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 : NW 45760 Docid:32291422 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/28/201 Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10207-10198 HQ 62-9-12-407 Document Information FBI SAC, DL DIRECTOR, FBI 03/18/1963 9 CIP, GAMBLING, INVEST, FISUR, INTV, ZIMMERMAN, MILTON PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 09/28/1998 INDEFINITE 21 Page i
DL 94-55A-SUB that NICK CASCIO had purchased some explosives for RAIF, ‘DOLAN, JOHN OSCAR LUCK and their associates for a contem- plated burglary and that these explosives were hidden in a field in northwest Dallas County. Sheriff DECKER stated his source advised RAIF ‘was presently in Dallas, Georgia, where he can be contacted through telephone number 447-3707, and that JESSIE COY KIMBROUGH was in Eastland where he can be contacted.at, telephone number MArket 9-2595. Sheriff DECKER further stated that when RAIF was recently in Dallas he had stayed at the Alamo Plaza Motel and that Kansas City police character REUBEN EUGENE MC CROSKEY , stayed one night at this motel’ and two nights at the residence of NICK CASCIO. He further advised JOHN OSCAR LUCK stayed at CASCIO’s residence in Euless, Texas, - throughout the entire time that LUCK was in the Dallas area. Sheriff DECKER ‘ advised he would keep the Dallas Office advised of any further developments concerning the activities of this group. On 3/13/63, the Kansas City Office furnished infor- mation that the data previously obtained from DL 34-C and furnished to Kansas City appeared to be reliable in connéction with the robbery of a residence in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City further stated that the bank possibly being con- sidered by this group. for a burglary’might be the Kaw Valley State Bank, Kansas City, Kansas, which bank is being used by numerous members of the underworld-in Kansas City for theix banking transactions. ‘RE: ALBERT MEADOWS, aka. IGA; ITAR - GAMBLING (DL 162-109, 166- 84) On 3/12/62, Bureau Agents again attempted te contact EDWARD VINCENT DRISCOLL at the gambling house operated by ; subject at 1912 Copeland Road, Arlington, Texas. It was again noted there was no one at the residence at the time. Agents took photographs of this house; which are being retained in the files of the Dallas Office. “= RE: WSTA ACTIVITIES DALLAS DIVISION (DL 31-5614) On 3/13/63,L__—~————~—~—~«XY. a night bellman at the © = OTHER 4 Blackstone Hotel, Ft. Worth, Texas, was interviewed by SAs ANTHONY E. SCHIAPPA and ARNOLD J, BROWN. [___Jadvised he . has been regularly procuring "dates" for a prostitute named . ( KATHERINE ROSE SMITH, whose telephone number is PE 7-5706. SMITH is generally known as ROSE and is contacted by bellhops --7 = “NW 45760 DociId:32291422 Page 2
“NW 45760 DL 94-55A-SUB at the. Texas Hotel, Ft. Worth, as well as the Blackstone Hotel. He received 40 percent of all her payments. For spending the OTHER 4 nights of 3/8 and 9/63 with a BRONSON WOODWORTH in Room 1717-18 at the Blackstone, she received $800, from which he received $350. BRONSON WOODWORTH is the subject of Dallas file 87-11229 and is in custody in Little Rock, Arkansas, - for passing forged bills of lading into interstate ‘commerce and fraudulently obtaining $147,000 from the Bank of Russellville, Russellville, Arkansas. On 3/13/63, KATHERINE ROSE SMITH was interviewed at her home, 3228 Edgehill, Ft. Worth, by Agents SCHIAPPA and BROWN. She advised she has filled numerous dates over a period of several months at the Texas Hotel, Blackstone Hotel and two or three motels. She is obtained dates by . bellmen[____———Crdand ALFRED COPELAND at the Blackstone, and by bellmen whom she did not name at the Texas: Hotel. No one person "handles" her and he is not paying - off anyone at the Ft. Worth PD to stay in business. She ad- vised there had been attempts by persons "at City Hall" to "put the squeeze" on her, but they had not succeeded. She was vague when questioned more closely about this. has been opened as a PCI and consideration is being given to opening SMITH as a PCI. ALFRED COPELAND was questioned on 3/13/63 and he admitted he had procured "dates'' for KATHERINE ROSE SMITH. RE: 5S. E. POWELL ITAR - GAMBLING OL 166—-new) On 3/15/63, .Deputy Sheriff DOY.LE. RAMSEY, Wheeler. County, Wheeler, Texas , advised that he received information from a Wheeler County resident to the effect that S. E. POWELL, FBI #430282A, was in Hammon, Oklahoma, at the American Legion Hall gambling on.Friday, 3/8/63. POWELL lost all of his money, approximately ‘$400, in a dice game. Dallas is imtituting investigation of the subject to determine if he is in violation of the ITAR - Gambling statute. DocId:32291422 Page 3