ig , ~ * vM 62-1273 fe \ PROSTITUTION : | : Y. a HERB RAU, PCL, advised that- RUTH LIcHTEnsrenn my. e BARNETT, was ROS K TILLER and Madam/SHERRY, formerly a well known madam in Miami, is now operating in Havana, Cuba... He” ™ stated a select number of cab drivers in Havana possess the addresg of Madam SHERRY's house. He also stated he was told PLEA" écthat am SHERRY made an attempt to get in contact with FZAAYBUNNE BACON at Miami and have him obtain some profitable ; -——~“"elientele for her. RAU related that BACON's whereabouts are i unkno s he had moved from the Miami area after his wife, EUILY/BACON had secured a divorce about a year ago. RAU pojvited out that BACON and his wife had been prominent in the society columns for some years prior to a year ago. Madam SHERRY was last convicted at Miami on 12/21/54 in U.S. District Court for perjury. She was sen- tenced to a year and a day and after conviction, was re- leased on bail pending appeal. She subsequently skipped her bond and went to Mexico where she was apprehended and returned to the United States. She was convicted of jumping her bail and received a 30 day sentence on that charge on 6/5/56, which was to run consecutive to the previous perjury conviction . of one year’and one day. | HOODLUM HANGOUTS yr" MM 665-PC, who is residing temporarily at the \ Eb je Garden of Allah Motel, Miami Beach, advised the Italian LF: - “! paeketeers are endeavoring ‘to purchase this motel. He sata he land upon which the motel is built is owned by FRANK A. VKATZENTINE,—an attorney who has interest in a mado Staton “ ' jand in the Crime Commission of Greater Miami. e yelated if / that the motel is presently owned by MAURICE "RED'S POLLOCK - ff and is in financial difficulty. He said that POLLOCK has - outstanding obligations. over a million dollars and is in- debted to him for $20,000. _ + “th ropmant “related that JOE MEROLA, - a ‘thier and a very close friend of SAM*MANNARINO, as well as his brother GABRIEL,- both racketeers from New Kensington,..Pa., visit i there occasionally. MEROLA, he said, told him that he loaned i , POLLOCK $30,000 but POLLOCK admitted to the informant borrow- ; ing $20,000 from MEROLA. MM 665-PC said he has learned that / MEROLA is forcing himself. to the front and has offered some - of the creditors 30¢.on a dollar. Informant said he was a it \ i HW 54027 DoclId: 32334022 Page 4
MM 62-1273 advised by a close friend that MEROLA has been endeavoring to force POLLOCK out of the mote . According to this friend, eed told him MEROLA said he had raised $225,000 so far in order to get control of the motel. MM 665-PC said POLLOCK and MEROLA were going to New York City the past weekend for the purpose of raising some funds but that POLLOCK changed his mind the last minute when he, POLLOCK, found out ‘MEROLA and other eastern. Italians antendéd to eventually force him. out of the motel. The | informant gaid POLLOCK for years has been close to the hood- lum element: and particularly thos e from Chicago. He said since MEROLA has resided there some eastern hoodlums, un- known to him, have visited the mo out. The’ informant learned t extensive renovations to his home Miami Beach, and so far, has spen He also said that MEROLA drives a owns a yacht which houses five to tel and made it their hang- hat MEROLA’ has been making . at 2018 North Bay Road, t about $20,000 for repairs. cadillac automobile and _ seven persons, Other in-— formants have advised that MEROLA is the front man for the MANNARINO group and that the MANN interest in the motel. ARINOS have a financial cb Ac. Ji &AXweroLa comes from pittSburgh, Pa., has FBI No. yogge90 18 a Jéwel thief, and ha -motel-for the last nine months, a wife, LEE JACOBRE, 4 showgirl, is FISCHETTI, formerly of Chicago, and presently 2 siding at ; odlum of tk ami Office. Ve te Nort ay Village, Fla., a top ho s been residing at the” t least. POLLOCK's ex- now married to JOE - ~~ NARINO has FBI_No.115840.and GABRIE SMANNARINO has SA FBI No. 954850. The MANNARINOS a of gambling in the New Kensington, Pa. area. They also possess; other business interests; such as serap iron company, real estate and a vending and pinball dis- | tribution business in the same ar LABOR FUNDS | ‘RALPH MILLS, Assistant Senate Select Committee on Improp or Management Field, advised that ‘an outdoor theater, a 1 eae j — Comsel of the United States er Activities in the Labor JAMES HOFFA'S Teamsters Docld: 32334022 Page 3
5 7 MM 621273 fb Union on 5/29/57 made a 1 of $750, 000 to the_JOK/ HART | Properties, who own ca agen of § Motel, 163rd Street and Collins Avenue, in Dade County. He said the owners of the i motel also took over the notes on an old mortgage amounting ip to $500,000, and on 3/15/58 made another loan from the a ad Teamsters Union for $5,000 which was to be. used in the con- ( struction of 132 new units. In all, he said the JOE HART . | properties owe the Teamsters Union $1,750, 000. Informant also stated that prior to making the last loan, the motel had to make a payment of $101,500 per year to take care of interest, rent and principal. He said as a result of the last loan, the present payment per year is $201,500, which cevers interest, rent and-principal. HOODLUMS IN THE MIAMI AREA . MM 650-C advised WILLIE HARRIS has acquired a / half. interest in the cocktail lounge of the Riviera Motel, 2080 South Ocean Drive, Hallandale, Fla. oO ROY . OTTOM, ee kc Sheriff, Dade County, Flac; advised WIL AHARRIS, FBI_No._497131, has a financial } interest in the cocktail lounge -of the Monaco and Carib Motels in Dade County. He also advised that he has received information that WILLIE HARRIS is loaning money at excessive! interest rates to small businessmen and he recently observed HARRIS make a loan to BILL CHASE, @ real estate operator at | 400 East Beach Boulévard, Hallandale, Fla. In addition,- he related that momen Bay Motel, Miami Beach. f af MM 5094C stated that HARR ‘crsowam, soeceee | Auanovs and A. B?Y*BRO were presently working for JOE 1 gaEnrgan, “WA. “JomyScoorcH, in the Shylocking business. He. - advised that. _thesé individuals hang out at Pumpernik's Restau~ vY. vant, Miami Beath, ' WHITEY MARCUS ts bookmaker and close associate of JOE FISCHETTI. KIRSCHBAUM\is a local gambler. and Shylock, } ! \CINDELICATO has FBI _No...561964. pnd is a Shylock and operates / | the Sunshine State Transportation Company, Miami Beach, fe } INDELICATO is a close associate of JOE MASSE, FBI No. 597 85H and ALFRED GEORGE FELICE, FBI No. 95186. - oe mi: oF HW 54027 Docld:32334022 Page 6 OCKFELD, FBI No. 291641, 1s fronting for [| # L. fr HARRIS in the operation of the cocktail lounge in the Blue |."
“Sy “ MM 62-1273 MM 656-C stated that PHD CRRART,° formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, and now residing at Miami Beach, is doing seme Shylocking and the funds he isvsing come from TONY SALERNO. Informant stated that FERRARI obtains $120,00 ‘for every $100.00 he loans. SALERNO is from New York City and allegedly has an interest in the numbers Tracket in New York with MIKE COPPOLA, FBI No. 677976, who is a top hoodlum of the Miami Office. Extra copies are being transmitted so that the Bureau may forward the two copies to the Legat, Havana, for information. gees ! HW 54027 Docld:32334022 Page Tf