically communicated with the Attorney General on September -: 15, 1947, advising that there was an indication of bribery in connection with the parole of the captioned subjects. Congressman BUSBEY was interviewed by Assistant Special Agent In Charge RICHARD N. HOST@NY and Supervisor PAUL Jd. HAYES on September 15, 1947 at Chicago, Illinois. Hir- BUSBEY advised that oa ot nbn ash ce Vie Ta a he had heard many rumors indicating that a quarter of a million dollars had ae been paid to effect the release of these subjects, and he suspicioned that yak the money might have come through the hands of PAUL DILLON, a Saint Louis,. vo Missouri attorney. BUSBEY declaved that the sole source of his information is JAMES DOHERTY, Reporter, Chicazo Daily "Tribune". He stated, however, that, oe on the surface the release of these convicts does not look Qood. He informed |... 02: -la- st eo: “/4) 2 Oeipagcn ‘ . a . el 7 7 - . * r + . * . Ho 4 o- Lo . Be, . ie a a Ae Ue ce eh, ae *