DL 94-55A-SUB New Orleans and Birmingham,and Detective HART is attempting to obtain further details concerning this information. oe , ‘RE: GAMBLING ACTIVITIES JFK Act 6 (4) a DALLAS DIVISION 0 . (DL. 162- 1). — On 10/16/63 Pee obs: “interviewed by Bureau Agents concerning his pI Of wagers with several Dallas area bookmakers. agreed to cooperate with the FBI and furnish informationm a confidential f basis. (A new 137 case re is being opened by Dallas,). He furnished telephone number of a bookmaker known to him as JOHN, W...ACLARK...: ell as the phone number: for bookmaker NORVEDL YOUNGS TANE TELD, (DL 165-153). The number for K“was “9371 and the number for STANFIELD was LA 8-0211 whic ad also just recently been received from DL-185-C-TE. pee eed the ter number was furnished to him by. GEORGE} FREDER ICRAGECHENBERG The number for CLARK is listed to CLARK ‘a apartment 15, 4700 Abbott, Dallas. (A new 165 case co g CLARK is being opened by the Dallas Office ,) S1so advised - he places bets with JIMMYVOURAS, who is the manager of _ the Club Montmarte. a. ee iC AAAS sasanssbndsas Date RIE Zim A, cages AORTA ATTEN SEAR net gig va > a On 10/14/63 DL-185-C-TE advised he had heard from his bookmaking friends that California millimaire and gambler RAY RYAN had bet a large amount on Texas in “YAS the Texas -Ok lahoma game, CI also advised that Dallas EL bookmaker BOBBY CHAPMAN had sold his interest in a < gambling club. é4 Misty's to Dallas gambler A DARNELL for gambling debts owed. by CHAPMAN to DARNELL. CI‘aitso™ advised that there are two football lxes available in the Dalks ,area each week. One line which is obtained from YSTONE and his known associates (DLW65-116) contains art orTethe games scheduled for each week and never J carries any eastern games or Southern games, [It also carries very few Rocky Mountain area games and west coast games. The other line which CI obtains from GARLAN POLLARD. (DL 165-150) contains a line on practiearry“e game being played. TEXAS Wi-4-12-€54 “AW 45760 Docld:32293756 Page 3
“HW 45760 DL 94-55A-SUB CI advised that bookmakers in Dallas were quite "shoo, p" over the three year sentence received by Ses REM) AN (DL 162-143) in local court at Dallas 16710763 on charges of bookmaking. CI also advised that followiae the recent indictment of AL MEADOWS, et al (DL 166-84), part of which was based on a check accepted by MEADOWS in payment. of a gambling debt, that Dallas area gamblers have now laid down a specific rule that no payments of gambling debts will be handled by check and all trans- actions will be in cash. . Th I also advised that Dallas area gambler D_"COWBO OMPTON has over a two year riod taken — some $75 ,0 000° from another gambler, RAYMONDNFARRELL,, ; in gin and poker games. TEXAS TEXKe RE: NORVELL YOUNG STANFIELD, aka. ITWI (DL 165-153) On 10/14/63, DL-185-C-TE advised he was present when RUSSELL DOUGLAS MATTHEWS (DL 166-102) was having a phone conversation with somebody, identity unknown, as to some bets that MATTHEWS had taken for this unknown person. MATTHEWS wastaking the bets at the Redmen Club> which MATTHEWS manages at 1606 Young Street, Dallas, | and which is a known hangout for gamblers and which caters to gamblers. CI was of the opinion that MATTHEWS was taking these bets for a close friend GEORGE FREDERICK RECHENBERG. This appears logical as prior investigation. has verified that MATTHEWS and RECHENBERG are very close associates. On 10/18/63 Bureau Agents, while checking the apartment being used by STANFIELD and RECHENBERG for book-— making purposes, located at 3412 Hudnall, again observed STANFIELD's car parked in the rear, DoclId: 32293756 Page 4
UEK Law 10(a)2 DL 94-55A-SUB RE: HENRY CLINTON WINFREY, aka. . IGA (DL 162-95) PHILIP STEPHENS BOSCO ITWI (DL 165-92) An article appearing in a Dallas newspaper .on 10/20/63 stated that WINFREY and BOSCO were scheduled “for a reappearance on 10/21/63 before a Federal Grand Jury 3t Wichita Falls, Texas, in connection with an ‘ inquiry. “by that FGJ into the bookmaking activities of “HW 45760 ELI ST 165-116). It is contemplated that and) who have been granted immunity by the court, will be required by the court to answer questions put to them by the grand jury and if they refuse they will be held in contempt. RE: LAWRENCE IRVIN PERKINS, aka. ITWI (DL 165-148) On 10/15/63 WILLIAM PETREE, a Dallas “player", confirmed previous information that he had lost a total of $11,500 to PERKINS in gin games played in late August or early September, 1963 at Dallas. PETREE stated he . now realized he had been set up for this by WILLIAM RAY DAVIS. (DL 162-264) and DAVIS' associate GEORGE W. OWENS, JR. He stated that since he has incurred this debt, he has received, first, two telephone calls from OWENS wherein OWENS requested PETREE to make some payment on the debt,and has also received two calls from RUSSELL DOUGLAS MATTHEWS (DL 166-102) also requesting that PETREE make some payment. He stated when the debt was first incurred he was told by PERKINS that he could pay off the debt or part of it through OWENS. He also advised that he ws introduced to PERKINS by OWENS in the Club Montmarte where the debt was incurred. PETREE also advised that he is presently in debt some $9,000 to four Las Vegas casinos and that his total gambling | ye-4-10-45 4 | Docld:32293756 Page 5
“HW 45760 DL 94-55A-SUB debts now total over $23,000. He stated he has received no pressure from the Las Vegas casinos concerning his debt. On 10/15/63 Bureau Agents ascertained that during. the months June, July and August, PERKINS had had an apartment at 2521 Turtle Creek, the Turtle Creek Gardens, & very exclusive apartment house. It was also noted that both DAVIS and OWENS reside in the same apartment house. PERKINS rented the apartment under the name LAWRENCE IRVIN. On 10/15/63 Bureau Agents interviewed OWENS at his apartment. He first denied having introduced PERKINS to PETREE then qualified it by stating it could have happened; he denied making any telephone calis to PETREE then qualified it by stating he could have made such a call but did not recall either incident. He Glaimed no knowledge whatsoever of any gambling debt. _ owed by PETREE to PERKINS or any information on how it was incurred. ; RE: GARLAND POLLARD, aka. ITWrl (DL 165-150) In addition to the above information con- cerning a line put out by POLLARD, on 10/1W763, DL-185-C-TE advised that POLLARD has his clients use code numbers. CI furnished his code number and stated that Dallas "player" MICHAEL LESCHETSKO has number 106. / RE: SHERMAN FRANKLIN LITTLE, aka. IGA (DL 162-129) so On 10/16/63 Grand Prairie, Texas, Chief of Police FRED CONOVER advised he had that day observed LITTLE's runner, MARVIN COX, driving a 1961 Thunderbird with Texas license PH 1220 in Grand Prairie, and also observed COX Docld:32293756 Page 6 }
DL 94-55A-SUB make three trips to the First National Bank in Grand .Prairie. This car is registered to JOHN E., HILL, 4815 Rock Court Drive, Dallas. RE: ALBERT MEADOWS, aka., et al ITAR - GAMBLING (DL_166-84) On 10/14/63, DL-185-C-TE advised be had recently observed BILLY RAY GRIMES hanging out at a gambling club called Misty's in the 4600 block of Live Oak Street, Dallas. On 10/15/63 the FBI Laboratory advised that the “AL MEADOWS" endorsement on a check given to MEADOWS by JOE DAN TRIGG of Oklahoma City in payment of a $7,000. gambling debt, was written by MEADOWS. By airtel 10/14/63 the Butte Office furnished a blank customer's draft on the Greenville Avenue State Bank, Dallas, which had been furnished the Butte Office by JAMES MILES JACKSON, . (JACKSON had lost $20,000 to MEADOWS and paid $7,000 of it to MEADOWS' associate DRISCOLL in Montana.) On this draft is the name "WARREN GILBERT" and two telephone numbers, “ADG9-5785 - Home’ and "TA 4-0141 - Bank". JACKSON told Bureau Agents that this draft had been given to him by GILBERT at the time GILBERT told JACKSON how to pay his debt to MEADOWS and that the handprinting was prepared by GILBERT in JACKSON's presence. RE: MELVIN RALPH MARSHALL, et al ITWI (DL 165-134) The Gpaceec Office furnished the results of an interview/Shé LOUIS MATTHISEN. (Previous investigation had ascertained numerous calls to and from the phones used by the subjects and MATTHISEN in Chicago.) MATTHISEN advised he had made numerous calls to Dallas, and furnished information concerning "good horses" to his friend HAROLD PALMER. HAROLD PALMER is believed to be a member of the ~~ PALMER family in Dallas which is engaged in the meat business, “HW 45760 Docld:32293756 Page fF