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Chicago File 58-194 oa Tenge ES him what interest it was to himself, COLOSIMO had stated that he, ASH, was listed as GlOBis parole supervisor. ASH stated he informed COLOSTEO a that he would not act as GIOE's parole supervisor until he had been officially oO notified either fron the Washington or Chicago office of the Probation . Department that he was designated as a parole supervisor. | oe en if ro a ory. ASH stated that at the time the adverse publicity in th parole of the subjects. became’ known, he recontacted KORSHAK in an effort to ascertain what had 4" os happened to tha backing of GIOE by Bishop SHIEL. KORSHAK reiterated that Bishop:’ SHIEL had backed GIOZ but that there was no proof available to KORSHAK of this. -- ASH then contacted Bishop SHIEL's secretary, who told ASH that if Bishop SHIEL's name wera mentioned in connection with the paroles, a suit for libal |... would be instituted and that if Bishop SHIEL were questioned as to any backing. of GIOE that he would emphatically dem it. ASH stated that KORSHAK told* im ' ye that he had nothing in writing toe show that Bishop SHIZL had backed GIOE.: : ts ASH stated that he is a very good friend of JAMES DOHERTY, a reporter tor the. As a Chicago Tribune, and that he sees DOHERTY daily except when DOHERTY is out of ,2** town. (It is to be noted that DOHERTY is the Tribune reporter investigating _ the peroles for the Chicago Tribune newspaper.) ASH stated that he has lunch ~ , with DOHERTY almost every day at a restaurant where “anybody's business is a everybody's business." , 7 Det According to ASH, just prior to the publicity of the granting of the paroles 2 wp * appearing in the newspapers, one GREGG DILLON, connected with the Herald Americafi’~ newspapers, called him by telephone and stated that he had been requested by ~~ ¢:+.; the New York office of the Herald American to contact ASH in connection with “ san a@ rumor to the effect that TOCTS SHR and BOB HANNEGAN were interested in tha. Ms eS paroles of the subjects. ASH advised that he informed DILLON hea had no knowledge, of any connection of these two individuals with the paroles and that he had °°. te no knowledge of the paroles himself besides the fact that he had been Toque mted to be GIOE's parole supervisor. ASH stated he had no knowledge of any irregularities or payments of money in connection with the subjects! obtaining thair paroles, that he had nothing to: an do with any of the transfers of the subjects between prisons, and that he had ; heard no rumors of any irregularities. ye ane ASH stated that he accepted the o¥fer to be GIOE's parole supervisor because Woke of ths fact that he did Imow GIOE slightly as he lived clos@ to GICE at the * ay ee: ‘present time and in the past had lived with GIOE in the sam@ hotel, and ~ ee x '- “because friends of his had told him that he would be doing