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te 7 _-N EDGAR HOOVER a DIRECTOR Federal Surean of Investigation United States Department of Justi Washington, B. C. ar January 8, 1946 ee res BERD eeee MEXORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL cai This Bureau is presently investigating a number of current bank robbery burglary cases which have been committed in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky. cs and Tllinois during the last year. In each of these burglaries a substantia]__—__—-—-= amount of currency wes obtained and in two of the burglaries over $100,000 in War. Savines Bonds was taken from safe deposit boxes which were broken into by the perpetrators. Investigation has indicated that the participants in each of these © burglaries are experienced and professional safe crackers. <n Information has been developed by this Rureau to the effect that George : Ck a resident of Owensboro, Kentucky, is the leader of a eroup of burelars " vho have perpetrat ro se major burglaries. In the course of our a investication: one as arrested by local authorities in the State of Missouri in possession 1 Buick automobile which contained a number of sefe cracking tools, an ascetelyn cutting torch and tro revoly vers, one of which was known to have been taken_in the burglary of the Vergennes Stete Fank, Vergennes,’ Tliinois, in Aucust, 1945. as advised that he purchased this automobile lie ; in Evansville, Indiana, for one baal had re- quested him to buy the automobil j d their associ- ra a. stated that in the Fell of 1945, he was home of Gecrzge an at Ouvensboro, ucks Ys where Moran, ini indivicual named [es named cb: unknown esent ates whenever they micht need it. . burine the conversations the individua nares made the statement that thev had burzlerized over sixty banks and had plenty more werk to do. The conversations hed at Moran's residence indicated that his residence was the meetins place for. this greup of bury During the_nezotiations for the purchase of the autemo- bile in Indiana laims that geve him the revolver which wes determinec to have been taken jn t ary of the Vergennes Eank in Illi 1so state4 nat ila on the 17th of October, made the stetement, a socked over a bank corm the road here in Indiana." It is to be noted in “the early morrinz hours of October 17, 1945, the Lake State Rank of } Ricklanc, - Trdiana, was burrlarized of @xcess of, £13,000 in currency. : | aoounbnD & iNDEXED ba- a ~ A979 a 5- > : Further invésti on has reflectec thet Cecrge C. ee : contectted one Albertf{routs, a known prefessional safe cracker. a 52 cGefinitely identifiéd as George "Bugs" Moran, formerly the leajigr itt BH 1BhScago ou North Side gang which was the rival of the Capone gang in the late 1920's “ and early 1930's. You will.recall that on February 14, 192¢, seven of © Seorge “Eugst Noran's sans were killed in the famous St. Valentine's Day resit'assscre, Foran has an extensive criminal record, including convictio for burglary and robbery, as well as numerous other arrests. a ne ee nn ah atria a thea Nae, se