oe Nee — MM 62-1273 1957, Prana, of Atlantic City, New Jersey; FREBAWALKER | é¢ of Miami; HERB Y LLOY of Miami and charged then 724. with vagrancy and suspicion of illegally dispensing racé information. BEARDSLEY stated that two of the men were ob- served running out of the track after each race to contact a third man who would then transmit the race results over the telephone. The third man had four 'phones in four bars tied up for his operation, and found in MOTEN's posses- Sion were some "out of order” signs which were placed’ on telephone booths to insure him that he would have a 'phone available to use. HOODLUMS IN THE MIAMI AREA Detective JOHN MARKWITH, Miami, Beach PD, conga CAMA De that JOSEPH EDW UGA, Wa. Edward i Spiichin, Toronto, i Ontario, BH EDWARD LUGAR, te was arrested and charged with £64: larceny, breaking and entering, and possession of burglary tools on December 10, 1957, by the Miami Beach PD. MARKWITH also advised that a detainer was placed against BUGA by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Miami, as BUGA had been deported to Canada in 1956 after having been previously charged with burglary in Hollywood, Florida. I aoe is y° ¥ — es J een OR ee po - “MM 625-C advised that RALPHASORRENTINO, FBI Number « | Cee $71001, a Buffalo, NewYork, hoodlum) and JOSEPRENDELTCATO =) i “FBI Number_561965, are partners in the operatiorf of the Wolfson Car Rental, Miami Beach. He also advised that RALPH a SORRENTINO operates. the cocktail lounge in the Albion Hotel, ‘ Miami Beach, although the business is listed in SORRENTINO 's wife's name. } 7 _ FRED HARRIS, in charge of the Criminal Division of the Dade County Sheriff's Office, advised that Deputies of that Department on December 9, 1957, interrupted the _ Ll \ 46th birthday party of WILL RRIS,. FBI Number 497131, aan . and arrested him for suspicion of purelary. ““HARRIS’ Dirth- = day party was held at the Monaco Motel, Dade County. On -f December 10, 1957, he was released'on a writ of habeas: | i corpus after no direct charge was placed against him. Police Department, advised that FRANKXSCHWEIKS, FBI Number a burglar, was again. arreste y the Miami Beach Sri the Surfside Police Departments on December 10, 1957, in the Lo | _ | Fie fe Detective CLARENCE W. oe eo Miami Beach b Docld: 32309719 Page 6
MM 62-1273 New Surf Hotel, Surfside, for possession of burglary equip- ment. In SCHWEIKS' apartment wereilocated a complete set of lock picks. HUDDLESTON also advised that MORRISRETR, FBI Number_1496739...a burglar who served time’ in the Florida ‘State Penitentiary, was arrested by the Miami Beach P on December 11, 1957, and charged with disorderly corduct. iw WILLIE. SCHULMAN, PCI, advised that PATS} RA, wafZee Le Patty rra, a well-known hoodlum from the Harlem Séction of pe New York Cigy, and close associate of scighbof0n, FBI Number 44 2s 6779/6, a vop racketeer now-residing in Miami, openitayt es ‘Dream Bary the Johnina Hotel, Miami Beach, with M ER Wa. Maxig{Raymond, FBI Number 236413. -SCHULMAN advised that Ff 2 A { MAXIE EDER has complete charge of th@ gambling at the Fontaine=— =... bleu Hotel, Miami Beach. SCHULMAN also advised that EDER ~ t received $25,000.00 in connection with contracts let relative to the plasterers at the time the Fontainebleu Hotel was con- 4 structed. : T GRACEY, detective, Miami Beach PD, advisea fC“ that numa ACHESE, Wa. "Three Finger Brawn", a well-known hoodlum of (New_York. and an associate of ABRAHAMYCHAIT, EBT + Number 751659, a notorious New York. garment trucking czar, ; Ras an interest in the Balm6FaI~Hotel, Bal Harbour, and Fe Ape! recently bought into the Harwyn Club, a swank night. club “ ‘in New York City, where ED WYNN, former head waiter of the Stork Club, is now the front man. Two extra copies of this letter are being furnished | to the Bureau so they can be forwarded to the Legat at Havana, Cuba. Docld: 32309719 Page 7