v9.1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: - DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : HW 45355 DBocld:32293195 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10210-10471 HQ 92-2713-348 Document Information FBI KENNEDY, REGIS L. DIRECTOR, FBI 01/10/1963 24 Date: 5/29/201 Peleased under the John Kennedy Assassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 45655 Date: 1i-—16-2017 CM, CRIMINAL ACT, ASSOC AND REL, INDICTMENT, DEPORTATION, WRIT OF CORAM NOBIS, BKG, BUSS, SOURCE PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4; 11(a) Redact 01/08/1999 _ INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS Page 1
} an VL) (4) NO. 92=36 RIK smam INFORMANTS Tel is JOHN RYAN,. Intelligence. Division, Internal Revenue’ Service, New Orleans, Louisiana, His Ugentity is) protected at his request.: Ss - r-8 is PCI —— who, » currently resides at Ft, Lauderdale, ‘Florida. T-5 is. ee ‘PCL, “New, orleans, “Louisiana. T-15 is Cc ———_,, PCI , “New Orleans, Louisiana. “16 is AUDRY LINSDALE, employee of Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. » Miami, Florida. { | T-17 is Miami Informant 830- C. T-18 is ee PCI,. New Orleans, Louisiana. T-19:- is NO 1205. | b | REVIEWED BY EBYJFK TASK FORCE on 120/90. a RELEASE | iN PHL (2 RELEASE IN PART C1 TOTAL DENIAL (COVER PAGE) a a ee _ sd | WW 45855 Docld:32293195 Page 3
an ‘The. significance of the activities of SNOWDEN, PRUNER, and ae wGIEK Act 6 (4) NO 92-36 RLK :mam pcr [1]; on. December 16, 1962, advised that it was believed that. FRANK SINATRA would.come to New Orleans with DEAN MARTIN early. in. December, 1962, when MARTIN . was filming a portion of a motion icture, and MARCELLO wanted to contact. FRANK. SINATRA... advised that SINATRA. did not .come to New Orleans, and as far as he knew there was no contact between MARCELLO and SINATRA . a . The Los Angeles Office, by airtels dated November 20, 21, and 26, 1962,. in the BILSOL, NBA investigation, reported _ information. involving HOMER and MAXINE SNOWDEN, 5206 Brookview Drive, Dallas, Texas, who are possible connections with BILLIE SOL ESTES. Among SNOWDEN's activities was his association with WILLIAM RUSSELL PRUNER, Apartment 103, 2509 Turtle Creek, Dallas, Texas, President of Texas-Mustang Industries, Inc., 2528 Farrington, Dallas, Texas. . An individual named EDWARD NICHOLAS BECKER, 8613 West Olympic, Los Angeles, a licensed private investigator in the State of California, was introduced by SNOWDEN to ‘PRUNER. on September 21, 1962. Also present was CARLO ROPPOLO , age 27, a graduate geologist of Louisiana State University, residence 515 Egan Street, Shreveport, Louisiana. The meeting. was to promote an oil additive known as Mustang, and ROPPOLO . expressed an interest in being the Louisiana distributor. - ROPPOLO claims he wanted to contact a wealthy and influential uncle in New Orleans, and BECKER and ROPPOLO were supposed to. have gone to New Orleans to get this individual, who was. subsequently identified as CARLOS MARCELLO. ROPPOLO alleged . several days later that his mother is CARLOS MARCELLO's sister. BECKER, insofar as.the relationship with MARCELLO, is unknown. . SNOWDEN is apparently an oil promoter who has numerous ; promotional interests and has apparently served in both the California State Penitentiary and the Federal Correctional : Institution at Terminal Island. In view of the possibility. that this information is part of the intrigue involving private investigators connected with the BILSOL. case, the information is not being included in the body of the report; however, efforts will be made to determine any possible connections between MARCELLO and CARLO ROPPOLO. _#F (COVER PAGE) - HW 45355 DoclId: 32293195 Page 4
oC. “number. RA12-8806. These calls were all. made to or by PCI No 92.36 '. RLK:mam The Miami Office obtained™ the. récords of the telé- ‘phone calls of CARLOS MARCELLO while he was at the Fontainebleau . Hotel, Miami Beach, on August 7, 1962, through August 12, 1962, -and among these calls were calls to JAckson 5- 3835, Ft. dreact- “Lauderdale, Florida, on. August 8, 9, 10, and 11, 1962. ‘There were also-calls. made. on August 5, 6, and 7, 1962, from the Beach Club Hotel, 3100 N. Ocean ‘Boulevard, ‘Miami, Florida. A. call was made on. August 6, 1962, to ‘Houston, Texas, to telephone number. CA 5-0431 and to Dallas, Texas, in the name of 3 and are not being included in the body. of the report in order to- protect this source of information. Current investigation is being conducted of the - Chesterfield Club entitled "ALBERT J. SAL@ER, ET AL, The © 166-19, 22 Club, ITAR," Bufile 166-387, New Orleans file 1 Do Be NY 3368- C advised SA WARREN J. DONOVAN on October 4, 1962, that he had no further information concerning MARCELLO, and he did not know him personally. Gt . (COVER. PAGE) HW 45355 DoclId: 32293195 Page 3