v9.1 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 : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : NW 45760 Docid:32290834 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10206-10110 HQ 62-9-12-315 Document Information FBI SAC, DL DIRECTOR, FBI 04/09/1962 19 CIP, FORT WORTH PDT, CORRUPTION PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 10/06/1998 INDEFINITE INC LHM Page i Date: 4/27/201
DL 94-55A WILLIAMS does not appear to have any additional information which has not been previously reported to the FBI by these officers and other sources, Information contained in the accompanying letterhead memo has been furnished on an almost daily basis orally by SA JOSEPH M. MYERS to IRS Agents who are conducting an extensive investigation in Fort Worth, Texas. This memo will serve as an up-to-date record of information previously supplied to IRS on a local level. The Bureau may desire to disseminate the letterhead memo to the IRS headquarters at Washington, D.C, Extra copies are being provided the Bureau in the event copies of. this memo are being disseminated. Copies of this memo are being furnished San Antonio for dissemination to the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and to Col. HOMER GARRISON, DPS at Austin, Texas, after approval is given by the Bureau for such dissemination. Two copies of this letterhead memo will be furnished to the IRS at Dallas, Texas, after approval is given by the Bureau. For the information of the Bureau, San Antonio Office advised on 4/4/62 that Col. HOMER GARRISON, Director, Texas DPS, Austin, Texas, has informed that no active investigation has been conducted to date although the situation at the Ft. Worth PD has been followed by the DPS. He stated that he would have a representative contact the Dallas Office in the near future. Subsequently, on 4/4/62, Capt. ROBERT A, CROWDER did contact the Dallas Office as outlined in referenced Dallas letter to Bureau. ‘For the further information of the Bureau, the “sources contained in the letterhead memo are listed below as to each paragraph. Paragraph Number. Source oy 1-5 LEONARD DORSETT, Patrolman Fort Worth PD 6 PCIs | iH and [___] Dallas vision NW 45760 DociId:32290834 Page 2
: ae —— —— > , ee ———owe a Cc 12 | 13 14 15 16 | DL 94-55A Paragraph Number. 7-9 | | ' | 11 17 20 ny 21 | 22 23 yoy NW 45760 Docid:32290834 19 Source BERT EDMONDSON, Fort Worth PD DL-84-C OTHER 4 LEONARD DORSETT Former PCI Ld Dallas Division LEONARD DORSETT, and Investigation of JAMES ERSKINE MOSES JACKIE SHEFFIELD, Victim in WSTA Matter; and Officers FRENCH and PODOLSKY, Ft. Worth PD; and investigation. pci [_______]} Dallas Division EDDIE LYNN, Sheriff's Office, — Tarrant County; Former Fort) ‘Worth PD Officer JIMMY DEAN; and LEONARD DORSETT and from records furnished by DORSETT. HORACE YEAGER, employee, Fort Worth PD perl] Dallas Division; LEONARD DORSETT PCI Dallas Division LEONARD DORSETT Rev. J. C. WILLIAMS, 2344 Brothers, Fort Worth, Texas
Cr ce ee ve seen nent oe Cree -who are checked into the Fort Worth City Jail and who are searched by these .jailors. One incident concerning this is alleged to be the arrest of JOHN ‘HENRY IRVON, 923 Judd . Street, Fort Worth, Texas, on December 23, 1961 for driving ‘while intoxicated. Officer L. C. KENNEDY, ‘Fort Worth Police. Department, is the officer, according to source,who made the. arrest. Affter. considerable investigation by, Fe in the 1 of 1961 concerning gambling pean f reported by one source that OLIVER BBA sort Worth Worth Police Department Vice Squad v7 RNG gamblers in Fort Worth who had been ‘interv twed by: Federal authorities and had these men photographed and fingerprinted ‘gince few had ever been fingerprinted or photographed before. It is alleged that none of these people were a sted and that Lieutenant BALL told the gamblers to n t. an_address in Fort Worth, Texas, due to the bad publici gives the - Fort. Worth and also because_Fort uh City Manager . INGHAM put the pressure on the Fort Worth Police } ‘Texas gamblers’ names and Fort Worth showed a larger. iber of gamblers than Dallas. ’ deral agencies it is One source advised that sh¢q had on. different occas tons given $10.00 to $2 ek} Squad officers E. M. - re % ie esis A ; 53 rac TT y and Equipment Company, in Fo >t worth 7} \ 4 into bankruptcy. a short time ago. This source were printed by this company and.were purchased by. the officers _ of the Police Department for $6.00 each. It was estimated that.of the annuals purchased, that Chief of Police SATO S.. PIGHOOUER, Fort Worth Police Department, had receivéd“a' known ‘as ¥ until- it we n et | et ® a. Vag > £9 pet © wn ay A] no) hs fast © Or: Go | bc.) ° % et! 7) a} et t bY ‘gd 3° pol me Q ‘O- 5S be) ve et =} i] “oe C ct > 5 =) & ) - a Information developed from one gource that approximatellys1$ to 2-years ago_E cere Te operator BOPP BUBKS ad paid amounts: ‘of-—from $500 to $1,000 Police Department Mand..to- seer paca WOOTEN , who was eels Sse as a Vice Squlta “sergeant on™ ein | Wort Police partment. This source stated that this money had ay ° . daw’ . | Nw 45760 DociId:32290834 Page 4
who are checked into the Fort Worth City Jail and who are searched by these jailors. One incident concerning this is alleged to be the arrest of JOHN ° HENRY IRVON, 923 Judd Street, Fort Worth, Texas, on December 23, 1961 for driving . ‘while intoxicated. Officer L. C, KENNEDY, Fort Worth Police a | ‘Department, is the officer, according to source,who made the. arrest. in the Fall of 1961 ‘concerning gambling matters, it is. _ reported by one source that Lieutenant OLIVER BALL of the .Fort Worth Police Department Vice Squad called all of the . gamblers in Fort Worth who had been interviewed by Federal . authorities and had these men photographed and fingerprinted 7 ‘since few had ever been fingerprinted or photographed before: “ It is alleged that none of these people were arrested and that Lieutenant BALL told the gamblers to not list an address in Fort Worth, Texas, due to the bad publicity it gives the . City of Fort.Worth and also because Fort Worth City Manager : L. P. COOKINGHAM put the pressure on the Fort Worth Police Department when newspapers published the Fort Worth and ‘Dallas, Texas gamblers' names and Fort Worth showed a larger. number of gamblers thg@n Dallas. . . After considerable investigation by Federal agencies ~ One source advised that she had on different occasions given $10.00 to $20.00 to Fort Worth Police Department Vice Squad officers’ E. M. BILGER, H. T, CLUCK, and D. W. McMILLAN for allowing her to work as a prostitute. One source stated that Chief of Police CATO HIGHTOWER's . brother, C, L. HIGHTOWER, formerly operated a building plant ~ _ known as University Supply and Equipment Company, in Fort Worth until it went into bankruptcy.a short time.ago. This source ' stated that 1957 and 1958 Fort Worth Police Departmefit. Annuals were printed by this company and were purchase:d by the officers of the Police Department for $6.00 each. It was estimated oO that of the annuals purchased, that Chief of Police CATO S. : HIGHTOWER, Fort Worth Police Department, had received a cut a from this. Information developed from one source that approximately 14 to 2 years ago Fort Worth coin machine operator BOB BURNS had paid amounts of fiom $500 to $1,000 in cash and this money was paid by BURNS to Lieutenant GEORGE T. HAWKINS of the Fort Worth, Texas Police Department Detective Bureau and to Sergeant ROBERT L. WOOTEN, who was formerly employed as a Vice Squad Sergeant on the Fort Worth Police Department. This source stated that this money had | NW 45760 DocId:32290834 Page 5