Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hote. Date: DATE: 11-14-2017 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 : v9.1 | Docld:32329143 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI ; 124-90085-10024 HQ CR 62-75147-12-19 Document Information FBI DL HQ 10/15/1946 26 ALBERT MEADOWS PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 07/14/1998 INDEFINITE SURVEY 6/1/2015
PReleased i under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). &. DATE: 11-14-2017 . , . sat a . t * ees SET RR ol a So f is clean and straight forward and cannot be bought for any price; ‘although he allows himself to be surrounded by inefficient personnel in whom he has the utmost confidence. Tnese men are in responsible positions within the department. CHARLES SMITH heads up the Vice Squad and has made plenty of money on payoffs from gambling and prostitution. SMITH and his partner PINKERT make regular raids twice weekly on gambling games in the above mentioned hotels. He has allowed them to operate for years. He is paid off regulariy by . - the operatorse . _ , uC ° ype SET rani RCE Sabin. ch nn eae é Very recently, Ex-Chief of Police K. N. HOWARD returned from the , - service and demanded his old job as CUhiél Datks> HOWARD was Chief of Police from 1938 until he went into the service in 19/2, at which time | - gambling was wide open in Ft. Worth. Strong pressure groups headed by the Ministerial Association and Civic Clubs came forward and appealed to the City council in behalf of Chief DYSART. As.a result Chief t DYSART won out and HOWARD came back into the Department'as a Captain, i replacing Captain HOWERTON, who was shifted to Traffic and Police - . Schools. ; ° , Informant advised that Captain ANDY FORNTER of Detectives, is a ‘brother-in-law of ALBERT DAVIS, who controls the Policy and numbers - racket in It..Worth. DAVIS is a big time gambler. It is generally known in the Department that BERT.WAKEFIELD controls gambling in the Blackstone and Texas Hotels. WAKEFIELD is assisted by an _ individual by name of STONEY a former Ft. Worth Pimp. There are no organized gangs” in ft. Worth. and no organized connections from outside the city of Ft. Worthe Informant said prostitution, is practiced in all leading hotels. Though prostitutes are not allowed to stay at the Blackstone, Worth ; or Texas Hotels. Prostitutes stay at smaller hotels and receive } their calls from the porters of the above mentioned larger hotels. Known prostitutes appear monthly at the city clinic for “inspections They either appear voluntarily or.they are picked up and given an \ examinatione oo i Confidential Informant DLS 94) advised that he is the owner and. proprietor of the Maverick and Imperial H otels and operates’ genbling games in both hotels. The game at the Maverick is operated by_, LEA JOHNSON. ‘The game is directed- at the Imperial by L. Y. PERKINS. He stated that his-places have been raided regularly twice a month for - past few months and the house always pays the fine. Informant stated — that the team of SWITH & PINKERT, Vice Squad, had been broken up and that SMITH had been demoted to a.motorcycle Officer. In the past he | DoclTd: 32329145 Page 2