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Chicago File S8-194 AJR EOD do > c each, with instructions to apply this money on payments of the tax claims a against DE WCIA and CAMPAGNA. On three of the above occasions, BERNSTEIN was é absant from his office and the money was received by his secretary, Mise EE GENEVA COX. a BNAR ap Miss COX sageinterviewed by Special Agents : n this regard. She stated that in October, 1946, an unidentified-.. - man, whom she has never seen on any other occasion, before or sincé, came’ to, Sea ob BERNSTEIN's office and asked for BERNSTEIN. Miss COX informed the man that ae ee? BERNSTEIN was not in. The man then counted out and handed over to Miss COX 7‘. } about $25,000 in cash, consisting of larga bills, including some of $1000. denomination. The only explanation the man made to Miss COX was that the .. «+ money was “for LOUIé CAMPAGNA's tax." Miss COX offered to furnish hima =: ile 5 ‘ * ypeceipt, to which he replied, "Never mind." According to Miss COX,. this un” a oaas _, known man did not in any way identify himself nor did she press him for an | % identification. Miss COX did not regard the incident as necessarily unusual“? " inasmuch as on numerous previous occasions in connection with matters not #} aibsy Bt related to the case, unidentified persons have similarly come to BERNSTEIN's oy te office and left money or documents for BERNSTEIN. . . a ape oh he Miss COX related that two or threa days after the above incident, a second . 2 . unidentified man came to BERNSTHIN's office and in BERNST&IN's absence, left... > ° with Miss COX a large package of currency, amount unknom, which was merely |. | tied together with a strip of paper. Also, a day or two later, athird * eer unidentified man similarly came to BERNSTEIN's office and left with Misa ; COX a large package of bills. In both instances, according to Miss COX, the men did not identify themselves and indicated they wanted no receipts. rare in ve According to Miss COX! recollection, one of these latter two men merely told. -\, hs Be acter her that the money was "for PAUL's tax," and on the other occasion the man ., nee 7 indicated merely that the money was "for LOUIS's tax." AL oo Miss COX stated that she did not regard the visits by these latter two men as ens, unusual any mors than she regarded the visit by the first man as unusuale | me oe ve She stated that she turned the monay in each instance over to BERNSTELN upon» his arrival at the office. oh on ra he if wes Miss COX denied she had any information whatever which would serve to Laanithty <% oy the three men referred to above. She stated she believes she would be able - . cae ‘ to identify these three men if sh should ever see them again. Miss COX .* indicated that she had a better recollection of the first man than of tha: ee other two, She described the first man as being an Ttalian, 3 about "45 vearea + & Py as Leen TU ae a ee ; SS ke “ale 4 ne ee OE nn ~ A eee. A th tit det geet, in re * ra ee ea Te _ Tw at Fe tee _ = 4 oie, pe + oe wor - ~~ Pa ~L ~. 7 ee te arte i a cet oat 2 ee he es