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' ia Mts ,* i ts ay ty } Werorandum: Synopsis of my charzee arainst Vaior WL. Ray, Gpecial Awent in Charge of Detroit "nit.and against Colonel George Vayo.Ascitent Gpecial Agent in Char-~e of Detroit Special Agents office. wWYil state in thie memorandum a brie? eumrary cf my ‘charges against the above named Prenibition cffioials, I otiained thie information while employed by a private detective agency in Detroit, and concurrently doing under-cover investigative work for Mi jor Rav. A full record of my connection with “ajor Ray le in the Frohibition fllea. This occured in the erring of 1929. Leta 1. Colonel “ecree #ayo complied the income tax returns for Abraham J.oss and Tatdore Sweetwine. Theses men were well known rackteers, “ Woes "being the eheéfof the so-called $19,000,000 international emuceline eyndicate.He is known to ave con@ucted extensive operations in dope, allen and liquor eruccling. Vr. owoetwine woe 9 pabtner in t ‘oar evnegices There was teen many indictrents against these ren and their eang. Not only did Colcnel ‘ayo take out their tax reports but he cave themexpert aselatence in eviding the rayrent of their correct tax dues. “e rerecente? Ake Ces ag a tatbler and that tte treocre was only about $3,007. frie ~ aga matter cf €act rie corm7isetone on Canadian liquor was over 10,00. ¢ The Canadian export records will confarm this statement. Ber —— 2, Colonel Mayo kept the Mose gang informed of the activities of the federal enforcement units on the Canadian border,and wee a “requeng ‘vieltor at the gang headouartere at Windsor, Cnt. 3. While 4ajor Asv wae ccting in charge of the Detroit “rit of the Special Agents,he used ty esrvices for about thyee ronthe on investigations of the “ors gang yurple mang <oran and vspeone unite stteh wore operating in Detroit. He obtained detailed informaticn ef the big-ecale operations of wholesale boctleazing creanisatione.H= neve made any arrests or raids on there violators,except in the case of the Purple gang.“ut if I rerember correctly no conva@tionss were ever obtained emalnet then. & During this time I worked a5 a “goebetwaen"” for Vator Ray and Abe Woss,chief of a powerful ring of erugzlers.and I negotiated a conference batween them. Major Ray offered to assist Yosa in fixing the @istrict Attorney so certain MOes pangsters eould return to the (nited States and pay emall,nominal fines. About twenty of therwere unde~ indictment and had fled to Canaca. fajer Ro ay wae tc ‘peceive $1,000 for every “Norse man he “svrung" from the evndicrte. G, Also,I helped Major Ray ottaino’ detailed information on the operationa of the “merican Yotorized Traneport ¢o,In¢,a rackteer organizstion owned by"Bugs"” Yoran and Tez Newberry, well known Chicago DOCtleggers."e never did make arrest cf these vi lators,even tho he knew ~ ‘new they transp-rted thousands of casesof liquor between Detroit and “hicago.