Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 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 : COMMENTS : v9.1 ‘Docld: 32307507 Page 1 OPENING CRITERIA : Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC 2107 Hote). JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10293-10165 HQ CR 100-42303-519 Document Information FBI BARRETT, ROBERT M. DIRECTOR, FBI 04/09/1959 27 JFC, MAFIA, ASSOC, BKG, CRIMINAL ACT, ORGANIZATION PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 06/02/1998 INDEFINITE Date: 4/24/201
| ReYeased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 usc 2107 Hote) DATE: 11-14-2017 . ~, « J ts 40 ve CC ( \ DL 94-136 a INFORMANT PAGE “DL T-1 is DL 105-C, who is closely associated with the Italian element in Dallas. DL T-2 is MR, ERNEST GENTRY, Field Supervisor, U. S. Narcotics Bureau, Dallas. MR. GENTRY stated he will make all information concerning the MAFIA obtained by his agency available. to the Dallas Office ‘put requests that his identity and furnishing of this material be kept strictly confidential and never disclosed ' to any source outside the FBI 1 ° DL T-3 is MR. JEROME J, CRANE , co-owner of the Crane-Longley Funeral Home, Dallas., This firm, according to MR. CRANE and > _ Lieutenant SOUTER of the Dallas Police Department, handles approxi- mately 85 per cent of all Italian funerals in Dallas. In addition, . MR, CRANE is well acquainted through his business with many : Italians in Dallas, especially JOSEPH F. CIVELLO, JOE IANNI, the /CAMPISI brothers, and ROSS MUSSO. MR. CRANE has stated he will cooperate with the FBI on a confidential basis in any manner. requested of him. He has furnished detailed information ‘from his confidential records concerning the relationships and birth data of all Italians Suspected of being MAFIA adherents-and their families. my DL T-4 is MR. E. W. THURMAN, Supervisor-Investigator, vw. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Dallas, Texas, contacted’ March 26, 1958, by SA ROBERT M. BARRET?, REVIEWED BY #5nJFK TASK FORCE ON ——e|4|a0 dato ics _ \ RELEASE IN FULL - (1 RELEASE IN PART a ! [0 TOTAL DENIAL "EA OS | | | “SL pevrwes gy SSIEK T K FORCE | ON if rode cr} REL CASE N PART Ol TOTAL DENIAL ; DocId: 32307607 Page 2?
Pleased under the yo. DATE: 11-14-2017 DL 94-136 | Oo : Will advise Dallas if information concerning tattoos of crosses on the back of the hands of MAFIA members born in Sicily or Italy has ever come to the attention of the New York Office. previously or is known to any confidential sources who are well acquainted with MAFIA activities: Will possibly consider checking arrest records for descriptions concerning tattoos of a repre- _ sentative number of MAFIA suspects, such as VITO GENOVESE , JOSEPH BONANNO , JOSEPH PROFACI, et “em SAN FRANCISCO AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — , | 7 Through the records of the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, their No. A1563446, Petition No. 3387, will obtain birth data information of ROSS MUSSO, brother-in- ~law of JOSEPH FRANCIS CIVELLO. MUSSO was naturalized June 23, 1945, . ‘ but according to U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 4 Dallas, this information is on file at the San Francisco Records c '.Center. MUSSO aileges he was born in Italy in 1896. U j DALLAS -_ 7 - mo 1 AT DALLAS, TEXAS ee : —_ } Will continue contacting DL’ 105- -C, JEROME J. CRANE, and ERNEST GENTRY, U. 8S. Narcotics Bureau, for any information they may be able to develop concerning the MAFIA, its activities and its members or adherents. Will consider interviewing. HARRY KAHN, who, according to police records, was involved in the gambling activities of an — r Italian group in Dallas in the Fall of. 1958, with a view towards : } developing him as a confidential source or an informant. Will 4 obtain background information of TONY MENTESANA. Vy. , a DEA REVIEWED BY FBYJFK TASK FORCE on __ bala _dalo| mus ae | | : XK RELEASE IN FULL COVER PAGE CO RELEASE IN PART | REVIEWED BY BBUIFK TASK F OE Cl) TOTAL DENIAL ~ | NY — "Mt 2cled — rn O nei eAgE IN PART : (J TOTAL DENIAL | Docld: 32307807 Page 3