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JOHN EDGAR HOOVER | ae 3 ° 2 “Ses Department of Justice a : ‘Barean of coatgin EIA. FIPS ae va : essen le October fe, Staak? Qu. 20 .- eg 2h —, ‘ "eS PEM RW MM SCn THE DIRECTOR — «, een } “th further reference to the JUICE-CRIE negra. EOP at Chie-po, I desire to sdvise that this morning J had a confere with itr. Oseas who left Chicrseo yesterday. Mr. Osees stated there. je no doubt whetever thet there is a racket in the juice grape in- Gustry at Chicago, that it is controlled absolutely by certain gang- sters, that the freater part of the shipment of grepes from the fest Coast is routed to the tracks of the Northwestern Railroad, where the disposition of the erapes is entirely under the dominion of Itelians. Mir. Cseas steted thet he personally visited these tracks on Thursday of lest week when there were 160 odd carloads of graves being sold, thet emonge the meny hundreds of peope, both sellers and pur¢hesers, he did not see a half dozen persons of other than Italian oririn, and hai, therefore, concluded thet it would be utterly impracticable for anyone other than an Italien to attemot to leern what wes going on. Ee stated further thet be had conferred several times tnd at length with CHARLES IRiG:Fo who made the orifinal compleint to the Cenertrent, emi head discussed wavs and means of ascervaining the fects in an effort totake some action. Irgang advised thet it wouic be utterly impossible to expect any persons engaged in the recket to talk: thet several weeks ago a raid had been made by the State's Attorney's office on the Northwestern Rellroed tracks and a consideretle number of the vendors of gracses had been arrested and interrorated tut nothing was Jearned from any of them. They do not refuse to talk tut they know nothing concerning a racket when ther are interrogated. Mr, Oseas stated thet Irrgang volunteered to furnish the funds for en agent of this Buresu to enter into the grave business; that is, to actually purchase a cerload of grapes through his (Irr- gang's) suction, then to move that car to the Northrestern Railroad tracke for sele by retail by our Agent. Mr. Oseas stated thet after discussing the matter with Irrgang and with the agents et the Chicago office, he had concluded this was the only means of obtaining any information of velue and tentative plars had been made along th ese lines. Vr. Cseas atated further thet he had interviewed the Presi- . dent of the Northwestern ssilrosd who lent a very sympethetic ear to the comoleint am ste-ed thet it had been on his surcestion that the raid wes mde by the State's Attorney's office several weeks before mut the t the reid hed been absolutely futile & far es results were concermed. The President of the Reilroad arranced tht Mr. Oseas 120 su 99 7 18g - ~ ee ee vee me er ee cm ne ee re oe me Se tee ee -