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e ” eee aeeelianeeenedlienmmnetemeaeaemneememteetamamemenateeeadeeeti >. . ee ee ate te ome - ~ eerie Serene ee Ebates me et ce a 3 tte . : Ol, eeseaeanan ly es yee . Bo acne ne ee ee . : — ° 2 STABARD POR 10. 04 ‘ ; . Fo Office Me O° dum * UNITED 3 GOVERNMENT To : Mr. DeLoach f 7 DATE: December ae - 7 , ' : , . lmont = y mom: Mz cS ae . . et MsGue 5 i | ¥, 9:30 P. M. ’ 12 10/59 - oo. of _ a Sa 7 , a a _. Tele-Room __ > Holloman — a , Captioned program was broadcast locally at 9:30 p.m. over Channel 7. . This misleading program, again narrated by Walter Winchell involved "The Tri-State Gang."" This gang involved a group of hijackers who were stealing from trucks which ” crossed the state lines. Eliot Ness and his men were described as "Federal police." This case in actuality was handled by the FBI, and the program as portrayed Jeft}the | inference that Ness and his men were associated with this Bureau, although geet: Y was not mentioned at any time during the program, er . Cn keer ' .: The program opened with the hijacking of a truck at Oakhurst, Virginia, which was Carrying a $20,000 shipment of tobacco. The driver was chained to a tree and after a hood was placed over his head, he was shot. Ness and his men were called into the case and set up headquarters in a Richmond, Virginia, hotel. A round-the- clock surveillance of a junk yard in Richmond culminated in an attempt to make arrests of the members of the gang. Very ineptly Ness and his men were spoted by members of the gang as they enter the junk yard. There was an exchange of gun fire. One of ” fhe Untouchables’ was killed and one of the gang members was killed. The slain gang member had been friendly with a French girl who became aware of the identity of the gang members. A member of the gang was dispatched to kill her. She was shot but. 7 is not killed. Upon learning of her hospitalization, the gang again attempted to kill her at the hospital. Ness saw the hoodlum on a fire escape attempting to enter the hospital. Co - The French girl furnished the niémes and residences of the gang members to Ness. Raids are made but three members of the gang elude capture. The gangster who attempted to kill the French girl is slain by the gang for his failure to do go. a In the scene showing the three gangsters at their hideout, o pe member observes that the "Feds" were after them. The gang leader, portrayed op Boe by William Bendix, states "Feds~-they're nothing but a G4 “ flatfoots just like any ~ other cops." ) i) rn’ PIG. ren eee a OAT Lb Ay a, RE ETS ents T-O97 AP ge ST agg ue REL Ce ~~ $n order to obtain fukioid make a successy flight fram authorities, . ., ° the remaining gangsters kidnaped 9 local bookie and.demanded $60, 000/ransom. “The = wife of the bookie manages to aise $28,000 and promises-te-furnish the next day. The gang Kills the kie that night and abandoned the - 1-Myl Detach Nf. /* er acne BE. St-paw44) ~ Tp Ge oe