JFK Assassination System Date: 5/7/2015 Identification Form “Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10292-10008 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 92-31 71-25, 26 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI ' FROM: MELLOTT, FRANK L. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: — 10/17/1958 ‘PAGES: 26 SUBJECTS : . SGI, ASSOC, CRIMINAL ACT, GAMBLING, EXTORTION, B/F INT, TRA, WHEREABOUTS, REL, FISUR DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ‘ CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 01/08/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC MEMO v9.1 426 NW 45792 DociId:32307305 Page i
_ C C) | Ned Resort Form a . FD~763 (5-12-35) ATION . . ~ ¢ conf «€ Reporting Office Office of Origin Date Investigative Peel oe CHICAGO CHICAGO 10/17/58 BES, 28, 50;15/0, 2 6 LG Report made by FRANK L. MELLOTT CHARACTER OF CASE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIG u? AMUEL M, GIANCANA, was. ANTI - RACKETEERING Synopsis: Information set out regarding following assoc iates of Subject: FRANK BULO, ROCCO ZULO, CHARLES NICOLETTI, ROCKY PRANO, MIKE SABATINO and PASSUALE STELLA. Subject identified as probably identical With gambling "boss" who told Kane County, Illinois, jukebox operator he and associates were Sringing books and Slots into county and expressed view ul to jukebox Operator he should “go along" with them. When operator did not acquiesce, he was first pressured by gambling boss' Subordinates to get out of business and then threatened with fatal or crippling beating with baseball bat. No action taken Dy local Officials. No interstate Character, Subject identified in 1954, by ABRAHAM TEITELBAUM, former CAPONT family tax attorney, as heing "boss" of corrupt union officials, Information Geveloped that Subject owns Americana Motel, Stone Park, Illinois, ana Villa Venice, large restaurant and lounge northwest of Chicago, Subject reportedly was in Cuba Garing hearings of Senate Sslect Committee and returned to celebrate comclusion of hearines Jtner leaders af “SS at Villa Venice with crime Synaicate, Informant aavised that Special agent Do not write in spaces below in Charge a ’ or ai r a Property of FBI - This report is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its Contents are to be distributed outside . the agency to which loaned.  U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1956 O—385319 NW 45792 DociId:32307305 Page 2
CG 92-349 ANDREW AITKEN, then Chief of Detectives, Chicago Police Department, advised in 1952, that the PAUL ROSS ‘gang, formerly very active in armed robberies, was again active in local robberies, burglaries and hijackings. Detective AITKEN furnished a list of associates of PAUL ROSS. Included in this list is the name PASQUALE STELLA, 1234 South 50th Court, Cicero. ‘ ep te at te ne ‘ . . CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES Gambling and Extortion sampling and Extortion lee 503 South Fourth Street, Aurora, OTHER ‘ operator ey Music Company, 164 North Farnsworth, Aurora, advised SAs PAUL B. FRANKFURT and HOWARD A, CARLSON on August 12, 1958, that he has been in the jukebox business for approximately twenty years. He commented that he operates about 250:;jukéboxes at the present time. [furnished the following information regarding efforts by the crime syndicate to "muscle" into Kane.County: ae Shortly before Labor Day, 1956, ROCKY PRANO Y called on him in person at his office, and said that his "boss" wanted to see him at his office. PRANO did not say who his boss was or why he wanted to see him. Thereafter on the Thursday before Labor Day, 1956, he drove to the Moose Lodge in Naperville (where he has a jukebox), and met ROCKY PRANO and drove in PRANO's car to the Lilac Lodge on Wolf and Cermak Roads. He said they went into the Lilac Lodge and had a drink but noted there were scarcely an omers at the bar, and the parking lot was ‘empty. me that . PRANO felt sure his boss would be along shortly; however, - POSS stated he became uneasy because this did not appear - to be an office to him, and after their drink went out and sat in PRANO's car. [__statea that suddenly three men appeared _alongside the car, two obviously bodyguards for the third individual, who was a little man wearing dark glasses, sm h face, and in the middle forties or early fifties. [- btated’ ne did not hear any order to drive, but PRANO started to drive the car away and when L___lasked about driving away he said that was an order from the boss. y -6- NW 45792 DociId:32307305 Page 3
CG 92-349 Lore! Stated they drove around various roads including York Road where he had heard gangsters had been "taken for a ride". stated this made him still more uneasy, and he decided to give the appearance of "going along" with any suggestions they would make. He said the "boss"' asked him how many jukeboxes he had, and POSS told him and then was told by the boss, "We're going to make you a lot of money with books and slots." He said in order to stall them off he told them he could not give them a definite answer then as he was going to the lakes for three days and for them to see him upon his return next Tuesday to discuss the matter further. He said that he was not harmed on the ride and was returned to his automobile. Upon returning to Aurora, he immediately called Sheriff HOWARD KELLETT and told him of his recent ride, and asked advice as to how to cope with the situation. Between them it was decided to tell the "musclemen" that he had a silent partner who would not go for‘their deal and that, therefore, it was all off. At this point, Mr. was shown several photographs and he picked out the photograph of SAM GIANCANA as closely resembling the "boss'"' when he was taken on a ride. He said PRANO did return to his office and was advised as stated above. He stated that after this he was visited by RALPH KELLY of Elgin, Illinois, who t im he hated to'do this but it was an order that he, pot get out of business. Shortly thereafter CLARENCE LAMBERT, 75 South Chestnut, Aurora, came to his home with a similar type message. [____] stated he had made no effort to go out of business and had no further trouble until several piseks, tater when he began receiving anonymous phone calls. tated that although he could not prove who the caller was he felt sure it’ was ROCKY PRANO, as he recognized his voice. In these phone calls he was told they had found out that he did not have a silent partner, and that if he did not go out of business they would break both of his legs with a baseball bat, and if he lived he would be a cripple for life. One of these threatening calls was received by his wife after which she became hysterical and it was necassary for him to send her to Florida for three or four weeks to recuperate. -7- VM { i | | | | | | t | w 3 we RS JA SQ . . NW 45792 DociId:32307305 Page 4