— JFK Assassination System Date: 4/28/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10195-10303 RECORD SERIES : HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  62-9-12-365 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, DL TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 09/10/1962 PAGES: 7 SUBJECTS : . - CIP, BOOKMAKER, TOLL CALLS, RES, BURGLARY DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 “os CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 10/06/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 “Docld: 327656527 Page 1 19
{ 4 , » ft FBI | . { is o ee > ae 7 : Date: 9/10/62 Transmit the following in ee PLAIN TEXT (Type in plain text or: code) Via AIRTEL , oo oy od , ‘ , 7 (Priority or Method of Mailing) | DIRECTOR, FBI (62-9-12) ROM: —-=_—SAC, DALLAS (94~55A-SUB) bussecr (bn MINA! INTELLIGENCE’ PROGRAM m WEEKLY SUMMARY - DALLAS DIVISION’ Re Dallas airtel to Bureau, 9/ -RE: SHERMAN -FRANKI IGA Ne (DL 162-129) LITTLE, aka. On 9/4/62, a check of license numbers recently observed. at subject's gambling club, the Redman Club, 3109 West Davis, Dallas, ascertained that one of subject's associates and a , knewn gambler, MICHAEL LESCHETSKO, was now driving a 1962 | Oldsmobile, Texas license MY 3833, , _____On 9/5/62, PCI GEORGE FUQUA advised that MARVIN RALPH PRESTRIDGE, a bookmaker who was known to have worked for LITTLE | in the past, was presently operating as a bookmaker someplace in Arlington, Texas, with gambler BUDDY HAAS, PCI advised that - GLENN ERNEST BURNETT was also operating out of an unknown Dallas apartment. PCI was attempting to locate the phone numbers being ' used by LITTLE, PRESTRIDGE and BURNETT, : oo -_ On 9/6/62, toll calls charged to the Redman Club and to the phone of LESCHETSKO were obtained from the Southwestern n 3.2 Bureau | 1 - Dallas (162-New) (CHARLE [ 1 - Atlanta (Info) __.__ CLARENCE HILL) ' 1 = Oklahoma City (166-12) (Info) 1 = Dallas (92-39) i 1 = Dallas (162-129) - 1 - Dallas (137-566) 1 - Dallas (162-109) 1 = Dallas (162-186) / 1 - Dallas (92-61) _ 1 - Dallas (92-213), 5b a 1 ~ Dallas (137-1216) : 1 - Dallas (166-66)¢2 ~-772-~ JG 1 = Daldas (165-39) ; 1 = Dallas (94-55A-Subj}= s=e= = i 1\-pdllas (162-37) . | x/* Dallas; (162-1) | no t eeic Agent4in large — SED PBT “Docld:327665277 Page ?
@? ‘AN ( DL 94=552~ oo a ‘y Bell Telephone Company, Dallas. There were numerous calls during the period from 5/8 to 7/20/62, placed from the Redman Club to Arlington and Fort Worth, Texas. There were alsc numerous calls charged to LESCHETSKO’s phone made to Arlington and Fort Worth, and there was one call placed to Redondo Beach, California. Information concerning LESCHETSKO, the toll calls, and information obtained from PCI FUQUA was orally furnished to Lt. JACK REVILL, Intelligence Section, Dallas Police Department, and Deputy Sheriff BOB MORGAN, Dallas Sheriff's Office, on 9/6/62, RE: ALBERP/ MEADOWS, aka. IGA f qe AM ie (DL Al62-109) — a ee On 9/6/62, toll calls charged to the phone of MEADOWS’ associate, BILLY RAY GRIMES, Dallas, were obtained from the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Dallas. It was noted there were numerous calls to Fort Worth, Texas, specifically to "KIRKWOOD", believed identical with known gambler, W, C, KIRKWOOD, On 9/7/62, in an effort to locate the present apartment from which MEADOWS is believed operating as a bookmaker, it was determined through a check of the school records for the children of HELEN WEYGANDT CARTER (known close friend of MEADOWS) that she was presently living in Apartment 208, 1836 Stevens Forest Drive. She had given the school a telephone number of WH 6-4458, but this was later determined to be a nonexistent number. On 9/7/62, the manager of the apartment house advised that a Mr. and Mrs. JOHN L. CARTER resided in the apartment, that the rent was paid every month in cash by Mr. CARTER, The manager furnished a description of Mr. CARTER which matched that of BILLY RAY GRIMES, She also identified a photograph of MEADOWS as a person she has seen at the apartment house. The manager has stated she would furnish any information she could develop con- cerning MEADOWS, GRIMES and HELEN CARTER, especially telephone numbers and license numbers observed at the apartment house. Information obtained from a check of GRIMES’ toll calls, ' the location of MEADOWS’ new place for bookmaking operation, was orally furnished to Lt, REVILL and Deputy MORGAN on 9/7/62. a 2 = Docld:3227365277 Page 3 a ea
DL 9 4- SOA= Sub RE: GEORGE FUQUA, aka. | AR; PCI , (DL 92-61) (DL. 137-1216) On 9/3/62, neighborhood source MAE NABORS telephonically furnished information concerning a car she had observed at FUQUA'sS residence. Upon checking the license number, it was determined this car belongs to RILEY B,. BAWCUM, known Dallas gambler. On 9/5/62, FUQUA was contacted (the information obtained is set out below), and during the contact was asked about BAWCUM being at his residence. He was told that BAWCUM’s car had been observed by police officers, a number of which reside in the same area as does FUQUA. FUQUA admitted knowing BAWCUM, but did not furnish the reason for BAWCUM's contact on 9/3/62. Later on 9/5/62, SA ROBERT M. BARRETT, while checking cars at the Tenison Golf Course, a known hangout for Dallas gamblers including BAWCUM, observed BAWCUM in contact with Lt. TYREE LEONARD playing golf, -On 9/7/62, Mrs. NABORS advised that FUQUA's wife had told her that one of their neighbors was telling the FBI about visitors they were having. FUQUA had told his wife that he had learned this from a Dallas police officer who had told a friend | of FUQUA's that undoubtedly the FBI had somebody in the neighbor- hood watching their residence, Mrs. NABORS stated that the FUQUAs did not suspect her because of their close past relation- ship. : . During thecontact on 9/5/62, FUQUA furnished the follow- ‘ing information: FUQUA advised that BILLY RAY DAVIS, .subject of Dallas file 165-29, was in Las Vegas during the last week in August and first week in September, during which time DAVIS telephonically ‘contacted FUQUA and claimed he was going to Kansas City from Las Vegas. FUQUA advised that before leaving Dallas, DAVIS had had a "line" on the exhibition football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. DAVIS had told FUQUA he had obtained this line from sources in Las Vegas and from GIL BECKLEY in Miami. FUQUA noted that Green Bay was a 10-point favorite in Las Vegas and Miami, according to DAVIS, but was a 14-point favorite in Dallas, a! - 3- “Docld:322366527 Page 4
Fe : ; oe ; DL 94-55A~Sub w FUQUA advised he had heard that JOHN ELI STONE (Dl 162-37) got his line for athletic events from an unknown source in Shreveport, Louisiana, and also that he would lay off bets with a contact in Las Vegas. FUQUA had no other details concerning this, but did state that practically all bets placed in Dallas with bookies filter back to STONE by layoff. FUQUA advised that Dallas bookmakers CHARLES CLARENCE HILL (DL 162-New) and NORVILLE YOUNG STANFIELD (DL 162-186) are on a par in size of operation with SHERMAN FRANKLIN LITTLE and AL MEADOWS, He stated these two operate closely together with _ HILL, operating out of a drugstore at 2700 Ross Avenue, and that STANFIELD has a place in Dallas, whereabouts unknown to FUQUA,. FUQUA stated that MEADOWS (DL 162-109) would not hold any bets for large amounts where there was a. risk of losing heavily, but would lay off such bets with JOHN ELI STONE . PCI advised that a Jackson, Mississippi, gambler, T. J. TILLMAN (DL 162-1), was in Dallas attempting to set up either a contact for accepting lay-off bets for connections. in Las Vegas or to operate as a bookmaker financed by an unknown Las Vegas group. PCI stated TILLMAN formerly worked. for this Same unknown group in Las Vegas and would attempt to obtain further details which, if obtained, will predicate the initiation of a new investigation by Dallas. PCI FUQUA advised that Oklahoma City gambler GEORGE EDWARD BARNES (DL 166-66) had been in Dallas for about ten days in close contact with Dallas hoodlum RUSSELL DOUGLAS MATTHEWS (DL 92-213). PCI stated BARNES was attempting to evade service of a subpoena by a local Oklahoma City Grand Jury which was presently in session, FUQUA stated that BARNES and MATTHEYS | hang out almost daily at a domino parlor on Collett Street, Dallas, where they gamble through playing dominos. Information obtained from Mrs. NABORS, information concerning BAWCUM and Lt. LEONARD, and information obtained from PCI FUQUA was orally furnished to Lt. REVILL and Deputy MORGAN on 9/7/62, . . “Docld:3227665277 Page 5
DL 94-55a-Sub RE: MARION ROBERT RAT, aka. AR 6 (DL_92-39) pet fe - On 9/5/62, DL-170-C (DL 137-566) advised that about two months ago RAIF contacted CI while en route from Dallas to Atlanta, Georgia, RAIF was driving a late model black or dark blue. Comet and told CI that he had lost his new Lincoln to his attorney in Atlanta for payment of fees. He also claimed that he had just “lost my tools". (It should be noted that RAIF is suspected of an attempted burglary at Wichita Falls on the night of 7/4/62.) RAIF gave his Atlanta telephone number to CI as MA 2-2253. Approximately an hour after. RAIF left, JAMES BENNETT WAAGE, accompanied by JOHN OSCAR LUCK, contacted CI and stated they were following RAIF back to Atlanta. The above information was furnjshed to Lt. REVILL and. Deputy MORGAN on 9/6/62. ~ An information copy of this airtel is being furnished is the Oklahoma City Office in view of the information obtained concerning GEORGE EDWARD BARNES, which may be of interest to that office. An information copy is being furnished Atlanta in view of the information developed concerning RAIF, xX Be “Docld:3227665277 Page 6