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Vo - An article in the "Heaaid Tribune" dated October 9, 1951, reflects that on October 8, 1951 WILLIAM MORETTI was buried in St, Michael 's Cemetary at Lodi, New Jersey, The article described the funeral as a typical gangster type in that floral tributes had come from FRANK COSTELLO, JOE ADONIS, ALBERT ANASTASIA and VIT0 GENOVESE; however, none of the individuals attended the funeral itself. On October 10, 1951 former s = who at that time was Chief Investigator for the New YOrk State Anti-Crime ‘Commiss was made with convicted bookmaker eighteen policemen in the recent York, The above contract 1 whereby for the price of $200 ,000 his testimony so as to force duds, Gismiss the indictment against ta ion, advised that a contract HARRY GROSS involving \pe trial in Brooklyn, New nvolved an agreement «00 GROSS agreed to arrange ® S., ZL LELBONITZ to e eighteen police defenda:ts. GnOSS had insisted that third parties be brought into the contract in order to assure him that the police would carry out bart~of the agreement, namely the nD: Payment of money to cne ZEW 71 Ciub, 53 Henry Street, of the GROSS contract JAMES “KAcRI the subject, was brought into bhé unidentifiea lawyer who Was sup} after the latter's escape from po. home in Atlantic Beach, ITZ, proprietor of the » New York. As a result » the right-hand-man of W/_ agreement, HARI had an sed to nave met GROSS snortly ice custody while at his @ Service charge for this contract was & Th $10,000.00 vaid to MAGRI and the 6 {9 MED advised that he wa that wholesale shooting might soo. MORETTI's death, He stated that MORETTI was goi to be killed an supposed to be killed, He explained that af subject. On October 5 and Ss extremely concerned u noccur as a result of v? he had information that ---—------ ad he kmew ANASTASIA was ter MORETTI and ANASTASIA hed arranged and completed a contract between the indicted Policemen and HARRY GROSS and aft ~8- er GROSS had carried through