AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS: v9.1 HW 54027 DBocld: 32304339 AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10285-10351 HQ SEE TITLE Document Information FBI SAC, LA DIRECTOR, FBI [Restricted] 11/21/1955 4 [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 10/23/1997 INDEFINITE Page 1 Date: 6/8/2015 Peleased under the John Kennedy WSssassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:iNW 54027 Date: ns—-29-2017
TO May ‘ HW 54027 a. si TANDARD FORM NO, 64 Office Memorandum - aa : SAC, LOS ANGELES (137-648) DoclId: 32304339 2 © SF 2 : DIRECTOR, FBI (137-1876) ry 4 ; os Room. | E OZonr. Der. ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED , i ¢ Mrs “Holloman... 4 | SUBJECT: LE ‘ 3860-C mutcrannnun HEREWIS S Nes “G Lo [5 ¢Miss. Gandy... | “CRIMINAL “INFORMANT paleazl 4/8 06h 5 i Ope) omens 4 On November 15, 1955 LA 3860-C met SA JEROMH 0% “WRIGHT and SA JEROME K. CROWE at Coffee Dan's Restaurant, ORs “Hollywood Boulevard.and Cahuenga Street, Los Angeles, oe =~, California. - The informant was interviewed by the above Agents first in Coffee Dan's Restaurant and later in the. informant's car which was parked in the immediate vicinigy. The informant furnished the following information: ©. AcOMPIDENTIAL MAGAZINE" INFORMATION CONCERNING @-—-——____GLiF, Ts LA 62-269 os pro FE ame a tt en nnn cae meena nme mama Ss] alee ae Ves . r = The informant advised that in August or Sep- bomber, Zagee, an article appeared in the "Confidential |vagezine! concerning “LIZABETH SCOTT, Hollywood movie rater, being a Lesbian. | ial wha ChE 2 She said the article, in effect, stated that eee ride (victim in VERNON VAN HECKER, et als “SANDRA gl - VICTIMG2mHIBPA sp EAc31 2500) » caprested by the Los Ampete; BS. ie Department. on a vice’ ‘"eHarge=in™195 hy adn\eeecuconde it ey diane atid telephone | __ fumber ¢ ~Eleppe S COLT poand ile aw = sig=Los Angeles Police “Depar trent TA se reaches \EIZABETH SCOTT, the: movie star. EAS {that BETTS knew, WV ges Lesbian. after being . SCOPE, aft also .in ndioave, ede a ‘ig Rood Gkat she had given the call uae to her arrest, and that Yyested with her did not and, therefore, were not <— Fhe inrohitent. book in, question fix at ‘BETTS arid the other know TEZABETH: SCOTT pee Sapp Uy “in a position. to know whet negr “Nin Shire ay Z The intdtinant hers stated nat ‘about the first “weeks ba.gentenber, 1955, béfove she went toukthes. Losi: Ange les, Ys, -ANDEXED = SEINE oi rt eS not , ike Wags janLesbian. JWremp., ate “Apo 394 DAE RL ARE co: 2- vow tori Py 4 ok "se ynov 28 “98 ek 1- Los: ‘Ang eles’ Han ge On ters ny | 1=1s ginge bes sine Son § |: as op NEC B Shngéites. 62 “269° he ny Be eR NL PORE Page 2?
County Hospital, CATHERLNEAGASEY. SEY, - > Angeles ‘prostitute, Los Angeles Co ty Sherif number B317715, and friend of the informant, asked the informant . if she wanted to make a few dollars regarding the article in “confidential Magezine" concerning ‘JLIZABETH SCOTT. CASEY ' stated that EREDAO.TASH,.. (white ; male; born January,6,.1922.. at Lawrence #"R@SsAchusetts; address, 132: "North. Laurel,. Los Angeles, CalifomaiS), a a’ former vice squad officer for th a private detective for Los Angeles attorney, ARTHUR JA whose office is located at 1280. North. Vine. Street hea” Angeles, Galifornia. CASEY Sead that she had been working with O'TASH in-Hollywood for Re that O'TASH had learned that/$ Méned by BETTS had actually belonged to the informant and that BETTS and ; . the other personsarrested with her had not known “.LIZABETH yee SCOTT personally. CASEY stated that O'TASH wanted to talk with the informant about this matter. Na The informant said she met O'TASH on or about Sep- tember 15, 1955 and that he told her that he had learned that BETTS had misrepresented the fact that the call book belonged to her (BETTS), and that she and the other persons arrested with her had not known “LIZABETH SCOTT personally. He stated that since the informant was the only person who could refute this part of the story, he would give her $500 if the informant would subsequently sign a statement that she would jnot testify in behalf of ILIZABETH SCOTT in the event that SCOTT sued "Confidential Magazine." The informant stated that she needed the money and accepted the $500, provided her name not be mentioned in con- nection with this article. O'TASH thereupon paid the informant #500 in cash. The informant then asked O'TASH what other assurance would she have that her name would not be smentioned in connection with any “Oabsequent suit, and O'TASH jreplied, "If a person Tike WALTHRANINCGHELE 1 ‘your side, you would feel assured, woulfd™youw"not?Y _— The informant stated that she did not, at the time, deem it advisable to ask any further questions about WINCHELL. The informant stated that she went to the Los | Angeles County Hospital on September 19, 1955 where she under- t went a serious heart operation. The informant stated she left the hospital on or about November 1, 1955. On November 10, 1955, O'TASH contacted her and requested that the { a i . t , > Laws nS ne OR HW 54027 DBocld:32304339 Page 3
wenn mer er Dr pee ne a ' HW 54027 tere es. ‘LA 137-68 . . ; informant come to the office of ARTHUR J. CROWLEY, Los Angeles -attorney, and sign a statement concerning their agreement. The informant stated that she went to the office of CROWLEY and in the presence of CROWLEY and O'TASH, signed a paper which said in effect that she would not testify on behalf of :LIZABETH SCOTT in case SCOTT sued "Confidential Magazine" concerning the article printed about her. The informant stated that CROWLEY notarized the paper. The informant stated that O'TASH later invited her to go to Palm Springs, California and spend a week end sometime in the future. She stated that she had not accepted the invitation as yet, but that she was considering accepting the invitation in order to learn from O'TASH more about his connection with "Confidential Magazine." The informant stated that she would attempt to ascertain from CASEY exactly what information she was obtaining for O'TASH and what con- © nection WINCHELL had with "Confidential Magazine." The informant stated that she would be unable to obtain the above information until after January 1, 1956 Since her doctor had advised her not to exert herself physically until after that date. She stated that after January 1, 1956, she would able to become actively engaged again in furnishing information to the FBI. On November 19, 1955, the informant advised that she was leaving for Las Vegas, Nevada and would return to Los Angeles on or about November 25, 1955. ~ Docld: 327304339 Page 4