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A ten i nn ee cee ne tinct lean iN betel Ee ne a oie coe a a OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 a . Tolson *. - : a ) } ao - * Mohr : UNITED STATES ENT ) Parsons : Memorandum ro: Mr. DeLoach © yy / >ave: January 29, 1960 FROM: MANS SUP Ssupyeer: “THE UNTOUCHABLES n Dore ma avesewetoregye 1h - a ‘*.-"* "-"- Gaptioned program was presented locally over Channel 7\at 9:30 p.m. : last night and was entitled "The St. Louis Story." The program was again narrated by Walter Winchell. — a - _ “The background of this story concerns the St. Louis, Missouri, area during the early 1930's when several different hoodlum gangs were fighting among. themselves. Under the direction of Dink Conway, who operates a local restaurant, _ the leaders of the various "gangs" meet to organize and unite under a respectable front. One of the gang leaders by the name of Jim Harrington refuses to organize and when he leaves the meeting is taken for a typical gang-land ride. — Lo .. Thereafter, it is noted, gang-land péace exists for a short time until . another of the gang leaders, Joe Courtney, agrees on his own,with a small time hoodlum,to assist in the post office truck robbery of approximately $150, 000 in cash and $1,000, 000 in negotiable securities. One of the post office employees supplies the inside information for a large amount of payment; however, he is killed by the gang during the robbery. ey re _ Eliot Ness, working with a new man, conducts‘crime scene search and begins the tedious job of checking all the small time brokerage firms. Conway's mob, by beating up one of the participants of the robbery, finds that the principal in the mail truck robbery is Joe Courtney. After beating up Courtney, Conway's men throw . Courtney in the river. . Ss ee We Courtney has previously made arrangements with Mr. ‘Newhouser, — “who was in the stock brokerage business,to dispose of the negotiable securities on a gradual basis. Conway then meets with Newhouser. An agreement is made whereb ~. Newhouser gets 10 per cent of the sale price obtained from the securities. _—.. P ie. Ge.) One of the outlets that Newibunes EC tte Lccdtin he Lome “as being the subject of a circular prepared with the postal authorities. He calls Ness . +, and his group of "The Untouchables” who arrest. Newhouser when he comes to the =. . ' ‘post office to pick up a check for the dale of part of the securities. Conway, at thig “ ‘\ v po realizes that he is very close to the principa’ involveT ard thrarhe Ww fi have oO: