JFK Assassination System Date: 6/15/201 Identification Form Peleased under the John Agency Information . Kennedy AGENCY: FBI WSsassination Records RECORD NUMBER: —124-10213-10143 allection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). RECORD SERIES: HQ ase#:NU 45966 Date: w#i-2#0-2017 AGENCY FILENUMBER: = 92-2781-1300 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: HALL, WENDELL W. JR. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 08/19/1968 PAGES: 61 SUBJECTS : LST, LCN ACT, TESTIMONY, FGJ, TRA, LAYOFF, ASSOC, GAMBLING ACT DOCUMENT TYPE: , PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ’ CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: — 4; 10(a)2 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 11/04/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 45966 Docld: 322794367 Page 1
@ lo a2-D FD-263 (Pev. 28-67) REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN MIAMI rt 8/19/68 TITLE OF CASE ~ REPORT MADE BY TYPED BY x WENDELL W, HALL, JR. CHANGED? - - : AFFICANTE, JR.; aka Jose raff icante [ip (u) ; - ; | f q / O A ~ : i eee .. ee | 1 4-549. CHEK ahi Gye. . The title of this report. is marked Yehangea” to reflect the alias of Jose Trafficante, used by t Subject during his trip to Mexico in April, 1968. CG YW) we REFERENCES; Report of SA WENDELL W. HALL, JR., dated Lk f 6/12/68, at Miami; he . Tampa radiogram to Bureau, dated 6/12/68; or Miami airtel to Tampa, dated 6/14/68; ae Miami airtels to Bureau, dated 6/14/68, 7/9/68, 7/12/68 and 7/26/68; “Chas M by qe CA. Tampa report of SA JOHN A, AMBLER, dated Been ok ROR yoni airtel to Atlanta, dated 7/12/68; wi #711396 Tampa letter to Bureau, dated 7/19/68; Legat, Mexico letter to Bureau, dated 7/12/68: ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED SAVINGS None CASE HAS BEEN: PENDING OVER ONE YEAR [_]ves [_]no PENDING PROSECUTION . OVER SIX MONTHS (“ves ([jno SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW ~ as 122 AU Rea EL ™ LQ. Bureau (92-2781) Ly 2 USA, Miami ‘ ( (nee pee ‘(atta spa EARLE) —— REG: 3A > ESSY*99 _ New “YorR’ (92-846) 7 io tn i Ke oh So FO Tampal(92-1) B AUG 21 1968 wat sift -—-Miami-- (92-88) tT TET SY \ “. . . ee ete ——eee . COATER BSF QiPsemination Record of Attached Report  =_—> Notations 5 . qi (rim cho Date Fwd. Groaned C ir How Fwd. . os Syctiop, BOY - 4 Nf ° HW ssoce % 204 367 Ere 2 bir Nei ay Vicia 5
FD-263 (Fev. 32-8-57) REPORTING OFFICE "| oFrice OF ORIGIN | DATE | INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD i MIAMI MrT 8/19/68 | 5/28/68 - 8/12/6 TITLE OF CASE : - _ | REPORT MADE BY TYPED BY an ~ "|. WENDELL W. HALL, JR. mgc CHANGEDY- : | CHARACTER OF CASE AFFICANTE, JR., aka. . | J ose Sarat fic ante Vp ee 7 i vn / i) IO CONTATNED ~ wp waa The title of this report is marked Vehanged" to reflect the alias of Jose Trafficante, used by t subject during his trip to Mexico in April, 1968, G uo REFERENCES: Report of SA WENDELL W. HALL, JR., dated Y 6/12/68, at Miami; aie 7 Tampa radiogram to Bureau, dated 6/12/68; fe Miami airtel to Tampa, dated 6/14/68; we pfiiami airtels to Bureau, dated 6/14/68, eo o uh 7/9/68, 7/12/68 and 7/26/68; Classi us hy Tampa report of SA JOHN A. AMBLER, dated Paseo an OADRAa/y 6/26/68; | Miami airtel to Atlanta, dated 7/12/68; Tampa letter to Bureau, dated 7/19/68; Legat, Mexico letter to Bureau, dated 7/12/68; ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED None SAVINGS ACQUIT-] case HAS BEEN: RECOVERIES TALS PENDING OVER ONE YEAR [_]yes [_]No PENDING PROSECUTION : - OVER SIX MONTHS Clres [Jno SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW ....-// COPIES MADE: — i? _“'(3)- Bureau (92-2781) “ 2 woh USA, pa (200 pe557" “Catta:? DA EARLE) -.EDGY299 _ New YorK (92-846) re? 2h =o PS Tampas(@2-1) ge AUG 21 1968 <7 Miami (02-88) tT aR =e pan — Notations capa Date Fwd. How Fwd.
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nye OS eta, ‘shoo ‘shop. “on: LeJeune Road in sae ‘block; Spt for Specializes in: imported Spanish ‘shoes. 7 Gf agostay ‘stampa ‘int PNicaragua, recently ‘had. to. ‘give: o Sadho ope LCARTIME ,” former ; ‘Cuban. ‘revolutionary leader “in. the” bbe “, Bay of:.Pigs, .and..close ‘associate of - ‘President SOMOZA.- pg the Nicaragua, $10,1 000. 00 in: cash: in. order to merate PER ! BN a a is Of: ‘TRAFFICANTE, “Currently, ‘BRUNO “is” if -New--York- and: ppoute : i “-BRUNO'S father, who lives: in! man: With. very: high respect: “in ca ais ‘one. of: the. ‘persons | ain: whom “SpRAFRECANTE. had: retuined ‘to: "Miamd ‘on: “daly. 8, "1968, and. “was - acc Onpanied. by; ‘his: gfandson, who. he- had: brought ‘to... » Mtamd. fors “some’ ‘dental, work. -TRAFFICANTE ‘was “in? pergonal. “ C ; ; 1 duly. Bye 968.0") “and, “JOSEPHINE. TRAFFICANTE: ‘made -, io possibly to. Tampa ,. over. . the weekend ‘and. MF Mian: on:- July 15, ., 1968. rr are mo cba, “NW 45566 | Docla: 32794367 -“Page “6° |
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_@ = FK Act 6 (4) | @. ae 1968, the Jackson Office advised: te furnished the following information: “he had with JOE PAT DEMOUR he was. residing, at. Apartment 1201, Peachtree Apartments, 228 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Georgia, telephone 876-0701. | | _|said--he. does 1iot: know. Lf this is the lecation that Taw enforcement. officers are : aware of but in the event they are not aware/of this. information, it should be used discreetly since DA MOUR none number and address ©. friends: in | .... ‘only gives | his ph 7 the burglary business that he feels he can. trust. : ddvised that ISABEL f (LU) ,. the. exegirl 4 7 friend of of ROBERT [EMERSON WHITE is sow: living. in the Atlanta area and | frequently contacts J OHN/ HENRY WILDER and. JOE PAT | “DA MOUR. said it was the feeling ofa lot of the — burglars that TSABELL was an informant for the FBI since she had. been contacted by FBI Agents in: Georgia. He .said. ISABELL claimed onc se in the latter part-.of-:1967- that. BILLY._ rs re . TEAL and JOHN HENRY ‘WILDER threatened to kill her - ina. motel a tsville, Allébama, -by giving. her an overdose ‘of drugs. fame at " thils time she’ allegedly ran out of the: motel , in the nude Lookiing for the police.. . said that there were “syndicate” contacts - of the ban urglars in tampa , Florida and Miami, Florida, as well as in the Bahama Islands. He said in the past. several months DA MOUR shad been: contacted by:a- "syndicate" | man in Tampa, Florida / and 1 he made his contact by. calling. © an attormy who represé¢nted SILLY DELANO WALDEN. He. said’ he believes this attorney is from August, Georgia. [] a . said it was his information that the "syndicate" men ha wl HW 45966  Docld:32294367 Page 9 27
SEK Act 6 (4) ‘some bank. in Florida they wanted hit and they were asking good safe man’ to be sent down to look things over. © fee that DA MOUR flew down to the Bahamas. accompanied - by one of the "syndkate" men from Tampa to look the. situation over. He said DA MOUR lived it up at the cagino and ran up’ a big bill on the "syndicate" nen and they:-sent him back to Atlanta saying they could not use him,- . oe a [ee that DA MOUR would 0; practically anything legal including strong armed..rebbery. He said DA MOUR‘s m.o.°is that of a robber rather then a — burglar. He said he specialized in strong..armed jobs - ‘where he goes into a home with one or more. other’ individuals — -. usually wearing a mask and ties them up robbing the: victims «| of all their valuables. : ' He said he has heard rumors that«DA MOUR ‘is. ao = “suspect of unknown armed robberies in the’ Atlanta area. wee and DA MOUR has indicated he may possibly pull .some bani: ‘robberies particularly in the areas“where he is. not knowns . He said that he knows DA MOUR has“frequently flown to the - West Coast and it is possible that he- may. have. been: involved » _in. bank robberies in that ared. Le . - fe said DA MOUR/also specialized 4 in: gthek 1g up crap games or gambling operations where there. is a. Lot - of money /involved and the probability is. since. the: wictins oe a were engaged in illegal actions: themselves , they: would . a _ mot repert the robbes ry to the authorities.- He” said’ DA MOUR is also frequently involved . in bank burglardes and since the Falkner, Mississippi - Bank: burglary y,/Likes to hit banks that have safety deposit. - boxes! He said DA MOUR is not a very good safe man and . usually uses someone else who is familiar with the oxygen es lance and, burning bar procedure to get into the safes, re -gP — HW 45966 Docld:32294367 Page 10
HW 45966 Docld:322794367 Page 11 JFK Act 6 (4) with GENE CLAUDE RASTERLING, BILLY DELANO WALDEN. and JIMMY KIMES, | described DA MOUR-as. a vicious vindictive individual who would not hesitate to kill “anyone who he thought | may have double crossed him, but on the other hand DA MOUR himself frequently double crosses the men he works with. He said it was DA MOUR ‘s favorite trick after rummaging through safety deposit boxes, etc., in burglaries to say "all I got was a few coins", when in fact it is obvious: that he gets a. Lot of Loot which he conceals from his accomplices. . REGARDING BILLY DELANO WALDEN Cvteed a as far as he knows. BILLY. WALDEN Operates all over Augusta, Georgia, but that he: Ges - “not know his*pregent address. He said WALDEN can always be contacted by calling Mama Mia's Restaurant in Augusta, Georgia, and leaving a name and number“for him to call back, — He said it is WALDEN's normal procedure to.check on the individual who left their name béfore returning the call. He said that among the burglar$ they refer to WALDEN as "Billy the Burner". He said’ that WALDEN, however, is not really a ‘good man with thé ” burning bar or oxygen lance, but that ‘he — the cupphy source for this _Plece of equipment. aide that WALDEN is the. contact man for the fe a testo and Chillicothe...Ohio.. He said that n bemally when burglars obtain savings bonds from bank burglaries they contact WALDEN and he puts them in Foun - with /the people to deal with concerning the stolen: bonds . wich | said Allege he men WALDEN deals with are 2: 220") "syndicate" men. - said on one occasion LAWRENCE HEAD told him he | was to meet one of the "syndicate" men to fence _. some bonds and he had never met this man before, He said L/ ~ 2f _—
HW 45966 La gre a HEAD DoclTd:322943567 Page 12 JEK Act 6 (4) MM Q9le2 EJF/fp - before he entered ‘the place he was: approached by a man whe had been following him and said "You're Mr. HEAD aren't you", and when he said he was, the man told him to come- with him and he took him to the man he gave the bonds to. [| oUc said he has béen told that the "syndicate!! men check a man in this manner to make sure that he is not’ being followed to their place by any: law enforcement official. [festa he will probably be able to talk with - WALDEN and determine the source where WALDEN obtains the burning bars commercially, as well as determining the name of the fences in Ohio. He said: that the burglars were now using two types of burning bars, one type being burning bars that were home made and a larger type burning bar which is obtained through BILLY WALDEN. He said apparently WALDEN has a source where he-.can obtain these without them ever being traced back to anyone. an ae? ae [_ feats that WALDEN also ablegédly has contact: ‘with the "syndicate" men in Florida. and if they want safe: . men they usually contact WALDEN’ syattorney. who in: turn ae communicates with WALDEN and tetls him. who to. contact “in Florida. He said he has heard that WALDEN and some of his associates may have been Adfvolved in some. strong armed deals in tHe Miami areg/where they forced their way into. the house/and then the safe men such as WALDEN would open the/safe and obtain the contents.. | Greed is he recently. had a. conversation with WILLIAM HEAD, concerning, « trip he made to Tampa, Miami , and the Bahama Islands to get in touch with "eyndicate"! mn whoA ere: Interested in safe burglars. He said that HEAD idbec LW SERpET ~g O —_—
pe ae “HW 45966 DoclId: 322943567 Page 13 -3/ _ JFK Act 6 (4) was to have made contact with BILLY DELANO WALDEN and the brother of the top "syndicate" man in the Tampa area. He said the "syndicate" man or-his brother is JOE (LNU), but he said he has heard the last name but can not remember the pronunciation of it as it is an Italian name. He said this man lives in-a large white clapboard. house in the Tampa area and he believes it has a Spanish type roof, [eis there might be some way of checking out this trip to the Bahamas because he. had some difficulty with custom authorities. He said he traveled down to the Bahamas under the name of DAVIS but on-the return trip used the name ANDERSON which apparently got him in some kind of difficulty with custom authorities. He said the "syndicate" man who apparently got-in some kind of difficulty with customs used the name of GOMEZ.: [pate HEAD told him they went to Nassau and -Preeport in the Bahamas where HEAD checked Ants a hotel or motel under the name of DAVIS. He saidethat WALDEN was to have accompanied him on this trip but-this occurred on the same time that WALDEN's wife vas-Conmi.tting suicide or attempted suicide and he had to immediately return to Augusta, Georgia. He saiget hat apparently the same Neyndicage" people that DA MOUR hadv€ontacted were: the ones that HEAD was put in cemtact with. He said one of the banks they “were interested in Hitting in the Bahamas was fingered by a contractor who built the bank vault. He said he believes this bank’ was near Freeport in the Bahamas. He*said that apparently the "gyndicate" checked with the Pélice Department and found out that this vault was "Bugged", but before they could relay this to everyone involved, two of theturglars that were to-hit the bank allegedly got /arvested, one of them being a Negro man. ef Fe ® Fy
\ HW 45966 He said HEAD told him that sone of the banks they cased in that area had what he believed to be some kind of British type of alarm system and he mentioted the name CHUB TAYLOR MOSLER and this was | Supposed to. hive been in the bank in the Bahamas. ; He said HEAD apparently returned to Mississipoi without completing any bank scores but: that: ‘apparently the so called "syndicate" men had several banks in the Miami area as well_as the Bahamas they were interested in burglarizing. aid he would: probably be able to determine when intends to return to that area for the purpose of burglarizing banks. REGARDING BANK BURGLARY IN_COMO, JUNE 4-5, 1968. MISSISSI2Pr, ov NIGHT_OF said that this , burglary was: discussed . with him by LAWRENCE HEAD and BUDDY ADAIR (WILLIAM~*~ JACKSON ADAIR). He said-the way they discussed ‘this was they were not involved but they were almost positive that this bank burglary was pulled by. HUGH“HOWARD POLK, aka, "Red" POLK. He said that a apparently” POLK had stolen a supply of tools and burning bars from,HEAD and ADAIR’ which_they had stashed in the Woods near Lexington, Mississippi.’ Ty said he was not/sure whethér or not POLK took their oxygen tanks with thém when they made out with the burning bers and tools but he’ would ty to determine if the tanks were missing. He said particularly” if the tanks were missing he could probably determing where HEAD stole them from and if there were any identification numbers on them which could probably be determined if they wee the ones left at the site of the ‘Como bank. Hé said POLK was considered a stupid burglar by others inthe field as he would work with anyone not knowing whether or not he could trust them. / | - Co ay oh petit oS rey - jut Docld:32794367 Page 14 - 227