A few days ago I was wandering around the www, looking for goodness-knows-what, and stumbled across a couple of interesting references to Mert Wertheimer.

This isn't one of the references I found , 'cause I can't remember where I found 'em! But it's the same basic info...

Sounds like it's taken from a transcript of the 1950 Kefauver hearings...

Another gambling syndicate operated in Michigan is known as the Chesterfield syndicate. It has been operated in Michigan. The head of the Chesterfield syndicate is Mert Wertheimer, who is one of the biggest gamblers in the entire Nation. Wertheimer now has the gambling concession at a hotel in Reno, Nev. Next to Wertheimer in importance in the Chesterfield syndicate was Lincoln Fitzgerald, who is now operating the Nevada Club, Reno, Nev., with Daniel Sullivan, also from Michigan.

Other members of the Chesterfield syndicate in Michigan have included Leftie Clark, Red Gorman, Mike Brunton, and Al Driscoll. Records recently recovered from Frank Erickson by the district attorney in New York definitely established that Wertheimer was a partner in the elaborate gambling casino known as the Colonial Inn, Hallandale, Fla., some time ago.

The CHAIRMAN. Excuse me, Mr. Peterson. Wertheimer operates the gambling casino at Riverside?

Mr. PETERSON. At Reno, Nev.; that is correct.

The CHAIRMAN. Wertheimer operates one at the Mapes Hotel ?

Mr. PETERSON. Lou Wertheimer. They are brothers.

The CHAIRMAN. There is something about the RFC in connection with that; is there not?

Mr. PETERSON. There is supposedly a $907,000 loan.

The CHAIRMAN. How many brothers are there?

Mr. PETERSON. Those are the only two that I know of. There may be more. Mert Wertheimer is the best known of the two.

The CHAIRMAN. I understand they do not get along. Do you know about that ?

Mr. PETERSON. I don't know about that.

The records reflected that Wertheimer was associated in the Colonial Inn with some of the most notorious gangsters in the country, including Joe Adonis

The CHAIRMAN. That is Mert you are talking about?

Mr. PETERSON. That is Mert Wertheimer ; that is right."