v9.1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : “RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : HW 54027 Docld:32310528 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10303-10142 HQ CR 62-75147-1-106 Document Information FBI SAC, AL DIRECTOR, FBI 11/08/1948 3 PRJ, ASSOC, GAMBLING ACT, LIST, GANG PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified . : 4 Redact 05/06/1998 INDEFINITE Page 1 Date: 5/27/201 Peleased under the John Kennedy Wssassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54027 Date: ns—-24-2017
ete a ~ - Tee TN. ~ a « fonro ron 199. 3 ~ vy ‘ 6 a ‘ ° - bn Mos = a ot: fice Memorandum > unrrep stares GOVERNMEN A , me - 7 rl exe) : Director, FBI ~ "- DATE:- November By) 1948 | : | ete ee ; . ‘ye - Z . -  epresrny ey ar Woe, an ~" " Supyect: “FSARATOGA SPRINGS RACING Mewrs.. . @'7'79S OS, "1948 SEASON. .. tae CRIME SURVEY . yo a ey CONFIDENTIAL GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE INFORMANT SP-3 - chy. During the August 1948 Racing Season at Saratoga Springs, New York; gambling ‘wad Cet again “wide open“ and, as in the past, this town was again a mecca for’ héodlums aa from all parts of the country. “The following report,prepared by Special Agent CHARLES J. MATHEWS, is intended as a comprehensive picture of criminal activity ~_. in' the Saratoga and nearby northern New York resort area. It also supplements _ 6nd brings up to date the special end reguler crime survey reports previously furnished to the Bureau. The activities of Confidential Informant S§P-3 during his stay at Saratoga Springs in August 1948, are also recorded herein. . x at —S*° Ay ORGANIZED GANGS: . ‘There are no local criminal organizations active in Saratoga Springs. _ : which can be regarded as a gang or mode a ‘a (1) Eastern Criminal Syndicate: QROP “pis theA*zastern Criminal Syndicate" onfNational Criminal Syndicate", aa °- i dt is sometimes called, continued to be active in the Saratoga area and according - x to Confidential Informint #2781 had a swmmer headquarters near Saratoga Springs, Néw York. Informatior furnished. by #2781 was non-specific in this regard, but he, - did state that "DOCICHARRIS and ABNER "LONGY"(ZWILLMAN, well-known New Jersey 47° t . . . SS ee - "gangsters ang membe | of the Syndicate, rented & house near Sagetontn oe nReOhe fy ; } me Subsequent” investigation reflected that one pose H STATCHER, ake "MUCH Y" , hl _ of Newark, New Jersey, Had rented the home of CHARLES/BAKE, owner of: the Dake. | i > Creamery, at Saratoge Springs for ten weeks from June to September“I948. Thig in- aan formation was furnished by, CHARLES SPAULDING, careteker at the Dake-home, which is “) . located at Greenfield Cente?, New York, five miles west of Saratoga Springs. co ‘SPAULDING advised that S?Parc'HER, who he described as Jewish, age 45, 5 feet six “inches, 160-165 pounds, rentied the home of Mr. DAKE, which is generally knows: imo. - the area as the MeMullin Estette, for a rent of $1,000.00 per week. He advised gist |): _ two bedyguards were on. duty .32t the place throughout the summer and that STATCHER ~~~ - ' had many guests whose cars jridicated ‘they were from the New York City and New Jersey oh —2yereas. According to SPAULDIING, the most’ prominent of STATCHER's guests wae JERKY . .‘ | GEISLER, welicknown Hollywoved and Los Angeles, California criminal lawyer, who spant, two weeks in June at the pitacee The only other person SPAULDING cculd recall by id "name was'a man from New Jersey named ZWILLMAN." . < 7 - — iv eBEGRDED za - . kom dj ee: wreath eee = . o oy - * A tee ADEMED 72S we ou ra le ~e. i. AW 54027 DoclId:32310526 Page 7