DE 92-730 . : 92-1136 | | . On 6/10/64, CV 989-cC* advised that TONY DELSANTER was supposed to visit Detroit on Friday, 6/12/64, and indicated he was going to see a man called JOE. JOE*’s phone number was| ‘believed to be LUdworth 1-9159, : an At 11:45 a.m. on 6/12/64, PCI CHARLES F, CLARK, _Cleveland Division, advised SA J. EDWARD BURKE that a 1963 light brown Oldsmobile bearing 1964 Ohio license G1091L was at the residence of JAMES LICAVOLI. At 12:10 pcy advised that JAMES LICAVOLI placed sever suitcases and a set of golf fed tht 1:01 Pom. on 6/12/64, SAs BURKE and JAMES F, KELLY observed the above vehicle enter the Qhio Turnpike at Exit 11 and headed left towards Toledo, ; It should be noted that the above vehicle is registered to the Kleer-Lite Awning Company of Warren, Ohio, and is used by | TONY DELSANTER as his personal car. It is to be noted that there is no LUdworth exchange in Detroit, LUzon 1-9158 is listed to GERALD RUPE, 7819 Faust, Dearborn, Mich. There is no information regarding RUPE in the Detroit files and he is not known to have any criminal associates, TS tea ¢,, SPOt checks of 7819 Faust by SA BARRON T, CONKLIN failed to reveal any out-of-state automobiles. On 5/25/64, DE 868-C-TE advised SA CONKLIN that WHITEY BESASE was going to Play golf at the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club on this date, , . These, , On 5/26/64, source stated that WHITH BESASE came to Detroit with a friend and Spent the afternoon with TONY GIACALONE and VITO GIACALONE at the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club. . Spot checks by SA CONKLIN on 5/26/64, revealed that a 1963 dark blue Pontiac, QGhio license D26D, and a 1961 or 1962 Lincoln with Ohio license 4979K were at the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club together with the automobile of TONY GIACALONE, / It was ascertained that Ohio license D26D is registered ‘ to DOMINIC DELUCIA, 303 Manchester, Toledo, for a 1963 Pontiac, - ‘ -~2. Docld: 32314601 Page 3
DE 92-730 ‘ 92-1136 DE 868-C-TE advised on 8/26/64, that WHITEY BESASE came to | Detroit in this car. : _ On 6/12/64, SAs CONKLIN and JOHN L. SHELBURNE conducted = the following investigation: At 3:07 p.m. while driving north on Telegraph Road in Taylor, Michigan, a 1963 or 1964 dark Pontiac with Ohio license D 26 D was observed driving north with two men in the car.- The river was a large man while the passenger was a small white male about 60 years of age with grey hair. This car was closely followed by a 1963 tan Oldsmobile with Ohio license G10912. These cars proceeded north to the Edsel Ford. Expressway and then turned east. They drove east to the John Lodge Expressway and turned left and entered the John Lodge Expressway. However, after proceeding about 100 feet, the Pontiac cut across two lanes of traffic and left the expressway at the Milwaukee exit. The Oldsmobile slammed on its brakes, stopped traffic and proceeded to follow him off the exit. Surveillance was discontinued at this point. . On 6/20/64, DE 868-C-TE advised SA CONKLIN that ‘TONY DELSANTER, JAMES LICAVOLI, using the name JACK WHITE; together with LEO MOCERI had been at the Hillcrest Golf. and Country Club in Mt. Clemens, Mich,, all out playing golf. He stated they golfed on several occasions with either TONY or VITO GIACALONE and spent several nights with these two persons. Informant advised that ANTHONY DELSANTER and JAMES LICAVOLI spent one entire evening with ANTHONY ZERILLI, son of JOE ZERILLI. For info of all offices, TONY ZERILLI is the son of JOSEPH ZERILLI, who is the leader of the Italian Syndicate in ‘Detroit. TONY and VITO GIACALONE are described by the above- mentioned informant as the voice of JOE ZERILLI and are the enforcers for the syndicate in Detroit. DE 868-C-TE advised that DELSANTER, LICAVOLI and MOCERI y were going to stay in Mt. Clemens until after the American- - Italian Delegate party at the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club on 6/22/64, and would depart sometime on 6/23/64. Informant advised that WHITEY BESASE and TONY PAUL were both expected to attend the party as well as several others from Toledo and other points in Ohio. Source advised that all of the above, except — TONY PAUL, are part of the YONNIE LICAVOLI group who is still in the Ohio State Prison. Source advised that the group from Toledo -~3- DoclId: 32314601 Page 4
DE 92-730 92-1136 ‘| would probably stay at the parkcrest Motel just off the. Edsel - Ford Expressway near the Allard Exit. ' DE. 370-C-TE. advised SA ROBERT N. FITZPATRICK on 6/18/64, that JOE MASSEI had been in Detroit for a few days. He returned to Miami, Florida, on 6/18/64. Source stated that he had been — with ‘JACK WHITE. Informant stated that MIKE RUBINO had a big ‘party at his farm on Saturday night, 6/13/64, Informant had no information as to what transpired at either this get together or party. — , i On 6/22/64, at 8:00 p.m. ‘SA CONKLIN conducted a ; surveillance at the Parkcrest Motel on the Edsel Ford Expressway in Harper Woods, Mich. _ The following cars were noted, A Willy jeepster, light blue in color, Qhio license i 17633D.° This car was parked around the corner from the motel, Lo \ The following cars were in the motel parking lot: Ohio RU 352 Ohio RL 3382 © Ohio RV 972 Ohio PV 253 . Ohio AG 3501 The Cleveland Division has advised that LEO MOCERI was in Mt. Clemens getting.a mineral treatment at this time, therefore, the following places were checked which give mineral baths: _ .. Colonial Inn, Mt. Clemens, Ohio license HV. 297. MAX ELKINS advised on 6/22/64, that neither MOCERI, _DELSANTER or . JACK WHITE were registered. ‘The following motels in Mt, ‘Clemens. ‘were - checked with negative results: Medea Hotel, The John R. Murphy Hotel, “Murphy Clementine Hotel, Pretext ‘telephone calls to the River Front ‘Motel and Clinton Gables were made but no registration Similar ‘to these were located. ws : . : 1 —_ ~ nce! Docld: 32314601 Page 5
‘DE 92- 730 a “92-1136 - On 6/23/64, DE 868-C-TE advised that there were 200-. -250 who attended the AID party at the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club. The informant stated that all of the. important people who. play golf were there. Among those whom the informant saw were . WILLIAM "BLACK BILL” TOCCO, TONY TOCCO, JACK TOCCO, MIKE POLIZZI, VITO. GIACALONE, ANTHONY GIACALONE, ANTHONY ZERILLI, DOMINIC CORRADO, "§ PARKY"’ CORRADO, and TONY CORRADO. He stated that _ from out-of-state were ANTHONY "TONY" PAUL, TONY DELSANTER, ‘LEO MOCERI, JACK WHITE (JAMES LICAVOLI), WHITEY BESASE and. WHITEY’ s friend from Toledo, DOMINIC. DELUCIA, Informant stated that the group played golf and then they got together in groups and talked and then began to play cards. A big crap game started and the big winner was MIKE POLIZZI. POLIZZI, .according to the ‘source, won $20,000. Informant stated that he heard a few days before this that JOE MASSEI had been in town, but he -had no information as to the purpose of his trip. . On 6/23/64, SAs CONKLIN and SHELBURNE noticed a 1963 | Chrysler imperial, Ohio license JR 555, parked at a well-known . restaurant ‘in Mt. Clemens called Mazurs Corral. MAZUR, the owner of this restaurant, is- an old-time numbers man in Detroit. At the Americana Motel, which was. formerly owned by NICK DITTA, the following car with Ohio license plates was noted, 3109R,. On 6/23/64, SA CONKLIN contacted the Parkcrest Motel under pretext. It was ascertained that no one named DOMINIC DELUCIA or ANTHONY BESASE had been registered here recently. The clerk advised that if they were here they were part of a building association that met at the motel for two days 6/21 and 22/64. This group checked out on 6/23/64, and their names are not on file. For the information of the offices having leads to cover in this case, the Parkcrest Motel is. a large motel on a expressway in Harper Woods, Mich. It is the kind of place that a tourist woulé stop for a night’s lodging. It is, | however, _ owned by an Italian attorney who is friendly towards and represents many’ Detroit area hoodlums. You. are requested to determine whether the drivers of. the following cars are associated with organized crime or the. WHITEY BESASE group: from Ohio, O DoclId: 32314601 Page 6