JFK Assassination System 5/14/201 Identification Form Date: Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10286-10347 RECORD SERIES: HQ | AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  92-6054-621 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI , FROM: SAC, SD TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 04/23/1964 PAGES: 5 — SUBJECTS : LCN, ASSOC, MEMBERS, IDENT, PHOTO, RACK ACT, B/F INT, RCK DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/26/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32304717 Page 1 i pcs 25
Pawn ee we UNITED STATES. GO} tNMENT a y, Vf ~ Memorandum v DIRECTOR, FBI (92-6054) | pate: 4/23/64 SAC, SAN DIEGO (92- 229) (P) ~ ios o SUBJECT: ~ TA COSA NOSTRA AR - CONSPIRACY (00: New. York) Re San Diego letter to the Bureau, , 12/6/63 and Qe | 2/24/64, captioned as above. INFORMATION SET FORTH IN THIS LETTER $ SHOULD NOT BE DISSEMINATED.TO ANYONE OUTSIDE THE BUREAU, AND SHOULD NOT BE 4S INCLUDED IN.THE DETAILS OF ANY REPORT. ~~ " ‘Under date: of. 12/13/63, the Los Angeles’ Division Pe advised that LA 4448-c-TE had advised that the following on well. known san Diego figures are not members of the San - Diego "Regina": JOSEPH E. MATRANGA, CII No. 984601 . FRANCISCO ISADORE MATRANGA, FBI No. 4a2019B _ JOSEPH ERNESTO MATRANGA i L . SALVATORE BOMPENSTERO, FBI No. 337538. | This information was based on informant viewing photographs of the above individuals furnished Los Angeles by the San Diego Division. At the request of the San Diego Division, the San: @- Bureau (AM — REGISTERED)- 40 ee PS al Oe I ea) S44. GH 4 2 ~ San Francisco (92- "223)- _(AM - REGISTERED) 3 - San Diego (1 -.92-229) . . fi ~ 92-19). ert ERNESTO MATRANGA) 1 - 92-76) (SALVATORE BOQMPENSIERO) THO:vre ” (11) ~ o © QMAY 22i9Ge | Docld: 32304717 Page 2? Francisco Division contacted anaes & BUONO 5. former, SD 923-C
me Cs Cl te Cae, wee! ‘SD 924229 os Po ee . bss -, : a i. ‘ ‘ ‘ - we ‘ . . . "ae . . , af nd 7 ee ve re to. him in some way, ‘but. he edula ‘not definitely state. why.” rn! “ ' He suggested that many ‘times Italians use the maiden names. as ‘ of their mothers as nicknames and that this might be, true in. oe ere a this case. . He could not connect this. name \with any known ae ta \ oo . individual. . - Se ae tc - ? x . , Informants of the ‘San Diego office contacted to oe date have been unable_to identify “ARNATO" or "ARNOTO",: <'> Py LONE . .° SD 1080-PC,.who is.of Italian descent was.of' the jopinion that 4.000". %" —— "ARNATO" in, Sicilian meant "Another", but could. identity NO ipa a one this name called to’ mind . . m4 oo ho oy a ‘Concerning information relating, to. JOSEPH “ERNES'O 0 an ‘ MATRANGA and. his brothers, ROBERT NEWSOME, Sergeant, San Diego. 7 “County Sheriff's Office, has advised that. ee tis’ ssa suffering from arteriosclerosis, is crippled and’'i considered © 7. ‘emotionally unstable. He: ‘is no longer’ on friendly , relations” OE with his brothers. ; SC \ coe Although LA Mg e~TE has stated ‘definitely that; ree G oo JOSEPH ERNESTO MATRANGA is not a_member of the San Diego one : , "Regina" } SD 1080-PC, has advi fi as follows: ve . | 7 - In ‘early 1963; MI AIELLO, bartender: and - errand. doi boy ‘for the MATRANGAS, told ATELEO'S wife ‘that AIELLO dnd‘ foe SS JOSEPH ERNESTO. MATRANGA had '‘gone.to Los Angéles to pick up oes : ~ gome money. in a suitcase in a hotel room there. « MATRANGA’ : ~ 4 met with a° group of unidentified men’ who apparently made it 050 tt / rough for him, and’ indicated they did not trust him.» They peas Of wanted to know. who else ‘knew he was meeting! with them. = — oT ao "| MATRANGA’told them no one else but AIELLO, who.was then waiting..." %.' | h outside ‘the room. MATRANGA then: brought -ATELLO into the piaaaenaer room, ‘identified him and vouched’ for-him. AIELLO told ‘his: ge EE, --wife ‘that -he had now been identified to the. group and was 2 oo + =, ‘ "catght in the webb" whereby he was mn HNTRANGA.. ‘take many - =. risks without, extra. compensation, from MATRANGA. Loe . Vy. tr ys a 7 Somewhat similar information was obtained : from ~ ae ANN MARCELLO , niece of \Mrs, ATELLO, ‘and an employee. of the s- °° Pacific Telephone = Company at, San. “Diego, who furnished this, - DoclId: 32304717 Page 4
SD 92-229 ‘ Ne ‘information to a Telephone Company Special Agent. af JOSEPH ERNESTO MATRANGA and FRANC TS CQ sd SADORE 2: SMATRANGAare married to daughters of Detroit hoodlum-JOHN alle *PRIZIOLA, and it may be that the MATRANGAS have a ‘group of hoodlums over which they exercise some control without being actual members of the La Cosa Nostra. ~An-attempt was made to develop MIKE AIELLO as an informant , and although at first he appeared to.be cooperative, he refused to furnish any information concerning his own activities or the activities of the MATRANGAS . wv By lett ated 3/24/64, the San Francisco Division | cS advised that ANGELO, INO, reported "CAPO", of the La Cosa Nostra, San Jose, Galifornia, had peen in San D Diego , sometime in January, 100%, and contacted SALVATORE and FRANK BOMPENSIERO, The purpose of this SONeENS is not known; however, of recent date SALVATOR MPENSIERO, who had licenses for The Corsair and The Spot, bars in downtown San Diego, taken away from him by the California Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, is said to be buying control of local bars in the San Diego, California, area using other persons as owners of record, since he cannot personally own a liquor.. license. . In this regard PCI JACK OWENS GOSS advised that SALVATORE BOMPENSIERO was purchasing "The Carousel", a bar and cafe in El Cajon, California, and.pointed out that BOMPENSIERO was there every day redecorating the bar and getting the place ready to reopen it. However, a check of ‘Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission records at San Diego revealed that this bar was licensed in the name of ARCHIE SAVAKINA, 2016 Anaheim Street, Long Beach, California, on : 64; " and” BOMPENSTERO"s~namte"does “HOt” ‘appear in the record at all. Informants in Tijuana, B. C., Mexico, are ‘following the activities of JASPERE som dongs fino has been idenvified as a member _of La. Cosa Nostra by*LA 4WyWi8-c-TE, His activities have not been “Extensive to date. } DocId: 32304717 Page 5
"acquaintances with” persons known ‘to him in an.effort to obtain’: F- * dy 6 eto, - wg Tyee . _ Bee TF ~ 4 7 ; - oo. ’ . - oF . aA . ‘ r Pog ~ ‘ hz .* | az ‘ col j . vi 7: , ie m4 _¢ . od. : , , to - \ . L ' a - ‘ eo Je . pS - - SD 92-229 a “ ur - ~ mo, ’ bon * : ‘. > an ‘ “hes “Arrangements have: ‘been made with the ‘Los. Arigeles a nb Division’ whereby LA 4448-C-TE will.come to San Diego ‘to renew ~~ 4 current information concerning. the | “\Regina” | at San Diego and * cod the identity of ARNATO" — re arene | Docld:32304717 Page 6