t Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 - JFK Assassination System ‘Date: 4/27/201 0 Identification Form eee , Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: —124-10296-10117 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 62-75147-29-468 SS SS pS Document Information: ‘ ORIGINATOR: FBI . FROM: SAC,MM TO: TITLE : DATE: 12/01/1951 PAGES: 28 SUBJECTS : . NRO, ASSOC, GAMBLING A/O CRIM ACT, OC, RACK, POLIT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 — CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 03/16/1998 «* OPENING CRITERIA: | INDEFINITE ‘ COMMENTS : LT. ‘v9.1 . 7 Doclda: 323087589 Page 1
| Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). ‘ Released under .the John F. Ken fg 8030R ALL INFORMATICN CONTAINED HEREIN [o UNCLASSIFIED DATE safest” BY gees FS RSRIPF GENERAL INVESTEGATIVE INTELLIGENCE FILE MIAMI (DIVISION = es uy DECEMBER 1, 1951 a — | Docld: 32308789 Page 2?
Y Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Use Fil? Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 MM 62-1273 ‘ Index, 1951 Page Numbers CG (Cont.) CARAKER, EMMETT 107, 108, 109, 112 CARBO, FRANK , CARBONNEL, TOOTSIE 102, 103 CARDEN, JIMMY 33, 70 CAREY, WALTER 137 CARFANO, ANTHONY 31 CARLO, CHARLES 35 CARLOW, WOODROW 105 CARLTON, ODELL 1217 CARR, AUGIE 51 CARRIATORE, JOSEPH MORTELLARO 166 CARROLL, LEO 8, 18 CARTER, Dr, GEORGE WELLINGTON 15 . CATHCART, LESLIE 172, 180 CATRELL, IRA JOSEPH 48 CELLINI, DINO 56 CERVANTES, CHARLES OCTAVIO | 105 CHASE, HENRY R. 10 - CHILDERS, ART 12, 14 CHREST, MIKE 79, 82 io CHUNN, Mrs. C. FRANK 178 CIVETTA, ANTHONY LEONARD 31 . CIVETTA, CARLO F. : 31 CIVETTA, ROMEO JAMES 31 | CLAIRE, ALLEN B, Jr. 99° CLARK, ARTHUR L. 12, 14, 59 : CLARK, "LEFTY" 37, 66 - CLARK, SAMMY 32 CLARK, WALTER 81 CLEMENTS, ARCHIE 148 CLEMENTS, KERON FRANK — 16 . CLIFTON,, JOHN D. 124 B, COAKLEY, JOHNNY . h, 43 COAKLEY, "O. K." 43 : COBB, T. T. 77 ' COCO, EDDIE 5h ; COHEN, BEN 26, 2 28, 45, 61 COHEN, - LOU ‘ 954 2 COHEN, MICKEY 66 COHEN, SAM _. 2, 788 28, bb, 45, 62 COHEN, SAMUEL Vv Docld: 323087589 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 MM 62-1273 Index Page Numbers LANGMAN, DAVE 5h ‘ LANNON, J.C. 166 LANSKY, JAKE 80 7 ' LANSKY, MEYER 56, 57, 60, 66 LANTAPF, WILLIAM 3 LAPIDIS, SAMUBL ~ 59, 60 LAaRETE, RENE - 163 LARRY . 22 LAY, ELMER 117 LAYN, ALVA G,. 7h LAZAROVICI, JOSEPH 104 LAZZARA, AUGUSTINE PRIMO 163 LAZZARA, PRIMO 167 LEE, D. C. 110, 114 LEE, EMMET 91 LEGETTE, LUTHER D. 154 LE MAY, PHILLIP . 1521 LENHARDT, JOE _ 37 LEONARD, HARRY - 16 LEVINSON, EDDIE L8 LEVINSON, HARRIS 32, 33, 72 - LEVINSON, LOUIS L8 LEVITT, JULES 26, 27, 28 ‘ LEVITT, Mrs. JULES 26, 27, 28 | LIBTZ, REBECCA 21 LIEBERMAN, MARCIE | 62, 63 LIETSON, HENRY 15 LIETSON, MORRIS 15 LIETSON, SAM 15 - a LINDSEY, WILLIAM 125, 126 - LIPPHARD, &. C. 146 LISENBY, EDWARD 146 "LITTLE AUGIE" 31. ! "LITTLE FARVEL" 56, 66 . LITTLEFIELD, A. D. 7h, 75 - | LLOYD,. LUKE 7h LOCK, ARTHUR JOHN h LOCKLEER, Lt. 183, 184 ; LOEB, CARL 79 LOESER, JULISU 100 LOGAN, CLAYTON ‘ 112 LONGO, EDDIE ' 187 LOONEY, RUBY _ al "LOUIS THE WOP*t L9 xiv Docld: 323087589 Page 4
Released under the John F. t | DATE: 11-14-2017 MM 62=1273 Index, 1951 SWEENY, JOSEPH A. SWIFT, HARRY WILSON SYLVESTER, JOE TAIT, ERNEST - TANNER, RAYMOND W, - TANNIS, TOM TEDDER, GEORGE W. TESIORLERE, PASQUALE THOMAS, ALPHONZO ANTONIO THOMAS, ANTHONY GEORGE THOMAS, MISCHIE THOMPSON, FLANDERS THOMPSON, PHILLIP THORNHILL, ROSCOE THRASHER, SARA TILGHMAN, TEX TONEY, Mr. TORIELLO, ALFRED "POGGY" TORRES, LEROY ny OT O tt TOURINE, CHARLES TRACY, JOSEPH WILLIAM TRACEY, MATTY TRACY, JOE TRAFFICANTE, GROUP TRAFFICANTE, SANTOS. TRAFFICANTE, SANTOS, JR. TRASK, SPENCER "TRIGGER MIKE" TRONOLONE, JOHN "PEANUTS" TRULOCK, ROMA TUCKER, SAM S, TUCKER, THOMAS SAMUEL TUCKER, TODD TULLER, AL TUPPEN, FRANK TULLER, JOE TURK, HAROLD TURNER, AULDUS H. TURNER, HOMER TYLER, JOHN W. TYNES, BASIL Doclda: 323087589 Page 5 jn xxiii Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hite). ~ Page Numbers 178 16 40, 51 3 181, 187 7h 87 110 130, 136, 149, 163, 167, 171 163, 167, 171 - 135 31 31, 32, 70 120, 121 7 35 , 132, 136, 139, 140, 145 » 59 163, 164, 168 11 | 103
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (47 US¢_Zio? Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 . 4 £ , MM 62-1273 CJMthpn bookmaking on a limited basis in Miami Beach during past years. HARRIS LEVINSON died in May, 1951. This Syndicate which formerly had its headquarters at 1131 5th Street, | Miami Beach, is now dissolved. It last operated on a small basis during the 1950-1951 Winter seadon from their head~ quarters in the Blue Horizon Hotel, Surfside, Florida, No . information indicative of activity on the part of CLARK or - e NOLAN in the recent hast has been obtained. PHE MANNERINO GANG One of the better known Italian gangs in the Hast \~ HoPANNERI is t ERINO Gang of Kensington, Pennsylvania. fini s gang, consisting of SAMKMANNERINO; FBI #115840, GEORGE SMANNERINO, FBI #854850, WILLIAMLSAMS, FBI #1743374, and TOM@PANNIS, FBI #3564904, reportedly. have controlled politics and rackets. in the New Kensington, Pennsylvania}. area for , the past fifteen years. According to information furnished ““<sby the Pittsburgh Office by letter dated May 7, 1951, the ‘gang's operations included pinball and slot machines, horses ” and the numbers racket. - k The MANNERINO gang came to the attention of the Miami Qffice during the 1950-1951 Winter Season when Confidentail Informant MF-334 (DAVE SHIFRON), any topo tnat SAME ANNSRINO had an interest in gambling at th ns Souci Hotel near Havana, Cuba. No known illegal activity on the part of the members of the MANNuRINO Gang in the Miami area was leanred. However, MF-334 stated that the MANNERINOs formerly operated the cocktail lounge in the Mlbion Hotel, ~Miami. Beach, which was a notorious hoodlum hangout. This place was apparently fronted for this combination by one NORMIEXROTHMAN. Unsubstantiated rumor in underworld circles > was to the effect that the MANNERINOs sold their interest —_ to one JIMMYARDEN, an Italian racketeer from the Pittsburgh,. “ ‘Pennsylvania, area. In conversation with the writer, CARDEN claimed he was the owner of the Albion Cocktail Lounge, and while admitting that the MANNERINOs had been formerly associ- ated with it, claimed they were no longer active and had no financial interest in this establishment. ~~ - 33 - Doclda: 323087589 Page 6
ee under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199 (44 DATE: 11-14-2017 , - MM 62-1273 CdJMshpn After disposing of their interest in the Albion | Cocktail Lounge, the MANNERENOs during the 1950-1951 season, ; had an interest in Mother#fe ly's night club, 1405 Dade Boulevard, Miami Beach, Whith for severa years has been a popular hangout for the ¢ iminal element. | _ SERVING "Niggy*NEVINE, Pittsburgh PD #32328, _a__ well-known gambler ‘and jewel thief, and JORXS: NTR of Chicago, Illinois, had Operated Mother Kelly's, but last year, according to MF-334, NORMIE ROTHMAN, mentioned above, bought out DEVINE's interest. ROTHMAN has claimed to the writer that he has a financial interest in gambling at the San Souci hotel, Havana, Cuba, and is known to have travelled frequently between Miami Beach and Havana, Cuba, during the : past winter ‘season, However, unsubstantiated rumor in , gamlbing circles is tha ROTHMAN is merely a front man and employee of the MANNERINOs, No further information condéern- ing interest of menbers of the MANNERINO Gang in the area is known. . = B. INDIVIDUAL RACKETEERS AND MOBSTERS 3 SS ee al mE NP NONSRCET ney HetE UL) In addition to the numerous underworld figures mentioned above, several others either reside in the Miami Beach area or were seasonal visitors since the submission of the last survey report dated January 15, 1951. These individuals, who either are known to have been in the area or are presently here, are as follows: - JOSEPH YMCNALLY, FBI 4578199. MeNALLY has served time in the New Jersey State . Penitentiary for armed robbery and is reportedly a contact Py of a number of bank robbers, stickup men and other types of ; Serious offenders. He was in contact with Criminal Informant NYC-171, who was in Miami Beach during January and February, . 1951. McNALLY was the subject of spot surveillances during tne time he was in the kiami area. ~~ I ~ ~ 3h Docld: 323087589 Page fF
"Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 MM 62-1273 | 4 CJ: hpn CARLO, according to SULLIVAN, was very friendly with JOE MASSEI and several other members of the Italian underworld on s.iami Beach. ‘ samnupetonenn, FBI #3235529. DENNERT is a well known Newport, Kentucky, gambler who was observed in the Miami area .by CYE NORMAN, an Informant who is believed to be reliable. T. TOD SROWN Was, "Sugar tabrun BROWN is a gambler from Stamford, Corinecticut, who is well known as a race track bookmaker. He was reportedly connected several years ago with members of Nvurder, Inc.', in New York City. NICKWORLMORE, aka NICK DELMAR, FBI #319465. DELMORE now owns a home at 50 Terracina Avenue, | ”- Golden Beach, Florida. This situated just north of Miami h Beach. He is fron Elizabeth, New Jersey, and was ah associate of several members of the Murder, Inc. mob in New York City . “several years ago. According to MF-334 (DAVE SHIFRON), DELMORE is reported to have an interest in gambling with SaMMY MANNERINO, mentioned above, in the Sans Souci Hotel, Havana, Cuba. “PETER JULIM@ARNSTEIN,— a . Miami Beach PD #C~-141318. _ ARNSTAIN is a pimp, stick-up man, finger man and fence, and is the husband of OLLIFy NSTEIN, well-known Chicago dinois, madam of houses of pros€ftution. ’ ARNSTEIN owns an = apartment building at 5970 Indian Creek Drive, Miami Beach, MARTIN meancrs“Guttrovie, FBI #4613367. . GUILFOYLE is a gambler who for several years operated - @ bookmaking establishmént at 2220 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. He nas been closely associated with JOE MASSEI and several members of the Italian underworld element in the Miami Beach area, ; - 36 - Docld: 323087589 Page &
FReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hdtey- DATE: 11-14-2017 , MM 62-1273 CJithpn Soper er ewer ose ere or other informed sources, pointed out that bookmaking and gambling in South Florida is at least a $50,000,000.00 a year business and that the established racketeers are not going to give it up even though some of their underlings may have to go to the penitentiary. Most everyone agrees that the day of the plush gambling casino is over though all expect that there will be floating crap games and a num-_ bar of roulette wheels, etc., operating on a sneak basis. . ARTAURYNEWMAN, a gambler originally from New York City, who has b agsociated with "Lefty" CLARK and other nationally prominent gamblers in the past, recently advised that he and his partners have opened three cigar stores in which they hoped to operate handbooks if given an "OK." This was before the enactment of the new income tax law . which would effect bookmaking operations. NEWMAN, who about a year ago married SALLY HERBERT, widow of NEDDIE HRBERT, the henchman of MICKEY COHEN who was slain in Los Angeles, California, advised that his partners in the cigar stores, which have been organized under the narie the Johnina Tobacco Conpany, Incorporated, are PisiepROvALroK, alias "Little Farvel,* FBI #120992, and ABI BHOWN, Miami Beach PD #0-89918. The Johnina Tobacco Company, Inc., has one * cigar. store in the Johnina Hotel, 6981 Collins avenue, Miami Beach, another, on 4lst Street, Miami Beach, and the third at 9460 Harding Avenue, Surfside, Florida. PHIL KOVALICK was formerly the bodyguard of the late BENJAMIN "Bugsy" SRIGEL and is now on very friendly terms with MEYER LANSK id other membors of the National Gambling Syndicate, sbzayéforn is ° the brother-in-law of NAT HERTZFELD, president of" Tropical - Park Race Track and has an extensive criminal record for various serious crimes. . ee Confidential Informants such as DAVE SHIFRON’ (MF-334), > have advised that as far as bookmaking is presently con- i? cerned, there is no major “action" in the Miami or Miami Beach area and the professional players who ordinarily . have been betting on "hot" horses are not able to "get down.". They have also stated there are practically no organized betting. of college and professional football games at the present time as most bookmakers are now afraid to make a move." —_- - 66 - Docld: 323087589 Page 3