eee "PG. 52-1687 , confid ial panel truck mentioned at length in this case has been observed parked in the driveway at. 1127 Freeport Road, Natrona Heights, Pa,, the home of one ART ERRICO. The anonymous letter pointed . out that the truck was parked near a garage at the end of the driveway on a number of occasions and described. ERRICO as a ‘ numbers operator, “ WILLIAM AHLSTROM, a reporter for the "New Kensington Daily Dispatch" newspaper, advised SA PORTELLA on November 13, 1958, ~ that he had received information from one of his sources that the S & S Distributing Company panel truck had been observed in the vicinity of the National Cash Register warehouse | on 13th or 14th Street, New Kensington, Pa.. According to AHLSTROM, the source reported ‘observing boxes being unloaded from the truck near the warehouse. AHLSTROM could only - identify the source as one of the many people who call his £- paper on a daily basis to report ‘information concerning the _ ‘MANNARINO mob, ; PHILIP JAMES MAINER : - FBI Number 868314A ) - The Cleveland Office on December 2, 1958, furnished information’ relating to the New Kensington connections of MAINER an associate of suspect GEORGE MIKE FLOREA, FBI Number 2888609, , named by a Canton, Ohio, Police Department informant as the perpetrator of the Ohio National Guard Armory burglary on October 14, 1958. Confidential source MIKE ZERVOS (protect) in interview with '. SA DOUCE on January 6, 1959, positively identified a photograph of MAINER and. furnished the Following background information concerning him: ~ Approximately 18 or 20 months ago ZERVOS received a telephone » call from HENRY ABRAHAM, aka "“PECKY," operator of a cocktail lounge in New Kensington. ABRAHAM told ZERVOS that he had a -deal that ZERVOS might be interested in and asked him to come .to his place of business right away. When ZERVOS arrived at "PECKY's" place he was introduced to two individuals, one (a Syrian: man age about 40-45,’ name unknown, from New Castle or Farrell, Pa., and the other MAINER, although MAINER was not | _ introduced to ZERVOS by name. ABRAHAM told ZERVOS that the ’ Syrian.man was a very good friend of his and had 1800 cartons of arettes in a station wagon parked outside that he would 2 $1 a carton. ZERVOS advised that ABRAHAM said that he wanted he entire load himself but did not have enough money to _ “go they: could buy the. ‘load together. oe ee COVER PAGE ee pas 78S3 IOP | HW 56792 DocId:32331887 Page 4
a. / iY Tr wo PG 52-1687 \ Conti ide tial +. | ZERVOS refused because he had ery been recently released from the Western State Penitentiary after serving 224 years after conviction for murder and suggested to ABRAHAM that they take the cigarettes to GABRIEL MANNARINO (Pittsburgh top hoodlum) who owned the S & S Distributing Company, a-. cigarette vending machine concern. In the presence of ZERVOS, ABRAHAM told the Syrian man and MAINER that if ZERVOS would not put up any money he was not in a position to take ‘the load himself but offered to take them to MANNARINO in his own car; ABRAHAM left with the two individuals and looked up GABRIEL MANNARINO who ~ “presumably bought the entire stolen shipment. ; ZERVOS noticed the Syrian man in New Kensington a number of 'times after their initial meeting, driving a black station wagon, not further described, and assumes that he regularly supplied the S & S Distributing Company with stolen cigarettes for at least three or four months since during his first meeting with the group, the Syrian man offered to supply cigarettes | regularly,» - ZERVOS has not- seen the Syrian man ‘or MAINER in New Kensington for the past year and one-half but observed MAINER several times after their initial meeting in the lobby of the Kenmar Hotel and also in the Laetus Club. ZERVOS also speculated that MAINER and his companion could have sold other shipments of stolen cigarettes to JOSEPH GIORDANO, aka "RED," operator of the Bachelor's Club in New Kensington, and a long-time fence. Vo ZERVOS is of the opinion that MAINER's connections in New Kensington would be with members of the MANNARINO mob as a result of his original introduction to MANNARINO or GIORDANO through ABRAHAM. : _ZERVOS is. extremely reluctant to make any open inquiries concerning MAINER in New Kensington and considers it highly inadvisable for him to do so at the .risk of disclosure as a source of information. ZERVOS examined photographs of GEORGE VICTOR ZUGRAVE, FBI Number 2878523, SAMUEL’ JOSEPH MESSARIS, FBI Number 8110808, and FLOREA.but was unable to recognize them. | 1 COVER PAGE! arias | HW 56792 Docld:323313887 Page 5 81-723 9F 408
~ 4 a ~ } ErL,‘VLE eo “ 0 6, _ - / - . 4 . . - _ ; . . _ Photographs of the above were. also displayed to PG 545-C on January 6, 1959, by SA DOUCE without making an identi- , fication. ot oe oo - ‘ "NICK TRIKILIS (Cleveland Suspect) The Cleveland Office on November 28, 1958, reported that ' (FNU) MOORE made a collect telephone call from Pittsburgh CO 1-9000. on August 31, 1958, to the home of TRIKILIS in _ Canton, Ohio, HOward 2-5772. So SA J. EDWARD MADVAY on January 6, 1959, telephoned COurt 1-9000 and determined that that telephone number was. issued to the . f COVER PAGE _ Contigsotial - w S2-7t3¢C S-1d0F (HW 56792 Docld:3233138387 Page 6
~~ “ ae b PG 52-1687 a : S. Number Date Called | 35-2-1898 ; ' November 8, 1958 NAX 9885 November 16, 1958 8. Will conduct logical investigation in the vicinity of the National Cash Register warehouse to resolve the allegation that the S$ & S Distributing Company panel truck has been observed unloading boxes at that location. 9. Will imterview PCI HENRY ABRAHAM for information concerning suspect PHILIP JAMES MAINER, FBI Number 868314A and his Syrian companion from New Castile or Farrell, Pa., who approached ABRAHAM approximately two years ago for the purpose of unloading a shipment of stolen cigarettes. AT NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA, (Allegheny County) | Will interview ART ERRICO referred to in an anonymous letter ; , to the Pittsburgh Office in November, 1958, concerning i the allegation that the S & S panel. truck has been seen parked near his garage on a number of occasions in the past. AT RUSSELLTON, PA. (Allegheny County) 1. Will interview Lieutenant JOHN E. BOGGS, D Battalion, Fifth Missile Battery, U. S. Army Nike Site on Crawford Run Road, to determine if possible whether the five gallon oil can recovered at the Allegheny Valley Airport on November 5, 1958, could have been part of the Nike Site inventory. 2. Will canvass motels and hotels in the vicinity of the Allegheny Valley Airport in an effort to determine a whether MEROLA registered as a guest during the period ° October 24, 1958, to November 4, 1958. -R- COVER PAGE | x | BF2<7ZSVE -166 | HW 56792 Docld:32331387 Page 7