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:32293754 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10212-10030 HQ 62-9-12-457 Document Information FBI SAC, DL DIRECTOR, FBI 10/14/1963 4 CIP, GAMBLING, RACK AND SUBV PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 09/29/1998 INDEFINITE 20 Page i Date: 4/28/20]
; t FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56) } Pye ° eee \ yo — ~’ . ‘6 ‘ r . . FBI Date: ‘10/14/63 Transmit the following in (Type in plain text or code) AIRTEL AIR MAIL | . Via (Priority or Method of Mailing) i wo ee a ee ee | ~TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (62-9—12) FROM: DALLAS, (94~55A-SUB) SUBJECT: IMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM EKLY SUMMARY DALLAS DIVISION Re Dallas airtel to Bureau, 10/7/63. RE: HARRY REIMER URBAN IGA — (DL 162-143) a On 10/10/63 URBAN was found guilty in local | Dallas court by a jury on felony gambling charges and received a three year sentence. It should be noted LT. JACK REVILL, 2 Intelligence Squad, Dallas PD, advised that to the best of ~ ’ his knowledge this is the most severe sentence ever handed. rs down in local courts in a gambling type case. RE: GARLAND POLLARD, aka. ‘ ITWI; ITAR - GAMBLING (DL 165-150) ‘ On 10/7/63, DL 185-C-TE (DL 137-1387) advised that the subject had recently set up a bookmaking operation in a Dallas apartment house and was using, telephone number LA 8-0409. CI stated POLLARD was being bank ‘rolled by _ Dallas gambler WILLIAM RAY DAVIS (162-264). ; 3 wee 28-77-74 Yh] . 3# Bureau & l- Dallas (165-150) or ‘Dallas (165-101) eecmeceue, wrameater 10 Wt l- Dallas (165-148) 1+ Dallas (162-264) 3 OCT 16 1963 - 1- Dallas (165-116). RMB “wv wes, of foo 1- Dallas (166-102) (15) nae , Perenii en 4 (A (h i _\ | 1g Ge 7-4 r | Approved: eo Sent ___ OM Per _Special Agent | in Charge “NW 45760 DocId:32293754 Page 2
DL 94-55A-Sub . i A check with the Dallas phone company ascertained that the above telephone was installed 9/14/63 for a JAMES ELLIOTT, Apartment 122 at 2901 Knight Street. Buagents immediately checked the area, obtained the license numbers of automobiles and ascertained that an Oldsmobile bearing Texas license NH 8526, parked in the apartment parking lot, was registered to the subject. A recheck of this same area on 10/11/63, the Friday before one of the biggest football weekends in Dallas history, again ascertained that POLLARD was at the apartment house. Dallas has instituted investigation of POLLARD and DAVIS to ascertain if they are in violation of the Federal Anti-Gambling Statute. RE; GEORGE FREDERICK RECHENBERG, aka. IGA (DL 162-210) On 10/7/63, DL 185-C-TE advised that subject was operating as a bookmaker under telephone LA 8-0211. CI stated that RECHENBERG would not actually take the bets over the phone but had an associate to do so. Buagents ascertained the phone was connected 8/26/63 in Apartment 203, at 3412 Hudnall and listed to ALFRED BLEDSOL.. Buagents checked the parking area at the apartment house, obtained license numbers, and ascertained that a car bear- ing Texas license NV 2625 and belonging to known Dallas bookmaker NORVELL STANFIELD was parked at this apartment house, Dallas will ascertain if STANFIELD and RECHENBERG are in violation of Federal gambling statutes through investigation. RE: LAWRENCE PERKINS, aka. ITWI (DL 165-148) Previously, DL 185-C-TE had furnished an extensive amount of information concerning the gambling activities of PERKINS and his associates. PERKINS special- izes in being brought into a set up card game and through his proficient card manipulating, he is able to win large amounts of money from "suckers". On 10/7/63 CI furnished information how PERKINS had recently taken a Dallas businessman for a large amount of money and that PERKINS -2- “NW 45760 DocId:32293754 Page 3
“NW 45760 DL 94-55A-Sub was closely associated with one ee | Informant OTHER 4 furnished extensive pertinent background information con- cerning [~~ ]which Buagents had been unable to obtain during pricr investigation. Dallas is instituting an investigation of [__] a Dallas informant, to ascertain if he is jn violation of Federal statutes and as a companion case with captioned matter. On 10/7/63, PCI eevee advised that the Dallas businessman had been taken by PERKINS for $25,000. This PCI, as well as the CI, have both been alerted to advise Dallas upon PERKINS' return to the Dallas area. RE: JOHN ELI STONE, aka; ET AL ITWI . (DL 165-116) DL 185-C-TE had previously identified one of STONE's "runners" as a BILL JET ROGERS. On 10/7/63, CI. furnished a description of this ROGERS, as well as his place of employment. Through confidential source pS Buagents were able to obtain more per- tinent background information concerning ROGERS, and con- template interviewing him concerning his knowledge concerning STONE's activities in the near future. CI advised that STONE, because of all the "heat" on gambling activities in Dallas is not coming around to A his usual places at the present time but is: using associate ISADORE MAX MILLER, This CI also advised that he had heard that a man namedSHORTY MARONEY or MALONEY, a Waco, Texas, gambler, had died about:two'‘or ‘three months previously. He further stated that he was of the opinion that about three months ago Dallas hoodlum RUSSELL DOUGLAS MATTHEWS (166-102) an alleged collector for STONE, had killed somebody and received $25,000 to $30,000 for this killing. CI stated he. knows personally that MATTHEWS had this amount of money on him at that time and it.was then that WILLIAM RAY DAVIS, a known associate. of MATTHEWS, told CI, "I know the guy he planted for that", meaning the money. RE: LEONARD LEE FITZGERALD, et al ITWI™ (DL 165-101) On 10/10/63, subject DAN BIRCH, following a - 3 - DocId:32293754 Page 4
‘Nw 45760 BY .? / \ | . YL = DL 94-55A-Sub trial in Rockwall, Texas, on felony charges of operating a gambling house, was found guilty by a jury and received / a two year suspended sentence. BIRCH was the first of six persons charged on these felony counts and it is believed the other five will now plead guilty. RE: CHARLES CLARENCE HILL; . JOSEPH "SOFIE" GEBRON, aka ITWI (DL 165-104) On 10/7/63, DL 185-C-TE advised that GEBRON OTHER 4 was operating as a bookmaker for HILL and it was CI's Opinion they were accepting bets at a cleaning shop they have recently opened on Ross Avenue (Phone TA 3-3180) .. On 10/7/63, PCI Cee verified this stating that he personally had placed bets with GEBRON. Dallas is following this matter to ascertain if GEBRON and HILL are in violation of a Federal statute. None of the above information has been di ss@- minated during the past week by the Dallas Division ‘éx- cept that concerning RUSSELL DOUGLAS MATTHEWS, as Bureau interests are not secured at this time and dissemination might possibly result in compromises of both above informants at this time. LT. JACK REVILL was furnished: information concerning MATTHEWS as obtained from DL 185- c- TE and he stated he would attempt to ascertain the circumstances concerning the death of MARONEY or MALONEY at Waco, LT. REVILL has askei that information concerning the exact whereabouts of known bookmakers not be fur- nished to him until such time as the Bureau does not have any interest in the activities of these men or does not care whether they are raided and arrested. He explained that if he makes a record of such information, the Vice \ Squad will then receive instructions from their commander ‘to arrest these men at their place of operation. It is the desire of the Dallas Office to ascertain if such bookmakers are in violation of the Federal statutes prior to having them arrested. It is also believed that any. arrest or activities by local authorities at this time could possibly place the informants in jeopardy. -4- DociId:32293754 Page 5