JFK Assassination System - Date: 4/30/201 Identification Form Agency Information ~- AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: 124-90113-10048 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 166-3249-57 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: JN TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 04/07/1967 PAGES: 8 SUBJECTS : JACK WASSERMAN DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 - CURRENTSTATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/30/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 ‘ 9 HW 45983 Docld:32334256 Page 1
RD-36 (R&v. sia: ‘ ¢ : sy FBI Date: 4/7/67 “. We Transmit the following in (Type in plaintext or code) OTHER 4 Enclosed herewith ur copies of an FD-302 reflecting an interview ich —s | Biloxi, in a os : ne 1 Pt oitl Catet Gliese 2 Geaee 2a (Priority) | ~j-----------------------------------------+----- boi _ TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (262=a87) 4 Wo | | FROM: SAC, JACKSON (166-71) @) fi ae HARRY BENNETT, ET AL; a Mehta che |, CONSPIRACY - | | ks “4 ANS ye” ‘ . mu ris a) #*) (00: JACKSON) a @ Sti mre Rerep SA WILLIAM F, DUKES, 3/9/67, . at Jackson. <P a bar ~! mM Miss., on 4/4/67. [s—<C~;~s—C;C~C] is a PC OF tthe Jackson - S | Division who has expressed a complete willingness to testify Siidis | fully to her information in this case, together with the fact #&: mr that she intends to leave the Mississippi Gulf CoasClarea and = Av; a "get out of the rackets" upon completion of this case. 7B ae e The information furnished by[____] is extremely | pertinent to this case, and it substantially corroborates testimony of other witnesses, establishing this conspiracy and “nailing down" the participation of subject RAYMOND was rel fively Koake \nl@? oe ty we Reger ve gh x G) - BureagitG) amt? (1 - 137 3 - Jackson. (2 > 166-71) (1 - 137-511 Gorse “ i ° cael pre (Encls. 4 LEROY ROLLING in the mith concerning whom NL Someee WFD:cas ; pep as " $a ¢ it | 3 | | : x Fe po hoy (C 4 APR 10 167: 2 / ms (] 7&5 Ke OR fog Cry) Wy? Approved: Sent_____—ssSM~—Osi Pre VE" Special Agent in Charge : [ je HW 45983 DocId:32334256 Page 2
JN 166-271 I¢ is requested that the Bureau disseminate this FD-302 to Departmental Attorney OWEN_A, NEFF, informing Mr. NEFF of the informant status of and of the fact that her identity should be kept strictly confidential pending her appearance at the trial as a witness, Im this connection USDJ HAROLD COX has allowed subjects only 30 days in which to file motions, and indications are this matter tisy be set for trial in the near future. UVACB, similar dissemination will be made by the Jackson Division to USA ROBERT Ei HAUBERG, Jackson, Miss., on April 14, 1967. SUBJECTS JAMES AND ORRELS ARMED AND DANGEROUS. o2o HW 45983 DocId:32334256 Page 3 ae eee OTHER 4
ans ae JERAL BUREAU OF oF INVESTIGATION.) ee | ; : ue of = 4/7/67 advised she has known JACK KRESS, @ manufacturer of gambling equipment from Tulsa, Oklahoma, fpr approximately 20 years. She first became acquainted with JACKPAYASSERMAN, Washington,DC. co orne ral years ago when/ WASSERMAN represented her se es a eriminal matter at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. — . She advised that she went to work for HARRY BENNETT as. a shill. at the-dice table in BENNETT'S Red Carpet Club at Biloxi, Mississippi, and was so employed in December, 1964, and there- after until the Red Carpet Club was padlocked about June, 1965. She usually came t6 work at 7:00 p.m. nightly and worked all night, getting off work st about 3:00 a.m. the following morning.- During this. period JIMMY JAMES worked for a time at the dice table in the Red Carpet Club, and BUDDY ROLLING was the pit. boss at the dice table, which was located in a large back room. | DEWEY D°ANGELO was also euwployed by HARRY BENNETT during this period at the Red Carpet Club, aad D'ANGELO usually worked in the front room with the black} aek table and was generally the . Overseer of the girls working ag Bedginkers . advised that beginning in about: January, 1965, HARRY BENNETT began complaining about the fact that he was losing money at the dice. table in the Red Carpet Club and that the custémers-were winniing. too often. During this. time. . RICHARD YARBROUGH. and HARVEY, HUTCHINS , Gulfport, Mississippi, _ attormeys, were! frequently fv the’ Red Carpet Club, as. was - . BENNETT'S son ROBERT BENRETY, About, this same period she was’ . aware that HARRY. RENNETT hited BARVEY HUTCHINS to work. out some kind of check-cashing schewe. wherein HUTCHINS cashed. checks Lote taken by BENNETT at the gambling f Red Carpet Club, and on one oceasion HUTCHINS ee ee ne he was in the check-cashing buginees. She stated thet almost invariably if @ customer lost money at the Beeb hing tables and wanted. te pay 4/4/67 di Bitont Miesis ssipph _Fite# Jackson 166-71 ; ‘SA WILLIAM F, DUKES and a This document contains noithor recomm endotions nor conclusions’ of ihe FBI. It fs the property of the FBI and is looned to your agency; It and Its contents ore not to be distributed” ovlside your agency. ENCLOSURE | HW 45983 DocId: 32334256 Page 4 Apartment 9, Gulf Shores Apartments, OTHER 4. FR CA ae - 3249-57
» ' JIN 166-71 2 fy | his losses by check, he was ‘veferred to the office and Mr. HARRY BENNETT , had no further specifics concerning this | OTHER 4 checkecashing operation. during the period about es that — AKEAJACKSON, a resident of Florida, and GLE EWENS,. en Atlanta, -Geotgia, resident, both friends of AMES , hung . around, the Red Carpet Club, as did STANLEY * ” WOODALL. JACKSON was a heavy: drinker and had nothing to do with joperation of the club, apparently” ‘hanging around because of his association with, JIMMY JAMES, The same was generally true of GLENN OWENS. ~ STANLEY WOODALL was employed by HARRY. BENNETT at the Red- Carpet. Club, but KOODALL was drinking ually, and did little work. In about March, 1965,’ exact date not recalled; BUDDY ROLLING oid? that he was going to Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and: that he would. be back in a day or so: with some “hot stuff" and:(told her to pray that he did not get caught. She assumed ROLLING meant that he was going to bring back some slot machines ‘from Louisiana’; ‘and she asked him if this was so. ROLLING: told: her’ it was something: ‘heavier than slot machines. ROLLING and JAMES thereafter disappeared from around the Red Carpet Club for a day or so. ‘While’ they. were gone, HARRY BENNETT told her on one morning when she got off duty to come in early that day: He did not explain why, but she came to work at the Red Carpet Club at about 5:00 pom. that afternoon. Upon arrival she immediately’ noticed thatthe’ back room where the dice table. oo was located was*torn up, and there*was a hole in the floor where | the dice table usually sat. This was a concrete floor, and - there was concrete dust all over the room and fixtures, which she began to tidy up. - oe ‘The room on this occasion was a turmoil of activity, ' and present were the following individuals: | HW 45983 Docld:32334256 Page 5
_—. . ¢ JACK KRESS, who was giving orders and . I vo, generally supervising activity in the . rooms BILL (last name unkown), a.man she knew from years past to be an engineer of some kind employed by JACK KRESS im KRESS' shop a at Tulsa, Oklahoma. This individual . . slightly resembles KRESS in build and appearance; _ STDAMY JAMES, who was dressed in work © coveralls and was engaged in some kind of work around the hole im the concrete floor; HARRY BENNETT, who was likewise dressed in coveralls; . . DEWEY D' ANGELO BUDDY ROWLING — GLENN OWENS = 6 , ' ERIC ROSINNETTE, an elderly man employed by | | HARRY BENNETT as a sort of caretakers - °. MAURICE ARNOLD, an electrician and handyman employed by HARRY BENNETT who was busily hocking up some kind of wires in the room. CT ecould not specifically recall if STANLEY | OTHER 4 WOODALL was ‘iim the room at this time, but WOODALL was in and out of the club during this period as he was employed there. HW 45983 DocId:32334256 Page 6
5 ae . oe, when the "juice joint" was dug out of the floor at the Red. Carpet Club and moved across the street to DEWEY D'ANGELO' Ss. Se | -. . place Deano’s Lounge. She stated that’ this move was accomplished — ae by” JIMMY JAMES , DEWEY D'ANGELO, JACK KRESS, BUDDY ROLLING, . feed ~ MAURICE. -ARNOLD, HARRY BENNETT, ERIC ROSINNETTE , and PAUL: BROWN; Sogo ese Se and it was done in one night.. ‘Co _] was never thereafter _- OTHER 4 ‘employed at Deano's Lounge and stated she thus was not aware’ OES eee the nature of the operation at Deano’s Lounge, although she ise ae BEE assumed that: BUDDY ROLLING continued to use the “juice Joint" ees . until it reportedly broke down. ae ni advised that she personally is aware Jehae: JIMMY JAMES is an old-time acquaintance of JACK KRESS ,. and - from’, seeing them together at the Red Carpet Club, she is certain ©’ that JAMES.is responsible for obtaining the "juice joint". from _ KRESS. and bringing it to Mississippi. She stated that she never ’ . actually saw the component parts:of this "juice joint" until it . was dug out of the floor for transfer from the Red Carpet: Club ~ -to Deano's: Lounge. She could not say positively how it came. PS coeate - to Mississippi, ‘but she believes JAMES brought it. She recalled -that on one occasion after the Njuice joint" was dug up and © seized by authorities from Deano’s. Lounge, JIMMY .JAMES told. hex: - that if. any law ever asked her about the "juice! joint," ‘she “35% . should say that JACK JACKSON brought it to Mississippi. > JAMES .. explained that JACK JACKSON was dead, having been killed in ae automobile accident in Florida. _ A! . a advised, she ig acquainted with IVAN : -—. ORRELS,, ‘known to her also as “Lanky" Orrels, whom’ she. knows” as an associate of JIMMY JAMES; She stated she knew of no con= oe nection ORRELS might have with the. "juice joint” at the Red — . Carpet Club and Deano’s Lounge, but (she recalled having seen... _.. ORRELS from time to time at the Red Carpet Club, as well as at ™ the Gay Paree Lounge at Biloxi} Mississippi. She specifically - could not recall having seen ORRELS at the Red Carpet Club ‘in © peo, ‘March, 1965, at the time the ‘tuice joint" was being ingeatied: syed there. eS 7 HW 45983 DocId:32334256 Page 8
sSN 166-71 6 advised that about a month before the OTHER 4 “juice joint" was installed im the Red Carpet Club, this being about the latter part of January or early February, 1965, she _ was present at the Red Carpet Club when JIMMY JAMES came in with JACK KRESS and KRESS’ engineer BILL, She observed JAMES _dntroduce KRESS. and BILL to WARRY BENNETT and definitely got ae the impression that HARRY BENNETT had not met KRESS prior t to ro this time. —~ on 4. ‘ [ stated, that after the "Juice. joint" was installed ‘and. was in use at’ ‘the Red Carpet Club, on one occasion ©¢... HARRY BENNETT told her that the “juice joint" cost him a hell of §/ a lot of. money. Also, shortly. after the "juice joint" was) installed, she'was at Gus Stevens’ “Restaurant, Biloxi, “Mississippi, having coffee with JIMMY JAMES and*@LENN OWENS. “ JAMES’ ‘expressed concern that™ BUDDY ROLLING Was ‘not qualified to. ‘run the’ “juice joint ,"* and’ he’ feared that ROLLING ‘would “mess things up." Cds stated that she would have no hesitation whatever to testifying completely and truthfully to all infor- mation she has concerning this matter, although she would prefer that her name not be made known outside the Federal Bureau of Investigation or U. S; Department of Justice pending her | testimony. at the trial. ee HW 45983 DocId:32334256 Page 9