JFK Assassination System Date: 6/1/2015 Identification Form a eee Agency Information Released under the John v9.1 HW 45363 Docld:32330715 ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DL TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 04/18/1969 PAGES: 42 SUBJECTS : RUSSELL DOUGLAS MATTHEWS RUSSELL MATTHEWS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: — 4; 11(a) CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 02/10/1999 [ OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS ~ COMMENTS : RPT 24 Page 1 Kennedy AGENCY: FBI Wssassination Records RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90091-10146 nllection het of 1992 (44 U5S¢ 2107 Note). RECORD SERIES: HQ ase#:NU 45863 Date: 1i-16-2017 AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 165-2770-4 S——— eee Document Information Oo eee
Bene! | . C oS FD-263 (Rev. 12-19-67) |. REPORTING oFFica / J Vv w ‘ : ve «EL PASO_- INFORMATION FEDERAL BUREAU oF F INVESTIGATION , ‘DATE avail ORIGIN . ‘ INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD — | ___|. DALLAS DALLAS __ 4/18/69 | 1/3 - 4/18/69 oa = TITLE OF CASE | cer a4 ; ' | REPORT MADE-BY . TYPED BY | _EARL/MILTON AL HAROLD J, EDGERTON | | pw, EDWARD WILLIARLALE . {CHARACTER OF CASE Ss sf IAM NOB Ey . _ | sit BENSON..2 m as James Eard “led t; na ; : ITWI - CONSPIRACY; oo RICHARD, CARL “BIGGS: aka ae , ITAR — GAMBLING SG (Contin bd on Cover Page. B) to CP A 6 G, BD Sf | ST. the Ios Wi; | CS ee -REFERE NCE: D lias letter ‘to. Bureau dated "12724/68, captio ef ‘ : Batis - TEXAS, ITWI - CONSPIRACY", | LEADS” a | , Qo - ° Copy furnished E1 Paso for its information and also withh; “regard to El Paso informant EP 583-C, El Paso Should consider regs evaluation of its position with regard to this informant noting fe _ that he is in contact with a. number of the subjects in this CASEi iy and consider whether he should be investigated as a’member of this! group or more desirable the. need to develop him fully as an infé¥k mant on this group. ‘In contact with this informant, do not discuss | the overall’ conspiracy approach of this case. ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED Cx] NONE ACQUIT- CASE HAS BEEN: ; io i PENDING OVER ONE YEAR oy q | PENDING PROSECUTION ai ae ain | OVER SIX MONTHS ha P40 APPROVED KA IN CHARGE COPIES MADE: - pureau: (165-770) blo - USA, Fort Worth conmare 1 - El Paso (Info) et Se 3 ~- Houston (1 - USA) TPS. A ’C\+d Stee 1 - New Orleans (Info) . ew BPR ® 4969 1 - Oklahoma City (Info) : “ 3 - San Antonio (1 - USA) as, | 2 - Dallas (165-346) | a : : “Dissemination Record of Attached Report Notations } Ni 6 eee oovehesss = CS Hw 45963 DoclId:32330715 Page 2
‘RUSSELL. DOUGLAS. MATTHEWS: ‘akai- _ JOSEPH SOPHIE GEBRON aka oa It should be noted that substantial informant a ':.information has been provided by a number of Dallas Office Oe . informants as to MATTHEWS and GEBRON, and in view of the mote nin“ lengthy details of same it is not being set out here, The. - ---following information relating to interstate violation as CC ~.. furnished by Oklahoma City informant is being set out aS follows: mo Pa o>. QC 549-PC furnished the following information to ‘SA HOWARD CECIL: | i Informant explained that he, a bookmaker, was — os) engaged during the past football season, 1967, and part of. “the basketball season following, with GEORGE EDWARD BARNES - at the Penn Club in Logan County, Oklahoma, just outside — “the city limits of Oklahoma City. FRANCIS. LEROY WILLS aka _ "Nip" was employed for a while by BARNES as a collector but “was fired by BARNES when WILLS showed up drunk for work, {BARNES is a known acquaintance of R. D. MATTHEWS, te! On 1/19/68, informant advised SA CECIL he and ©... °°! ‘< WILLS formerly called R, D. MATTHEWS in Garland, Texas, = §°....",. _.. every other day for line information; however, informant. ee 8 “has. not contacted MATTHEWS since MATTHEWS’ book was raided: | EE an October, 1967, (9/29/67) . a ie BED, On 2/15/68, informant advised SA CECIL that ee “1. MATTHEWS reportedly gets his line information from Las 9 fo . Vegas, Nevada, for $250 per week, MATTHEWS once told me Be informant he. was angry because he had been furnished “upside down" line by the Las Vegas source and lost money © ‘Decale, the odds were wrong . On 4/5/68, informant advised SA CECIL that eas a "NIP" WILLS (FRANCIS LEROY WILLS) and JOE ELLIS VAN SCOY~: Se were both engaged in the bookie: operation of GEORGE | - fies ‘EDWARD BARNES during > the 1967 football ‘season. BARNES ,. furnished both with a telephone number in Texas where ™ “a , :  .\ they were to call MATTHEWS for the. latest’ line. ©. = |: ~ eee Oy _ ) Mhereafter, either | WILLS’ or YAN, SCOY: called MATTHEWS , Pore HW 45363 Docld:32330715 Page 3