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ee . . Federal Surrau af Investigation United States Bepartment of Justice Cincinnati, Shio February 15, 193 i HBH:GOC Ly 52.992 -] ae eecen Pur ft Investigatd | Feceaa: BURZAU GF INVESTIGATIGN edera eau o vestigation Bashington, D.C. FEB .16 1939 Dear Sir: he was recently contacted Ls) as being associated with the CEES cones: ee. claimed to have knowledge copcerning — [rartous srregharrties, in the administration of the Ohio State. “Penitentiary,”Columbus, ohio. The following info on is quoted from a memorandun submitted by Special Agent ( wr Yoa) informed that he has definite information from what he considers an authoritative source ~ a convict serving time on an embezzlement charge - that liquor and dope can be bought 7 within the prison, and the numbers and races played by the inmates, ee = 2-11 Saw Of TT on mtd awe A fe anthtennw anve than Liquor supposedly SBGiiG 107 Guertv & Pau GH 15 PUM Bi cotton whiskey which retails for § .85 on the outside, The Sport~ mants Grill, located on Spring Street, near Third or Fourth, is allegedly the address where the trusties play the numbers and races for the other inmates. pe stated that it is his knowledge (eYrXeX2 that the above purchases and bling are ali arranges through the conniving of a prisoner name 3) alias “YONN » Who aere 20a +h ee eee artié¢ hw ¢he nae an +n is 80 powseriu Biv GS peniisniwuiary an VW oumyS Ca sobriquet of ‘Inside 0 LICAVOLI, acoording aR: the ~ former rod man for JOHNNY}TORRIO'S Detroit ®\ le Gang went to Toledo ami formed his own ‘Purple Gang' afiter TORRIO'S power in Detroit had waned, He is serving life on a murder charge for which ~~. he was convicted in 1934. LICAVOLI'S partmer and chief lievtenant j ~ 4s one ‘Three Fingers'\O'MALLEY, a friend and henchman from =. Toledo, According to » these tw men, and particularly the ae former, control everything inside the prison and arrange - for 4 , eenedAnratéian — far inhe far thea othor tnm tac Ae U7 BS sve 2 Wie Wwe fo ee ee tt Ce elie wd 37 2 4/ a) 5 ay