VY Released under the Wonhn F. Kenned i i : ; er . edy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1 mee Note DATE: 11-14f262 | ° \ ame 8 — * Fi5-263. (Rev. 12-19-67) a / 8 FEDERAt: BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ~\/ REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD DALLAS DALLAS 7/.20/70 5/14 - 7/9/70 ; TITLE OF CASE . REPORT MADE BY TYPED BY Q oe SA JOHN J. LANDERS jis; JOSEPH-CAMPISI :aka . CHARACTER OF CASE nn, ' 1 Cy) | | AR | ——+ REFERENCES: Report of SA JOHN J. LANDERS dated 5/22/70 at Dallas. Detroit letter to Dallas dated 5/26/70. . Kansas City letter to Dallas dated 5/27/70. Atlanta letter to Dallas dated 6/16/70. New Orleans letter to Dallas dated 6/25/70. - p- ADMINISTRATIVE: On :4/29/70 DAVID LEE, Security Officer, General L Telephone Company, Muskegon, Michigan, advised that Muskegon/, telephone number 773-6434 was listed to WILLIAM LAWRENCE, 1077 —— 74 Irwin, as of 10/3/69. The indices of the Detroit office ar - negative concerning any gambling activities of LAWRENCE. , T-1 is Atlanta AT 2029-CTE, contacted on 6/10/70. ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED NONE ACQU TA SAVINGS oe CASE HAS BEEN: , RECOVERIES L | PENDING OVER ONE YEAR [_JYeEs KINO 1 PENDING PROSECUTION . OVER S!X MONTHS. Coyves Jno ECIAL AGENT DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW CONVIC | AUTO. FUG. FINES CHARGE APPROV ED | COPIES MADE; i () - Bureau (92-5704) (RM) 1 - USA, Fort Worth, Texas (RM) 2 - Dallas (92-339) = ot af gael Report mm nae 1 i) tit " . Agency Request Recd\ Date Fwd. GPO ; 1966 O - 298-885 COVER PAGE yy, ~ ee : . Docld: 32323835 Page 2?
Glease}l under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 (*—"~ Nota). (ATE: 11-14-2017 . — .. a pe. os , . . «% | | | T-3 is Dallas DL 275-C-TE, contacted by SA WILLIAM DL 92-339 — T-2 is Atlanta AT 1938-CTE, contacted on 6/15/70, : T-4 is DL 135-C-TE, contacted on 6/21/70 by SA WILLIAM B, HOLLOMAN, : T-5 is DL 414-PC, contacted by SA HAROLD R, LIVERETT on 6/15/70. T-6 is DL 99-C contacted by SA JOHN J, LANDERS on 5/21/70. --« Be COVER PAGE Yaa ANY e | . Sect ern Docld: 32323835 Page 3
; Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 "~~ Note)... DATE: 11-14-2017 BO. PP AP-BUE mo rg ne ~ "4 ° 1 « . NO 92-928 - DL 92-339 TLC snmb ADMINISTRATIVE: On 6/2/70 NO 1525-C advised SA THOMAS E. DU HADWAY that GEORGE R. BRUNO is no longer with Termplan Finance Co. He stated that BRUNO iis currently operating the Smart Shop in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. Source advised he knows of no criminal activity on the part of BRUNO, and added that he did not know.who furnished the financial support enabling BRUNO to open the Smart Shop. Source advised that BRUNO founded the Carnival organization "Jupiter" and obtains money from parades put on by this association. Source noed that BRUNO likes to associate with entertainers in the French Quarter of New Orleans, and was a close friend of the former male entertainer at Pat O'Brien's, a famous French Quarter lounge. Source advised this entertainer died several years ago. -Cc- COVER PAGE - __ a aN . , Docld: 32323835 Page 4
en A NS Released under—the-dohn—F—Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107°"""~ Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 | ‘ } : oA . Docld: 32323835 Page 5 roan crn | ve co & : a on .. DL 92-339 AT DALLAS, TEXAS | i DL T-3 advised on! May14, 1970, that JOE CAMPISI and his brother, SAM CAMPISI, have been known to him for many years, JOE CAMPISI takes some betsatthe Egyptian Restaurant which he runs. He primarily handles bets during the football season, JOE and SAM also arrange big dice games, some of which he (DL F-3) has attended. These games are made up mostly of Jewish gamblers, DL.:iT-~3 caught JOE CAMPISI! trying to cheat in one of these games about a year ago and they had some harsh words. Since that time they have been cordial in their meetings but he does not trust the CAMPISIs in any gambling game. DL T-~3 was asked if ho believed CAMPISI, or anyone with outside hoodlum support could organize and control the bookmakers and gambling in Dallas, He replied that in his opinion this would be virtually impossible, He said the bookies in Dallas are independent operators and have been for many years, He does not see how anyone, no matter what his financial backing or hoodlum connections, could control more than a few of the bookies in this area, One reason for this is the fact that only a few of the bookmakers in this area are Italian. Those who are not Italian would not be impressed or intimidated by Italian hoodlums such as CARLOS MARCELLO, He said that as far as he knows there is no La Cosa Nostra organization in Dallas at this time, DL T-4 advised on June 2, 1970, that he has visited CAMPISI's Egyptian Restaurant from time to time recently. and although he has not been able to establish that any booking is going on in the restaurant he has learned that JOE CAMPISI has been getting some hot tips on some horse races and has been hetting‘all he can get down on them, CORKY CAMPISI, SAM CAMPISI's son won $1,700 on the Kentucky Derby. CORKY is both betting and booking, c CHARLIE MC NATT recently placed a $3,650 bet on a horse with JOE CAMPISI. DL T-4 does not know whether CAMPISI handled this whole amount or whether he laid some of it off. The telephone number at the Egyptian Restaurant that is used for handling bets and any booking business is TA 7-771l. The other number at the Egyptian, TA 7-0355 is not used for anything but regular restaurant business, ‘DL T-5 advised on June 15, 1970, that JOE CAMPISI had a burglary at the Egyptian Restaurant on the night of June 13- 14, 1970, during which the floor safe was opened and $10,000 taken, CAMPISI told DL T-5 he had $2,000 insurance on the loss and noted there was no visible damage to the safe, DL T=5 asked X 12 . \tany how . oS