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is oka gs OF —/Y~-3/ ‘SECRET SIX’ REVEAL AMMSTER CRIME RING Organization Functions ia All Parts of the Country, Chicagoans Assert. Chicago, Sept. 18 (UP.).—Tne “Secret Biz,” mysterious sextet of Chicago milicnaires banded togetber against cfime has uncovered “amaz- ing” underworlé ramifications dur- ing the last year, Col. Robert Isham, Randolph revealed tonight. t Gol. Rend=ph, fighting president | of the Amzciation of Commerce, is! the only me.nber of the “secret aix” Whose identity 1s known. “The secret service force of our committee,” said he, “has found that Practically a1 of the crimes against business are being conducted by nationally organized gangs, In one Fecent case involving a bucket shop! specializing Ip grain market opera- tions, we traced the dealings of the culprits in nineteen States. In our Work with the banks it has been shown conclusively that 25 per cent of the daylight robberies about the United States, particularly those of the scare-head variety, Involving Fahootings and large thefts, are being conducted by one country-wide body of supercriminals, . i Jattacks on crime rings are progress: } ling sufficiently t0 make eventus view fuery im the courts mem elmost ost-” leret Bix” was followed by his tmme- ‘alate conviction to Joliet Peniten- y of those who have been fol-- liowing our cooperation with the hon 73 authorities in the prosecution of ‘tthe Capone crowd seam ignorant of the fact that we are interested in combatting any crime that affects reck- wteers, hi-jackers, pay roll bandits, | ‘kidnapers, promoters of fake chari- fetes, short-weignt merchants and « ‘bore of other criminal specialists. “although we have kept our activi- hae ‘as quiet as possible, we do feel that tn digeing up evidence, by pro-| tecting witnesses and by letting the ‘underworld know that it has « non- political fos to contend with, we have aided materialy in driving eut of Phtoggo many undgsirel 4 7 ™ RDED phe m0 1844 32-/S7H 8K