JFK Assassination System Date: 6/17/201 Identification Form V4 a A Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90079-10032 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 165-29-62 I Document Information ORIGINATOR: — FBI FROM: NO TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 01/23/1964 PAGES: 34 SUBJECTS : SAM DI PIAZZ JOSEPH PORETTI DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: = 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 07/07/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: = INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT a v9.1 ] ‘ Docld: 323276774 Page 1
or ane FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD FL+368 (Rev 5-1-59) NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS 1/23/64 7/11/63 ~ 1/18/64 TITLE OF CASE REPORT MADE BY TYPED BY ‘ SA REGIS L. KENNEDY dmk _ SAM DI PIAZZA CHARACTER OF CASE - | IGA - WS fo ew . REFERENCES - . Report of SA REGIS L. KENNEDY, 9/24/63, at New Orleans. ve New York letter to New Orleans, 1/8/64. ‘of Newark letter to New Orleans, 1/16/64. Cc ° ENCLOSURES (7 TO BUREAU f Two copies of a letterhead memorandum characterizing informant. LEADS " APPROVED DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW COPIES MADE: a a . / 3-Bureau (16529) (Encts7S) Pa * 1-USA, New Orleans oe _.2-Cincinnati (165-162) . 2-Louisville (92-113) 2-New York (165-396) (Info) 3-WFO (165-76) i 1-New Orleans (165-178) DISSEMINATION RECORD OF ATTACHED REPORT NOTATIONS U.S, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OrFicg 10-——T6324-1 Docld: 32328774 Page 2?
NO 165-178 Elmdale, Chicago, Illinois, who waS identified as the wife of HAROLD HADESMAN , FBi #1691158, a jewel thief and a burglar, INFORMANT ene . T-32 is ESTELLE KASS, a PCI of the Miami Office, ADMINISTRATIVE . AOMINISTRATIVE - A careful review of the investigation conducted in this case has failed to develop positive information that On trial in the uy. 8, District’ Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, on an Internal Revenue . Violation. It is nOtSa- that it has been possible to establish the identity and logation of a number of individuals who have been or are suspected of being a gambling figure in their respective communities, The various offices who have conducted investigation have been able to open investigation on these individuals or use the. information in their. investigation, © In view of the fact that it isnot possible to establish that. DI PIAZZA was the individual making these calls, this case is being closed and the material developed will be used for future intelligence Purposes, For information, HERMAN CARLISLE is a PCI in the. Birmingham Office and is carried under BH 282-pc, Investigation has been conducted concerning JAMES VERDO KILGORE, by the Birmingham Office curing the year, 1963, —- COVER PAGE c - Docla: 32328774 Page +
NO 165.178 gambling game but used house money to entice other players or Suckers to bet. Co . . The same report reflects that LAFFERTY said he went to St. Louis with FINLEY on April 15, 1958 and Stayed there until April 18, 1958, which was the date of the robbery of FERGUSON, = °° , : . The Arkansas Gazette, a Little Rock newspaper dated July 12, 1957, contained a list of wagering stamps issued in Arkansas. This list included FINLEY, In Little Rock file 162-1, Serial 1, entitled "CYRUS OLEAN ES 3, 1961, infofmant advised yt Pri Operated by JOSEPH ALBERT YPi RETTO, New Orleans, Louisiana, — was the source of wire senvice to the Little Rock area. i. The servige was supposedly furnished by long distance telephone N* jo BAR BARNETT at Little ae TLE, aka, IGA ~ WIRE SERVICE", as.of April ( ) Rock,. who then: relayed Same . to local’ b okies, one of which: was believed to be FINLEY, nished frog ame, file reflects that LAFFERTY stated LYTLE furnished this sérvice to FINLEY . A list of Federal wagering Stamps issued in Little Rock District for fiscal year ending July 30, 1962 included FINLEY, | On January 26, 1962, a PCI file was opened pertaining to FINLEY, Since he was no longer operating asa bookmaker and not in contact with former associates.. A description’ of FINLEY contained in this file is as follows: = - Race White Sex Male. Date of Birth January 31, 1915 . : Place of Birth North Little Rock, Arkansas COVER PAGE I Docld: 323270774 Page—-4
NO 165-178 Residence North Little Rock, Arkansas Height | 5°5" Weight 165 pounds Build. Heavy Hair Brown Eyes Brown - Complexion Ruddy Remarks Diabetic, taking insulin twice a day. Little Rock file 92-124, pertaining to Top Hoodlum Program, relfects that on ’ August 15, 1958, file. was opened pertaining to FINLEY. This file indicates that FINLEY uses no "scratch" information -but bases his odds on the racing form and pays a limit of. $32. to.win, $14 to show and $8 to. place on a $2 bet. These. -edds;are very high, as of January 30, 1963, but were brought. about. by competitors in that betting was very Slow since Federal Legislation had been enacted. . There was no indication of a Federal violation on the. part of FINLEY, . who operated as a bookie during the racing meet at Oaklawn Track, Hot . Springs, Arkansas. . On May .7, 1963, F INLEY advised an informant he was ceasing his bookmak ing operations and did not plan to secure anymore racing forms. On August 23, 1963, “informant advised that within the last few days, Little Rock bookmaker BOB BRYANT had stated that FINLEY had . currently engaged in the bookmak ing business in the area of the Pulaski-Saline County line on. U.S. Highway 67, southwest of. Little Rock, Arkansas, and specifically operated at the Red Gate Liquor Store, Lola' s ‘Restaurant, and at an unknown place in Benton, Arkansas. RAYMOND KYZER advised informant that _FINLEY's bookkeeper, NELL, and longtime girlfriend, had recently left FINLEY and was married to some wino. KYZER. commented ‘to informant that FINLEY had. almost lost his> mind: as a result of NELL's marriage. ‘QSVER PAGE J Docld: 323296774 Page 5