i sac, Pai lodetphia (92-558) 11/7/88  pineétor, FBI (92-2918) wo OQ SAMUEL HANMARINO, WAS 3. GABRIEL MANNARINO, Was 7 AR iv ys . oe fi Re Pittsburah airtel 10/29/58, Wa Philadelphia expedite leads in reairtel] inasmuch as a, : Gabriel Mannerino has apparently been hiding out since attendance ..- at the Apalachin meeting, November, 1957, ; 6 - Pittsburgh (2- 92-226) (2= 92-236, (1- 92-226) (1- 137-68} aN NS Fibaiy Lob Y Fibois 2a ~ WT olson : ) Nichols : . : Boardman JGL AOB sal 1 OY 5 om ey ; oe iow 7 f | Belmont ‘ Vv po rae ne tae ie een ; A /, f ri “ F Mohr _ MAILED 31 j cl ff & i Parsons iN iS ae Kenta ete AT a : Q Rosen it GV ¢ - {958 | . Tamm . , 1 rye lan Q Trotter Cc ht eos | 3 Nease — CT oe te etre ee 6g Tele. Room Holloman “) wee ea on 6 UNuv 14 1959f OF Gandy UG bu MAIL ROOM CT | DoctTd:32575016 Page 1
FBI DATE: 10/29/58 Transmit the following in (Type in plain text or code) Via —~, | : (Priority or Method of Mailing) . TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (92~2918) (92-2914) : ; \ RE: SAMUEL MANNARINO, was.3; GABRIEL MANNARINO, was. AR 00; Pittsburgh Enclosed for the assistance of Philadelphia is one photograph each of Pittsburgh top hoodlums GABRIEL MANNARINO, FBI No. 854850, and SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA, FBI No. 96725. For the benefit of Philadelphia, PG 545-C, who has furnished considerable information concerning subjects! legitimate enterprises particularly real estate transactions involving SAM MANNARINO, advised during 2/58 that SAM MANNARINO during ; early 1957 mentioned he had purchased a hunting lodge surrounded by 200 acres of land. At the time PG 545-C understood (i va MANNARINO to say the lodge was located in Somerset..county, Pe ; and extensive investigation has been conducted to date in an S effort .to identify the hunting ‘lodge since several sources aa | 0 L here believe the lodge would be an excellent hide-out for ( ~ GABRIEL MANNARINO, who disappeared from New Kensington, Pa., Ses say, (BL 6 | | —_ ‘6 /=- Bureau (3- 92-2918 REC- 46 7 — 4 ) (Bo Seceeny} G2R-271£— OS 3°= Philadelphia (92-558) (Encl. 2) 6 ~ Pittsburgh (2- 92-22 a“, ‘ | 4958 Q—- 92-236 &y zo'Nov 4 l- 92-226 a PY cameoeeat 1- 137-68 ay , DoctTd: 32575016 Page 2?
PG. 92-228 PG 92-236 during 12/57 to avoid being served with a subpoena before. a Federal Grand Jury in the Southern District of New York inquiring into the significance of the conference of ° hoodiums at Apalachin, New York, 11/14/57. As a matter of information, Senator JOHN MC CLELLAN, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, has issued statements to the press that he considers GABRIEL MANNARINO one of the most important witnesses yet to be heard by the committee. Since MANNARINO's disappearance from New Kensington in 12/57 various reports have been received that MANNARINO and LA ROCCA are hiding. out together, In connection with efforts to identify the location of the hunting lodge PG 545-C on 10/28/58 learned through JACK KRUPA, a New Kensington, Pa., councilman and life-long friend and hunting companion of the MANNARINO brothers,.that SAM ‘MANNARINO's hunting’ lodge is not located in-Somerset County, Pa., but.is actually a twenty room farm house generally _ryeferred to as a hunting lodge surrounded by approximately . 200 acres of densely wooded land in Pennsylvania near the Pennsylvania-Maryland border approximately a fifteen minute drive by automobile from Hagerstown, Maryland. . PG 545-C was unable to obtain any additional identifying information . because of the likelihood of arising KRUPA's suspicions.” . Examination of available maps of the area indicate’ that the hunting lodge must be located in Franklin County probably in the general vicinity of Waynesboro and Greencastle, Pa. PG 545-C also recalled that he was in SAM MANNARINO's office at the Ken Iron and Steel Company, New Kensington, during. 12/57, when the press and radio carried the first accounts .- of MANNARINO being called before the Federal Grand Jury - 4n New York. Informant stated that while he was at the office Deputy Marshals were attempting to locate GABRIEL MANNARINO when. his brother SAM recéived a phone cali from GABRIEL MANNARINO and hurriedly told him "They are trying - to serve you with a subpoena, take off for the brush." PG 545-c said that in view of MANNARINO's prolonged ‘disappearance it seems: logical to assume that if SAM . MANNARINO's remarks were interpreted literally his advice "take off for the brush" could have been his subtle aA a DoctTd:32575016 Page 3
4 PG. 92=228 -- - PG- 92-236 way of telling GABRIEL to hide. outs fat the hunting lodge. With respect to background. “information eonceyning the lodge or farm house near the. Maryland border: PG 545-C pointed out. that KRUPA who has been a frequent. visitor to the location ' told him that. SAM MANNARINO has: several four wheel - drive: trucks and other heavy equipment parked on the property that’ are used from time to time by some of the local’ residents.. Informant said that according to KRUPA the general area is thickly populated with whiskey — stills and that local game-wardens are. reluctant to enter the. area. apparently because some of them have been mistaken for ATU Agents and fired upon by moonshiners. PG” 5U5=C- also developed from KRUPA that occasionally’while . on: ‘hunting. trips with SAM MANNARINO they would stay ina hotel ina nearby town (possibly Waynesboro) instead of “Sleeping: over. night at the farm house. Philadelphia through Recorder. of. Deeds: for Franklin County, Pa., attempt to identify the 200 acres of land and hunting” lodge owned by SAM-MANNARINO. The property is probably recorded in MANNARINO's name, however, if county records. ‘fail to disclose desired information check names of the ~« followingywho- in the past. have been used as jegitimate business fronts. by MANNARINO: © ROSE: MANNARINO (wife) VICTOR and MINNIE CARLUCCL . (son-in-law and daughter) GENEVIEVE MORENO (SAM MANNARINO's private secretary) — KATHLEEN ‘MORENO (secretary's: daughter) | JACK KRUPA . : If property. recorded in- Franklin County records: ‘obtain. prief legal description, -volume and page number where recorded and examine Pennsylvania Transfer Tax Stamps. attached to: deed in- order that sale price. may be computed. 23s. cnn nSeEnOON DER SEE DoctId: 32575016 Page 4
~ pg 92-228 PG 92-236 In addition Philadelphia at. ‘Waynesboro; Pas, and vicinity near. the Maryland border display photos of GABRIEL MANNARINO and JOHN. LA ROCCA to game wardens, reliable .police officers -and sources. to locate the hunting: 16dge and determine whether _ MANNARINO and LA ROCCA are hiding. out at. that location or have been there in the past six to ten months. Should the lodge be located extreme caution should be used : RECORDS OF THE _ PITTSBURGH POLICE DEPARTMENT DISCLOSE - Lb MANNARIN D IN 1931 AS A SUSPICIOUS PERSON Docld:32575016 Page 5 nrormation