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Kansas City Massacre — Part 16
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West 86th Street, Mew York City. Inspector Lyons informed that a cover
bad been in effect on the telephones of Zweibel for the pest few days
but that to date results have been negative. Inspector Lyons advised
egeinet plecing a corer on the telephone at the Frences Besuty Salon
for the time being, suggesting thet same be held jn abeyance pending >
the further cover on the Bweibel telephone.. ; an 4. a ne
“sy
Agente McKee contested Inspector Donovan of the Bureau
of Identification relative to examining photographs of associates of
Buchalter who had been suggested by Inspector Lyons, these esasocistes
being Loule Shapiro, Louis Holts, Benjamin (Bugs) Siegel end Irving .
Bitz. ‘The purpose of exemining these photographs was to endeavor to’
learn the identity of the persons who spent the week-eni of August 5e6
at Atlantic City in company with Louis Buchalter. The photograph of
Holtz was not available but the pietures of the remaining men, elong
with other photographs of wel) known racketeers in Hew York City, were
exemined but none of them could be identified as the persons who were
seen with Buchalter st Atlantic City.
dgents then interviewed acting Post oftice Inspector
in Charge Tronsegerts relative to securing closer eooperation of the
Post Office Depertment in the covering of the mail addressed to Betty
Buchalter at 149 Weat 47th Street, Hew York City. . Inspsetor Tronsegarde.
assigned the matter to Inspectors John Butler ené J. M, Graham, who, is
turn, summoned Superintendent Edward Smith cf Post Office Sub-Station 6
to their office, where it was agreed that Mr. G&mith would personally
supervise the tracings of a1] mail sdidressed to the Frames Beauty Salon,
149 West 47th Street, and also that shen eny letter was to de delivered
‘to thet eddrese Mr. Smith would advise Inspectors Butler end Graban
of the fact, who in turn would notify the New York office of the Division
in order thet the Frances Beauty Salon might be covered in an effort to
learn if the letter was being immedistely forwarded. In the event thet
anyone was observed to place the letter in any of the bores in the vicinity
of the Frences Beauty Salon, Mr, Smith or his essistants were to be con-
tacted by telephone at Columbus 55673 in order that they nicht immediately
send someone to open the box in Mostion and teke out the mail for
inspection, °
4t the time Inspector John Lyons was interviewed he
furnished agents with the following kmown hang-out pleces of Louls
Buchalter and his associates:
Reeteurant at 77 Fifth avenue
Fourth Avenue Hotel, €29 Fourth avenues.
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