JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: _ 124-10210-10019 RECORD SERIES: HQ JUNE MAIL AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  62-9-9-1197 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, CG TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 02/25/1963 PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS : ; THP, MISUR, SGI, ASSOC, GAMBLING, BUSS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : —_ Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 11/18/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 NW 45760 Docid:32292743 Page i
[Osi (Rev. TEES ; FBI [a | Date: 2/25/63 I | fansmit the following in Cie pla fast aay I (Type in plain text or code) Via AIRTEL AIR MAIL | , Pray oF Method of Wattngy ————| TO: DIRECTOR, FBI Y FROM: SAC HICAGO (92-350-suB E) 9 CHICAGO Yee .) SUBJECT: ACTIVITIES OF Top HOODLUMS CHICAGO DIVISION AR eS i AIRTEL SUMMARY (i Bar SAAtEL SUMMARY e The following represents a co rence on 2/18/63 gli reported by CG 6486-C*, between Ss NCANA and — his representative for the Nort west subu bs, TENZO, By way of explanation, the first Part of the conversation relates to an establishment in Niles, Illinois, ' known as the Lone Tree Inn, wherein bookmaking is being carried on without the Sanction of the GIANCANA group. An example ) | of the power exerted by the organization is manifested by , | POTENZO's alternative Suggestions to either have the Place ; rut i pork AOS EMGHF all, The veason for POTENZO's being called in by GIANCANA OTHER 4 is that recently GIANCANA's motel, the infamous¥fhunderbolt. /ys 7 in Rosemont, 1/14 is, was sold to the Village President (CG 6621-PC), and the name was changed to motel is operated by FRANK SARNO, a close associate of POTENZO ,| - with POTENZO's brother, THOMAS POTENZO, acting as head bartender, As a result, POTENZO looked upon the motel as his personal headquarters, and was observed acting in a managerial Capacity Pproved: AA AN [IN 7 } Special Al Qo! Gy MAP 8 1gR3* B ® in Charge LW. 5760 DocId:32292743 Page 2
NW 45760 CG 92-350 conversation he is most insistent that POTENZO not be seen in the motel, and the import of his instructions was passed on by CG 6621-PC, who advised that he had been told by GIANCANA recently that POTENZO is not to be seen at the motel. This informant states that neither POTENZO nor any of his associates have been seen there since that edict. The next topic of conversation concerns itself with POTENZO's prospective plans for gambling enterprises. It is noted that from the latter part of December, 1962, through early February, 1963, the location of Cook County's largest gambling operation was at the intersection of River and Higgins Road, Rosemont, in the basement of a liquor store located one block north of the Village Hall. Apparently the new location is located now in the Rosemont Industrial District in a small plastics factory operated by POTENZO as a front. Physical observation of this site bears out POTENZO's claim that it is impossible to get in unless driven there. It is also next to impossible to. conduct a decent surveillance prior to a contemplated gambling raid. This is a temporary location to be utilized until POTENZO can satisfactorily locate elsewhere. POTENZO;: That SARNO, he come up to me and says, what the hell, I can't make no money here with you guys hanging around........they went up to the Wagon Wheel and put their own locks on the place. ceoeceeeeseeo they went through the whole joint, and when they left, they put their own locks On.....+...,saturday night we had to bust the place in to get in. In the big room....... they were over on Milwaukee Avenue, and........ e+e Somebody over there gave the G guy.....the G told them this. The G told them that our joint (R&H) was gonna get raided, but what the hell. I was closed already...........(no comment by GIANCANA)......listen, there's a joint on Milwaukee Avenue, the Lone Tree Inn, They're booking in there, and the Mayor of Niles is hanging in there. Lone Tree Inn. They play i cards in there, too. BUTCH MEYERS has got the : stop. Remember that bootlegger, BUTCH MEYERS? You know the guy, grey haired guy. You want me to grab the guy, or you want the joint to get nailed? I*‘1l nail the Mayor‘and all them guys. You know, Milwaukee and Harlem? About two blocks north of there, They're booking there. (can't decipher GIANCANA'S Comment)....cccccccccccccecsccessscoucs a -2- So. DociId:32292743 Page 3
CG 92-350 GIANCANA: You know the heat is there, why are you hangin’ out in there? (shouting) POTENZO: You know why? That BILL MC GUIRE is in there. He hangs in there every night. Who put him in | there? GIANCANA: THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. POTENZO: Well, if you're gonna beef about one guy, beef 1 about the other guy too. He was there every night. i He had two tables there. (at Caravelle Motel) He won't listen to what you tell him, he runs around there like a chicken without a head. MOE, I got another SPOt..ceccecccscccsccesejust like, last week, when they came into the joint......+...Wwe all ran down into the basement. This guy was there, that guy was there. ~ GIANCANA: I DON'T WANT THAT JOINT TO BE A HANGOUT. POTENZO: MOONEY, THERE WON'T BE A HANGOUT THERE, I, don't give a (obs). There won't be no hangout there. GIANCANA: The G is in’and out of there all the time. POTENZO: . Phat night, just before you came in, these guys are sitting at tables, talking, yelling bla, bla, bla. They hurt you, if the G can hear them, Then when you walk in, they shut up, and everybody is like a lamb. They don't respect nobody, except you. If these guys come in,, you can't chase them out. GIANCANA: I don'twant these guys hanging around there. POTENZO: That one night you was there, I was there to see FRANK. I ate, and I left. The next night you came, I was working in the. kitchen, they had a leak in there. I usually stay by the liquor | store. | GIANCANA;: All day long, the G spots you guys going in there. | POTENZO: Well, one night, it was FRANK SARNO's birthday. | There was women there and everything. I told | the Mayor CG 6621-PC), I OTHER 4 % Pact . . | a NW 45760 DociId:32292743 Page 4