Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act oL 1997 (42 USC FIT Woter= ' DATE: 11-14-2017 we ’ . ~ . . : a nN cfs ro) \ Y . i Pa - \. | CV 92-748; CV 137-1130 church affairs and contributes heavily to the churth, He said that according to recent information he obtained, ; POLTGAL 5 18 } presently visiting in Sicily. Informant related that he was in contact on i august 28, w13e3, with LOUIS CARIERRI, who is the racket boss 7 of Lake County; Ohio. Informant related that CARIERRI in about 1955 operated a gambling joint named the Martinique Club, and the gambling was wide open. He said that JAMES LICAVOLI moved;in on CARIERRI and took a piece of the action at the Martinique. Informant mentioned this as an example of the "special powers" of JAMES LICAVOLI, He said that LOUIS CARIERRI: at the present time is on the outs with JAMES LICAVOLI and also that CARIERRI is having financial difficulties in that he has little or no action going for him, He said that CARIERRI discussed with him the contemplated | purchase of a large restaurant at Mentor-on-the-Lake and CARITERRI told the informant that if he had any money. to invest, he would take him in on the operation of this restaurant. oo During the interview with this informant, he related that he was born in 1904 in Italy and came to the United. States when he'was 15 years old. He said he was in Detroit from about 1924 to 1930, He discussed an incident which occurred in Michigan in about 1928 to 1930 in which two policemen were: killed and that his car was observed at the murder scene, He said he was not involved in the murders ‘but: knew ‘he was hot and so went to Canada to hide out. Ee f said later’ the individuals responsible for the murder were identified and all were apprehended, except one ANGELO — ANGELICA (ph), 'He explained that he had loaned his-car’to an individual : and he does not know how it came to be used on the murders. He felt that ANGELICA was responsible for implicating him in’ the murders and heard he was hiding out in Brooklyn so he went from Canada to Brooklyn, New York, , looking for ANGELICA to "gun him down," He said he almost got killed in. doing this since one of the tiividuals he contacted in Brooklyn was a compare of ANGELICA, He said he was not aware of this relationship and the compare informed « ANGELICA and efforts were.made to set up the informant to be killed;-however, he avoided this, He casually mentioned | , that while in the New York area he met VITO GENOVESE. He ' did noks .disougs | the extent of this relationship. { »~ 10 «= DoclTd: 32304755 Page 11_
DATE: 11-14-2017 . } ce, oN ; * on aan a ' . é . . oe v ~ a a . : \ 2 ms TPs ns : ‘ Ws eeirers the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of-199 i 4 Cv 92-748; cv 137-1130 He said that while ih New York City, he was - | involved in a robbery for which he claimed to be innocent. He said he was sentenced to 25 to 40 years on this robbery charge and served a considerable amount of time at Sing ; J 3 a Sing Prison. ; He said that in about 1928 or 1930, while in Detroit, he had opened a tr. He said the second day the bar was open he was arrested for possessicn of narcotics for which he served a sentence of 23 years, He mentioned that while in Detroit he met ANGELO MELI, He did not discuss the extent of this relationship with MELI, From the above information furnished by this — — informant, 1t is obvious he has tremendous potential in furnishing information concerning La Cosa Nostra and particularly information concerning the LICAVOLI family, information concerning top Italian hoodlums in the Cleveland area, and possibly information concerning the New York City area. ‘The files of the Cleveland Division show that this individual had numerous eriminal contacts in the Buffalo, New York, area. The. above information was obtained in an initial interview under circumstances which prohibited any further interrogation for details of the information set out above, It is believed this individual can be developed into a Top Echelon informant and every effort will be made to develop him along these lines. Any information obtained from this | individual will be furnished to the Bureau and disseminated to pertinent offices. Docld: 32304755 Page 12