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Bure of Gnbestigation P. 0. Box 1405 Chicago, Illinois Director REOORDED & INDEXED’ wos =e Bureau of Investigation SEP 26 1930 iw ue Department of Justice Washington, De Ce RE: Complaint Concerning Sieged Payne nt of Tribute to Racketeers by Buyers of Juice Grapes in Chicago, Illinois, Anti-Trust Matter. Dear Sir: ran dF. 148 260 ~ Confirming telephones conversation of this date made by Speci =| Agent R. N. Butterworth of the Chicago Bureau office to the Anti Trust Division of the Bureau of Investigation at Washington, D. C., in which the | substance of this letter was telephoned, the following data is sutmi tted: | } Special agents R. N. Butterworth ani Albert Miller intorviewad Charles W. Irrgang ani C. R. Godding who supplied the following information concerning tribute paid to rack eteers and gangters by buyers of juice grape in Chicago, Illinois: Charles W. Irrgang, 169 South Water Market, gree | Illincic, stotea thet in ley Joe*Ferrera, a notorious gangster of Chicago, ra Jilinois, representing th ello-Moran Geng, conducted a "racket" in whick/ tribute was collected on all juice grapes sold on the Chicago and Northwestern. “juice grape track” at Clinton Street, Chicago, Illinois. The tribute varied =4 and was paid by tie buyers to the rackoteers. The first week of October 1929, at Joe Ferrera stopped the auctiming of cars at the Chicago ani Northnestern Railroad track and insisted timt all juice grapes auctioned be sold at the Chicago Produce Terminal track, 27th & Ashland Ayeme, Chicago, Illinois. lg The United States Fruit Auction Canpemy agreed with Ferrera to pay $20.00 a . ear fran the auction's funds on all cars auctioned at the Chicago ani Nor the - western “juice grape track" and the racketeers agreed not to interfere with. the auctioning of juice grapes at the other three distributing points in Chicago, Illinois, where grepes are unloaded on the railroads, The United States Fruit Auction Company paid $1300 to Joe Ferrera by check at the end of the seasm of 1929 for the cars of juice grapes auctioned at the Chicago amd Northwestern track at $20 a-car. Cu~~a.4+0 - - 1249, > i On the other one thousani cars sold at the Chicago and Na th- western track at Clinton Street, Chicago, Illinois, Ferrera obtained from Sg to 30g a lug as tribute fran the buyers Before he allowed the cars to be opened. Most of tie juice grape buyers in Chicago are composed of mre 5 ane. 2b 1N01F aur. 6 Ob en (Mer. bbekde 99 Out