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92-677 investigated by. agents of the Chicazo Office and the trial was held in the Northern District of Illinois, Chicago tllinois. The following is a a summary . of this. matter: JOHN E, MOORE, HARRY MILNER, RAYMOND J, JOHNSON, po ERE JOSEPH a, AIUPPA, and ROBERT J. ANSANT are all partners in) Taylor aud Company, located in Cicero, Illinois; a subgeb i. of Chicage. Cicera, Illinois, was publicized during - ‘the - Prohibition Era;-as-the headquarters ~ofAG-G APONES™ . Taylor and Company is engaged in the manufacture of dice, cards , and other sagino equipment. — oe coca Bs In eariy 1954, Teylor and Company decided to market & device known as the Trade Booster. This device was. designed to cirdémvant the Federal statute: probi ting: ‘the: interstate transportation of gambling detices, which i includes slot machine or a sub-gesembly thereof. The Trade Bouster converts a coin operated . slot. - machine to an electrically operated slot machine. Blectrical: -Cireuits are centained in a metal base on which the Blo maching is placed. The dlectrical eireuits . to on “the slot machine: in operation ar® maintained by means of a eable extending . from the slot machine to. the bax. Anyone iWish to play this machine MUST PRY money to the bartender? ° person ink. . charge. os appearance as 2 ‘ong-aamed bandit. “It taint ag. the. sp: wheels and handle to put At in’ operation. ‘The ‘pay-off slot is blocked Offs RS weil as the sola’ ‘inert. For™ -3 is”