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May 9, L997MEMORALIIDIIM TO TIIE FIIJEFRoM: .M ". MaddockY Deputy General counselSI]BiIECT: FIIIDINGS OF T'HE DEPARIrMENT OF iN'STICE OFFICE OF ITIEINSpECIOR cENERiAL REGARDING' FORENSIC WORK PERFORMEDBY TERRY RUDOLPH.

The purpose of this memorandum is to commemorate, inalL relevant cit"- fiLes, certain findings made by the Departmentoi ,fustice Office of ghe Inspectgr General (OIG) regardingi"r""=i"-;";k-Grformed, by f6rmer Special-Agent lerry Rudolph'The OIG'g find.-inqs were iisued in connection with a broaderinvestigitiot of-three unit,s in the FBI Laboratory: thPE:qllosiies Unii, ttre t"taterials Analysis Unit,, and the Chemistry-Toxicolog1f Unit.

The OIG reviewed, Rudolph's work in the Psir,rakis case'as wel-I aE several otsher matters-. Based on thaL review, the OIGcriticized eudoiph strongly, and reached the followingconclusi"":tRudolph faired to conducc appropriap,g scientificanalyies or to adequately do-ument his work in asubstant,ial number of cases;

o RudoJ.ph did not perform- his work as an examiner in. *anir.er t'hat woula wiEhstand peer review orjudicial scrutinY; andRudolph's "lack of competence" was noE isolated toone cage.

Basedonthesefindings,theolGspecificallyrecommend,ea tfrat j notation reg-rding it's fin4ings -with respectto Rudolph be pi-..a-in eac! cite !f1:. in-whic!.1"9:lPh-T:^1:piriillp"i'-"i-"Giii;t "Taminer- . te thi,.4"f9"F*! g3f5=P"'I?fH"dUv Rudoloh in this case is u inJnthe OfG's f indinqs dolph' ; forensic analvsis betrevl- e obtained as thergl t s disclgsure obligationF,.

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Precedence: ROLI:I INETo: f nforrnat,ion Resources

OERAL ,vEUREAU CIF TNT'ESTIGATICDNDate: OS/L7 /L999

Attn: Dennis R. Weaver, ChiefInformation ManagementFrom: Office of the General CounselCivil Discovery Review Unit (CDRU), Room 5448Cont,act: PI-,S Alison \. F"t^pich, Ext 3556Approved By: Ke11ey Thomas A {,Cignoli PauI C ,Jr(Lrttteaty Nancy " l4ppDrafted By: Beers Elizabeth Rae:erb

Case rO #: 66F-HQ-A12119e8 - 9giTiIIC: FINDINGS OF THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTORGENERATJ (OIG) DEPARTMENT OF TUSTICE,CRITICA! OF FORENSIC WORK PERFORMEDBY CERTAIN LAB H(AIIIINERSSynopsis: To place this document on record in the Task Forcecontrol file and to place a copy on the top seri-al j-n everyinvestigative file containing forensic work performed by any ofthe thirteen Laboratory Examiners whose scientific work wascriticized by the OIG.Reference: 56F-HQ-A!211968 Seria1 B2Detaile: BE ADVISED, one or more of the TJaboratory Examiners whoperformed scj-entifiq analysis in this investigation wascriticized in the OIG|s report issued on April 15, !997. The OIGconducted a thorough review of allegations of wrongdoing andimproper practices within certain sections of the FBI Laboratory.It issued a report which, among other flndings, was critical ofLhe scientific work performed by thirteen lndividual examinersassigned to the Lab. The allegations and crit,icisms concerningthese individuals varies greatly and in some inst,ances is casespecific.

rf the forensic work contained in Lhis file is used inany way in the future, both the OIG's findings and the forensicanalysis of the examiners should be reviewe-d. In addition. 1egaladvice shoul-d be obtained as to the FBI's disclosure obligations.The criticized examiners are, in alphabetical order:(1) Richard Hahn, (2) Robert Heckman, (3) Wallace Higgins,

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To: Informatiol=ources From: offic" ah. General CounselRe: 56F-HQ-ArzilEl'e e , 05/07 /ts9s -(4) Alan .Jordan, (5) Lynn Lasswell, (6) Michael- Malone, (7)Martz, (B) 'J. Christopher Ronay, (9) Terry Rudolph' (10) 'J.Thomas Thurman, (11) Robert Webb, 02't Frederic Whitehurst,(13) David Williams.

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A],L RECETVTNG OFFICESMark and olace thisSerial of each sectiln of eachinclusion j-n the FBI Laboratory Review Project.CC: 1 - Dr. D. M. Kerr, Room 3090L - T. A. Kelley, Room 7427L - Mr. R. W. Sibert, Room 3268A- Mrs. R. M. Contreras, Room 3437l- - Mrs. D. A. O'Clair, Room 49131- - Ms. N. B. Hardy, Room 10790L - Ms. N. A. Hea1y, Room 7927

L - Ms. E. R. Beers, Room 79271 - Mrs. M. E. Layton, Room 54481 - Ms. A. A. MustaPich, Room 5448L - Mrs. M. A. Bookstein, Room 5448

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for the Bureau under separaLe covers vianrail are Ehe t,:l.iovoing items:contalning:

L'l^EIlS FROI{ CRIME SCENE Ig-L0r.LLQ9.)-?_ q'?!lIBSNUE-L. qlujcAGd;J. ETN'q tGL. Envelope containing rvhite olasEic bag rvlthal-urnirrunr foil orr insice cf trag r,'iappecj r\,r-th black i14rtpl-astic electr-ici.ants tape, il addii'ion, one end oF 2|.ca.rtcldgof dynamil-e rvith patCiclls-aclherr.ng to same.

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2. EirvelL'iie containlng a rrine vplt Eveready al-iurii.ne ipcrlir ceIl wi.th ir''o ierrgth.s of wi-re .scLfi$eci cn,tc th; igr;nife.is. i(e- !u5satr. (Encr. e) P-I6 ''u{/l/ /7/*fWZt i3- (pacir.age ccpics ) =' I c -F -t | . -_ i1 lie:'i Yc,rk1 - T.nc o---ijlt'i:l--^., Tr.ar.+ Fr, 0.r'.ri,,-, ur ga Jn$ahrgeo ,qX: ffi: iff:r:,:''iijr=") Tj":o !..u 0*'.1,,;$,L sa JA$L&rtvuu (:il2 - Chicago ' .r',d-crrce t\r.J*r{i.^..\-- fl


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3. Numerouttengtns oT bluer yelior^', orange, andbrown wires wiElr- black 314tt vinyl eiectricfants tape aCheringto Eh.e ends of the Tnrires vrith free ends cuE by the technicianswho disarrned the acEual derrice, in addition, the paekagecontains small pi eces of aluminum foil and whiie plastic. material.

4. One elecEric blasting cap rnarked explosiveapproximateLy 2ltt in length, silvei in- color, wiLh blue andlight green leg wires. (ttris will be shipped according toinst:rrctions via IIPS under separat,e cover)- ...--- -5. - Ctie envelope containing one piece of black tapeand one Linden Lravel alarm clock approximately 24t x 2>llcovered witfr black 3l4rr vinyt electriciants tape viiEh holein crystal aE the three otclock posiEionr one wire protrrr.ding'into hoJ e - another wire atEached to back of travel alarm r^zithsolder.

6. One envelope conEaining Srnal.L sample o'f materialtaken out of oack3ge:app-ears to be geLatr'.n type dlmamite. (thismatterial i"-ill be shipped by UPS acco::ding to Bureau. instructionunder separate cover) , _*,,..".-.TM{S RECOVERED FROM CRTME SCENE AT HE CLUB55 5NO NCOLN

7 . Envelope conLaining 'an Eveready alkaline ninevoLt battery with a short gray piece of vrire soldered Eo'thete.rminal, one length of yellow insul-ated vrire appearing tobe blasting cap ieg wire, various parts of it appear:s Eo bea travel alarm clock of unkno\^ln manufacture::, tero iengLhs ofgreen insulaEed wire and one Length of gr:ay insulate


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E The Preeidentl-l The Vice Preeidentf-l Wbite House Situation Rooml--l Atto: National SecurityCouncil

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Commandant, U. S. Coast CuardNational Securiuy Agency(DIRNSA,/NSOC (ATTN: SOO))

l--l Director, Defense IntelligeaceAgencyl-l Director CIA--/l't . S. Secret Service (PID)l-l Aitn: Executive ProtectiveServiceE ZEN,/U. S. Postal Servicel--l Attn: Chief PosLaiInspector

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Intelligence & Research[--] Attn: SCA - VISA Office

Room 709 - SA2(SERVICE ALSO AVAILABLE TO GOVERNilTENT AGENCIES NOT LISTED. f_ICoNTACT COMMUNICATTONS CENTER FOR ADDRESSING INFORMATION) Esu&IECT: sc n7T4 ctr >

l--l Nuclear Regulatory Comrniesionl-'l Deparhnent of Enerryl_l Deparhnent of Treasuryl-l Attn: U. S. Cuetome@eparhnent of Treaeury34thz Bureau of AlcoholTobaeco & Firearmsl-'] Department of Tlaneportationl-^l Attn: Director of Securityl--l Drue Enforcement Administrationl-l General Serwicee Administration(WASHDC area, specify office)l-l (Otber Areae, specify CITY/STATE)l-l Federal Aviation Adminiehationl-l Federal Protective Servicel--l Secretary of Statel--l Attn: Director Bureau of

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1. Only incorning teletype mesgages which require hansmission ,"luy r"7 bb$&$""4'f}r $sdmission ueing form 0-73.Use of fora G73 is restricted to incoming ieletype messages receivecl within ihe last 3 days which require bans-miseion relay; al.l other teletype messages must be prepared usingform Qr93.U}2. Additiong su-ch as not'es and adminiehative data for a specifrc addre$#lre notallowedi;$f a note or adminis-trative data is required for a parbicular addressee a separate 0-73 form must be prepared.S. The message will be hansnitted just "" it appears. The person approving the message is solely responsible forassuring all necessary editilg changes have been made.PREPARATION OF FOR.\{ WHICH CONSiSIS OF A PREPRINTED YELLOW.1. Complete appropria0e boxee: date, classifrcation & precedence.2. List addresses immediately following the "TO" or place a check mark in the appropriate boxes.3. Type or PRNT the subleet in the space provided.4. Print or type originaior's narne, room number and ielephone ex0ension.5. Indicabe approval for bansniseion by initialing the "Approved By" box.PREPARATION OF \IESSAGE TO BE TRANSMITTED1. Xerox 1 copy of incom.ing telefype message. A notation shall be nade on the original inconing teletype "L copy

made for retay to sAcs _ , (oR LEGATS)-

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.',2. Minor editing changes shall be made on the xerox as follows: using a lead pencil ONLY draw eingle line throughthe first and last lines of the headilg and connectthese linee fron top rightto bottom leftforning a"Z,"ttgure.(DO NOT OBLITERATE TI{E I{EADNG.) Use horizontal lines to delete sentences or words. Printed changes of aword or two to the text of the meseage may be made; however, changes to the existing text involving more than awor,il or two necessitate the originator to initiabe a new message'using fonn 0-93 .B Adninishative data or notee may be tl1ed iorrediately following the text and will be transmitted to all addressees.4. When using the O.?3 form io disseroinate information to field offices, Legal Attaches and other Govemment agenciessimultaneously, the bert, nobes and adminiebative data must be identiial for all addressees.


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a0$r t/, / 8A CHICAGO P.D. BoMB AI'D ARSON SQUAD ADVISil}AT l0ta2 P.M.0N 1/4/gg, Tf,Jo NEN pAsslls By A PARKIIE LOT usED By,\OF THE GOLDENN SFELL RESI.JRAffi, FOUND A PNCXAE; LYIilG IN

PARKWAY. I'JHEN THEY PICKED THE PACKAGE UP THEY NOTICED I,JIRES AND A.PR0TRUDING ' SUSPEOT II\E THAI IT MIGHT BE A BotttB, THEv DRgppED.T HE PACKAGE AND UENT FOR HELP..

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D T: 'uNcLAs t74- NEtt -. THE CHICAGO P.D. BOMB AND ARSOI-{_SOUAD RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND

OPENED THE PAOKAcE' THEY FouilD tl t.tAs A LIVE BoMB AID pnoctgepEo roRENDER THE"DEVICE SAFVg. THE OEVICE tr'AS.ll,RAprr, ,ifli A lttHtrE pLAS.TICBAG AND ALLtfiINLIt'l FoIL sEcuRED B.y BLAcK ELEcTR/caL rnpg; A'cl_ocr ANDSOME I.'IRES VJERE VISIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDR OF THE BAG. I,HE CI-OCX TS NLINDEN TRAVEL ALARI'T CLOCK \.'ITH A trIRE INSERED THROUGH THE FACC OT ThgcLocK AT THE 3 2ss PoSiTIoN.'THE MINUTq HAm H4D BEEN,REMoVED ANE THEHouR HAND wss iertlEEN THE Trdo AND i*r, .o,rroir rorrirJ*. THE pAcKAcEC0NTAINED AN EVEREADY. NItIE VOLT fl-relrltg BATTERY T IRED r trlITH HS6DEREDC0NNECTI0NS, T O THE at-Orf am TO. AN ELECTRIq FLASIIIE CAp, THEBLAqT ING cAP HAD YE-Lolf AND L IGHT BLUE Lm lttIRES [,ITH DUAL cR IMPS.AND APPEARS TO BE A DELAY.CAP MANUFACTMED BY CANADIAN LIFIITED..

HE DYt'l0M ITE HAD BEEN REt'lovED FRoM ITs t/RAppERs H0r,IEVER. IT RppgAnsoTo BE EIGHI INOH BY Tirlo iNcH rN DIAI{ETm cARTRIGEs oF A cELITAN TypEi'JrrH A T0TAL u IEGHT oF TIfiEE POut\Ds. uLTRA vtoLET HAMINATioN FAILED ToLOCATE T AGGANTS.A NIEGHBORHOOD'INESTIGATION KTAS CONDUCTED BY THE CHICAGO P'.D.

ALL LICENCE NIJT4BEFS OF THE VEHICLES REI,IAINII\E AT.THE PARKfNGL OT ' 1,,RER,E OB'IAINED AM ARE' BEI NG SEARCHED TIfiOUGH THE SECRATARYOF STATE OFF.ICE IN SPRINGFIELD ILL., TO DETERMINE OI,INERSHIP..

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--- 1 \lGE THREE UNOLAS l?4{'lE1'tN SPECIFIC VICTIM.HAS BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TII'IE HOI,EI/ER'OFIICERI IsTAT ED THAT THE eoLDEN sHELL RESTJRANT rs. eATRo NIzED LanortY ev6Hnrc yucost-AvrANs AND Is LocATED IN A IARGELv cRoATI0N.NrmdgonHoou.tALLTHOUGH NO CLAIM FOR THE DEVICE IIAS MADE BY CHICAGO AR.EA CROATIOilb'rR SERBIAN GROUPS THE SIMILATRITY OF THE DEVICES CqilPONENTS TO OTHER\NT I YUGOSLAVIAN BOMBS II.DICATE THAT THE IM/ESTIGATION OF THISATTIMPTED BOMBING FALL 1d-ITH UI.DER FBI JURIgICTION,. THEREFOBE TH E

1/ IDENCE RECOVERED ITAS EEEN OBTAINED FROM THE CHICAGO P.D. ANDI,J ILL BE FOR\,JORDED TO THE FBI LAB.

AT 4t45 P.f'T. OFFICER ADV I SED T.HAT AT I I :58-. A.M . 0NII/5/89 A BOi'18 HAD EXFI.ODED AT THE CLUB CONTINETAL. IIWESTIGATIONDETERMIIIED THAT VINCENT D. LEONE, M/lt D}Br5/3/15rH0ME ADDRESS 6314N. FAIRFIELD CHICAG0 , EI'1PLOYEE 0F THE C iTY STREETS AND SANITATI0NEPT. T HAD DR IVEN HTS VAN I N THE ALLEY BEHIID THE CONTINENTAL CLUB AT5'LI N. L INCOL N AVE. CHiCAGO P.D. THEOR.iZE THAT HE PARKED THE VAN NEAR

SOME TRASH CANS AT THE REAR OF THE RESTURANT AID I{HILE HE h'ASSEARCHING.T}frOUGHT THE. TRASH CANS HE I4UST HAVE FOUND THE. BOI'IB. II'NEbT-IGATIQN DETmil',IINED THAT HE |'IUSI 9F SET THE DEVICE 0N A BoX TO LoOKAT IT closm I'HEN THE BOMB ExFI-ODED CIRITICALLY INJURiIW HIM. MR. LEONE\rSUSIAINED F1ASSIVE INJm IES TO HIS LEGS, CHESTT AND' HEAD..THE VAN trtASBL O.'JN BACI{ 25 TO 30 FEET FROF1 ITS OR IGINAL PARKING PLACE., ONLY SLIGHTDAi4AGE lttAs SUSTAINED To THE BLDG. AND SURR0UMING ATEA. l'lR. LEONE WASTAKEN TO THE ShIEED lSH COVENENT HOSPITAL TIHERE HE DIED AT 7gZ5 P.ilI' ONI / 6/ gg NEVER REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS.

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oF A L,ARcE AMoUM :oF DYNoI'1ITE PossIBLY sfmir'gL T0 THEEDINTHEEARI-IERbEVIcE.INADDITIoNAPoRTI0N0F.A-N INE VOL,T EVEREADY ALKALINE' BATTERY ',l,ITH A 'SIMILER. SqDDERII

AND lDENT ICLE LEG \.J lRE IM ICAT.ES THE. DEllICES I.IERE-PBOBABI-Y CON ST UgT D BY T HE SAME PER SON.

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ON OF BOTH OF.'CHICAGO FBi IS CONDUCTING AN IIS/ESTIGATIINCIDENT S BASED ON THE EVIDENCE,R-ECOVERED BEING' SIMILER T9 PREVIOUS

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A11 evidence recovered has been submitted underseparate cover for appropriate examination.No communiques have been received and no individuatr_t.eT organj-zation has ilained credit for these bombings.-Preli.minary opinion of Chicago FBI bonrb personnel, q{terexaninatloir oi evidence and discussion rvith other offices lt'ho[;t;-i;ipeiienEea iecent bonbings, indicates t]rat these two. bonbs miy have been prepared bi . Croatian separatist group (s) .Subsecuent to the innediate crime scene investigation'Chicago trai-liid:r,ptJa-to deternine the recent activities of knownCroatian militanti, rvith particular emphasis on the violenceprone Croatian emigre organization, the Croatian Nationalitesistance (HllO), pr"t"tlly-bglqg-eI!91:ive1y investigatedunder CROI'ruR (nUiiie 9-63997) (CG 9-7073).

aeains tp6ss ib lehas beenChicago has targeted utta l-lthe HNO organizalion 3.nd- nembers..rega"4i+g t,b9il;;*;iI.Iii-i;-;[;;; 6o-rnuinss. No po:liii? informationomplicity in these bonbings. t\o Dos:.trvEt".bived to date frorn these sourcei .g) LI ]-?b7DInclucled in the administrative section of thisfrellltuIl t;; FO SOis regarding information furnished by

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On Januarv 7, 1980, a confidential source rvho hasfurnished reliable infornati6n in the past rvas intervierseclby representatives of the.,Fed.era1 Bureau of Inyqstigation {.(FBI) and provi.d.ed the foLlorving inforuration rfill;

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ellrce said. tbat on the evening of January 4,r{as the only Croatian National ResistancemEn5eT-hat the source.zobserved at the H{0 bar onConmercial, Chicago W *The source stated. that ttre l-lof the GoldenShel1 TestaurantrF, has been criticized. byHNO rnembers because she advertises her restaurant on apro-Yugoslavia rad.io pnogram. The source continued thatHNO nenbers also dislike the Continental Club because theyknol that Yugoslav Consulate personnel fre-qrlent tiratlounge and tl-re or,rners ."u pto:Yugoslavia.ffi lr,-

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Ihis document conloins neilhetil ond ils (onlenls ore nol lo the FBI ond is looncd lo yi:- ::


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I F>3oz (Rev. :.1-n-70\1FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

coNrlwNTlAL,r6n s cri P,io nA confidential source who has furnished reliableinfoinrati.on in the past wa.s intervietyed on January 11,1980, by representative-s-of the FBI and provideddrefoL lowing infor:r.ati u" tp) l,L

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Source advised that a mernberllational R.esistance (HNO) organization rrer:;-GaLde.n, She11 Restauran,t and conversed vrithtold the i-${O menber that the FBI hatold the i-${O menber that the FBI had qucStioned herregard.ing the atternpted bonbing and had asked her whetirershe ever had any prbblems with thellNO.H t4-

of the Croatian\Jl

Source saiil that tol-rl the HNO nemberthat 3 -ic'orna.rr in a rvindorv had o-ffil a car stop onAvenue N on the evening of January 4, 1980. fn the carwere a nan and vroman and tire man got out of the car andplaced a package unCer a parked car. The man then gotback in the car and drove off. Source said the HNO-- member rvas not told the name of the r{oman rvho allegedlyobserved. ttris.f0 t ,_

t/tL/ 80 Chicago, fllinois t7 4-t917lnterviewed on File #

Dore dicrored 7/ 16/ 8AThie docurnen! contains neiLher recommendaLions nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of tlte FBI and isyour agency; it and its contenls are not to be drstributed outside your agency.-Dby COVER PAGE

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AT CIITCAGo, Iffi. t\Ii11 continue efforts toidentify s@ matter.2. Upon receipt of results of FBI Laboratoryexami-nation, r+i11 set out appropriate 1eads.

cG t74-1917LEADS

CHICAGO

coNnDFNT|AL

COVER PAGE-E*

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

--_ ., 1-USA, CHTCAGO (AUSALopy to:

FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59)

Reporl ofrDote:Field OtficeTitle:

Chorocter:

Synopsis3

SA CI{ICAGO

., L7 4-19t7lrle i:UNKNOIVN SUBJECT(S); ATTEI{PTED BOI'{BING ATTHE PARKING LOT OF THE GOLDEN SHELL RESTAUMNTAT 10052 SOUTH AVENUE N AT 10:02 Pil{ 0N JANUARY 4,1980 . AT CI-IICAGO. ILLINOIS: BOT\{BING 0F TFIE CLUBCONTITNUTRT Rt 5515 NORTI{ LINCOLN AT 11:58 AM ONJANUARY 5, 1980, AT CHTCAGo, TLLIN0ISEXPLOSIVE AND INCENDIARY DEVICESAt approxinately 10:02 Pld on L/4/80, an undetonated bonbwas discovered by a pedestrian in a parking 1ot used bythe Golden Shel1 Restaurant. Chicago, I1linois. Atapproximately 11:58 Al'l orL l/5/80 a borirb exploded behindthe Club Continental, Chicago, killing Vincent D. Leone.At the time of the explosion, Leone rvas on duty lrith theChicaso Departrnent of Streets and Sanitation and was inclose*proxinity to the bomb. No individuaL or groupclaimed responsibility for the bombings. Investigationresulted in recovery of a considerable amount of evidence.Intervierrr of logical witnesses at both sites failed topositively identify any suspect(s) .

Office:

Bureou File #:

-PDETAILS:

ALt I$IFORMJITI$II C$$ffAI}IEDllEREtN is Eji{clt"sirEilrinii"''Ei lri--'" -lt sP, m,tloo

Tbis documcnt containr ncithcr rccommcndstions nor conclusions of thc FBI. It is tlrc.propcrty of thc FBI sad,is loancd to your lgmcyi it and jts 6tcn!!are not to bc disrributed outsidc you agcncy,U. S. 6OVERNIIEI:T PRNt6-.G OFFICE: 19;C O'ic4'3il


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cG ]-74-1917TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREDICATION.. ...: . ..... .. r...POLICE REPORTS .....II.NTESTIGATION AT THE GOLDEN SI.IELIRESTAUMNT, CHTCAGoINVESTIGATION AT THE CLUB CONTINENTAL,CHICAGO .......

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cG L74-1917I. PREDICATIONThis investigation is predicated upg4 ofinfornation on January 5, 1980, frorn OfficerChicaeo Police Department. reqardine the recovery of anundetbnated bonb 'at 10052 - SouIh Aveiiue, Chicago,' Illinois ,at l-0:02 Pi\'t on January 4, 1980.

II. POLICE REPORTS

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J-q]i_8_q O .tp#' ''DAl{AcE 'fNJuP.rES: i',rorr". " ' " 1NES9ES:

DESCRIIJTION OF' TItrVTCE ' onc i mprorr.i sed-exp1o,*irr:e-derei-qg-s6nsi sli5lg-of-tvro cartridges of dynarniie (rt'axed paper vJ'rap-

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enov eFf,*or:e -veln-bitt eryJ*i'e-e+e-ettri-cal blasting cap i and one r.rechanical clockft gremov'e-d'H}ri=-terlrcwas-rrapp-eA-.- . .. -with-a_-selarat,? fay:f_glaluminum foil and- plEsEi-c (vihite ) ma te-. . 2" x-4!i81' rc-cf-argi:iq.-packagE-Je+eilJogather-w-ith black electrical tape. .EVIDENCE: t- Evidence Property Em-elope consisting of:e*e.+teelierrica}-elarn-elselc-marke*:-bIMi'E*e.+teelierrica}-elarn-e1sblc-marke*:-bINlrEt\'r-one-9 volt battery marked EVI;REAIY ALKALIIE;rlg 7 Y vLv uq vvsr J rllqi Agg p vltllnr'r nlrlGs4lig ,----u'f sc.wtyes-1Te-iiorqb-irrryr-ranEeTb-Ia-ck,*vv o rr4r vs - \J v4+vry, vlge, vJ sfr69/ v4ev^L,a-ri?-6FEii-et-ec-rrffi ilape;, LIi t.e,jny#6 L5132^

Envel o consisti of:ynam wrappers removea., l- eL- irei.dence--E:loperi'y-,8:ruelop-e-consj-at i ng-of-:--one, electrlca{ blasting cap rvith.yellolt ande leg+rir-e 6i*.fll.7-

"=\"-+t* it'6We?-* estroye ffi or-Saf et5turposeOn & Jan 80, 2215 hrs, ihe und.ersigned,Explosj-ve Technicj-ans rrereass-i.gneilby-+he3rilFJateh.4on,'rnrancier.-io--he_-report'_oFa_be=b--a.t-10C52 S, Avenue'N, Beat dl6 requesting. R/O arrived on scene at 2235z?oo

, -t sPvr an sunlnary, at approxiniateI'i7w ana ida els.., . - nolt- kno'.un-a-sI'I/VI. The citizens i O\n\nN)\nlNtllCr-\TE TttAT lT tS lCCEpr;eLe i

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'Bomb & Arson unit O Page 310052 S. /rvenue NINIIESTIGfTTICI{ ( Continued. ) :adjacent to the riglit of r'ray at approxirnately 10052 S. Avenue I'1.ThEy inrnediately sdught asbistancb'ancl encouniered Beat 436 ::n.froirt of 10051 S. Avenue N. The officers investigated the packageand identified i-t as a possible explosive device. The officersnotified the Comnrinicati-ons, requesting assistance and thensecured the area, penciing the airival of Explosive Technicians.' Prelininary exaninatlon revea'l ed. bhai the package appeared to bea (approxi.mate) ztr x 4r! x Etr oackage r.rrapped r.iiih a vrhrte-plasticmateiial and black electrical- lape r.ri'r,h protruding electricalwire and a clock visibly connect,Ld ro rh-e package rvith electn:Lca1 .vriring. The clock ','ras func',ioning and aqorovl-sed electrical contactl;as noted at ihe. rhree o?cl-ock positionr-with ihe lone hand at theapproximate tr.ro or cl.ock posi'Lion.Implernentrng ,R.encier Safe Proced.ures, the packsg trr&s disnantledand examinaf,ion revealed. ihat, the pickage vias an apparent inprovisedexplosive devlce consisilng of one- nrechanical alarm clock markeCt'LiNDENil r.rj-th 2i x 2* face-(square); one 9 volt battefY markeCEVERIIADY ALKALIIiE I miscel-laneous elctrical vrires (yeilo1r, bl-ue , -orange/bl.ack, bror+n,/white); two cartridges of .clynami'be (vrrappers , t>reraoied ) ; and one eLectrical blasting cdp,_r''rithJ;S-l1 ot't,and-W-a-LegQ L*wires. The. device was t^rapped rvith a seiiErat't(inner) layer-of -i c.r.. aluminum foil and outer lay'er of a white- plastic material and.taped._together wi-th black electrieal tape. . C.f


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eVcr. [air, r'5;':1!errr'n. tci"s. nurl.1. 1.1q. ll susp-.1 is arruslert, {Iye rlrmu, trx. ,ecrr. eg+, C.a. (,, l.H. rrrrrr!-'. rl krr&{n. irnrt ttJte. "l n Uuslc{ty." I i Fopet ry l)icn

Cit5t Of Ohicago 'i""fl "es[ | | .iI/5'E^' c o'' 'l ;; f *'r-F 6-ft I Z . l.l; T::$:T' I-- i1Fi. - - FF' 5 rJAl'Ii8O f '-J+ i'UAi'f-'$O: 22OO I on Darkvray ney-t to railroad tracksiE"'r.;iT-r;;ill-c;ifraTi-Vir.-rFa-0?iGlFxal -r'--"-----I V

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,r:,illss ft 'J::',i.i'.'-!r E-vss a fl"o J DliA. | 10052 S. A'lenue trNrt-:---------B/-rT- ffi.Tni---r)' 13. ;LlcrittY ;Jg'.',;t-LftY :IUBS :CLOIT{ING ;OFFlijg EoUl?.frlo;e31v .i tli lns il-]' itl" ifl. .|A^EN , Y i? !-- i7 i;.-:-'-? ;3 4 :7':LL ':i r'rB FVLL nsruvNt. [t.v..nA!Ic.S-rEH=O-Ef=.lHOUSIrOLO tTe!..! ;COi\ISUX!8 tTEi! 'irRSnBttS :tr4i{O.'DANG.OHUGSIOTHeR |sw:LL r:i r'rB FVLL nsruvNJ. [t.v..nA!Ic.S-rEH=O-Ef=.lHOUSIrOLO tTe!..t :COi\tSU;..!tr tTEi! riraSn8tts :t.l4iO.'DANG.OHUGS:oTHeR lsFll,;.i1,;,,0t'3i-',.X?:'"1;lF. iF' lF' ifl' itr' iF'o n ""F ! r r N D r F E P o rt r s D ul'i i/, ": ffi '.-kre-t . J-,'# i e fii* ^'r---#r n EE-ffii-HE ORrii::.il t'r.sE nFenn'HE OB,ij:lAL c^sg nponT "y' HibuiarvOA TH- lrfST nttgVtOU3 r RFertvFnta rHi LAsr n*eurouif ;?Bei?'""., i F' i ?t i?t i?t i?'ur'rg'.'axrrirvaeioii.-- t_::=:=:j-5_-_:_i_=:.: #_ll.v- fi4oro.slErreo.ETc,: HousgHoLo lTEf\t 'coNsuMalt lTeil rFrfiE^nr.E tNAFco.oA:,1G. oRUGs ioTlltr lslpln. ir:' ict. in' iE' : i-tsI E i s ; o lr r ! tat : 5ttt!lE]l,h:!r0trlI : .Jr:';.:4.!llLt rl liii. -t t.:lt xtorl:t vEs I lt\ro I :5 q,!':FqisrP2'iT & T-l i.;':irir :i: t:* .-i ,-i n (cvrr! ti,us!DT tcr;istcrtti. cii::iJ l-] (or,vur':.7 rc:ustu:s: ?:t[;,,

18. MULTIPLE CLEARANCS,

R.D. NO.

the last report rvas {iled, lt the clei.i{ic!tion is ch.anged, explain why.I9. NARRATIVC':A


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.t __ jn__ejplgg_rvS_gSyl9s gq5l_cogqiE!.e-d of 2 s!lcks__o- -----.- dyglaEer-t1..ugg-"el 'e,Ipr-qoc$ . g'""1t r"r-"i"tr*..----.-' ba-t-t.er.y.r --&.-one-elec.tni.ca1-.Jr1as'ti-ag-cap-a'l't -ofjy1-ich-a*,he vaSe1tt__pglk"gy_ly_p.-9._-?Isqgi_q[ as adjace"r to th--------:-.- railroad bracks r,ras_._{g_g9_"y pasSers_by.-g---------l,lol,jEunkrro-,.rn at thj.s rine if any

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.f'/iDOB re-fused-oI.I DOBF/rt age refused

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lpr' Ct--"ffinCor:rinued on pe.ge # 3 ipvr.urllLlsr.r vtI fa.Ae ii ) ' lt".ilii-i:'n?':o :i-i'i,rv riiTciNniiroRf-:Stir,thvfson r:blolry-aToTye-IElA-tlrtr.cArl- T!i,\.r tr ii ACCE,,TAELL ; : : I i --lLilrtr'cATl- T!i,\'t tr ii r\ccEi,TAELL i l-' ' ' i '---' i --"'i ' '"'- I8-


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Otirers Interviei.'iedof RDff BOO552'IPag

Cont'i uued:

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. Exa.n Of Gas & iilec:Snoke Deieciors:

. Sprinkler System:Insurance Info;tieather /Ltgh-ving:Evidence:

PtrRSONI{EL Assigned:

na:Fire Officiai fnilotifications:

In Custody:Amesting Offic ers :I cation 0f /trr-est;oCha:'ge s/Courb:'r.Ianted:Investigai;i on;

Ave illlt 1otji'lAD}iADi'lADiiA

pnone

ihe hrs. ofu degrees, Clear, Duringdarlcnesse art. lighting.2 d.ynanite cartridges.& -one glectricalUta'"c:.tg cap inveniorieC at B & A under#6s57s3biro-iir..riirg clevice, along rui-'h the baiierl'& nrisi. v.llres i'ier6 i-n'i,'enboried at B tc Auncler ft' 5e5787i'-priot'6"- oi'tiu scene taken uy l-lbeat 3931

Charge: I'lone suinrnoned''1P.O'o Girard of ihe 1st dePutYt s01 50 iit's oFBI Temazas of i,he FIJI at 020C'ljnable to colitact ATF-no arrsi'Ier

fnvoi sbotnb 'ct so of tire$-4-g$t, r

DNADIiADiiADi{AT\i i f,lJiY trThp r':idersi:ned:rv

Bomb & Arson Unitof ti:e botub & Arson ui::

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vesi,i$ation by SgtContinrred On Page # l+

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ePase S

Invesi igation Conbihued. :Tire und.ersig..ed. aJ-ongI I proceeded to this-t -

Ir of RD# B oo5525

rrithscene

lL'l1O& encountei'ed. the Bonrb iechi:iciansiirelated thai; the qcp].osive device r"ri:ich

had been f,'ound by 'uhe rritnesses had buet renCered safe bJ' theno b5b]At this time the undersigned. interviet';ed the r.ritnessesl-l&,r'rir.o reldr,ed iirat they r'rere vialking At the locaiion rghose

adciress riorild be 10052 S..Ave.ttl{tt rrihen they dj.scovered a pacicage lying. on.the groui:d. in an open space ithich could. c.est be described .as a pt:k--'- rvay & rriren they'picked i;he package up the5r saii tire cloek & the vriresproiruding frcn.saxte,1, irl:i,ediate1y.sensed cianger & therefore threr'r this

. paci,-age to -ul:e wesi &..ii landed api-ro-x, next to 'l;he GonraiL ri.ght ofiraV r.;i1e.re in was fo und, by the beat' offiers wiro 'srere subsequently surnnoned'to t!:e scene by -L.hese i.ii'unesses & in ttr-rn turnecl o.ver to tl:e bouib iechs.'These nen could supply iheundersigned, no furtiier info relati-ve to thisincicleirt. :

?he undersignecl along vi/SStbego.n a neihodical sea:'ch of ihts ai'eacould be found. bu! 'to no a.rail-o

B & A persot:irel- nez.i began a house to house interrrierv of 'uhenei-girbors in t'ne irrurediate area & bhose j-n'r:elvier';ed are named abo',re& none of --hese persons neiti:er sar{ nor heard anyLhing of an unusual;:aiurer or coul-d supply the u:iclersigned vi/any reason why an incidentof tiris nature shoufd occurr iu their o.rd.e

Continued. on'fagc # 5

& other B & A investigators i_oi-lain the chat:ce another device

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'tI'i I. 'l rI.l

Ir. I:-, :l_ .,Lease if 5 of lt:l# B oa5525

.

.Thi s area neer r+l:erc the explosive device t'r-as found is so:letiaes

usei as a parliing facili1;1' 1'o" .l,l"re i&rons of a tavern aaraed i;he GOIDEI'IShe11 Restaura.ni wi:icii is locateci at 10C63 S. A?e. ttlltro According toof ihe 4ti: disi.rict ttho uere the 1stsr:nr.:ioned_to-,this scene, nany autos vrere pariled in ihe general area of thid.e'.rj-ce; the;r j-n iurn copied d.oivn"tire licensc ;r s of these aut,os rthich 1{erpresent at their arrival fc a check of these license #t s by the undersignevi.a ihe police Ceptrs. irot. desk per clerl< it'111 revealed the naines &adtires.ses of 5 of tl:e -8 au-r,os.presetrt-*see atiaciled sheet r"rith regis-t::aiion of autos---The undersi.gned. at tiiris tj:ue ltere unable to locateor intervtei+-ro-?res-p9?s orls o

tire beai officers

The ur:d. eisigrn d. requests a''fo11olrr-tlP2nd retch persolrriel of this comnland to

This investigaiion 1s continriiltg;o

i nvestigai; 1bn'. be eonductedfacilitate this inves-,"igationy

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VSECI,ES Ti LETTf,nd. -75 oT-D

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r.l;rich no record lraijPEi Operatoi 111

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, 1975 Ch:ysler

founrl l.rere reolesi'ecl to'be l'rand

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veyes, hair, camplexion, scars. malks, etc. lf sulF 2.qrested, give name, sex, race, age, C,B. or l,n. numb!^ -! known, and state, "ln Custody." lt.ptopertY taken \"a:"1:.1o:g9|E.1AT1oNlo:1T||.9n]]31.''..!9..::T1.'"..:n1-..f.ii1'..."':.__

[f"ilT 0t oir.[7ir:I2012's AS ShCllJ{ 0t C:St i! tLEO\E, Vincent D.

,3tu=dn%OP2 :0 rrPt ct lccaii!'. f.rtf,t lllttl.st 0[ru,riti0 ,rtttn l0 clstal.ley

31[ I'{. Fairfield t-- - -lunk.5515 I{. Lincoln Avenue

PROPEBTYTA.KENFURSfls3Is-J5IIII :CLOTHINGiL'st4Est&t

INAFCO/DANG. DRUGSifls| (&r

FILL IN THE FULL AMOUNTOF ONLY THOSE VALUESUJHICH EITHER OIFFER FRO|IIOR I,TERE NOT REPORTEOONTHE ORIGINAL CASE HEPORTOR THE LAST PREVIOUSSUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.PROPERTYRECOVHEO

I HOUSEHOLO Ii'Esr9r [-ls

fls8.[__J ia

Is.ls_J 5IlE.Is

! Flllf" ana E2 l-'l ccilrtr g{ust0;- rc tPcslcllt0t rtst ;,i!Sclf,lclt0 r0t!r,r:tt clcr0E18. MULTIPLE CLEARANCEST !R,D. NO.

Thedescriptionofoffenders.possib|erveaponsandpossib|evehic|esusedbyoffen


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oF ilARaAIIYS_ .br. PAGEt'rflTTrd.s: .7J 0T,IIB c0lrrlnrrl-r!:f: 11. r,incoln Ave. , *-' : i- - yi_yj_"_y-:= \_- an(l exEensLve vJLnoow oanage t'o .but-l-d.l_ngsin area ge Eo,= (*&?1,9,{,ft$;gge*a{#s+#+tr4-s-5515 N. Lincorn Avenue-al}evExplosive device detonated in tb-e atrey. causing injury to victim and propertydamage-to--add-iLi-ona-l-+ie-t;!m-

OFERAI\IDI: fmprovised explosive device placecl. in theAI:=y-?Eto-iieftT_-_---.--...'and qroperty damage _Unknovrn ai this rrriting

OF BUTLDI I,]G: rear of Club Continental which is a one,and 5OI 1n uidth

& ORIGT}{: An Improvised Explosive Device consistingappa r Lnt+y-of J{ii+ Velee ++fq.p e--ei*pfo s .ii $a+ently--otr-iligld {felee-i+fqepe--el*p}o sir. i.e. dvnamite, electric blastins caD..e. dynamite, tric blasting capreadj-,-f1-kaltn-lattery, and rnechanical- type alarn c1ock.ffi9lMs+ng'i sjuny-JcJhe-victim Vincent LEONE lo.ho was ,in cl-ose/:\=aaj:Jrdar.rage to LllOlrlE tS vehiile, ensiveri:rdor^rdanrage-orcu. i.n 'Lhe area. i"iinor 4amage cccq:qred torm',

& LfGH?II{G: 2g ciegrees, snoh,ing, daylightI t ii t. Unknor.rn at this r'rritRECOVERED: Pro erty Dnveloef'eady

63ttC)Oo\.P\rr\r)

a gray coated rvire soldered tot h6-n egaai-ve--g esn*na&-+B&-wihURE INOTCATE TH,AT IT IS ACCCPTAgLE i


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"sc.ibcti" for OPERr\TlOtV TDENTtFICATION it l.D. number at cnd of nlrrative.SUPPLEIvIENTARY REPO GO POLICEi'y' r rr.l \:. '.:.:i\.r:t:Ct cr\ trli t;t\.fir 3 r;rtt'A R S Or\ .. B-I - EX.P.LOS IY. E6. VlC tllJS Nrr|\lE :3srt$tlLtlr!'rirti:

f;r.-irl:, ;iri;:' 3.:J: r....i

iFILL ITi TIIE FULL AIJOUNTOF CJNLY HOSE VALUf,SvJHrcil ;illlER OTFFER FItoillofr t'/ErrE NoT nEPOnTEDOi'THE OBtGiNAL CASE ACPONTon TUE LrsT PtrEvrousSUP''LFT.IENTARY NEPOTIT.

14. MULTIFLE CLEARANCES: I

- - aUqy-..b e h:ind _ni ght'. c lu-br00'rls5 0t oLC|;06l:.fi

!r rriilt', ti li8l0t rr3i ;r,t !i { r Uj. :.1U,1 (iiri t; ii : iT-] 0rittll.i tc.r* ^ ll L0trt!! iil::5fi? l,:t,rr il grlcr:- rCrFo!lc!t!

r3.PI'IOPEilTYTAKETT

EI.sPROPERTYRECOVERED

I1I

IsIIONEYflsEls

EOUIP,F t lcE[ls! I []sflsrar5E

l-l rFFl:,1 t-i- PFosr | | ctrlP! irc!rr;;qlGCPl lr.r{r!i:!

FI.D, NO.

The clcscri2rion of offenters, posiltlre last relrorl rvas filed. lf the classification is chaqed, cxplain rvlry,I9.-NAH FIATIVE:-&DULLONAL__V-1C.1'TIiIs CLU.B_jOInINEln-{rtJ5l_51L_Linc_oJ..n_82&{!77

G'-.;'T?i'Ji:o'iiif'E-f F,,fr iffi'-ret;rJ,- " azls89- J -zo1-3=,,. *

CLEARED EXCEPTIONALcr.t^FtD I Etrusro l0ttttotnl 0rtltiBr I ro ;AoHtrrro;(sPEcltYAaitsr IPnoslcuTtl r0c8lrtt I lrl rlAf,8.l

' ' ' oFFENSEt (ctv! tt t ottatst /crAssrtrcAn0r 0t tAsr iIponl]

.BEATOFocc.

RESS_-BEP0RT_ti1

I ----l (.co_:owner__ofj: rt l-n :IL-.---------l i,io -fr*rt h ef i4f o rnrat i on ( c o- ovrn e-:--:-- I---ito.-f.unther:-infourrai!on-(-c.o.=o:,*re.!ILTE--&.iI4E-OE-!CCiIRRE]IG\.'JJ.qnlarr-198-0.-Ll-5-8-hns.-D lr.t:B- & T II4E-OEJ S $IciqirE.}E-

--5 -Ja irua ep-Lp 80--1, 3 O -h r s .-I HAVE REAO THIS BEPORI.AND BY IJIY SIGNATUFE INDICNTE.THAT IT IS ACCEP].AALE ' n CONTINUEDI LX nevense src

2o.EitTir]r-fi|.|TtiAL8oo(tiG(ct?}Nt,:.laE'l'JuVEN|LEo|srit|cTA'J,l,,s.|I|ENT|JoA}NUl.l$tllo'i\.oUlI|D|\,tslol.tTA(E'r r.rTO CUSTOOY FOR THrS (rFFENS(S) Alto DrSTlilcT ott ui!l'r truf.l8Ea oF THg AtlngsTl^-G oFFtcEn.c.rJ. No./Y.O. NO.on J,o.A, NO. llr G 0lSl0jgljlJ!

2l axTaA coPlEs nEotjlfiiu rNo.9 ReclPtENTlXrn''lErit:rE2.: i'.!

c,B. NO./Y.O. NO.oR J.O.A. ilO.

.r9 SUi'ERvtSOft ntlttovr\-G STAR NO.

C.B. NO,r'Y.O. NO.on J.o.A. No.c.B. NO./Y.O. NO,oR J.O.A. NO.

?? oATE lf.ivtsTrGAiloN c().1P|.,rto: IoAY ifroNTH lYc,\n I- : - t ra-\a | ^^^^;?*' *#,F n r-',",*|J SWT RV'

.r,O"n1UtrEb 7 C -:Trr- - -SIGNATURI.


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&=lc9!itn1;rT-- o pig:u# e -ROGRESS PEPoRT /irz . . - Rn;F g-006-153, Jan r>ourll.IE or AffriL.5 Jan 19Bo 1335__E

-1,E01{Eilne.-eft -L,}!il\L/3l{av}9l5--63-1!-N-.-l'airfieid. Znd fl. employeed by the-c it "-oe-chi. c ass --&ot h--iua=H "n 1fi9ff Is[ri,et's and slnitiatton J61-8381+ vrorlcingt-time-of-inqi-


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n.qiicE Ii'trFoi?1*-{T lol{REPOR? zi2Linco].n5 'L'tr.

for evidence andl.Ji-'-nesses io this

Club Contlnental carries Firenrans Fund' Ins'"na others. Full i-nformtion available thru'Co*-Co fns Agertcy 3t+25 YI. Dempster 673-1212Day1ieht, 28 degreesr snol'r covered' grbund'ovlrcfst'i,rith liglrt flurries't ITGHTING

?ilRSOi.Ji'{Ej, ASSIGNED

CUSTODYRtrSl'IN'G OFFICERS

TTr"lE, LOCATI0I{DATE Ec BRANCH

OF ARN,EST

SgtJ-''l to 5515 IL

-lper acting Dept' SuP't.seit -r,eletyp6 me-ssage 0o0tJBoo ifficts to pay special atteniionYugoslavlan business establ ishmen-r,s "

Recovered bya.ndBeatFeatBeatBeatBaatBeatBeatBeat

{-U

DNAD}IADI{ADi{AUNlilql,l'l{On 5 Janur5'1980 at 1330 hrs the reportlnginvesiigS.tor vias assigned by Bonb & ArsonLincol-n relitive to an expbbsion ai thatupoand 1 found iixplosive Techconducting a search of thethis 'i nvestigaior bfoeedded to canvass Lhe area for

inclden,c " spoke toF i:'ltt/l9t+3 co-oi.rner otffi 5515 i'i.r.ri:o stated thai he rvas at hotue ai; the time of the inci-deni and had

orab & ArsonBomb & Arson6 Honr & Sex

knor.rl-ed.ge of I'riio or r.rhy anyone rvould try to bonrb his estabhshrnent. Hebuslrress lvas very !ood-a.nci there irave been no threats orpiobleillsolt"" been in brrs iness f8"-il/Z years t'rith al-l uttd:knor.;s of no problerns or ihreats involvi-ng his partne:'s.colJTriwn D P-irGE // li


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5 ii" Linco].n

the blast.sianding

ai hone but hadthe incident.

^,.i rntervielr or l-l n/ahg51

-

stated that hffiJhe--front of @Running tothe rear and Looki.ng around observed a g'roup ofaround and a nan layi-ng on the-6qround.. He could offer iro other

7",i,ne lvas not ho;:ad aislnce left. iie staled hisI ltt/wHas noE &-r, honle

+ time bu-r, his:vi.fe clainred to have nostated hencident,

servednot a nan 1a5,'futfurni-sh anrri:,,/vi/ztvhe heard t,iie. explobion and ran to the a11eyi:: uhe al-iey and 4 or 5 persons standing arouncl.

sta-r,eand i!lo

dr:mpsterfurnish

addi tional- lnvesligatlve- inforria tion.

out of the alley al.lor.ringneao Ene elq.Dlost_onalley souiirboind, i,ir. ieone b..clcedexit ihe a11e5'. A f er.i ilcrnen-us I aterihe al-Le!' ano obser.rec i.i:-. leone fayE!r'!r. leones vSrr 1,.;-3s abor:_t 30 ieet no:.th

up junk and oihe:. it eas as ir;^u

H/\I/L955 enployeed by Dye Dee laund.ryei,.rood siated he r.;a.s pulling a truck outthe a11ey goir:g north i.rj:bir ;ne .van dri''rin by Vincent leone ivas pu!!!.ng___.!4lofon iirea.gainstground near a rvhitea &rage, He couldother. informa'bion.of .Virrcent Leone s'r,ated t "" [-lh') Cil'-rr (^'f [ihi^or-.a ?\^*^-+--^,--tfre City of Chicagio DeparinenfiTand Sani't,ia.ti on oui o-f v:r v ,+\-/ 9.1.1 r','ard ar:d i'.ras supposedly r.rorking -r,his d,sta'bed she spol


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cG t74-1917III. IN/ESTIGATION ATSHELL RESTAUMNT THE GOLDENCHICAGO

2t


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Street

150 r

Distances are ;\pproxima

n?


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LFD-302 (REV.3-8-77)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

. 1n6/80Date of transcrlptlon_

h6b7c provided. Special Agent (SA) with one bagcontaining seven sealed env@ and cleseribedbe1ow, containi-ng evidence col-lected, by the ChiSguad.. This material was collected by OfficersStar Numberd-a parking lot loeated10052 Souttr Avenue N, Chicagor fllinois.Sar Numberpri or evenin-g, -a:ruary theat

1. One envelope containing vrhite plastLc bagr'rith aluminum foil on the inside of the bag,wrapped rvith black, threer/quartar inch plasticelectrician's taper also containing one end of atrvo-inch cartridge of d.ynamite, unknown manufacturer,r.r'itir particles of material adheringr to the vtrapper.2. one envelope containing 'a 9-volt Evereadyalkaline power ce1I with two lengths of t'rire,one soldered to each of the snap terminaLs.3. One bag eontaini-ng numerous lengths of blue'yellorv, orange aud bror.m vrires trith blackthree,/quarter inch vinyl electrieian's tape adhering'to the ends of the vrires. The free ends of the vrireswere sev.--red by the bomb technicians who disarmed theactual d.evice. rn addition, srna11 pieces of aluminumfoil and white plastic material are contained inItem 3.4. One electric blasting capdescribed as two and one-halfsiLver in color rsith blue andwires.

merlced "Expl-osivo",inches in length'light graen,/yellow

lnvestieation o" 1/a/8O-ut

Chicago, Illincis rir"o Chicaqo 174-1917b6o" rt oi"t"t"o 1/15/8 0

Thls document contalns neither recommcndations nor concluslons of the FBl, lt ls the property-ot the FBI anct is loaned to youf agancyiit and its contents are not to be distributed outslde your agency. A 7


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_t-11,.

- z-5. One envelope containing one piece of blackthree/guarter inch vinyl electricianrs tape andone Linden travel alarm cJ-ock, approxJmatelytr+o and one/quarter by two and oner/quarter j_nchesj:r diameter. The alarm clock hras rrrapped lvith.black three/quarter jnch vinyl electrician'stape over the crystal and arould. the back of theclock, The crystal had a hole in the face at the3 o I clock pos!-tion with one rsire protrud,ing intothe hole, and just under the hoLe, there reas asmall piece of black vinyl electriciants tape onthe face of the clock. Another vrire rrras attachedby solder to the back of the alarm clock withseveral additional vrires rvrapped. in black tape andad.heri-ng to the alarm clock.6, One envelope containjng a sma1J. sample ofmaterial r'rhich had been taken out of the package.This materj.al appears to be dynamite.6a. One envelope containing approxinrately threepounclswhichby the

of what appears to be gelatin-type dynamite,was destroyed accord.ing to an order issuedcourt for safety purposes.The above listed items \rere inventoriecl by the CpDon two reeeipts under Propertv rnventory ltrumbers 685782 and.685784, both sigmed for by sAl lto mai.:rtain custocly in thismatter. The items listed above rvill be forward.ed to theFederal Bureau of rnvestigation Laboratory in Washingtonl D.c.,for further analysis and tests, ancl tiren vrill be maintained .inthe Chicago Office for eviclentiary purposes.

2B


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FO-302 (REV.3-8-77) oFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTI

-1- Dat ot transcrr prton l/15/80. Pursuant to a court order issue.d by tire HonorableJudge Fralk J- McGarr, Northarn District of l11inois, or1Januazl 8, 1980, that ordered the destruction of threepounds of dynarni+-e of an unknown manufacturer, which rvasrecovered from a devics j.n ttre parking Lot of 10052 Avenue N,Chica Illinois, o!1 January 4, L980, Special Agent (SA)carried out the order in the followins manner:

the- ti:ree pounds of dynarnite from a storage magazine locatedin the quarry at Thornton, Il1inois, and transportad thedynanite to a remote location inside the quarry, r^rhere thematerial rvas charged with an electric blasting cap and thencovered r.rith a sna1l amount of gravel and remoteLy detonate-d.ourlnq the timF-lheq the materiaL r,.as being prepared fordetonation, S.,11 lvideo taped the proceedings and reeordedthe actual detonation of the materiaL, as set forttr Ln theinstructions from tlra court. The site r,rhere the dlaranite hadbeen covered was tl-.en re-examinect to make sure that all of thematerial completely exploded, and then the site r^ras video tapedfor evidentiary purposes.A mlnute sample, approximately one-half ounce ofthe --xplosive material, was kept from the original amount forevidentiary purlroses, in order to be sent to the Laboratoryfor analysis and for defense purPoses ir necessary'

aGATION

51C

Investlgatlon on L/B /BO Chicago and,Thornton, fllinois Chicago I74-L9I7at Flle +o" Date dictoted \/ts/BoThis document contalns nelther recommendatlons nor concluslons ot the FBl. lt ls ths property of the FBI and ls'loaned to"yout agency;it and lts contents are not to be dlstributed outsicte your ngency. e?


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FD302 (Rev. 11-27-?0) IFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Ll2r/ 801 Dote of tronscription

I I crew member of the John J.Boland, fuffing information:0n Friday evening, January 4, 1980John J. Boland to do some shonpinq. lle returned to thevessel at approxirnately 9:30 Pi{, Farking his autonobile inthe American- Shi.pbuilding park!-&t across the street frontthe Golden She11 Restaurant. I Inoted that rvhile thisproperty belongs to American Shipbuilding' many patrons ofthe^ Go13en Shefl Restaurant park^ their vehicle3 in this 1ot.

There1.Jereautonobi1esparkedonbothsidesofEsvehicle, hor+ever, he could not recall what they were.

irnnrediately the south of:50 Pll. The parking space irnnediately to the south ot

-autonrobilewas vacant and E observbd rvhat h-e thoughtwas a ladies pocket book laying on the ground in this spot.It was placed in a position that it would have been locatedunder the front passense.r seat of the vehicle previouslyparked in this slrotexamine it and imnediately observed a clock rcith hands onit. He believed it to be a bomb and his. first thought rvasto get rid of it.

railroad tracks which rtlere to the west of his automobile.He placed the explosive device next to the tracks. He didnot'want to leav^e the expl-osive device because he felt theindividual rsho placed the device l,ras possib'ly still in the

the area.

area and would take the device and place it sornetvhere e1se.[]l saw an old sailor :F:r:iend of his narneSlI walking. -?n-TEd iiea-ina-[e-[ia-l-l sit in his, l-Tf, automobi-ien-Tfid area ind he had l-l sit in his, l-Til automobiand rvatch the spot rvherE-fl placed the explosive device.ChiCaqo Policemen of the bomb he had found. The policenenverified that the package lvas a bomb and immediately clearee

L/7/80 Chicago, Illinoislntervi cwed on

This document contains nerther recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI.your agency; it and ils contents are rlot to bc distribuled oulside your ngettcy.JA

L7 4-L9L7JJrile f

byr/tt/ 80Dote di ctoted

it is the property of the FBI a-:: ::


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o

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infrlquent basis. furnished. the namel-t Johnson' s Cr-e?A-Ifisconsin, telephone

I'ocG l.74-1917CB: neb

telephone at this resr


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q'F

y -a representatlveiirformation:the evenin- said that on January 4, 1980, Late incal1ed bywas stand.i e par ay I.teS t o the 10053 address.taped pageselsv+ng. qn. @ity parkingspice.- l-Tsiia-ire -ioii-ffi Io carr the police.old.l I to call the po1picked up the package and placed it just acrossthe railroad t:acks, a few feet fron-where the package waspolice, rvho arrived shortlynot been by that location earliei so he lras not able tostate rshich car had been parked. in the space where the bonbwas found.

FD302 (Rev. 11-27-?0) eEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Dote of tronscription Ll76/ 80

clock in thesaid that heto return rvith the

L

On January 11, 1980,Chicago, was intefurnished the following

foundpackage and ass.urned it was a bonbackage End- ass.uned it was a bonb.hid behind a car and rvaited for l-

venue N when he wasstated thatb5b]

l/LT/80 Chicago, Illinoislnterviewed on

-

otsaF-., /neb .cG L7 4-7977rile r

-

Llts/80by Dofe dictoted

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned toyour agenc]'; it and its contents are not io be distributed out.side your ugency. FBt/DoJ3.:.


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FD302 (Rev. 11-27-70)FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

On January 14, 1980,viewed by a representative offollowing inforrnation :

Date of tronscription r/L6 / 80

was inter-the FBI and provided the l,I

the bonrb on the evening of JanuarY 4, 1980. The spot l.rasapDroximately 25 feet from Avenue N on the parkrvay anddiiectly rvest fron the northern edge of the- 10053-SouthAvenue N address b6bbonb he picked it up and carried it directly rvest, justoadatSE at rvalked over to wherethe bomb and picked it up, but quickly put it back down.stated he does recall observing a redPinto a coiiillffif soaces south of his car and believesthat when hL first parked in the parkway at about 9:30 Plvlthe car i-rnrnediately to the south of hirn rvas dark coloredand fairly new

tracks. : related thathat tine and ca11ed hitit over aced

L/14/80 Chicago, I11i.noislnfervi ewed onmeb

This documenl conlains nerlher recornmendations nor conclusions of t'he FBI.your agency; iL and its con[ents are not to be distributed outside your agency._33

1/ r.s/ 8oDote dictotedIt is the property of the FBI and is lonned toF Bl/ OOJ

CG L74-L9L7File frb6c tL SAby


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FD302 (Rev. 11-27-70)FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Dof e of tronscription t/t4/80Golden She11 Restaurant,10063 South Avenue N, Chicago, 'htas intervie\ted by representa-tives of the FBI , at'ivhich liire she furnished thb foiloivinginformation.

She stated tirat on Friday at arrproximatelv 9 :45 PMshe 1r'as made al\rare of a bomb d.evicb ithich- rvas found' outsideherrestaurantinaparkingaTeaacrossthestreetadvised that she did not receive any notificatio.n prior tothe recovery of tire bonbing device and she has no idea rvhyanyone rvould target her establishment for a bonbing. Shestated that she has no problems r.rith Yugoslav ethnicfacti.ons, either Serbian or Croatian.Decenber 23, 1979, she received a phone call at herrestaurant at approxirnately 10;00 PIr{ from an unidentifiednale r,'ho spoke English r+ith no accent. This person statedas follorvs': "l'Ie t ie going .to bomb your place, one, two, three,or five. " The ca1ler hung up irnnediately after the above\-+tatement;had eiected aDDToximately25 persons fron her restaurant onehour E:ar1ier.'Iff these inen it'ere crelrt members on thefreighter "John J. Bo1ancl" r*hich had docked in the harboracross the stTeet from her restaurant that day. She statedthat she ei ected them because thev had becorne drunk androrvcy . Hofrer'"t, l-l referred to the fact that the bombd.evice lras recovered. on January 5, 1980, and the anonymousca1ler Eave a seri-es of numbers rvhich inclr"rded the numberr-ive sucqested there was a possible connectionbetrreen-Tffiornb"iievice and the phonb call on the 23rd.

L/7/Ba Chicago, Illinoislnierviewed on\i\ . lllE U

This doculnent conlains neicher :econnencialions not conclusions of the FBl.your agency; it and its conlenls are not lo bc Cistributed ouiside your ogency.3{

L7 4-I9L7File ttb6bicby Doto di.tor"d Ll70 / 80

It is the'property of the FBI and is loaned toF BI/ OOJ


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oFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

oat ottranscrr orron !/9 / 800n January Z, 1980a,r tuorden shel1 R.estaurant, 10063 south Avenue NJhicago,was intervieru'ed by a representative of the Federal Bireau?_f,lly::tigation (FBI),- and furnished the fofforving]-ntormat].0n:[| said that on the evening of January 4,r._vuu, there t,,.as a party at herJeslanlfant for 20 peorrlefrorn.the calunet Dailt'piesl. iiitua-tf,at'ih6-'group arrived at 6:00 pM and st?]iluntil 1:00 AlvI; however,two from the group left ear1y.

ner restaurant on a pro-Yugoslavia radio or televisionprograrn.

b6b7c

IChicago, fllinois Chicago 174-1917/7/80nvestigat ion on

nrffio, 5AG BDB/rntd out"or"tot"o 1/9/80This document contain5 neither recommendalions not'conclusions ot the-FBl. lt'is.thc prooerty ot,the F6l 'ahd'is loaned to your agency;it ancl ll5 contents are not to be distributed outside your agdncy. - -), .r


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FD.3O2 (REV. 3-8-77)

b6b7c

tFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

- L'-On January 7, 1980,

^ 1 t8/80oate ot trans6rlpttonLat theGolden She11 Restaurant. 10069intervietved by a reDres6ntativefollorving infbrrnatibn :

said that on the evenins of January 4. 1980.2 young @ restaurant and sai in the rebr of tire'restauiant.into the restffiEt about Z years ago.tlre 2 had Sjlhe:--qffee or beer and only stayed for 10 or 15ninutes. I I related that rrrhen the two used to comeinto the rFa-urant- they would sornetimes converse in Croatianor Serbian rtith a former busgirl of the restaurattt,l-l (l.eEtIglu upkngi.,n)

South Avenue N. Chicaso. wasof the FBI and furni5nea tne

knew tvho theie ti{o men 1{eTe.

fnvestieatlonon 1/7/RO '1 Chicago Tllinois err"" Chicago 174-1917te dlctated L/8/80

This document contalns neither recommendations.nor, conclusions of tne FBt. lt is the property of ihe FBI and'is loaned'to your agency;it and lts contents are not to be distrtbuted outsicte your agency. Jb


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-!- Dat ot transcrf xron \ / 8 / 80 .

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IIThe follorving investigation was conducted by SAI Ion January 8, 1980:

, Calunet Daily Press,advised thE newspaper held a party on Friday night,January 4 nat hl-s newspaper held a party on t'Tr.day nlgnt,, 1980, at the Golden Shell Restaurant, 10063 SouthAvenue N, Chicagoleft the-party ijetr?ffiMand 10 Plvl that day:

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hertheparty.at 9 PI{ before the bomb device rsas discovered. Shefurther noted that they were parked south of the restaurantand'ttrer^efore l^rere not near tire site wirere the bonb devicewas located.lrras telephonicall contacted at hisemployment and advised that he escorted fromthepartyat9:15P]rItohervehic1ervhicffidsouthof the rbstaurant - He noted that his vehicle rvas aiso parkedne party at 9: 15 PI\l to her veh].cle l{n].clr was arso

parKed souof the rbstaurant. He noted that his vehicle rvas aiso parked

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b6b7south of the restaurant.recalled the excitenent r"hen the device tr'as found. l{e noticednothing unusual occur in the restaurant i.n the tine periodimmediitelv before the device r.ras found.

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The foSpecial Agentsof the FBI onadvisedhowever

, Chicago,, 1980,IaSnot ome on tne evenlng o anuaryhe did no tice anything unusual.evening long rvith

I ls g1rltr1end. and | | ano lerE,l.Tres:-oence ar r: ru-rm ro soffi r"t" rnaETE'eTTeet inf-ls car, a 1973 light'b1ile CE-dilGc, rvhich.Hkedfourorfivefeetfronrvherethebombwasfound.| | stated that there rvas a car parked on each side ofs car,, and,neither..one rya: a pickup or carnper but| | rvas unable to describe either -car. ielated that-they

returned. at 10:30 PI{, after the bonb h?-dFeen found.

related that on the

a at tney r.Iereanuary 4, 80, however neithersaid she rvas home onnot see anything.

o ome tone observede evenlng oanything.the eve

said that e retuTne hone for nner atanuary 4, 1980, but did not notice anything. Plul on

, 1980:

anuaTy

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that on January 4, 1980, she arrived at the restaurant at4j-0-0-.P}{ and parked her 19Jl-uaroon Chevrolet, 1980 Illinoison the parkway. | _ lstated that when she parked-there,, there was a light -ffl-ored Toyota just north oi her.| | related that when the bomb rvas found around 10:00 PM,she gbserved that a sreen Chevrolet was parked'iust to thenorth of the space w6ere the bomb rvas f.'irnd and'her vehiClewas just north of the green Chevrolet. I I pointed out theapproximate position of her car on the night of JanuarT 4,1980, which rvas across from 10055 South Avenue N.

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for the Golden Shell, said

for ContinentalSecurity at t Anerican Ship Building Coinpany, due westof the Goldenon the eveningother hour hethat he did not notice anything unusual.

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Shel1, said that hs wa-s on 4 Pl.,t - midniehtof Jinuary 4, 1980. | | stated that-everywould make a one hour ffiity check and related

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he was on the 4 Pjil - midnight shift atBuilding Company but he did not notice, 19g0,the American Shipanything unu'sua1.

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were at workserve anything in the 3:00 Pl'{ untilneighborhood. 0n January 14, 1980, Law Enforcenent Agencies Data9I'!c*:(LEADl)dis.91qsqdthai1980I11in-ois1icJnseIs llsted to Certified Services, Zll South Sth Avenue;Maywood, I1linois. fnve operatorof .the truck, t l, Chicago,and owns a b1

On January 15, 1980eveni.ng of January 4, 1980, he arrived at the Golden she11 at7:30 or 8:00 PIt. l-lsaid that his truck rvas parked west ofthe restauranr on TFparkway a couple of spacls-noittr-oi101st street and his car was parkeil four or- five spaces northof his truck3i4no!-come out until after 10:00 PI\,I when the bornb was found.| lsaid he did change the tire on his car but that was notuntll after 10:00 PM. | | did not recall the vehicles thatwere parked north of his car.Istated that he believess restaurant rvas bonbed__because of extortionatefrlEd'eTo her by Croatians.have any evidence to substantiate that allegation.On January 15. 1gB0-f

--Dcnererv].lIe, lndIana, advlhe arrived at the Golden She11 at e8blue 1969 Oldsmobile on the parkrvay north of the restaurant.nearby cars r'rhen he parked his car. I I ielated that heattempted to leave the restaurant at 10:00 PIr{ or 10:30 pl'lbut the chicago Poli-ce Departnent rvas not pernitting anyone

:00

,o#SrttilEt;igation was conducted byOn-January ++, 1980,for continental SJlirity, -iavis?dEat

1980, both he and his11:00 Pl'l and did noton that evening.

to leave

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The following investigation vras conducted by SA J-lOn January 15, 1980,l-1 advised that he is tof the Golden She11 Restaurant

if hise told:-54the Croatians lvere also upset because his EllS AdIe.LLiSesher restaurant as YugoslaV rather than Croatianrelated that his[-lhas not been bothered by CE?Tlansyears ago his l-l was bothereup posters in her rest,aurant but some Croatians to putrefusedDyshe

DA

had received an extortionstated that hisin.nember7 , 1980,Chicaso 0,shift fron 4 PM io midnight. thathome but she did not observe anything.he rvorkedhis l-l

with hisre ce ivedwas

fln Januar[g-,-!980, l-l re]-ated that he spokeaffi,rr'o" stt'c .tlcvELan extortion denand by Croatians and did not knowanything about a inan and r,rornan being observed placing a packageunder a car on the evening of Januaiy 4,. 1980.0n January 23, 1980, b6bast Chicago , Ind.iana, ad.vised that1980. he airived at tire Golden She11and 9:00 Pl'{.every Friday filFthe rast couple of montis.that when he arrived. at the restaurant there lvas only one einplyparking place on the parktvay. parked in that _place butwas not ible to recali any of tTe--rlthat were parked near him.|-lrvasanenberoftheSerbianerrrigreorganization''Roya1lFrn'6?EEEts of Draza l.lihailiovic" about six or seven years agobut cioes not knorv any active Croatians.he drives a 19ZS blatk o\rer bronze 01dsmo-6F

1ate1y and said that

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Dsre o{ tronscriPlion1

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.-, on Januarv. rl:-l?80 , :1"::t?n":"1? .nu#;if ,n! a;tr:"1:lll,?Tit ?{'3'il381 o,,,-said

that he ttas bo,;:r'"tr:i?#ttiiul"'states. of serEET "":?t:It'.' ofeJ6#;L;;ijoe! -not ,haveiliui-u"el a mEmber o{ "ttIan friends. 1-:-1 stated that';;y- re a t C r o at i an o r s " r D t 1'l ^ ; ; i ;-N;t i6i-nas i s t anc e no rhehasneveT.i""iaof.theil";;;;;-Hatr,ionarnesistancedoes he knorv ;;;- Serbian activists '

-said-he.Eoes-.'o:h:*Goldensrrg]rseveraltines a rveekJandur""iry iris airrrrer there on Friday nights 'r--related. that !e is enployed as ".]:'selnanfor lrrisconsfnteei;-196.th-;;e Torrence',^citiitgo' and he hasno idea rvtty anyone r+ould pf""" a bonb under his car'

cG 174-1917t/14 /80 Chicago, l11inois Flle 1/1s/80b5b7c

Inrerviewed :"^ft/neb\Jnr Dote di cloted

Tl,l:i*.""fJJ:*?t1i:T:i:'l?:'iTT$"*tf,:'Xt,1,""#X""t"""'lii':,"lHlPJ;'tt is the properLv orirre FBI and is ]ca:"':


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IV. INVESTIGATION AT THE CLUBCHICAGOONTlNENTAL


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Dato ot transcrt ett"n L/L6 /80

star ltrumber l-1 chicago Policeancl Arson Unitr provido-d Special Agent(sA) r./ith three bacrs of evidence collectede scene at-the Club Continental, 5515 }lorth LincolnAve,nue, Chicago, - Il-linois , on January 5 , 1980 . Of f ie"rs il

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andF star Numbersubsffip1osionbehinc1thaC1ubContinenta1,r'lhichoceurred at aoproxirnately 11:53 Al1, January 5, 1980. Theexplosion, whi-ch occurred in the alley behind the Cl-ubContinental, subsequently killed a white male, identified asVincent D. Leone, 63L4 North Fairfielrl, Chj.cago, IlLinois.Ite,ms taken from his body at the- Svredish Covenant Hospital ar6included in the third baq described belors:Bag 1 - eontains miscellaneous bits of clothingcollected at the rear of the Club Conti.nental. Thismaterial r"ras listed under CPD rnventory Number 685768-Bag 2 - contains Eveready 9-voLt alkal-ine poh'erce1l battery rvith a short !-ength of -oray-coloreC rsiro-scldered to the negative. te,rrninal r with fragirnents ofblack pi-astic tape aclhering to the battery. fnaddition, there are trao metaL eomponents from arnc-ehanical clock; one length of green-coLored plastic-coated wira ccnnacted with twisted enils; one shortlength of gray plastic-coated 'ozirei ona short lenqthof green-colored plast-ic r,rire conneeted vrit-h trvistedand soldered ends i one length of yeJ-low-ccLorecl ol-asticcoated r.rire; four pieces of plastic-type naterial; anCone bag of clock parts. These items trere inventori ec1by the CPD unda-r Prcperty l{unber 585785.Bag 3 - contains misceLlaneous clothing includingboots, jacket, pants, socks, underwea.r of the victirr'Vincent Leone- This itam r,ras inventoried under CPDNurnber 597885L.

lnvestieatton .^ L/1 /80 Chicaqo, Illinois Chicago 174-1917v15/eo

Thls document contalns neither recommendations nor concluslons of the FBl. lt'ls tho property of the FBI anct ls loanect'to your agencyiit and lts contents ara not to be distributed outside your a9ncy. 4),l


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2-sd-l signed receipts for the above listedltem.s. 'The items U-sted. above will ba fonqarded to theFederal Bureau of fnvestigation Laboratory for further iaanalysis, .?nd r*iLl then be returnad to the Chicago Of ficeof the FBf to be retained for eviclentiary purposes.

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Dote of lronscriplion Llzrl80

Technician, Bornb and Arson Unit,ChicagoPo1iceDepartnent,L!21.SouthState'provid.ed'

graphs will be

1

wri1g1_r'rith four packages of photos depicting crirne scenesat 10052 south Avbnue N on Jahuary 4,1':)80,-jia-E5ri ltoi{tr-Lincolnr or1 January S, 1980, .in Chicigo, i11inois.Tire four packages of st' rr B" color pirotos coniaineda total of 20 individual-scenes including iwo'phoios-;1i-t[e--deceased, liincent Leone, who tras kilLed lue to'the explosionat the Lincoln Avenue addr6ss. These photographs wilretained for evidentiary purposes by the cliicalo FBr.

7/18/80 Chicago, Illinois 1,74-19t7lnterviewed on File #b6b7c sA u18/8aby Dole dictofed

This documenl conLains. neither recomruendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned toyour agency; it and its contents are nol to be distributed outside your agency. FBr,/oo-lc'I


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FD-302 [REV. tt-27-701

FEDERAT BUREAU-1-

on January S, 1gg0.the stated he is one. The othqrs

focuses on many nationalities.

Dore of rronscrlp tt", I / A7 / I AOF INVESTIGATION

_Irlinei+ \ra,l I andE-5.A-1'th Lrrs r eueI.a] bulleau!-he 95e1osion of a-a""i..-I,--y L^y+eD.t.t'lrt c>{ a Clevl-Ce at thethe_C1ub Continental, SS17 No:r,th17 No:rthAgents (SAs)who identified

ofare sofand

r- adrnitted that the rnedia had publicize.dheCrcati-ant'to.'re';;;-""Itr.'-tthisi,.,"ia",,t-wasPoSsib1yJslelqd to recent acts or vi.oi";;;-";;iiutea- to this sroup.labo'ated that the otheo o*'.o"--,n. also Macedoniansnd that the club is tpi+;Iii";ii;- ioi.r,t.ted towandI::::::"*:"*g1.T:l:,'fJ stated ihe ententainmentII

6;30'p.m..+=:i=i:'.i:l"i|il"i;.'l3ii?Igi'ry5":.-:who i nf orme-d-ffi-th ;; ;-h;; b e en . u orou -.xp 1o sioa-;;; tneestaurant. Although tn"-o.t-iIs we::e quite sketchv. .| --, f s firsr-:_rrpr.Essior, or*= that _"il_Fstate inlunancerrr'ce nearbv had been the_tar.g.t. r-___t Flabonated he"ffi::;:l!t:l^l;il"; i-J who openates,i ii ".i' T f " S" lll.|rli";:"".*i::"" .Deen the 'ecip:-rerEF destnucti";-;i;-Juning the pastI3il;"u.i"i@t::^:::*1:":^G;pi.9-i"o,,-o,iJ-ji."-+iioi;,-"*"o,,"-i;i''i;1f, ";",,!#'iiTnl"":t:rii:f; fi 1"..r' a Hacedonian, advised he iraa no knovrledge that theid:qo--osion nad anti-yugo=r." overtones and Inerihg nestaunantad been the target of some o::ganizai:."". funthentated the victin of t:-r" ri""t was not known to him.

lnrerviewed on-. 1 /'1,4 / 8O "t--Skohie-rllJ-i+e*s-File # Chieago 'l 7h-"i c' -1.. o^-v Do,rdr.,o,"d l/17/80

conclusions of lho FBt. h is the proporly of lhe Fgl ond ls looned to ,:-your q9ency, s/Ihis document contoins ner'lherll .ond ils contenls ore nol lo recommendolions norbe distributed outsido


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cG 174-1917stated, with nesPect to t@hatagroupofCroJati;;-;;;;"i"i""""ileadeduv|.Tl.necent1yplayed at the ;i6; but that no pnoblems had r:esulted fnomthis booking. :f;

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f11inois,

-i- rA, \t\. i..,1. FEDERAL BUREAU-r-

eo Dy ljDeclaL Agen

OF INVESTIGATION

Doleof tronscrlprronW

Skokie,f-l .Fede:r'a1 Bu:reau of tnvistigation (rdr), Ehica-E6;n_ega::ding the recovery of clock -asing in an -a11ey 5t -the :eean of the 5500 bl_ock No:rth -Linco1n, east sihe,Chicago, Ill-inois.clockdiame enblypp::oximatel 2,iinside.

advised this itennhis establffi-ent lv J-who ope::ates a at thatcumstances su:rnounding the location location.of this itemThe ein-werenot knor,rn to [-1.

0ne nound casing, gold coJ.o:recl , measurlngw

1 /1a /80Inlerviewed oD- 4/ 4u' , Chieaso. Illinois rrr. + Chieaso 174-l-917rlaT /80ooO/L ,To,, SA I f dnz Dore dicrored

Ihis document contoins neither recomnrendolions nor conclusions ol lhe FBl, lt rs theproperlyol the FBI ond ls looned lo your ogcncy;il ond ils conlenls ora nol to b distributed oulside your qgncy. ,25J


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,ooorn*.,t;r;t liX.. \J-f

' FEDERAL BUREAU #F INVESTIGATION-t- l/17 / 80Oole ol lronscriplionI.IiJ-es,rlLinois, ) l-lwho i


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FO.3O2 (REV.3-8-77)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION-t- LlL8/80Dat of transcrlptlon-

ng any oPmaTLonnr-cago, Ll__Ll-noshe mav be able s, was intenviewed r:eganp::ovide concenning air explosion which tookPlace tehind the Continental Club on Janua:ry 5, 19800n Satunday, JanuarY 5, 1980 at approxirnately 12:00noonrshe was sitting in the office of the Gondon PlunbingComoany located at 5507 No::th Lincoln Avenue. She had hea::da lange explosion and went out the back of the plunbing officeinto the a1Iey to investigate. Upon neaching the alley, shesanv what appeaned to be an eldenly pe:rson coveued by a pinkblanket. At fi:rst she thought theit it was hen mother and shebecame ext:nemely upset. 'Upon closen examination she detenminedthat it was not hen mothen, but a white male who had beencovened up r+ith a blanket aften appanently being injuned inthe explosion.She had not seen this man befone, but did notice. that there was a van pa:rked close by in the a11ey. She statedshe had not seen the van in the al1ey befpne, but had heardfnom other.s who we::e gathened at the seene that the personwho was lying on the g:round was the ownen of the van an


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She stated that she pa:nks hen can in the garagelocated behind her nesidence at 5519 Nonth Lincoln Avenueand that she does not know if anybody permanently pa:rks inthe a1ley located behind he:r r"esidenee.concluded by stating that hen nesidenceis locate j-acent to the Continental .Club and that she andhe:r husband have frequented it on a numben of occasions.Thene has been no real tnouble at the cLub, but she didstate that aponoximately one year ago thene was a fi::e .whichwas appanently the woz.k of an ansonist on the stainwell ofthein apantment house. She does not know if the fine andthe latest bonbing incident ane nelatedo '

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tcG 174-1917'JAK/dmzI

0n .Tanuary 7 l-980. the foll-owing individual-swere contacted by SA andconcenning *r)y infonmation that they may have been able topnovide about a bombing which took plaee onJanua:ry 5, l-980in the p:roxinity of the Continental Club located on NonthLineoln Avenue:b5b1 c

None of thepnovide any positiveincident.

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individuals wene able tor.eganding the afonementionedabove-namedinformation57

Lcago,

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Chicaeo 174-1917SIrM/mId.1

0n January 7 , 1980, the following persons lrerecontacted at theSIICI lrtefe unable t,o Drov]. e any pos ormatlonregarding this matter:

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t-lamount of Yugoslav literature via the U.S. Mail,y recelves an sen b5b7cChicago, Illinois


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:FEDERAL BUBEAU OF INVESTIGATION

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after beirE c6Agent, furnished the t the j.defollowingntity of tinfo:mation:

Ll 81 80Datcoftranscf,lptlon-------:--------

At about noon on Saturday, January 5, 198n,eras at his resldence ldrich is located at thesouth end of the al1ev which runs baralLel r,rich andbetween Lincoln Avenui and Maplerqobd Avenue in the5500 blockq,rrecEron or EilTrev. ran ouE anq Enere qrereaireatiy several oeopie gaEEidaround a Eran iying in theal1ey who ruas obviously seriously-Lnjured. The other oeopl-ewere just standing. around. and l-ll who is emoLoyed as anursing assistant at Evan.ston Hospital,' tried to help theman and went to him. The man was stii-L conscious and saidsomething about how cold he.was,"but said nothing about whathad haoperied. Sorneone brought a blanket to cover the manand after a fer.r minr-rtes, police and firemen'arrived.did not observe anyone.in the alley areathe exol-osion nor did he know the man who had beenrior toinjured. l-l'a


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(REV. 3-8-77i

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION .

-!- - Ll qlTqDaio oltranserlptlon-Chieago, Illinois,place of empl-oyrnent, Dy Dee llash , 5527North Maplevroodof the icientityfoLlows:

at hisAvenue,of the where he is emDloyed. After being advisedinte:lriewing Agbnt.At about noon on Saturday, January 5, 1980, E r""workl-ng inside the building at 5527 I'Iorth l"Iapler.rood Avenue, whenhe heard a loud blast outside. He opened the back door of thebuilding and looked out. He sa\r a bLack van sitting across theal1ey against a garaqe'rrith the motor running and also sa\r a man

!vingonthe.groiindfurthersouthinthea1r5y.Bythetimelooked out, theie were severaL other oeople in the alley standingaround the scene'. He recal-led somebody said they.should shut offthe enqine of the black van, but nobody rEanted to get in the van,although somebody eventuallv did turn off the engine after a fewminutes.standing around in the a11ev at first, but assumed they r.7ere fromthe aDartfnents across the al-1ey.the ground and as far as he knew, never saw him before.

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tl7 /80 Chicago, Illinois Chicaso L74-IqL7ll7 | Bo*IF/ crra oats dlctEted

Thls dosument contalns neiihEr fcommendrtion3,nor.concluslons of thc FBl, lt l5'the ptoperty of the FBI anC 15 lolned to your sgencviIt and its contents are not to be distrlbuted ou!sidc your agency, b I


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'rt'-1: uelTeOato ot transcrlptlon97as inteldentity of the intenriewi.ns Agentfoliows:

At about noon on Saturday, January 5, L980, she wasin the kitchen of her daughter's apartment ht the above addressrEhen she heard an exnlosioa which k-nocked the windows out ofthe back of the aoartment. looked out the back r.rindor,rand savr a nan lvinq in tho a gate leadingfrJmin"i=b;"[""?a-i"i"-tt'"-"ir":'.-EtttJi-rventoutand as she neared the a1ley someone caTEi-Fto get a blanketor something to cover the lnangot a blanket which she toolc down to the alLey and someone outit over the man.hearinq the explosion and did not recognize the man who wasly ing - i-n-the a.l I ev .

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Inverttg!ilon on L/7/80 Chicago, Tllinois Chicago 17 tL-19L7uTlBo

Thls docurnenlcontains neither recommendJtioni n6rroriclurlons ol thc FBt. lt is the property ot the F8lnd li loaned to youragency;it and lt5 c0ntents are not to be dl3trlbuted outsrur: your agency. l^ )' va-


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par1ting1ot,|TdrovetheDyT-teeI,?ashvanoutthebac]''.-of'- the huilding -fi-rc an-l.lev to go north up the al1ev th.en around

aavtsec ne oaa. noc Dav an\,z aEcenE]-on Eo Ene-t-t-rlthe blaci.c van '.zhen it lrackecl uo to let him orrt of thehad no idea if anvone el se he.sides a driver r.7as in thedid he recosnize the driver of the 'ran.

estinal:erl that no Ttore tlr.an one to one and ahave elapsed betl.teen the tine the black vanand l-l heard the blast.

of

hettirn.e-d-.1efron.\1ao1errroor].flndthffiL1eftagainintotheconDanY's rrarkinq lot. As soon as I lnarl.,ed- th.e van .anC \.'ascurninq of= che iqn:-tior., he hearc frofiasc r.r.rich he iniciaiiy

b6b7river otal1ey andvan, nornall: ED-nutes couj-ctentered the al1ey

a

'vras interviewed at is olace , Sehaurnbure, Illinois,of ernployment, f)'7 Dee l,Iash,5527 North lulanleroood Avenue, rvhere he is emoloved as a tnrckdriver. After beinq arlvised of the identity of the intervie'..ringAgentAt about noon on Saturrlay, Januarv 5, 1-c)80\^'asmovingoneofthecomDanv'svantrucksfromtheedEmoarking lot on the sorrth side of the builCins; the entrance torrhich is iust off Lincoln Avenue on Manle'.'rood. To zet to this

the brrilclinsr the so'.rth side the huiLcline.he buildinsr to the oarkine 1ot on the so'.rth side of the huiLdAs|-lIq.asDroceed'ingnorthuDthea].1ey,ab1ac.!svanI'aSenterinq the al-lev in a southbound direction. A.s there r.ras nottostosandhackuotoa1l.orvG9arthea11evheforethe hl-ack van coulr{ enter. .{E; cleared, the allev,through.t cane rro:'r his oir'n truclc, so that he .eot orrt and l-ooked.under it.into the allev, r.rhich is seDarated fron t\e oarl;ine I.ot onlv bv achain linl< fence anci sar.'the blacl< van \trhich had just entere


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FD302 (Rev. 11-27-70) erOn JanuarY 18, 1980

of the FBI and provided the following inforrnation:January 5 ,-1980,shortly after the bombpool fi11ed with salt.Lounge usu?Fr+ould rvork at the' lounge on Satur9ll^*og-,

-b.o:ae-ier, on the day of the bombing;'. Janu3ry^S, 1P8011---l-thu

bo*bing. "l-l said fris l-lobserved the janitor carrythe garbage out the back of t-heounge to the garbage bin.reLated that a resident of the building atthe south-corner of the a1ley had recentlaQund a silvermoney clip and gave A to Vincent Leonets l-J.

EDERAL BUREAUe

OF INVESTIGATIOI.IDote oI tronscription Llso/80!

b6

the day that Vincent D. Leone died'looked in the back of Leonets vanexpLoded and sarv a child's plastic

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lntcrvi ewed onSA

r/18/80 Chicago, Illinols Chicago L74-19L7File fmeb '^^ L/ 24/ 8A

Dote dictoted

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FD302 (Rev. 11-2?-70)FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Dote of tronscripiion 2/4/80On January 31, 1980,Chicago, fllinois, telephoneintervier\'ed by representatives of the FBI and furnishedfollorsing information: ,

advised that he is employed for theJohn Gi11en Comnany and r.,'orks

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thehJohn Gi11en Comoany and r{!rkE__pgr:E-_tine as a janitor for theContinental CluL Lounse said that he ivorks atthe Continental Club f or Tr-rrTTTFree hours every Saturday.o or Tffie hours every Saturday,or so, and for about three hourssually beginning at noon or so, and for aboutevery Sunday, usually beginning at 9, 10 or 11:00 AM.arrivedar-Itr-eContinenta1C1ubaroundl?:10pt'tandparkedin front. He said that people standing in front of thelounge to_1d him_about -the bqnrbing. related thathe entered the front door of the"loui@a-iffi1ked through the

that he observed several people standingwith hi.slater he emptied. the garbage into the large bin located behindthe back of the lounge.exprlos ion , the olrnera11ey aDDroached hirnthat' thb'orvner said

related that about a rveek after theof the building at the southern end of theand save hin the comrronents of a clockne nacl lound ].n tne atl-eytook the clock and left it in the office of the lounge.advised that he had no idea rr'ho rvouldwas not ar\'are d any problens thatant to bom e l-ounge andthe lounge had experienced.

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CG 174-1917ETL:mebI0n January 11,conducted for Vincent D.ne'gative results.

J1980, a search of Chicago indices wasLeone, 6314 North Fairfield, with

On January 14,1980, afollowing Illinois license andcerning Leone:NaneResidenceDate of birth

check with LEADS disclosed themotor vehicle infornation con-Vincent D. Leone63L4 North Fairfield AvenueIr{ay 3, 1915Sex MaleHeight 5'10"lVei ght LsIHair GreyEyes BrorvnStops/restrictions None. Drivers. license # L500-8641-5L27-_-Veh-ic.le lg74 Ford Van #693-028

0n January 14,19.80, records of Trans Union CreditInfornation Cornpany, 444 North I{ichigan, Chicago, reflected'one Vincent Leone had been in file since 1953.0n January 18, 1980, records of the Cook CountySheriffts Departnent, Chicago, regarding Vincent Leone were

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