AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : COMMENTS : | v9.1 HW 45854) DocId: 32298749 DOCUMENT TYPE: . CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: - OPENING CRITERIA : FBI 124-10224-10029 HQ 63-50-5, 6, 7, 8 FBI SAC, PG DIRECTOR, FBI 09/27/1955 8 JFK Assassination System Date: $/28/201 Identification Form Agency Information gency ilo Released under the John F. ennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of na92 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NW 45654 Date: 1i-i6-2017 Document Information SMO, ASSOC, REL, RES, POLIT ACT, B/F INT, GAMBLING ACT PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4; 11(a) Redact 01/29/1999 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS" INC 4 MEMO Page 1
aoaew7nrr RE SE PRES fe ¥ © Office Mem: ™. prrector, Pow : SAC, PITTSBURGH (94-172 Sub M) SAMUEL SatNaRINO, WAS. .GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE INTELLIGENCE FILE (TOP HOODLUM PROGRAM) Re SAC. letter 53-58 dated 3/25/53 and Pittsburgh letter to the Bureau dated 9/27/55 5e pe i 9/24/55 PG 509=C, who.in the past has supplied reliable wed oe 5 | Fntornation, advised SA-JOHN $. PORTELLAJthat SAM and_KELLY - _ A MANNARINO own’a part interest in Club. 30, Chester, We Vac, 0: . ‘\-eegether with CHUCK ATEEMER ‘and several other men of the ar Ps Pittsburgh and Tri-State area, Informant stated that this en Club is. making so much money from the gambling that takes. _-* Pro i place at the Club that it is almost impossible to estimate | the amount. | information, advised 3a JOHN S. PORTELLA that numbers are being booked at the Ninth Street News Stand and that they , ¢ | * are picked up by a man named UTI (Phonetic) who informant {| } : is almost certain turns them in th New cen KELLYCWANNARINO aoa who are really the numbers bank in New Kensington, Pa. ff yy On 10/27/55, PG 511-C, who in the past has supplied reliable f New York by letter dated 11/25/55, reflected that in 1951 Ps, MIKE MIRAND® purchased a 1950 Cadillac automobile, Motor ‘ibe Number 50-60-53479, model 60, from GABRIEL MANNARINO of New Kensington, Pa... The New. letter did not show the source of this informatior The files of the Pittsburgh © Office reflect chat [HIKE ATRANDA4 a prominent New York City hoodlum who allegedly moved in on the dress contractorge : in the Pennsylvania Dutéh area, and that MIRANDA is belie J. yf have formed an alliance with DAVES UBINSKY and. “ALBERT |" pe. J ANASTASIA. (ANASTASIA. i “OK 1/23/56 PG545-C, who in the ‘past has supplied reliable - -\y i < Anformation yadvised SA PORTELLAJthat SAM and GABRIEL - > ae own part of:.the/ Family Outdoor Theater in Néw , . - \ Pa ‘Kensington, and are seriously ‘getting interested in the £ 1 oa Dace: 5, OFA Sdoor theater’ a of “by e _ ¥ _ - santo oD MHD - 24 . | QRZ 23 wore 1956 | ihe iSP/ane i Soe | foo | | ‘S20 9 196 oe Qe HW 45354 Docld: 32296749 Page 2?
PG 94-172 Sub M | | \ Informant further advised that the MANNARINOs are purchasing large tracts of land around the New Kensington countryside .for speculative purposes. Informant stated that the MANNARINOs are connected with the Buffone and Buffone Construction Company and that they continue their friendship with PHIL BETTOR, whom SAM MANNARINO describes as his bookkeeper. Informant stated that BETTOR boasts of keeping a dual set of books for his customers, one is a true set and the other is for the scrutiny of the Internal Revenue Service and other Government agencies. t ~~ pg-6466 stated that in talking to SAM MANNARINO he has gathered the impression that GABRIEL MANNARINO is now controller of the purse strings because GABRIEL has been able to hold onto his. money and SAM has béen forced to borrow from time to time in order to keep his head above water. a | / On 12/31/55 PCI CHESTER STUPAK, who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised SA PORTELLA that Deputy Sheriff of Allegheny County CHINK SPANKARD, a close associate of Mayor DAVID L. DAWRENCE and newly-elected vy District Attorney EDWARD BOYLE, may attempt to obtain the #~2 | okay for tienslike SAM MANNARINO and JOH vA ROCCA tO MOVE.=™ into the Pittsburgh gambling setup. pct’ stated that he believes that this will. happen, because SPANKARD is very close to the MANNARINOs and LA ROCCA and on extremely friendly terms with the Mayor and the District Attorney. { . : \ A summary of the report of former Deputy Collector of . Internal Revenue ANDREW J. SUSCE, dated 1/18/55 and prepared by G. WILSON STITELER, Reviewer - Conferree of z the Intelligence Division of the Internal Revenue Service hw li(a) . LRS | | - 2-6 REVIEWED BY FRYIPK TASK FORCE | on 200-93. Gets Cl RELEASE iN FULL 50-3 Vim RELEASE IN PART i - one + HW 45354 Docld: 32296749 Page 3
{ STANDARD FORM NO, $4 : ~~ Office Meinorandum - | "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO. DIRECTOR, FBI © PATE: 10/21/55 FROM vif Saul LAKE CITY (94-142) , @ -«l | . F3 @ \ a R. SUBJECT: SAMUSL MANNARINO, WAS. | : Dae GIIF (TOP HOODLUM PROGRAM) _ 7K Y, _ /| Ane ae Re Pittsburgh letter 10/11/55 and Bureau letter | “" 10/6/55.6 — . . JFK Act 6 (4) telephone operator, Wilbur Clark's Deser nn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, is a PCI of the Salt Lake City Office who furnished informetion re- garding SAM MANNARINO which was incorporated into a letter to Pittsburgh dated 6/9/55 entitled "SAM MANNARINO; JACK I. DRAGNA, JOSEPH "DOC" STACHER, GIIF." BCW: MEN (4) “Lo - Pittsburgh (94-172 sub M) °° a _ oS i “a ag " fey HEP . “, ae, ~ . : ® . y Mi “ 4 . He . oe . re] . a “¢ fn La) a & SAM ey. ey Ad fies ¥ fps ‘e of +. han ,- ae) “0 pe, fs ; ELe rT “~~ Ay ye, * Pied as 3 TS bu * \ 4 lig, “ iv Whee to: a GG NOVI i955. | HW 45354 Docld: 32296749 Page 4
rad - oe SS at eS HW 45354 Letter to Director, FBI PG 94-172 Sub. M On 7/5/59; Detective Sergeant JERRY KEDRIERSKT, (F242. Miami BeachyPolice Department, advised the Miami Office fray < comenenag that MIGABL|GTORANO is an individual known as NICKAJEROME iG he who was active a few years ago in the management of Mother \ le" Kelly's, a former: hoodlum hangout in Miami Beach and in the gambling casino of the Sans Souci Club, Havana, Cuba. Sergeant KEDRIERSKI stated that his sources advise him that JEROME is married to MADELINE ROWE. NICK JEROME has Miami Beach Police Department #13178 and FBI #2176333. "GERACE 6 Cay yp 5/29/55, [| os a-PCI who in the past “has. supplied both reliable and unreliable information, ‘advised SA JOHN R. ACKERLY of the Pittsburgh Office that the MANNARINOs of -New Kensington, Pa. backed the defeated candidate for constable in ‘the First Ward of Pittsburgh, Pa. in an attempt to gain a foothold. a mbling set-up in Pitts- burgh and Allegheny County. © stated that candidate BRUNO BRASH, received upwards of $25,000 from the MANNARINOs for his campaign and had he been elected the MANNARINOs would then have the O.K. to operate. ; . SAMUEL MANNARINO continues to reside with his son- in-law, VICTOR CARLUCCI, at 201 Highland Avenue, New Kensington, Pa. and continues to operate the Nu-Ken Novelty Company and the Ken Iron and Steel Company, both in New Kensington. omen ee a a een ee ee Ace ee DoclId: 322798749 Page 3