FD-263 (Rev. 591-39) vert FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REPORTING OFFICE : | OFFICE OF ORIGIN NOV 4 INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD TAMPA TAMPA 3 196 9/23 - 11/3/66 TITLE OF CASE REPORT MADE BY : , | TYPED BY a CHANG SA JOHN A. AMBLER 1m ¥xe RAFFICANTE, JR.; aka CHARACTER OF CASE | y/Albano , - ‘Fernandez; AR a Title being marked "changed" to reflect alias of Jo By SAM ALBANO as furnished by the Central Investigative Bureau, New York City Ppp and alias JOSE FERNANDEZ as name used by / TRAFF ICANTE during September, 1966. fe fe REFERENCES 7 - ‘ Tampa report of SA JOHN A, AMBLER dated 10/7/66 - ; Tampa airtesB to Bureau dated 10/12/66 and 11/4/66 +0 Ogee Bureau letter to Tampa dated 10/1249P a oe New York teletypes to Bureau dated. 0/6/66 and 10/28/66 *-~ captioned "LA COSA NOSTRA" - Miami airtels to Tampa dated 10/14/66, 10/21/66, 10/28/66 (10) Cleveland letter to Tampa dated 10/18/66 (10) . WFO airtel to San Francisco dated 10/21/66 (10) ya New York City report of SA THOMAS M. DUFFIN dated 10/21/66. OS ' * ¢aptioned "LA COSA NOSTRA". Atlanta airtel to Tampa dated 10/26/66 (10) vm, -Pp- so SPECIAL AGENT APPROVED iN CHARGE ee ee | COPIES MADRE, , | ; (a): Bureau (92-2781) ence 2) (}*) - USA, Tampa pe 2- Cleveland (92-1269) : 2 - Houston (92-310) 3 - Miami (92-88) aV (1 - USA, MM, Attn: WALLACE 8 JOHNSON , Departmental Attorne \o 2 - Tampa (92-1) Dissemination Record of Attached Kgport _ : GZOECT 1966 DocId: 32586314 Page 1
TP 92-1 . ; aa 4 _ ENCLOSURES | | TO BUREAU | = oe Original and one copy of LHM characterizing informants: used in attached report. ADMINISTRATIVE Information from records General Telephone Company of Florida was made available am 10/31/66 by Mr. ALTON M. BRYANT, Security | Director, General Telephone Company of Florida. - SO NO 1457-PC advised SA PATRICK J. COLLINS, JR, on 10/31/ hat during the first week of June, CARLOS and. — JOSEP RCELLO, together with their wives, ywisited SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR. at his Tampa, Florida, homGeper his invitation, PC stated that during this period CARLOS}@fARCELLO and | TRAFFICANTE had several lengthy privat conversations. PC does not know what took place at these conferences, TRAFFICANTE and MARCELLO did not settle whatever their problem was dur- ing this visit. - - \ A ~ Over the July 4 weekend, SANTO TRAFFICANTE and ' two of his close associates, names unknown, visited CARLOS MARCELLO at his Churchill Farms estate, - During the weekend MARCELLO. had a small private ‘dinner party in honor of ° ANT At this din . ae} pee ce - + , a Stee names unrecalledé During thi fiday "weekend , several lengthy private conferences occurred between CARLOS MARCELLO and SANTO TRAFFICANTE, PC stated that from _MARCELLO's attitude PC could tell that nothing was: settled at these conferences, - \ COVER PAGE DoclId:32586314 Page 2?
. \ TP 92-1 “4 PC stated. that the secret nature“of these con- ferences was impressed upon the PC because at Churchill Farms MARCELLO and TRAFFICANTE walked out into the middle of the fields behind the main house and sat for many hours, Likewise, at TRAFFICANTE's home in Tampa, MARCELLO and TRAFFICANTE sat alone in the back yard. ! During. the past several weeks CARLOS MARCELLO has -« stated to. the PC that the luncheon at which he was arrested | in New York City was just. that and that he would not have been in attendance if. JOSEPH MARCELLO had not been so slow in packing at their hotel. ‘If they had left fifteen minutes earlier than they did they would not have received the invitation to the luncheon, - MARCELLO stated that the really — serious meeting in New York took place during the early -. evening hours the day prior to his arrest and that the New York Police would have “seen some real power" if they had. found the meeting the day before the arrest. PC stated that MARCELLO ‘is worried over TRAFFICANTE and got into trouble with the New York people over TRAFFICANTE's actions. Louisiana. PC stated that TRAFFICANTE wants to come into PC does not know how TRAFFICANTE wishes to come into Louisiana; however, CARLOS MARCELLO is opposed to this, as CARLOS feels that once TRAFFICANTE gets a foothold in Louisiana it is the be ginning of the end of CARLOS MARCELLO, CARLOS MARCELLO. told PC that TRAFFICANTE knows "Y only own Jefferson and Orleans Parishes and I've never wanted to own anything else". of the State; end of MARCELLO's control of TRAFFICANTE wishes to come in in the rest however, MARCELLO feels that this will be the Jefferson and Orleans Parishes. CARLOS MARCELLO told PC that TRAFFICANTE ‘presented several problems occurring in this part of the country to “important people” in New York and elsewhere and created the ; impression that CARLOS MARCELLO was to blame for these problems. PC stated that the problem that TRAFFICANTE used to bring this to a head was the HASKELL JONES problem, - Cc COVER PAGE DoclId:32586314 Page 3 f CARLOS MARCELLO.
TP 92—1 fc Y WS told PC that TRAFFICANTE indicated to these p@ople that the JONES problem was very serious and occurred in CARLOS MARCELLO 's own back yard. INFORMANTS _The following listed informants were contacted by L é SA JOHN A, AMBLER unless otherwise indicated or where identity of contacting agent not known: TP T-1 is TP. 120-C TP T=2 is TP 274-C / TP T-3 is Mrs. GEORGE HUBER, 528 N.E, 72nd Street, Miami (by request), contacted by SA WENDELL W. HALL. TP T-4 is Mrs. -EMILY CUCCIA, 531 N.E. 7lst Street, Miami (by request), contacted by SA WENDELL W. HALL. TP T-5 is Mr, MATHEW BART, Valet Parking Service, Miami International Airport (by request), contacted by SA WENDELL W. HALL. TP T-6 is MM ‘TP T=7 is MM 1165-C contacted by SA WENDELL W, HALL, 1025=C, TP T-8 is TP 97-C contacted by. SA WENDELL W, HALL, TP T-9 is LV 101-PC. contacted by SA JAMES E, DOYLE TP T-10 is LV 241=-PC contacted by SA JAMES E. DOYLE TP To1d is NY 1839-C-TE TP T-12 is Detective JOHN J, CUNNINGHAM (NA) Duval County SO Jacksonville, Florida (by request), comtacted by SA CHARLES .M. BLALOCK, D COVER PAGE Doctld: 32566314 Page 4
“TP 92-100 — 7 | | TP-T-13 is PCI NICK SCAGLIONE TP T-14 is PCI CIRRO BEDAMI TP T=15 is TP 148-C contacted by SA JOHN R, BRETT {TP T-16 is PCI EDDIE-BLANCO, contacted by SA JOHN R, BRETT TP T-17 is TP 41-C 7 an a oo, ‘]P T-18 is ‘PCI GIULLERMO PORCEL | a “TP T-19 is TP 280-C a TP T-20 is PCI JOSE "HERNANDEZ contacted by SA MICHAEL J. HALLY- TP T-21 is NY 4336-C-TE ; TP T-22 is Detective THOMAS O'BRIEN, Central Investigative Bureau New York City PD (by request) contacted by SA JOSEPHF. WICHMAN : See TP T-23 is Patrolman ED ‘KUROLY, New York City PD (by request) ‘TP T-24 is Mr, F.C, JERNIGAN, Florida. Beverage Department , Tallahassee, Florida (by request) TP T-25 is PCI PAT BORINO N TP T-26 is Mr.. ALTON M, BRYANT, General Télephone Company | of Florida (by request) TP T=27 is Mr. HARRY WHITLOCK, Vice President, Capital National Bank, Tampa (by request) . TP T-28 is TP 120-C’ ‘TP T-29 is WM 1181-PC contacted by SA HALL. oe / C@VER PAGE é tots eee we a anes DoclId: 32586314 Page 5
C) Ln TP 92~1 Se Will conduct credit and criminal record checks of NANCY L. PALA, 1128 Hardee Road, Coral Gables. ~ 4, Will consider request ing Bureau: authority to | ‘review toll call data on all. telephones | available to EVARISTO - GARCIA VIDAL. | a) 5. Will when recontacting JUDY SALVAT, apparent former paramour of TRAFFICANTE, determine circumstances surrounding SALVAT’s obtaining residence at 657 West 34th, Hialeah, sold to her on 7/20/61 by FRANK RAGANO for sum of $8,500, ° 6, Will at Southern Bell determine identity of subscriber to PL1-7884 as TRAFFICANTE when arrested Queens, New York, indicated to interviewing police officers that . this was his Miami, Florida telephone number . “4 _ AT HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA 1, Will obtain identity of subscriber to telephone ‘number 989- 4804, thereafter conduct credit and criminal record checks and if such checks dovnot prec lude feasibility ‘of same, will thereafter interview for association with TRAFFICANTE, . TAMPA DIVISION \ _. AT TAMPA, FLORIDA ‘ Le Will conduct credit and criminal record checks _ : of CARINA E. WILBY, 4309 Beechway Drive, registered owner - ~ of a 1961 Valiant whose pecupant was observed to converse ° with LONGO and TRAFFICANTE.. Wil thereafter, if deemed ad- ‘visable, interview. oS G COVER PAGE | Docld: 32586314 Page 6