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“*} Ghicago file 58-194 “is AJRieak ciog CHARLES FRANCIS LA LANTIA, 10007 South Seeley Avenue, was f- cctover 10, 1947, by Special Acents JUR., at Lh imits place of business, LA JAaTIA provhers £6 South Vater Market Clract, Chicaco. LA MANYEA advised that ne is a salesman and alse manaser of the Tomato Room . = *L. 3. eo ee 9 + of ths above-naned company, which is engazed in the produce business. ae waihee! LA MANTA related that in 1943 he contributed aprroximately 37,500 to $1 a . »' . For the bail vend of the subjects. LA VANTIA stated he could not be certain. --' 4 yoo. as to the exact amowt. According to the best of LA MANTIA's recollection, .”” ae he believed this contribution was made by him in the form of @ personal check, .- _ and the contribution was derived from LA UANTIA's personal funds only. IA ANDIA ‘ mate his contribution at the resuest of JCENCUSCU (a mamber of the Chicago are Syndicate and President of Gold Sal Liquors, Inc., a large wholesale liquor - |. distributor). LA UATILA has been a life-long friand of JOE FUSCO, and hig’ 80° contribution was made purely end only on the basis of his friendship with FUSCOs WE FUSCO indicated to LA MANTIA at the time the contribution was requested that the * money was to be used to furnish bail bond for a group of persons who NOTE.» friends of FuUSCO. a At FUSSC's instructions, LA UANIIA went to the office of a Chicago Attorney, ~ |i ~nose name LA (4ANTL\ believes was DULCEK and whose offices was located on North: «_ * Clar!: Stroet almost directly across the street frou the City Halle At that * * _ : tine, LA MANTIA curned his contr isution over to this attorney, in accordance’ ‘\° ,,. With FUGCO's request. LA uANTIA could not recall whether or not he was. Biyen ere eipt.e i re) a receip Sd ‘aia LA MATA denied baving ever had anv basingss or psarsonal rel ationships with any of the subjects, but admitted thet he mew Subject D'ANUNEA casually as the | result of havin: ori: ‘inally come from the same Chicato neighborhood as D'ANDREA.* LA MANGIA denis2 over having been acguainted with any of the subjects other than DIAMNDLEA, and he insisted that his contribution to the subjects! bail was made». solely a5 a personal favor to his friond PuSCO. L\ UANTIA stated that his ~:°..°° contribution was mado without any offer of inberest or compensation in any form . 9 ur the use of pressure, and stated that no coavensation was promised him for his contribution. oo aM ret iW - Subsesuontly, accordinj, to LA VAYTIA, he was advised by the same attornar / referred to above, probably BULGE, to call aii the dewmtown Chicago Office , : ¢ of an insurance company, the nam@and location of which LA MANTIA could not- q recall at this time. Acting upon these instructions, LA HANTIA went to- the ¥ _., -offica of the insurance company, and there his contribution Was returned 4 in’) “ <8 full to him in the form of a check from the insurance compa yes cabs : _ - 16 = wt ~ 2 . : oe wae OT tea. a .™ Saeed, . wae fet ey er Abels! “ aa oe! Se er Sar Li alles Eee nies ue that ft we tate OF er tae a Re aS