JFK Assassination System Date: 5/28/201 Identification Form a AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILENUMBER: Agency Information FBI 124-10283-10067 HQ 9§2-2914-70 eee ORIGINATOR : - FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : ~ CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Document Information FBI DOUCE, RICHARD GORDON DIRECTOR, FBI 09/15/1960 ° 44 GM, PERSONAL HISTORY AND BKG, IDENT RECORD, ASSOC, CRIMINAL ACT, RACK AND SUBV, GAMBLING, B/F INT, TRA, DESCR PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4; 10(a)2; 11(a) . . \ Redact ‘ 01/13/1999 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ii EE EEE v9.1 MW 45852 Docld: 32303055 14 Page 1
a . Py 4 Report Form «7... =f yo FD-263 (5-12-55.) 7 \ Co, - ces FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION a Reporting Office , Office of Origin Date investigative Period -__ PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH 9/15/60 9/7 -13/60 3 canrrmp,Sfinantno, aka Kel Gabrief Mannarino, Kelly | @Maniiarino,. “ Geore@uannar a Gabe; “a veh O11Y, * >. Gab TITLE OF CASE ; Report made by Typed By: RICHARD GORDON DC Son mz [ CHARACTER OF CASE @Huggiero] Grabrielé-Rugiero _ iinet. RING 72777. pHi liaed BE oe , ZO P; ilu . ~g owned! { 7 PITTSBURGH “pL At Pittsburgh, Pa. (atiegheny county). r, + Will follow and report the activities of the MANNARINO organization (7 in accordance with future. Bureau instructions eS RS RES iz Tyeriminal intelligencé: mat, (PG T-8) relating to wager: nebax- sta ew , — “Te Kensington, Pa., and- “tne s“possible withholding of revenue on the... vA / ft wart pr Nu Ken Novelty Company employees was disseminatcd to i , Ney. at Y ok Special Agent , Do not write in spaces below i} ee Gove ade id Af , = - Pittsburgh S74 Ef > “ —_— seeevaenere: AL LL LTNINOR: &h HEE tBin JFK Act 6 Property of FBI -—_This report is loaned to you by the FBI; and neither it nor its: Tcantdntstore to be distributed outside the agency to which loaned. PO SEP 26 Me _ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1956 o—385319 ott ferences MW 45852 Docld: 32303055 Page 2
PG 92-407 _ IRS, Pittsburgh by memoranda dated 5/1337/22 and 8/19/58. A letterhead memorandum dated 12/11/58, was disseminated to INS, Pittsburgh covering admissions made to Bureau Agents by ALBERT SEID ) regarding his citizenship status. _ INFORMANTS ” PG T-1 is GEBHARD REABE, Captain of Police, Braddock, Pa. . Police Department, contacted by SA THOMAS G. FORSYTH, Til. PG T-2 is BERTHA PFIEFER, Clerk, Local Board #3, New Kensington, Pa., contacted by an unidentified Agent of. the Pittsburgh Office. a a PG T-3 is New Kensington, Pa. police officer ‘ormer PCI, contacted. by SAS NORMAN Te THOMPSON and RICHARD GORDON DOUCE. PG T-~4 is Lt. JACK STACK, NA, Pittsburgh, Pa. Police Department, contacted by SA JOHN.D. ANTHONY. PG T-5 is JOHN J. SCHWARTZ, Special ‘agent, Intelligence Division, IRS, Pittsburgh, contacted by..SA THOMPSON. =. PG T-6 if Pe, contacted by SA JOHN S. PORTELLA. PG T=7 is PG 545-C. sa FORSYTEOssSsSFsSGhFsFsFhFhltltfthC -s PG T=9 is PG 564-C, —_ PG T-10 isl Pittsburgh, Pa. bondsman and former PCI, contacted by SA JOHN S, HUGHES. a PG T-11 is WILLIAM WALSH, Inspectors. Pittsburgh Police Department, contacted by SA THOMPSON. PG o-12 ss, contacted by Legat, Havana .]@ey(ut) PEVEWED GY GEyaFK TASK FORDE ne] TAD a 2 Bey a Fla - B= Qj LEASE IN F i RE WW PART COVER PAGE MW 45852 Docld: 32303055 Page =
ws JFK Act 6 (4) PG 92-407 PG T-13 is {ARTIE NEWMAN, Cashier, Hotel Nacional Gambling Casino, contacted by Legat, Havana. \eg (ds) = : PG T-14 is[ saz, contacted by SA FORSYTH. PG T-15 is ARCHIE MILLER, owner, Miller's Men's Clothing. - Store, New Kensington, Pa., contacted by SAS DOUCE and FORSYTH. re oS MM T=1 is JOSEPH MEROLA, interviewed by SAS GEORGE HB, DAVIS, Jr. and LEMAN L. STAFFORD. Po ey ete ee Pot-16 is[| ———SSs«iOT, contacted by Sa DOUCE. SA FORSYTH. PG T-18 is Dr. LOUIS C. PESSOLANO, Miami Springs, Fla., interviewed by SA DOUCE on 3/16/59, just prior to his appearance before a Federal Grand Jury in the case involving STUART SUTOR and members of the MANNARINO organization in a gunrunning conspiracy during the Cuban Rebellion (Bufile 52-72398). PG T-19 is ROBERT. J. WILSON, Vice President, Mellon National Bank, New.Kensington, Pa., contacted by SAALBERT E, KLEBE, Jr. -C Ht. COVER PAGE MW 45852 Doclid: 32303055 Page 4 et ee ne a ne ee A
C™ PG 92-407 DE FELICE had confided to him on many occasions that he acts in the capacity of a supervisor in charge of basketball, football, horse and fight betting for the MANNARINO organization, working under the direct supervision of WILLIE SAMS. According to PG T-8 DE FELICE supervises the sport betting from the Laetus Club. in New Kendngton between the hours of 9:00 AM and 1:30 PM daily ace epeing bets over telephone number EDison 9-9219, EDison 9-9362 and EDison 9-9209. PG T-8 added that in conversation with DE FELICE within the past two weeks he learned thd the MANNARINO organization makes approximately eight to ten thousand dollars a day from sport betting and that DE FELICE has instructions before accepting any bets each morning to telephone WILLIE SAMS to get a line on the odds for the particular sporting event of the day. Florian W. We Keoge "253 Charles. Avenue New Kensington, _Pa. — Se PG T-7 on June 6, 1953, stated that ZOGG, aka "Red" is a close associate of the MANNARINO brothers and was formerly employed by the Mills Distributing Company of Chicago, Ill. PG T-7 stated that ZOGG is also an associate of SEBASTIAN J JOHN LA ROCCA,. PG T-7 on-February 4, 1958, stated that ZOGG arrived in New. Kensington from Chicago, T11., around 1953-54 for the apparent - purpose of assisting SAMUEL MANNARINO in entering the business of manufacturing outdoor theater speakers and ornamental lamps for home decoration at the New Kensington Novelty ‘Company. | Records of the Chicago, Ill. Police Department reviewed by SA RALPH R. HILL, Jr. on January 30, 1958, disclosed three arrests for FLORIAN W. ZOGG of O47 West Fullerton, Chicago for the possession of slot machines during the period 193 As, ZOGG was discharged following each arrest. Raymond ard lock Mayor, City. of New _Kenangton, _ Pa. PG T-9, who declined to testify at any future Federal or. state proceedings, on December 11, 1957, stated that Mayor GARDLOCK is closely associated with SAMUEL and GABRIEL MANNARINO and follows ~12- MW 45852 Docld: 32303055 Page 5
’ PG 92-407 | | , . | : ow mentioned that while in Los Angeles, Calif., he was picked up and questioned by the Los Angeles Police Department \, concerning the murder of "BUGSY" SEIGEL in Beverly Hills, . ‘ Calif. -s . ; . . ; SEID described himself as a close friend of SAM and GABRIEL MANNARINO of New Kensington, Pa., since the 1930's but denied that they had any financial interest in. the operation of % gambling casinos in the Garibaldi Builaing | or at 938 Barnes > Street in New Kersington. In conclusion, SEID stated that he has never applied for citizenship in the United Statea and has never filed an annual alien address report card. On April. 3, 1959, a Special Inquiry Officer, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Pittsburgh, Pa., after providing _ SEID with a hearing on March 13, 1959, ordered SEID deported. , | as:an undesirable alien. He was thereupon placed under — supervised parole. on January 6, 1960, SEID was convicted in U. S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Failure to Register as an.Alien and for Failure to Submit Address Report Cards.. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment . and a fine of $1, 200. The identification record of ALBERT SEID, FBI ss783, dates to 1932 and includes two arrests and convictions for robbery, in Cleveland. and Columbus , Ohio, during the 1930's. Dances oO a | 4 FBI #2240700; | - . | | PG T-8 on February 26, 1959, advised that DANIEL HANNA, parbout dealer in the MANNARINO gambling casino, confided that SAMUEL MANNARINO gave him assurances that he would not be prosecuted in the case involving the theft of weapons from the Ohio National Guard Armory, Canton, Ohio, PG T-8 stated that MANNARINO implied to HANNA that arrangements-had been made or would be made to have the case "fixed" but that if for some unforeseen reason HANNA was convicted he would be paid for every day he spent in prison. MW 45852 Docld: 32303055 Page 6