TP 92-1 ADMINISTRATIVE: Extended investigative period of 4-29-65, due 7 to desire to include results of investigation conducted by an auxiliary office, which information was not available at time of previous report. : On 11-15-65, MM 1027-C advised SA FRANCIS J. DUFFIN that SID HANDWEILER had been talking to TRAFFICANTE concerning a $300 debt that a friend of HANDWEILER owed to TRAFFICANTE, and TRAFFICANTE wanted to know if HANDWEILER was in on part of the deal. HANDWEILER denied to TRAFFICANTE any involvement and TRAFFICANTE then allegedly told HANDWEILER that TRAFFICANTE had an operation that was taking over the Holiday Inn, Key West, Fla., and HANDWEILER was broached as to his interest in taking over the gambling operation, numbers, horses, and sport bets which would be operated out of the Holiday Inn Lounge. Allegedly, according to TRAFFICANTE, a brother of the Sheriff of Monroe County .was in for a piece of this deal. MM 1027-C further indicated that HANDWEILER had asked the informant if the informant wanted to accompany HANDWEILER to Key West to help operate such a venture. During June, 1965, Sgt. JACK DE LA LLANA, Intelligence Unit, Tampa, Fla., PD, furnished information. indicating possibility ofa connection between TRAFFICANTE and one ALPHONSO MARZANO, who has further been identified as DON ALFONSO MARZANO, FBI # 488033. Information furnished by DE LA LLANA indicated possibility that MARZANO, TRAFFICANTE, and numerous other suspected La Cosa Nostra (LCN) . members planned some type of assembly in Italy during summer of 1965. Investigation by the Miami Division has indicated that MARZANO was contacted by Special Agents of the Miami Office under the pretext of purchase of MARZANO's home on 7/2, 8, 29,/65, and no indication that either MARZANO or TRAFFICANTE made any trip to Italy during summer 1965. Information from records, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., Miami, Fla., was made available by MABEL HIBBS and from'General Telephone Company of Fla., Tampa, Fla., by ALTON M. BRYANT. INFORMANTS: ~B- COVER PAGE  DocId: 32288962 Page 3
TP 92-1 Two different T symbols being used in the attached report to cover the identity of TP 182-C-TE, as it is felt that this would lessen the possibility of the informant being identified due to the extreme confidential nature of: -the information furnished. ' All informants Miami Division contacted by SA PAUL A. SCRANTON and in Tampa Division, by SA JOHN A. AMBLER, except where otherwise noted. TP T-1 is TP 120-C. TP T-2 is Mrs. GEORGE HUBER, 528 NE 72nd St., Miami (By request). TP T-3 is MM 1025-C. TP T-4 is MM 836-C. TP T-5 is Mr. ALBERT CHISLING, Executive Vice President, Bank of Dade County, North Miami Beach, Fla. ’ (By request). ; TP T-6 is Mr. JOEL S. THWAITES, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Atlanta, Ga. (By request), contacted by SA JOHN P. GRANFIELD. ; TP T-7. is JK 218-PC, contacted by SA CHARLES M. BLALOCK. , TP T-8 is MM 606-C. TP T-9 is MM 840-C. TP T-10 is MM 984-c. TP T-11 is MM 1003 - C-TE. TP T-12 is MM 1091-PC. TP.T-13 is MM 635-S. | TP T-14 is PCI JAMES EMORY WIGH. TP T-15 is TP 182-C-TE, contacted by SA JAMES B. HAFLEY. -C= COVER PAGE \Docld: 32288962 Page 4 ‘
TP 92-1 TP T-16 is PCI SAM CAGNINA, contacted by SA JOHN R. BRETT. oO, TP T-17 is PCI RAYMOND LA PORTE. _ TP T-18 is TP 41-Cc. | TP T-19 is TP 97-C. TP T-20 is Mrs. HELEN POTTS, 518 NE 71st St., (By Request), Miami, Fla. TP T-21 is TP 182-C-TE. LEADS: ATLANTA DIVISION AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA Will, at Southern Bell, determine identity of subscriber to telephone number 636-6497, who was called 7-10-65, from TRAFFICANTE's Tampa residence. Will there- after conduct credit and criminal and if deemed appropriate, interview this individual to determine degree of association with subject. , MIAMI DIVISION AT MIAMI, FLORIDA (1) Will contact appropriate official, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., and determine identity of subscriber to 379-0272, called Sept. 7, 1965, from the TRAFFICANTE Tampa residence and to telephone. number 754-1748, who was called Aug., 2, Sept. 3, and 9, from the Tampa residence. (2) Will recontact MM 1025-C concerning his having observed an individual whom he described as TRAFFICANTE's daughter, driving a Butick Riviera, as results of investigation have not previously indicated that either daughter of TRAFFICANTE has a Buick Riviera. Only known.cars available to the TRAFFICANTE family are two 1965 white Dodge Darts, a bluish green 1964 Chevelle, and a blue 4-door 1966 Dodge. -D= COVER PAGE Docld:3227685962 Page 5
TP 92-1 On December 7, 1965, TP T-14 advised that although he is not personally acquainted with SANTO TRAFFICANTE, he is personally acquainted with all of TRAFFICANTE's brothers, who reside in Tampa, Florida. He stated that in conversa- © tion from time to time with these brothers, he is certain that SANTO controls gambling in an area extending from Stone Mountain, Georgia to Miami, Florida. He stated that TRAFFICANTE's brother, FRANK, had’, on an occasion, made a statement in the presence of TP T-14 indicating that his brother, SANTO, did control such activities in this area. TP T-14 stated he feels that TRAFFICANTE's brother, SAM, actually controls the gambling operation in Tampa in the absence of SANTO but that he is certain that SAM and FRANK are active in such anoperation and is of the opinion that TRAFFICANTE's brother, HENRY, has ‘a small separate operation which, of course, would to some extent, show a return to SANTO. TP T-14 stated that he knows that SANTO's brother, FRANK, is employed as a solicitor for a Tallow Company but.that he is also certain that this is not the sole means of income for TRAFFICANTE's brother. TP T-14 Stated that he knows that on an occasion in the past, SANTO's brother, FRANK, made a trip to Jacksonville, Florida, to visit with a liquor store owner, who operates Pony Liquors in Jacksonville, Florida. (JOHN S. DE SALVO is the owner and operator of this establish- ment and is known to be an associate of SANTO TRAFFICANTE) On December’ 16, 1965, TP T-15 advised that he had recently learned that HARLAN ALEXANDER BLACKBURN of Orlando, Florida, was acquainted with two Miami, Florida hoodlum gamblers named LOU KLINE and HYME MARTIN. TP T-15 stated he understood that KLINE was considered the right hand man in the numbers business of Miami hoodlum, MYER LANSKY,'and that apparently MARTIN and KLINE were reluctant to understand why BLACKBURN was apparently no longer ‘associated with the SANTO TRAFFICANTE operation: oe “ rt as TP. T-15 advised that apparently MARTIN and KLINE are part of an operation that might back BLACKBURN financially in his numbers business in the future but that such backing would have to have the approval of SANTO TRAFFICANTE, indicating to TP T-15 that even though not directly a TRAFFICANTE operation, that TRAFFICANTE =34-= Docld: 322788962 Page 6