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mf imaaege Sa a ee een men alienate cet ea anette JOHN EoGAR HOOVER C . @) Federal Bureau of Investigation Rnited States Bepartment of Justice Washington, B.C. SIT: DLS Fovenber 13, 1939 Mr. Hendop. ut Mr wwe Mr RNacacsa! roy ‘Mr. Rotem .....--- Mr. Quien Temas Mr. Tracy... MEUORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR w Mr... Muleahy called me thie afternoon and stat he had an amusing incident happen he thought Mr, Hoover might be interested tn learning about. Be stated that Doris/Fleeson, newspaper woman of Chicago and whose column appears tn the local Times € va Herald, telephoned him trying to secure information concern= ing the information of Walter Finchell on his radio program last night that Al fapone was on a train en route to Boston. When he attempted, to erplain to Miss Fleeson the Department's position fn the matter, she flew into a rage and atated that all Ahe newspapers know that J. Edgar Hoover and Walter WincheAl are "like that,” and that all newspaper people know that Walter Winchell got this bit _ Of information from rf J, Edgar Hoover, and she thought it high-tine the D tment of Justice became aware of fact that Walter\wWinchell gets material of thia kind ‘ on Mr. Hoover. I telephoned Ur, Mulcahy later in accordance with our tastvrectious uid tnformed him that you were aware of the tdentity of Miss Fleeson and that as a matter of fact you would like to know whether there ts any truth tn the statement that Al Capone ta on a tratn en route somewhere. I advised Mr, Mulcahy it was your suggestion that the Department might well clarify the situation, that Mr. Bennett's release thia afterneon denying the story that 3 41 Capone was on a train en route to Boston left the matter ettl] more of a mystery as Mr, Bennett did not state L definitely that Capone wae still at Terminal Island, so tt would appear that the original statement of Ur. Winckel _ diated. - 2 not as yet been a cl ha La-3 al 2¥- /a 7 3 ur, Mulcahy stated he informed Miss Fleeson in his ortginal conversation with her that as a newspaper woman he «thought she should know that law enforcement agenctes - investigate and convict people, but ft ta the Bureau of Prisons which actually puts them tn Prison and keeps th ee there or lets then out. Ss at 7 oa® A gee ae . ‘ Ur, Mulcahy began to chuckle after the suggest! las that the Department might wish to clarify the attuation