Page:Letter from Hodgins, Westrich, Clagett to IRS Agent in Charge regarding Al Capone, 1931.djvu/7

 For the year 1926, income has been computed on a basis of one sixth of the total deposits and checks cashed by Jack Cuzik, Ralph Capone and Frank Nitto, amounting to $107, 271.28; to this is added 52% of Cicaro gambling profits making a total of $105,877.00 gross income. See Exhibts E-9, F, G, 5-A.

For the year 1927, in addition to checks cashed and deposits made by Jack Cuzik, Ralph Capone, and Frank Nitto, the deposits of Aam Cuzik were also considered as income of the syndicate. Large sums were transferred to Jack Cuzik and it is believed he was a collector for the syndicate. One sixth of the checks cashed and deposited amounts to $205, 357.04, to which is added £10,000 investment in Hawthorne Kennel Club. and a cashier's check cashed, makes a total gross income of $218,057.04. During the Jack Cuzik trial, Fred Ries, alias J. C. Dunbar, testified he purchased about $314,000 in cashier's checks which represented surplus of the gambling houses he worked for owned by the syndicate. $46,000 of these were cashed by Jack Cuzik, the balance being deposited. During the year the Hawthorne Kennel club was organized. It now appears that Al Capone had an investment of $10,000 in this corporation and as it is not known how he acquired this stock, same is added to income. Likewise, a cashier's check purchased by Fred Ries, alias J.C. Dunbar, for $2,500, and cashed by taxpayer, personally. See Exhibits E-20, L, F, G-6, I, J, and K.

For the year 1928, income was computed on a basis of one-sixth that of Jack Cuzik, Ralph Capone and Sam Cuzik, which amounts to $147,203.39; to this is added a $10,000 Liberty bond purchased at the First National Bank, Cicaro, and turned over to the Roosevelt Finance Company in payment of a loan.

In 1928, approximately $72,000 was sent from Chicago to Al Capone, in Florida, by wire transfer at irregular intervals in amounts of approximately $2,000 or thereabouts. Some of the transfers are as low as $300 and some as high as $5,000. These transfers were sent during a period of five or six months, some transfers being sent daily and sometimes with intervals of four or five weeks elapsing between transfers.

These transfers were sent from Chicago by Rocco Fischetti, (who was seen frequently with Al Capone in gambling establishments), Joe Fusco, George Howlett, Sam Cuzik, (Brother of Jack Cuzik, Capone's chief lieutenant and business manager), and Bobby Barton. Bobby Barton was the recipient of cashier's checks from the cashier of one of the gambling establishments and deposited many of these checks in Jack Cuziki's bank account. He was manager and chauffeur for Jack Cuzik. - 7 -