JFK Assassination System Date:° 6/1/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90091-10009 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: = CR 62-9-35-19 Ieee. Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: OC TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 03/31/1958 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : . ACTIVITIES OF TOP HOODLUM IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY FIELD DIV RUSSELL DOUGLAS MATTHEWS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact = , DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/16/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT a HW 45863, Docld:32330578 Page 1 4
D. GAMBLING _ : , OEE OC=-335-C, advised on March 18, 1958 that vaio and HANK OTTO zc. _EEREY_operate a gambling game in Pottawatomie-County, Oklahoma with FE. _C.."SHORTY" " of ‘ Leet hall and that 21, poker and craps are played there. Both advised that BILL ;° —— WLSTON. FRED HAW is operating gambling at the V and V Billiard Parlor, / 607 West California, Oklahoma City and PAUL LICHLITER is operating 4 gambling ~~ game at the Midnight Sun on 24th and South May Avenue, Oklahoma City, all on a small scale. oo ed 0. K, BIVINS, NA, State Bureau of Investigation, advised on March 2h, 1958 that E, C. "SHORTY" COUISTON, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma gambler closed | his gambling club 4 miles west of McCloud, Oklahoma early Saturday morning, a March 22, 1958, turned on the ignition of his car and was blasted out of his. - station wagon 4s @ result of an explosion and is now confined in Wesley Hospital, = Oklahoma City. BIVINS stated COULSTON has refused to furnish any information 2b: concerning the bombing. : . — ed a | . WAYNE W. HARBOLT, Chief, of Detectives, Oklahoma City Police Department, advised on March 22, 1958 jist he-umiérstood from an unidentified source in | Dallas, Texas that GEORGE" RNES, former operator of the old Saddle Club, near: El noone had in the first part of the year, 1958, contacted RUSSELL . © gt oN. DOUGIAGNE.ETHEWS and CEARLES VERNO\/QULBETH of Dalles, Texas in an effort to get —~ Bet up’ a deal-to "bump off" a gam¥ler in Oklahoma City. He stated this °° information is being considered by investigating officers in connection with the injury sustained by COULSTON. aa Ow March 12, 1958, Sheriff GLENN BROWN, Tulsa, Oklahoma advised there . is no orgenized gambling operating in Tulsa County to his knowledge. hays On March 11, 1958, rer[_ i aavisea she has not heard Off ey any organized gambling in the City of Tulsa. Sheriff BROWN stated that gambling on a small seale is being operated __ at the American Billiard Parlor, 14.East 3rd Street, Boulder Billiard Parlor, 3073 Seuth Boulder and at the Trenton Street Market, Tulsa. aN On January 13, 1958, an article in the Tulsa Tribune reflected that.” 7 four persons had been arrested on January 10, 1958 at 1027 East Young Street, Tulsa, and charged with gambling. It is to be noted this is a Negro neighborhood.’ i According to PCI[___ cana pcr(____] gambling in Muskogee, Oklahoma apparently appears to be wide open at this time. Both advised . that GLENN HOOG, who operates the Standard Ciub, 100 Block West Okmulgee, . * 7 Muskogee, Oklahoma recently opened up gambling in his place which is a © Ly \ ) TLKEY who has @ place on Sowth Main, Muskogee, operates a poker game and craps. £ ogee <27- | tie oy HW 45863 DocId:32330578 Page 2 _— Jost Saale ee wf 7 | ecm ee ee gee