JFK Assassination System Date: §/1/2015 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John Kennedy AGENCY: FBI Assassination Records ; , (44 USC 2107 Note). RECORD SERIES: HQ ase#:NU 45985 Date: 1i-20-2017 AGENCY FILENUMBER:  87-126535-73 ' Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: CG TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 05/12/1975 PAGES: 400 SUBJECTS : IRWIN SIDNEY WEINER IRWIN S. WEINER DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified ° RESTRICTIONS: = 4; 10(a)2 CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: —_07/14/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT v9.1 ] HW 459535 Docld:32329763 Page 1
HW 45965 co, ame oe .CG 87-40262 _ ZNFORMANTS Extreme caution should be used in the use of information furnished by the following sources. In most cases the information furnished by each of the following sources can: be easily traced back to the respective informant . CG 9561-PC advised on 7/30/74, that .a good friend of his recently was. ata conference where the Teamster Union Pension Fund defense attorneys were gathered. The place was at TOM O'SHANTER's and the conference was called mainly to determine what should be done about Judge BAUER. The attorneys claimed BAUER has given them nothing but a hard time. Obviously, they have not been able to reach him in any way. It was decided at this conference that if they can postpone this case ‘long enough BAUER will be promoted to the United States Court of Appeals and they would get another judge. It was stated the prospects look good for such a promotion. Informant stated their strategy for getting. continuances is to use "JENNER". They can always claim JENNER is tied up on important matters in Washington. It is also well known JENNER will not be involved in this case when. it does come up for trial. COVER PAGE Docld:323279763 Page 2?
| een ' HW 45965 CG 87~-40262 CG 9561-PC advised on 8/2/74, that | he was “vacationing near Rheinlander, Wisconsin, with JIMMY — DI ANTONIO. While driving in this area, they were "spotted" by two other persons in another vehicle, namely; IRV WEINER and ALLAN DORFMAN. The occupants of the other approached the informant and asked " What he was doing in the North Country". Whereupon the informant told WEINER he was on a vacation trip. Informant stated he was then invited to accompany DORFMAN and WEINER to a luxurious lodge near Eagle River called "Jack O Lantern". This lodge covers. several hundred acres of land including a lake. Apparently, it is owned by the Teamster Union of Chicago and is used. by Teamster Officials as a summer retreat. This lodge also has a- landing strip and informant stated he was told it is only a 38 minute flight on a Teamster jet from Meigs Field in Chicago to this resort. Informant stated he then accompanied WEINER and DORFMAN to the Jack O Lantern Lodge. There he met RAY SMITH who represents one of the defendants in the Teamster Union Pension Fund Case. Also, he met several attorneys from "JENNER's" office. . These individuals invited him to attend discussions and he was told the purpose of the meeting in the north.country was to study the strategy to be used in the upcoming Pension Fund Case. The informant stated all during the session at the Jack 0 Lantern,:- WEINER appeared very much concerned, but the only concern that DORFMAN showed was for his mother, ROSE, who went off on a drunk after her son got into his recent trouble. Informant stated she has done this before and used to do it when her husband was alive. -~[- |. COVER PAGE DoclId:32329763 Page 3
HW 45965 CG 87-40262 CG 6890-CTE advised on 9/27/74, as follows: AL about. 9:30 aem., "BUCKY" ORTENZI was at | Papa Joe's when JOE LOMBARDO walked in dnd took a counter seat beside ORTENZI. . LOMBARDO arrived in an auto being driven by "DIESEL" DE SANTIS. ORTENZI handed LOMBARDO some papers and LOMBARDO nodded toward the back room. ORTENZI said they would have to wait which: gave ‘informant : the. impression that the. Person LOMBARDO was” Looking for was not- there’ | : cs CG 9565-E, advised on “10/1/74, that on the © evening of 9/30/74, he came in contact with an individual known to him as LEMKE. formerly of Lockport, Illinois, and who is.a former inmate of Statesville Prison. LEMKE related to source that he is currently working for an asphalt company which was doing business across the street from an. automobile dealership where suspects in the killing of a plastic factory executive switched cars. LEMKE further stated to source that he has been assisting local police in a composite drawing of the individual he observed; however, he does not want to get involved in this matter any deeper than he is already. LEMKE then. advised source he thinks one of the men resembled an individual by the name NICK IACOVETTI who. used .to work for the Syndicate in Chicago. 143 Front Street, Braidwood, Illinois, was contacted. on 10/1/74, at her residence and she furnished the following information: : | She advised that her sister, LAURA (WILLIE) is married to MARVIN LEMKE, and she is married to MARVIN's brother, RICHARD LEMKE « \ . | JFK Act 6 (4) =N- COVER PAGE DoclId:32329763 Page 6
HW 45965 oO. - / | | O CG 87-40262: She was told by MARVIN that he’had seen an individual at a construction job he was on, near Chicago, on Friday, 9/27/74. MARVIN stated to her that he felt this individual was named "PEPE" and that he had served time with "PEPE" at the Joliet Prison. MARVIN stated to her that he was quite. concerned for the safety of his family, in view of television and newspaper coverage concerning “the murder of an individual. in gangland | style. . “She further advised that MARVIN told her he saw all the individuals involved in the murder and the vehicles left at the parking lots - CG 6348-C advised on 10/2/74, that one AL (LNU), a white male, with swarthy complexion, being 6' tall, 200 pounds, dark hair, a neat conservative -dresser, has: been known to have been in town with FRANK SCHWEIHS on the afternoon of 9/27/74.° Source also learned AL was in town at the time of the murders of RICHARD CAIN and SAM DE STEFANO. Source learned AL and SCHWEIHS went to the American Bonding Company office on theafternoon of 9/27/74, and reportedly conversed with MICKEY KAPLAN and. IRWIN __WEINER. AL has the reputation of being "a class" hotel jewel thief. AL was born and raised in Chicago and has for some time resided in Miami, Florida. Source speculated that AL was involved in the hit with FRANK SCHWETHS, JOEY LOMBARDO and some other individual. — CG 6348-C advised on 10/3/74, that he learned. IRWIN WEINER was surprised at the murder of DANIEL me SEIFERT. Source learned that WEINER reportedly received = -o- COVER PAGE DoclId:32329763 Page 9
CG 87-40262 a phone call at approximately. 2: 00 on the afternoon of the murder from one JERRY (LNU). WEINER was . visibly shaken by the phone call and stated "those two guys got in a jackpot". Reportedly .30 minutes after that phone call ALOIS SMETANA and FRANK SCHWEIHS met with WEINER at the bonding office. Source felt WEINER referred to SCHWEIHS and. SMETANA as being the two who were in a Jackpot. Source stated that JOSEPH LOMBARDO. has | stated that DANNY SEIFERT is his partner and has been giving him a "screwing". Source learned LOMBARDO was © attempting.to collect $5, 000. 00 he felt was owed to him by SEIFERT. . | ‘On. 10/17/74, source advised that it. is difficult to obtain direct information regarding the murder of SEIFERT. JOEY LOMBARDO is acting very. strange and is livid regarding contacts’ by the FBI with his girlfriend, BONNIE VENT. JOEY feels this is harassment. AL SMETANA has been at the American Bonding Office daily since the murder. AL is residing at a hotel with his wife, a young beautiful girl. Source was unable to provide any information regarding installation of electronic equipment in cars. The group of LOMBARDO, SCHWEIHS, and SMETANA will not be seen together. They make a point of staying apart, yet they appear at American Bonding Office. _ JOEY LOMBARDO is not acting like himself and recently started to grow a mustache. IRWIN WEINER has voiced fears for his life. WEINER knows that SPILOTRO and LOMBARDO are vicious killers of the SAM DE STEFANO type. Source learned WEINER feels that if he was removed from the scene the Government would not have a case against. the other defendants. WEINER is acting paranoid. Source _ advised JOEY. LOMBARDO purchases his Dodges: from Southwestern Dodge. -p- COVER PAGE HW 45965 Docld:32329763 Page 10
HW 45965 CG 87-40262 CG 10018-CTE advised on 10/4/74, that JACK CERONE is becoming more concerned about. the activities of TONY SPILOTRO and may take some. action against SPILOTRO if SPILOTRO continues to grow in power. Rumor has it that JACK CERONE was not pleased with the Bensenville hit of businessman DAN SEIFERT. In the first place CERONE did not want SEIFERT killed but he was overruled and furthermore CERONE was - discontented with the sloppiness of the hit. CG 6914-C advised on 10/4/74, that LARRY MACK, Owner of Southwest Dodge, was a former Vice Officer with the Chicago Police Department and he was known as an “outfit cop". His brother, FRANK, is currently a Chicago Police Officer to © traffic at Wabash and Lake. MACK‘also owns a Dodge dealership in Harvey, Illinois. Source advised that in the past, thieves and the criminal element have hung out at Southwest Dodge and have obtained cars there. FRANK SCHWEIHS has obtained cars and trucks from Southwest Dodge. Informant advised that the girl (DONNA ANDERSON) who was struck by the getaway car in the murder’ on 9/27/74, originally indicated she could identify the occupants of this vehicle. She was with her girlfriend on 9/29/74, who dates PHIL, a Chicago Tribune Crime Reporter, and went with a friend of the informant's who is also close to PHIL. PHIL's girlfriend stated that PHIL knows the criminal element and ''can keep your name out of the paper''. When. ANDERSON found out that the murderers appeared to be hoodlums, the girl decided to play "dummy". -Q- oo COVER PAGE - Docld:32329763 Page 11
HW 45965 CG 87-40262 CG 6890=-CTE advised on 10/9/74, as follows: DOMINIC "DIESEL" DE SANTIS, friend of JOE LOMBARDO, about six years ago served time in prison for the sale of narcotics to a Narcotics Agent. He was such.a mean individual while in prison that he spent about 90% of his time in isolation. Informant heard that he abused other prisoners to such an extent that they ganged up on him and broke both of his hands on.a chopping block. He thinks DE SANTIS was in the ‘prison at Joliet. 7 oe He described DE SANTIS as a white male, late 30s, 6'1" to 6'2", 225 to 240 Lbs., blond curly hair, good looking, very muscular, not fat, mean disposition. © : _ COVER PAGE Docld:32329763 Page 12 eerie 2
HW 45965 oO O CG 87-40262 Informant stated also in conversations with ALEX, GUS brought up the fact that there are a. number of wild guys". now running around with the approval of AIUPPA and NICOLETTI. and who are causing nothing but trouble to other members of the organization. Named among the "wild guys" were the two SPILOTRO brothers, JOE LOMBARDO, "BIG JOHN'' FECAROTTA, NICK MONTOS, FRANK SCHWETHS , and NICK IACOVETTI. Informant stated that these individuals or any combination of them has been responsible for most of the gangland violence in the past year. He stated that apparently this group has been given a free hand and as long as they are running loose, gangland killings will continue. Informant stated that FECAROTTA's name now comes up frequently whereas this individual was completely | unknown to the informant until several months ago. Informant stated he personally knows some of this group and there is no question that they are "gun happy". CG 6457-PC advised on 3/8/75, as follows: ‘Her 28 year old daughter, DERYLE, was found dead in her car in the garage of her home at 1401 24th Street, Melrose Park, Illinois, 12/28/74. The wake was held at Prignano's Funeral Home, Melrose Park, and she was buried 1/1/75. A report of an inquest is on file at Cook County Coroner's Office, December, 1974 file  # 320. DERYLE was married to NICK CIOTTI. He is related by marriage to.the EBOLI family. His. sister PAT is married to TOM EBOLI. Source described CIOTTI as a “gutless, tough guy wop" who frequently beat her daughter and whose sole _means of support was picking up and distributing football parlay cards for LOUIE “THE MOOCH" EBOLI. oe -~ Y- COVER PAGE Docld: 32329763 Page 16
WW 45985 CG 87-40262 Source recalled that on an early evening in late September, 1974, her. daughter rushed over to source's house in Hillside with her baby and in an excited manner told her mother that she. would have to watch her baby for a few days,. saying . she and her. husband, NICK, had.to go to. the Wisconsin. Dells. Source. had. other plans and said she would not watch the. baby unless it was very important. Her daughter made her promise never to reveal what she told her and then said that her hus band NICK, was scared and probably in some way involved in the. shooting of a man and wife connected with a plastic plant which was then in the news. An off- duty police officer had also been injured in the caper. LOU . EBOLI had brought the: getaway car to their garage (a blue car) that day and said they would have to. keep it there for a while. They then painted’ the windows of the garage with black paint. Her daughter. returned froin the Dells’ in about three days and appeared at her home. ‘She said the car had been removed from the garage but she was worried about NICK and he in turn was afraid she might talk about what she knew. oN Her daughter named four of the men involved in the shooting, but since the trauma of her daughter's death subsequently, she can only remember two. LOU "THE MOOCH". EBOLI and "BUTCH" were positively involved. When the ‘composite description of the man appeared in the papers, she said the one of EBOLI was _ excellent and considered it humorous that Chief JOE CIMINO of Melrose Park would not recognize EBOLI immediately. She said the photo reflected EBOLI with a growth of beard and a moustache. He removed this ‘the day the car. went into her daughter’ S garage. - -Z- COVER PAGE Docld:32329763 Page 17
HW 45965 ” CG 87-40262 . One night in November, her daughter appeared at her house in a beaten condition. NICK had hit her so hard her eyeball had popped out. DERYLE explained! that a few nights previously she was in Ori's Lounge and met JOE DE VITA from Schaumburg. She considered DE VITA as one she thought as one of her husband's closest friends. She admitted to her mother that she drank too much wine and then asked DE VITA to talk- to her husband about doing things he should not be doing. She told DE VITA about the car in the garage, among other things. : . . The next day LOU EBOLI called her. husband NICK in and told him that DE VITA contacted him, told what his wife said and warned him that his wife could get in trouble because she had a big mouth. - On 12/28/74, the Melrose Park Police were. called to her daughter's home where her daughter was discovered dead in her car in the garage. Source advised her daughter had a "thing" about parking her car in the garage, was afraid of . hitting the garage doors, and never parked in the garage. . ' NICK the husband,said they went out to’a bar that evening and when they got home he went to bed and DERYLE must ‘have committed suicide. She is currently contemplating | the exhumation of her daughter's body so she can know what really happened to her. oo ° Source states that her daughter's husband is staying away from the house, that her daughter's car is still in the garage (1401 24th Street, Melrose Park), and that the windows of the garage are still painted black since the storing of the getaway car in September. She advised that NICK's mother and father reside in the rear lot at approximately 1404 24th. ewer COVER PAGE _. ce ed Docld:32329763 Page 18
CG 87-40262 Source is certain her daughter's death was the result of her knowledge of the caper involving EBOLI and others. She stated'her daughter, if for no other reason than love for her children, would not have committed suicide. It should be noted that PC was once the paramour of SAMUEL M. GIANCANA. GIANCANA arranged the murder of source's boyfriend, ANGELO FASEL, | many years ago and to this day GIANCANA is of the opinion one of source's sons is his son. DOMINIC "BUTCH" BLASI is this boy's godfather at GIANCANA's request. CG 6457-PC furnished the following information on 3/13/75: PC recalled that shortly before the time of her daughter's death on 12/28/74, at Melrose Park, Illinois, she received a call from her daughter's husband, NICK . CIOTTI, who inquired as to DERYLE's whereabouts. CIOTTI indicated that DERYLE was not in the house and he asked PC, DERYLE's mother, to determine if DERYLE had spent the night at the PC's home. PC advised that it was shortly after that her daughter, JENNIE, who had spent the night at the CIOTTI residence as a babysitter, called her and in a very hysterical fashion told her to get over to the CIOTTI's residence immediately. PC recalled that approximately two weeks prior to the time that the "hot car" was located at the CIOTTI residence by her daughter, DERYLE, NICK CIOTTI had demanded that the garage where this vehicle was stored be cleaned out by DERYLE and the PC. PC advised that CIOTTI was not usually concerned with things of this nature leaving the management and upkeep of the household exclusively to his wife, DERYLE. PC felt that this was an extremely unusual request ;however, the garage was cleaned out and items that had previously been stored in the garage wete restored elsewhere. + - BB - COVER PAGE HW 45985 Docld:32329763 Page 19
am HW 45965 CG 87-40262 PC further advised that she had been involved in a conversation with an individual whose name she could not recall, but whom she described as a waitress at Dante's Lounge located on North Avenue in Melrose Park. This conversation took place sometime after the death of her daughter and the waitress was offering her sympathy. The waitress indicated that she had been in the company of NICK and DERYLE CIOTTI on the morning of 12/28/74, and indicated that the CIOTTIs did not leave Dante's until closing time, which on this particular morning had been extended to 5:00 a.m. The waitress further indicated that the CIOTTIs did not leave the restaurant until approximately 5: 30 aen. PC indicated that this was.not what NICK CIOTTI had indicated at the inquest which followed her daughter! Ss death. With regard to the inquest previously mentioned, PC indicated that she had never been advised by anyone that the inquest was to be held and in fact, did not find out that there had been an inquest until several days after the inquest had been held by the Cook County Coroner's Office. PC recalled that prior to her daughter's death and subsequent to a conversation her daughter had with JOSEPH DE VITA, 634 Balboa, Schaumburg, PC received a call one evening from NICK CIOTTI, who indicated that he wished to speak with the PC. PC later in the evening complained that PC's daughter, DERYLE, and his wife, had been talking "too much". ‘The subsequent discussion involved inquiry with CIOTTI as to whether PC could control her daughter and specifically control her daughter with regard to some of the comments she had been making about her husband, NICK, to various people. Specifically, CIOTTI mentioned that JOSEPH DE VITA had called LOU EBOLI and had revealed a conversation that he, DE VITA, had with DERYLE; who at the time complained about NICK's involvement -with ' LOU EBOLI. She requested DE VITA's assistance in attempting -CC- | COVER PAGE Docld:32329763 Page 20