JFK Assassination System Date: 5/12/201 Identification Form “Agency Information AGENCY: _ FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90103-10092 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 63-4426-171 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: AL . TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 07/08/1958 “PAGES : 19] SUBJECTS : SEBASTIAN JOHN LAROCCA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: — 4; 10(a)2; 11(a) CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 01/21/1999 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS COMMENTS : A v9.1 . ; ] ~ ; WW 456836  Docld:32332691L Page i
AL 62-1152 | | _ AVE PAC DETAILS: (AL MUTUAL INTERESTS OF HOODLUMS Ag MERTING | Origin | 2 , « — On April 18, 1958, Albany .Confidential Informant - ' T- 28, contact with whom has been insufficient to determine reliability. and who is an Italian businessman at Apalachin, New :-York, advised Special Agents PATRICK A, MUNLEY and JAMES C.. MEE that he was). born and raised at Pittston, Pennsylvania, and that ne has known ; DOMINICK ALAIMO, RUSSELL .BUFALINO, JAMES OSTICCO. and ANGELO. instant so all of Pittston, Psnns sylvania, who are noodlums who attended instan: * meeting at JOSEPR(BAREABA Sr. 's estate on November 14, 1957, as cod being members of the Sicilian ‘Group in the Pittston area. - h T-28 related tha _SANTOZVOLPE of Pittston, Pennsylvania, is the: head’ of all the Sicilitms"é7rt sastern Coast and that nets; , probably the ‘individuél who gave the ‘orders for the meeting which ae was held at BARBARA's T-25 said that BARBARA, from his observations ° . of the Stcilians, would rank about either number three or four in . the Sicilian: Group. oo " , The informant: said that ‘the group that met at BARBARA's . was made up of mostly ' ‘muscle men" and apparently few of the real © * leaders of the Sicilians. He said that from his knowledge of the.. oSicilians he would say that the meeting was for the purpose of instructing those that. were there concerning the new "bosses" so. that they would return \to their own areas and pass the. word to other Sicilians in the SPOUD ») CO 7-28 stated that the Sicilians for years have been running the "racketa" in’the Pittston, Pennsylvania-.area, and that ne has observed the activities of the individuals mentioned above who were at the meeting and others in -the Pitt ston. area, and knows that they have always been involved in some kind of ille: sal activity. On April 25, 1958, T-23 advised SA MUNLEY that he had talked to SALVATORE (SSM) ALECCIA, with alias BLACKIE ALECCIA, an associate of top hoodlum ANTHONY ‘F, GUARNIERI.on April ‘22, 1958. de said that ALECCIA told. him that ALECCIA and. LOUIS: CORDT, anotner’ associate of GUARNIERI, were supposed to have attended the meeting at JOSEPH BARBARA's on November 14, 1957, but did not make it because of having to work during the day. Informant said he did not ask: vhether they had intended to be at the meeting in the evening.ALECCIA le 45636 Docid: 32332691 | Page = een’
MW 45836 Docld: 323326951 Page 3 -, hoodlums. AL 62-1152 allegedly said that the meeting was for the purpose of naming the bosses and that the meeting was strictly a Sicilian Group. Informant said ALECCIA believes the informant to be a Sicilian... ~ On May 7; 1953, T-28 “informed SA MUNLEY that SALVATORE ALECCIA nad appeared at informant's place of business om Tuesday night, May 6, 1957, .and he had tried to zet ALECCIA talking, but-was unable to have him make any conversation. In respect to the above information, it is noted that the investigations of the individual top hoodlums who attended instant meeting ‘have reflected tnet they are all of Italian origin and a major portion of them were born abroad, and became, naturalized citizens of the United States, By etter dated May 2, 1958, the New York Office - forwarded to the Bureau and to Albany copies of the report of — New York State Acting Commissioner of Investigation ARTHUR L. REUTER on the activities and associations: of persons identified as ‘present at the residence of JOSEPH. BARBARA, Sr. at Apalachin, - New York, on November 24, 1957, and the reasons for their presence. This report bears date of April 23, 1958. ; -+ The veport is 42 summary of the investigation conducted | py REUTER's office into captioned meeting upon instructions of the Governor of the State of New. York issued November ‘15, 1957. The New York Office received the. report May 1, 1958, from Chief Investigator HYMAN ROSENBLADT of the office of Commissioner REUTER. It should be noted that the office of Commissioner of. Investigation is no’ longér exist®int, having been supplanted by the ‘New York State. Crime Commission, set-up by legislative enactment in 1958. wy . ; - The New York Office has forwarded summar ies of - information . on individual hoodlums mentioned in the REUTER report to interested offices for their files on. the particular’ indivi tdual Additional details from this report will be set out hereinafter. - . :
OQ. Prone Bb G2nn152 an ne | | , In the instance above, related from. Commissioner. REUTER's report of JOSEPH BARBARA, SR. being ‘stopped and found in possession of a gun in New York City in 1931, . investigation has determined that he was accompénied by. NATALE EVOL4, This was approximately 27 years ago. Also with them was VINCENZO COPPOLA. - The. data set forth from Commissioner REUTER' s -report concerning BARBARA's arrest for murder have previously been reported. It is noted that: these incidents also occurred approximately 27 years aso,.and that the first murder mentioned was allegedly due to a dispute between. the Victim and: SANTC VOLPZ, SAM VOLPE and. CHARLES . BUFALINO.. In .the second murder it is noted that’ SANTO VOLPE and ANGELO POLIZZI. were allegedly involved and that during he investigation calls were traced. from BARBARA's home to the telephone of SALVATORE FALCONE and Brothers, 550 BleeSker Street, Utica, New York. Brothers SALVATORE and JOSEPH FALCONE were, of course, attendees at ‘instant meeting at BARBARA! 8 home. _[t -is noted that ANGELO POLIZZI was a Detroit hoodlum who visited JOSEPH BARBARA, SR. at Apalachin, New York, not long. before POLIZZI's. death in September A957. Since the above-mentioned murders occurred nearly 30 years ago, it is seen that ‘the period of friendship covered. is extensive. ‘In connection with the relationship between PARBARA and SANTO VOLPE, Albany Confidential Informant T- -29, wno hes furnished reliable ‘information in the past, F 1958, made available to -SA&A PATRIC! rEK Law ll1(a) by 3 -S¥6-/2/ | HW 45836 Doold: 32332691 Page 4 ante
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