| ~_ Cj | C\ . Tolson_ 4 r. DeLoach.. in Mohr & cateemecwwsmm f & ° 4 ir. Callahan _ ~F ir, Conrad. iv, Felt Mr. Gale of Pr, Rosen i fdr. Sullivan 4 FBI i : Date: 8/18/66 ie. Trotter ‘Tele. Reon. fais Holmes cmweeen B Transmit the following in (Type in plaintext or code) Via - AIRTEL = (Priority) \ TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (92-3171) ATTENTION: THOMAS MC ANDREWS |_ SPECIAL INVESTIGA- |} FROM: * CHICAGO (92-349) TIVE DIVISION / SAMUEL M\~GIANCANA, AKA, AR PT pee re toner des t 00: curcaco/'! Le " a L hy po ne wipe Ye oe 4 Lay Re CG YE to wu, CG calls to Bureau and DE 8/17/66. olf | oe ae This matter was saan on 8/10/66 when_JAMES ; pe i,..a former PCI of the Chicago Office, telephonically Lv U.-” ON Ra that GIANCANA and FIORE BUCCIERI had just left his —"~ house after offering him a job in New York City which he ne believed might be a "hit." He said that these two men wer fda returning to his home within the hour to get his answer. (U/ _— Acting on the above information, Agents of the Chicago Office met with PATMORE and preceded him to the vicinity of his apartment. A few minutes later PATMORE returned to his | apartment and entered. After about ten minutes PATMORE left his apartment and spoke with the Agents. He said that his wife was distraught because the two men had returned to the apartment in his absence and left a message that PATMORE should meet them on the next day at a grill at Addison and Harlem, Mrs. PATMORE confirmed the original visit ang the return by the same two men who left the oP OPRERSS S28" LD By 4 / _ / a Ath On 8/11/66, at E45 PM, Mrs. marie called the ayy Chicago Office to advise that she had just received a phone > call from an unknown male who ‘told her to tell her husband “" to come to the grill mentioned above at 2:30 PM on that day. Mrs. PATMORE said that, her husband had called her at work just after the receipt of ‘€his call~and she had given. him the 3/-, Bureau 1 - Detroit (Info) 2 = Chi me (4C88?"G200 M n Charg¥LI/ ip RG, Ch 7) pe | iad J ba ™ = + Docld: 322787830 Page 2? yo en P i
Vy FD-36 ( é Rev. 5-22-64) - | | | | | FBI : — Date; | { Transmit the following in’ , . ; (Type in plaintext or code) ‘ ‘Via (Priority) ; \ CG 92-349 message. Agents of the Chicago Office were immediately dispatched to the vicinity of the grill arriving at 2:20 PM. PATMORE was not seen nor was their any activity suggesting a meet. (v} - . At about 1:00 AM, 8/12/66, PATMORE telephonically advised that he had. arrived at the grill about 2:00 PM and |: had been immediately picked up by two unknown men. He furnished a long and involved story in which he was introduced to one "Tony the Bull" (LNU) and subsequently was taken by this man to meet BUCCIERI, BUCCIERI told him that his job was the murder of an individual who was stealing money from the “outfit." "Tony the Bull" was to be his back-up man, The "hit" was to take place in New York City in, approximately. one week and © PATMORE would receive $2600. (¢ PATMORE had originally advised that his jqualifications. for this type of job were known to, PAUL. ''Peanuts'[] PANZCKO.with whom he had served time in Tennessee. At PANZCKQMs direction, AL he stated, he had murdered three inmates and a prison guard. fe He said that PANZCKO had been in the Federal tier of the Cook County Jail during 1965 when PATMORE was held there and during this same period GIANCANA was a prisoner there. -He said he had been introduced to GIANCANA by PANZCKO who had vouched for him as an excellent "hit man” and a "stand up guy." A review of PATMORE’s 1965 UFAP file in the Chicago Office.revealed that he had escaped from confinement and was considered armed and dangerous because. he had stabbed a prison inmate and a prison guard. /,) At about 1:00 AM, 8/15/66, PATMORE again telephonically .advised the Chicago,Office that he had been visited by "Tony the Bull” a few minutes earlier at which time TONY had shown him a pécture of DOMINIC BLASI, that this was the victim, and that the "hit" -was now scheduled for Chicago and would take lace on 8/15/66 or 8/16/66. PATMORE was advised by TONY to | | . . ~24 | | Approved: Ws Sent LT M.CCOi?Peerr Special Agent in Charge : Docld: 322787830 Page 3
FD-36 (Rev, 5-22-64) aa i - © a) > | | | ! | | FBI . | Date: } I | Transmit the following in (Type in plaintext or code) | . (Priority) | CG 92-349 stay close to his apartment where TONY would pick him up just before the "hit." Mrs. PATMORE, questioned later on the same day, verified that TONY had come to the apartment as stated by her husband. (Y The above information was furnished to Captain WILLIAM DUFFY, Director, Intelligence Unit, Chicago Police Department. (i Despite certain apparent discrepancies in PATMORE's story there were no existing facts known to verify or disprove the tale. In view of the serious nature of the information furnished by PATMORE it was decided to follow this matter as if the information furnished was absolutely accurate while doing additional investigation in an effort to verify or disprove the story. {v | On the evening of 8/16/66, PATMORE received a series of four phone calls from 8:15 PM to 1:00 AM from his wife who ' told him she had been picked up by some men after work and was being held. She said that he should leave Chicago and go to the Wolverine Hotel, Detroit, Michigan, since the men knew all about the FBI. She said that if he wanted to see his wife and child (unborn) again he should disregard his current plans and leave town. The last three calls were overheard by Bureau Agents who shared the receiver with PATMORE, It appeared from Mrs. PATMORE's voice that she was near hysteria. PATMORE appeared to be extremely shaken and distraught. LZ, Above facts again made available to Captain DUFFY, who assigned his officers to afford coverage to PATMORE's residence in an effort to locate Mrs. PATMORE in view of the seriousness of the allegations CY) ~ -3- Sent _ _ M Per Approved: Special Agent in Charge Docld: 3227687830 Page 4
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64) ‘tO ( ) © | | | ; | FBI | Date: | | | Vio SSS . : (Priority) | CG 92+349 — Following several of the referenced phone calls PATMORE ‘ravelled to Detroit and proceeded! tion the Wolverine Hotel. The Detroit Office and PD were alerted and informed of the pertinent packground. (i ’ ait APATMORE , wife wes “wauss/Parwore,, was located by BuAgen?S"3 rning of 8/17/66 a f@ Home of her grandparents, Dolton, Illinois... When questioned concerning her activities “on” “previous evening Mrs. PATMORE advised she had received a . phone call from an unknown male at about 4:30 PM on afternoon nee of 8/16/66 at her place of employment. This male told her he was calling for her husband and she should meet him at a specified public garage at which time he would take her to meet PATMORE. Mrs. PATMORE then furnished long and involved story of being picked up by two men who threatened the life of her husband if she did not call him and tell him to leave Chicago and go to Detroit. They allegedly told her that they knew PATMORE was working with the FBI but he would not ke hurt if he disregarded his current plans and leave town. (V In the face of several discrepancies Mrs. PATMORE maintained this story for over one hour when at last she. admitted that the entire story was false. She said that she had been ,threatened by her husband to force her to tell this story. (u 5 Mrs. PATMORE said that JAMES PATMORE came home about 9:30 PM on 8/10/66 and told her that the FBI was attempting to verify his story and that he was in trouble. He told her to say that two men had visited the PATMORE's earlier in the evening and had returned during his absence leaving a message for PATMORE to contact them at the "grill." PATMORE furnished her appropriate descriptions and told her to follow his lead and indicate, that the men were SAM GIANCANA and FIORE "Fifi" BUCCIERI. 12) - Approved: Special Agent in Charge Docld: 322787830 Page 5
~ ‘ wR ‘ Ww or, ed F'D-36, (Fev. 5-22-64) a a oo to Transmit the following in FBI | { | | | | | \ | Date: | | | oe ; (Type in plaintext or code) . (Priority) { CG 92-349 Mrs, PATMORE further advised that her confirmation of her husband's story about the visit of "Tony the Bull" to the PATMORE home on the night of 8/14/66 was entirely false. No one’ of any description visited the PATMORE residence that night. [v) Mrs. PATMORE admitted that she had received no phone calls from any unidentified males at her place of employment and further that the allegedcalls to her were the product of her husband's instructions, Again she stated that she relayed this erroneous information te FBI at her husband's direction and out of fear of him. Mrs. PATMORE advised that on Monday night 8/15/66, PATMORE confided in her that he felt that the Agents were suspicious of his story in light of the continued questioning he was receiving, He then dévised the scheme whereby Mrs. -PATMORE should call their residence on the evening of 8/16/66 - and indicate she had been intercepted and was being held pending PATMORE's discontinuing his involvement in this scheme and leave town. She said that PATMORE furnished her with the name of the Wolverine Hotel at Detroit _and told her to furnish this Hotel as the place he was to go. fu) Mrs: PATMORE said that she left work on 8/16/66 and visited a girl friend on Chicago's south side. Later in the evening she placed the above mentioned phone calls to her husband from various pay phones in the vicinity of the girl friend’s house. At about 11:30 PM on that evening her girl friend drove her to the residence of PATMORE's grandparents in Dolton, Illinois. (Vv) * Mrs. PATMORE: exhibited fear that her husband. should learn of the information furnished by her to the Agents. She said that he has on several occasions in the past beaten her severely and threatened her with violence. She also stated . - 5 «= Approved: — Sent Per Special Agent in Charge Docld: 322787830 Page 6
FD+36" (Rev. $-22-64) FBI Date: | | | | { | | { | | | | Transmit the following in — ; ; (Type in plaintext or code) | (Priority) CG 92-349 that he has told her wild tales of his past exploits, none of which are true to the best of her knowledge. (U) Mrs. PATMORE advised that she did not know why her husband had initiated this story which he had furnished to the FBI, Indeed, she had not been fully aware of all the - ramifications of his story until so informed by the interviewing Agents. She had originally supposed that her husband was in e kind of trouble and was attempting to lie out of, at. [jar As soon as it was clear that this entire story was a hoax, this information was made available to the Chicago and Detroit Police Departments which immediately ceased their investigation. (v) Upon PATMORE'’s return to Chicago from Detroit via Greyhound Bus at 7:45 PM on 8/17/66, he was reinterviewed by BuAgents who confronted him with all of the overwhelming 4 evidence developed in this matter as well as the many discrepancies uncovered, For more than one hour PATMORE continued to remain steadfast in his story when finally he admitted that the entire story was false. He stated that he fabricated this tale because of his dislike for local law enforcement which stemmed from his difficulties | during his extensive incarceration in various state institutions in Tennessee. PATMORE was strongly admonished in this matter and was apologetic and remorseful since he had not realized all of the ramifications as well as the extent . |to which the FBI would go to establish the veracity of this information of a serious nature. (/, -6 - ’ Approved: aS lM Per Special Agent in Charge Docld: 322787830 Page 7