Released undér the John F:~ Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hotes DATE: 11-14-2017 RECORD SERIES : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: COMMENTS ; ae RIE OT AE | v9.1 Docld:32306587 Page 1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : OPENING CRITERIA : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10290-10227 HQ 92-3171-129 Document Information — FBI EVANS, C. A. PARSONS 02/23/1961 2 SGI, ASSOC, BUSS, TOP HOODLUM, P/P PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 . Redact 01/16/1998 INDEFINITE 414 Date: 5/7/2015
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 use 2104 Hote}. | DATE: {1-14-2017 He Pe tee So, ny _ OPTIONAL FORM-NO. 10 =” - oe 0 : yy a Memo randum 4 ( TOO: ue, Parsons tj Date: 2/23/61. Trotter ’ ‘ ; 5 : ; a ae W.C. Sullivan - oo ) ; me, . . : a : — : ; co. “Tele. Room _— / #4 FROM : - ©, A, Evans): . rae SUBJECT: SAMUEL M, GIANCANA HERE|S i iS UNCLAS IRE NEB De 4 ANTI-RACKETEER ING . - PURPOSE 7 a oo To advise you of current developments in our investigation of Chicago Top Hoodlum Samuel M. Giancana in whom the Department. has expressed an interest .(\4\ 7 oo , CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS With reference to the report from a Chicago informant ‘that Giancana is in partnership with one Gus Allgauer in the Villa Moderne Restaurant, Hyland Park, Illinois, Allgauer has advised that Chicago hoodlums Gus Alex and Frank Ferraro, together with their lieutenant Hy Godfrey, have visited his restaurant frequently within the past several weeks, On February 16, 1961, the group was accompanied by Top Hoodlum Murray Humphreys, and on February 20, Alex, Ferraro and Godfrey had lunch at the restaurant, Allgauer claims he has no sympathy for hoodlums visiting his restaurant but says he is not in a position to keep them from patronizing his business.) \) \ a Investigation has disclosed that the Fireside Restaurant, Lincolnwood, Illinois, which Allgauer previously owned was burned in 1958 by two or three armed men who entered the premises forcing employee: to lie on the floor and saturated the restaurant with gasoline after. which they set fire to it, The total loss was approximately one million dollars, Insurance covered the full loss, Investigators for insurance companies were unable to ascertain the reason forthe SD IN | : pec. 7 F/T (2G Robert V, Luongo, manager of Ope ions Administration at” : RCA, Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, has advised that the quantity of electro: equipment consisting of radio Phones which Sergeant Maher of the Intelligence Unit, Chicago Police Department, recently located stored in Chicago were a charitable gift negotiated by Harold S, McClintock, chairman of the Reclamation and Redemption Committee of the Disabled American Veterans at Chicago. This was the electronic equipment which Sergeant Maher previously said appeared to have been purchased by ~~ McClintock and others and concerning which he had received!/gne: report that it might be sent to Cuba, Further investigation is being conducted ee to develop additional details concerning this matter) \ Sistem \ _. MA oe % Was al Xe wv JGL Docld: 32306587 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Ho DATE: 11-14-2017 oe , - : Memorandum to Mr, Parsons Re: Samuel M. Giancana Investigation of the Amber Light Lounge, which is reputed to be a mail drop and meeting place for Giancana indicated this may | be a house of prostitution, Inquiry and observations reveals the presence of numerous females of questionable background on these premises. \\\ D. .E, Stephens, the Village President of Rosemont, Illinois, © advised he was contacted several months ago by Rocco Potenzo and | offered $1,000 per month to permit gambling operations at the Airliner Lounge in Rosemont;. Stephens refused the offer and ordered the gambling operations closed. Potenzo is the chief lieutenant of Giancana for northwest suburbs and is reported to operate the Airliner Lounge for Giancana,.\\\ Giancana's brother, Charles Kane, also operates the Thunder- bolt Motel for Giancana at Rosemont. Village President Stephens advises he has seen .Giancana in the motel on numerous occasions, He expressed an intense dislike for him and said he would furnish to the FBI identities of persons visiting the Thunderholt Motel an together with license numbers of their automobiles. | a no The Chicago Office and all other offices having leads in this matter have been im tructed to follow this investigation vigorously in efforts to develop a violation on Giancana as soon as ; Possablee\\\\ | : r | Docld: 32306587 Page 3