‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/14/201 Identification Form ‘Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10287-10232 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: _92-6054-667 Document Information ORIGINATOR: _ FBI FROM: SAC, AL “TO: DIRECTOR, FBI~ a“ TITLE : os DATE: 06/24/1964 ‘PAGES: 9 SUBJECTS : LCN, ASSOC, DESCR, MEETING, MURDER, INFT, GAMBLING, - RAIDS, ARREST DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact ~ DATE OF LAST REVIEW: = 01/21/1999 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : ni rE v9.1 26 Docld:32305102 Page 1
Z leased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). TRS (Ade Ta~2087 = | road ! , aos, ‘ ad (i aed ) FY es FBI “ Date: 6/24/64 Type in plain text or code oA (Typ P. text ) LA, J Via AIRTEL AIR MAIL _! AM (Priority or Method of Mailing) i Smit the following in mae ee ee eee ee a TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (92-6054) st FROM: SAC, ALBANY (92-535) (P) Ww O a use | RE: LA COSA NOSTRA ha % : AR yw (00; New York) 6-2-6 ff On 6/18/64, USA JUSTIN J, MAHONEY, NDNY, advised that JOHN T.. MULLEN, Chief of Intelligence Division, Treasury Department, IRS, Albany, NY, had contacted him and made available to him a letter dated 6/17/64 from JOHN A. ROCHE, Deputy Superintendent, NYSP, Albany, which stated as follows: Ke Fete eetdt "Information has been received from a reliable and confidential source that a clandestine meeting was held in the City of Albany on June 14, 1964, which was attended by several known criminal figures. The purpose of this meeting was to arrange for the murder » of an informant used by you during the recent gambling } investigation in the City of Albany, The informant “—7% is described as a real estate operator. _ ——s ? rate "Inasmuch as this Division is not familiar with the details of your recent raid, it is not possible for us to evaluate the authenticity of this informa- tion. Should this information be of value to you, co(4 Bureau (RM) REG 2 7 Aan COSY- 6 / (1 - 137-10497) 4 2 -.New York (92-2301) (RM) 18 JUN 26 196 5 = Albany EMN ¢mmn . _. — S els. “4 we Approved: Sent Ry Per 6 3 JH =kaBOe Charge | DoclId: 32305102 Page 2?
" Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). _. DATE: 11-14-2017 . a . . . 4 ~ ‘ i) ‘ - - : . . ' AL 92-535 _ For information of Bureau, EDWARD PERRONE, referred to above, is believed to be AL 3088-C-TE, a Top Echedon Criminal Informant of -the Albany Office (Albany file 137-532) (Bureau file 137+10497). DOC FARONE is believed to be identical to AL 2990-C, a Criminal Informant of the Albany Office (Albany File 137-667, Bureau file 137- 72231). Po Lt. Supervisor ROBERT CRYAN, NYSP Headquarters, Albany, was immediately contacted and he furnished substantially the same..information as set forth above but indicated that JOE MOSHER,.according to the NYSP informant, had been given the contract to. kill the above wferred-to IRS informant within two weeks, CRYAN- said that the NYSP did not know the identity of MOSHER and that the name MOSHER is phonetic, He further stated — that their. information was secured.from a live informant who was ‘supposedly present at.the meeting. This informant'’s information was relayed to NYSP Headquarters from a BCI man in the Troop "C"' area (it is noted that Troop "C" covers Binghamton, NY); CRYAN further advised that the IRS informant who is to be “knocked off" is supposed to be a real estate operator at Albany, He said the State Police: have no idea who this individual might bé. CRYAN was requested to have the NYSP informant recontacted to.secure additional details from the informant in order that informant"s information could be evaluated. He said he would have this done, In the absence of MULLEN, Special Agent WILLIAM HARTNETT, Intelligence Division, IRS, Albany, was immediately contacted and he stated that the IRS-had no informant who furnished information concerning gambling in Albany. He said ‘that all their information was secured by undercover IRS Agents. He stated that one of their undercover Agents used the fictitious name of BILL SEAMAN and that upon receipt of information from the NYSP a-check of the Albany Telephone Directories reflected that there is a Seaman Resl Estate Agency in Albany which is operated by a MAURICE. SEAMAN. 7 DoclId: 32305102 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Tse 7107 Ho te ey. DATE: 11-14-7017 to. ey 1 AL 92-535 On 6/19/64, AL 3088=-C-TE was contacted under cover of a routine contact, It should be noted that at no time during this contact with him was any mention made to him of the information heretofore set forth concerning the alleged meeting of 6/14/64, During this contact with him, as on every contact with him, he was asked if FALCONE, MANCUSO, or SAM GRIO had been in contact with him or if he had seen them. He stated that they have not been in contact with him and he had not seen them for at least two months, At this time, informant was queried about: any gambling interests that FALCONE, MANCUSO, and GRIO might have in the Saratoga Springs, NY, area. He stated that back in the 1940's, when he was operating. the Brook Club _ in Saratoga, MANCUSO, FALCONE , and several others whom informant could not recall. had attempted to “muscle in" on DOC FARONE's gambling interests in Saratoga Springs and had been literally ‘thrown out of Saratoga by FARONE. Informant further volunteered that FARONE detests MANCUSO and probably would have nothing -. to do-with MANCUSO so therefore would not become involved with him in gambling. It should be noted that informant advised that DOC FARONE was'a very good friend of his, stating that FARONE. backed him financially when informant operated a restaurant and bar. equipment supply business in Albany, NY. During the contact with informant , -he was also asked ~ what the feeling around town was as a result of the IRS gambling raids, He said that it was common knowledge around Albany _ that an elderly man driving an old car was believed’ responsible | by local gamblers for furnishing information to IRS that led to their arrest, He said that he had learned this from JOSEPH MOSHER, an employee at the State Campus Site, who resides at 35 Holmes Court and employed by the Basic Construction Co. as a truck driver, that "SCOTCHY' MORRISON was the source of ‘this information and it was indicated by MORRISON that the local gamblers are out to "rough up" this elderly man. He knows nothing about this elderly man and could furnish no information concerning his identity. The above information was volunteered and at no time had Agents mentioned MOSHER's name nor the . alleged meeting in. Albany. In_addition, informant advised that ~heo DoclId: 32305102 Page 4