JFK Assassination System Date: 5/28/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10283-10057 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  92-2914-4TH NR 63 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: FORSYTH, THOMAS G. III TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: 06/25/1959 PAGES: 23 SUBJECTS : GM, INTV, PERSONAL HISTORY AND BKG, ASSOC, GAMBLING, CRIMINAL ACT, TRA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 05/15/1998 1 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : anne | v9.1 . 6 wy 45852 DocId:32303045 Page 1
’ Reporting Office a» rs Report Porm + FD-263 (5-12-55) - 2 FEDERAL _ BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION: PITTSBURGH : TITLE OF CASE . SAMUEL GABRIEL Office of Origin PITTSBURGH NNARINO, aka. ; NNARINO, aka. net nen EN OO A LEED NEOTEL OEN EAEIE Date - Investigative Period . Report made by THOMAS G, FORS -CHARACTER OF CASE ANTI-RACKETEERING | 6/25/59 4/25 - 6/15/59 Typed By: Report of SA RICHARD GORDON DOUCE, Pittsburgh, _ REFERENCES | -Pp- ADMINISTRATIVE 5/4/59. The physical survelliance of GABRIEL MANNARINO's residence on April 28, 1959, was conducted by SA RICHARD GORDON DOUCE and was originally reported in 92-236- ‘Information concerni HAZIDAKIS for Greece and.concerning the possibility of a violation of the Internal Revenue Code on his part has 568. ng the departure of MIKE. GEORGE been disseminated to IRS, Pittsburgh, by letterhead memorandum, dated June 4, 1959, copies. of which were sent } to the Bureau by cov It is noted that PCI dale, Pa., in additi er letter bearing the same date. on to rarormatTon = = = -» Spring- ttached Approved Copies made: go. (4) ‘Bureau 2- Je- -2918 2 - 92-2914 4 Pittsburgh 2 - 92- a 2 ~ 92-236 «> » ee Ceo Property of FBI - oY JUL 1 ee HW 45852 DocIdad:32303045 Page 2 Special Agent In Charge ' NOE RECORDED 166 JUL 15 1959 — D oe | 63 is got to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside” te agency” cy’ to "which ch loaned. | Xv U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1958 O—3S44750 oe pummenctemarelttial tu, Do not write in spaces below ey ‘
1 t PG 92-228 PG 92-236 report, advised SA JOHN L. PUDDISTER as follows: He has been treating members of the MANNARINO organization ° for about seven years and would gladly furnish inf tion concerning them and their activities. ft wno is of the Roman Catholic faith, has also been Called upon many times to treat Priests and Nuns, with particular reference to Mt. St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Freeport Road, New Kensington, Pa., the parish to which the MANNARINOs belong. Father FUSCO is Pastor of the parish, and his chauffeur is JOHN_ST is also a registered nurse. Both have been patients at one time or another. During the period in late 1956 that a subpoena was outstanding for SAM MANNARINO's appearance before a Federal Grand Jury, Pittsburgh, he was being hidden, part of the time, by Father FUSCO on the third floor of the Apostulate House for Mt. St. Peter's Roman Cat, located at 204 Charles Street, New Kensington. has asked Father FUSCO on many occasions not to assist the MANNARINOs, but Father FUSCO, a “pure blooded Sicilian," has stated that the MANNARINOs are his "boys" and that the Federal Government is persecuting them for things which are quite legal in Italy. Father FUSCO attended the coronation of Pope John XXIII, along with his chauffeur, JOHN STANISH. STANISH has told a that upon returning from Italy, Father FUSCO was me New York City by ALBERT ANASTASIA's limousine and that they were rushed through customs without an examination of luggage. STANISH said they stayed a few days in ANASTASIA's home and then returned to New Kensington. Approximately two weeks later, ANASTASIA was shot to -:death in New York City. has said he will furnish medical, records on a confidentia basis and will attempt to obtain a photograph of SAM MANNARINO, In view of the fact that certain information developed gives Some indication that SAMUEL MANNARINO could be involved in the cases captioned "STUART SUTOR, et al; TGP; ITSP; NM; FFA (aette Bo haohe} and "BERNARD J. EZHAYA, et al; ITSP - mT Bufile 87-41245)" and may become a subject of one or both, considerable investigative time has. been devoted to them. In. addition, the first named case may be presented for trial in September, 1959, in U. S. District Court, Pittsburgh. This means that Top Hoodlum SAMUEL-MANNARINO may be found to be implicated in two substantive matters within the A COVER PAGE a et hate ae 45852 DocId:32303045 Page 3 2: ccm: mmmemennafied sxmmommmeneantes “OTHER 4
. »- | PG 92-228 PG 92-236 jurisdiction of the FBI. -Because there is still considerable - | investigation to conduct in both above~named cases and because investigation in those cases in effect constitutes investigation of. the MANNARINO organization, it is felt that the interest of the Bureau will best be served by concentra- tion on those cases. Therefore, UACB and only until initial prosecutive action is completed, the Pittsburgh Office will submit reports in instant matter every ninety days aRSTOAS of the usual forty-five days. - INFORMANTS PG T-1 is PCI J, Springdale, OTHER 4 Pa., who furnished information to SA JOHN hs FUDDISTER on June 9, 1959. PG T-2 is PCI [ ‘Murrysville, Pa., who furnished information to. SA THOMAS G. FORSYTH, III, on June 15, 1959. | { | PG T-3 is PG 580-C; PG T-4 is PAT SHAPERIO, prostitute, Pittsburgh (protect per request), who furnished information, ‘to SA JOHN S. PORTELLA on April 13; 1959. PG T-5. is ADOLPH PIVARSKI, letter carriér, U. S. Post Office, New Kensington, Pa. (protect - employee of another: govern- mental .agency), who. furnished information to SAS RICHARD GORDON DOUCE and THOMAS G.. FORSYTH, III, on May 25, 1959. | PG -T-6 is PCI[-—] Pittsburgh, who furnished informa- : ‘tion ‘to SA. PORTELLA on May 4, 1959. " PG T-7 is Confidential Source [  _———sdséPattsburgh, who furnished information to SA PORTELLA . on May 4, 1959. | PG T-8 is LEON. EPHSTEIN, “Jeweler, - Pittsburgh (protect per | - request), who: furnished information to SA ‘PORTELLA on May 6, 41959. PG T=9 4s pcr [—————— Altoona, Pa., who furnished information to SA JOHN S. HUGHES on May 13, 1959. — i é B COVER PAGE | HW 45852 DocId:32303045 Page 4
PG 92-228 PG 92-236 PG T-10 is PCIL~~~~~~~_+4| New Kensington, Pa., who furnished information to SA FORSYTH on June 11, 1959. | LEADS PITTSBURGH | AT PITTSBURGH PA. ALLEGHENY COUNTY) 1. will eonicentrate on interviewing and developing those. individuals close to some phase of the operations of the MANNARINO organization, some of whom have been set out as interview leads in previous: reports. 2. ‘Will continue to follow and report activities of SAMUEL and GABRIEL MANNARINO and their subordinates and associates. 3. Will. report: results of check of Miami, Florida, selephone number JE 4-4134 (lead to Miami by rerep, 5/4/59 COVER . PAGE HW 45852 DocId:32303045 Page 5 se ee re = ...OTHER 4 a __..- : a