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c Nag bt bg it loi $8-5142 oy aoe, We retained as an Agent. +4 . Sylvan Rernstein stated he was born in New York veg © City, Merch 8, 1907; that he attended public school 85, end De Witt aa Clinton High School, but did not graduate. He worked as an errand . boy for Earry Hees & Co., novelty importers, for tro yeers and quit ae of his omr accord. He then worked for B, Bimond & David Co., , silk house, as an examiner in the tie gooda department for about one year. He then worked for Powell and Campbell Shoe Houstg..0% 122 Duane Street, New York, as « elerk in the stock shoes departmen for about @ year. He worked for Barnett & Effros Dress House as & chipping clerk or packer for two years. He worked for the United . States Post Office from 1926 to 1929 at station 205 West 69th S8ts;* as 2 clerk. He resigned from the Post Office end went to Chicago, where he was employed as a guard for racketeers in the bootlegging and other rackets. He nas employed in the Al Capone gang fer A 9% --Hbier- while. He became acquainted with Teddy Newbury, Sammy Hunt, — Mexy Isen, Johnny Weaesl, Freddy Drecker, end worked ith then in th dope recket ané gébling for about two yeare. Ee left Chicego and went to Detroit, where he rorked for "Honey Boy® Joe Miller in the ~°:~ policy racket, working numbers, his wee in 1951, Be also becam eacguéinte? end worked vith Herry Flasher, lesy Bernstein, Joey Bernetein, (no relation) Charlie Lighter, ané Henry Schol in the bootlegging and hand=book reckets, . He atated thet these men are . etill engaged in reckete in Detroit and heve a brewery end aleohol still there. aoe a to In the Fell of 1935, be came back to New York and... is now not working anywhere, but associating with gamblers and , underworic cheracters, He eteted he is acquainted with verious "big shot™ recketeers in New York in the BugeeMever gene. Be mentioned the names of Lipkey end Gurrah. He stated these genes engeged in the Union recket, slugging, dope and Wanetch™ racketse He steted he knows Dutch Goldberg. He ateted thet Albert Silvers, deceased, and Dr. Erwin R. Silvers, who were convicted in the Verne-'"iller cese, in connection with the Kansas City Massecre, were well known to him. In énever to inquiries regerding various important Division cases, such as the Lindbergh kidnaping case, the Bremer kiéneping case, end the Kansas City massecre cane, he could give no qo» Metailed informstion of velue to the Division. He could give no. S"" gnfermetion concerning the whereabouts of John Dillinger. He stated, however, that were he employed by the Division, he hes avenues of*# **>°* trforration through kis former connections in the vérious cities re a tae | <P