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Sidney Korshak — Part 1

60 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Feb 18, 1961 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Sidney Korshak · 59 pages OCR'd
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f SIDNEY R. KORSHAK along with well-known underworld characters including ALEX LOUIS GREENBERG. GIOE's association with SIDNEY KORSHAK and his brother, BERNIE KORSHAK, was still going strong in 1950 at a time when perhaps ten thousand Chicago cavernes cigar stores, newsstands, etc., were reportedly bookie aQot . According to Lait and Mortimer's “Chicago Confidential,” one king-sized gambling joint connected by direct wire to central synd_cate headcuarters was located at 217 North Clark Street under ow.er- ship of TONY ACCARDO and MEL CLARK. They e21id CuARK, however, was told to “take a walk" and BERNIE KORSHAK took over his interest as a front for GIOE. In 1958 an informant of the Lvs Angeles Office indicate that SIDNEY KORSHAK had' met with Warden WOOLARD, then editor of the"Los Angeles Examiner," and L. D. HOTCHKISS, the managing editor of the "Los Angeles Times" at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, ~ Beverly Hills, California, at which time discussions were entered into which allegedly concerned the political future of Congressman RICHARD RICHARDS of California. F In 1958, a meeting was held, accor by As of this date, KORSHAK continues to maintain his home in BelAir and continues to make frequent trips to both Las Vegas and Chicago. This document contains neither recommendations nor con- clusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. - 23 - haat nearrteaeneeenemeneneneeminmatiatiatalnns anetiamatiabenienoneaatieametatiadenmemenerermeceaeaeitanintama cia dennenemetmeeraeen eee EEE ore. " oN NEES te DS
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