JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form 6/15/20] AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Agency Information Peleased under the John Kennedy Assassination Records FBI 124-10347-10068 Ollection Act of 1992 HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 45920 Date: CR 92-4195-8 1i-i7?-2017 a ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 45920 Bocld: 32316446 Document Information FBI MM HQ 11/22/1960 26 JAMES PLUMERI PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4; 11(a) ‘ Redact 08/31/1998 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS RPT Page 1
MM 92-405 AT HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA Will interview JOHN J. MC LAUGHLIN, 511 South 2lst Avenue, and obtain all the details he may possess concerning DIOGUARDI'S operations. JEK Act 6 (4) - INFORMANTS - MM T-1 MM 509-C a T-2 MM 647-PC HW 45920 anchenr..Motel shale . MM.T-3 JAMES FIELDIN, co-owner, Miami Tabacco Company, 341 ON Northwest 7th Street, Miami, Florida, by request MM T-5 JACK HOLLANDER, co-owner, Pan American Tobacco Vending Company, 4203 East 10th Court, Hialeah, Florida, by request ‘ MM 647-PC on October 20, 1960, advised that he was visited by HARVEY; HARVEYDAVENPORT, who worked for FRANK DIOGUARDI at the Chatéau SN ee igau, Restaurant and is now eSiding at the hho aAN ‘KMAVIGLIA who resides th NFER. Miami Beach,..tlonida, and” dupivip-tne conversation DAVENPORT advised him that a month or so ago two of his friends, had pulled several burglaries in Miami, one which involved about $50,000.00 in Jewelry at the home of an individual connected with the Crime Commission, and the other theft involved about $17,000.00 in jewelfy which occurred on a Friday. He stated that DAVENPORT had been approached by these two friends allegedly with the view of trying to get him to dispose of the jewelry. According to MM 647-Pc, DAVENPORT said he had mentioned this to FRANK DIOGUARDI, and he, DAVENPORT later learned that DIOGUARDI and JOSEPH INDELICATO obtained the jewelry from these two friends, Saying they would sell it #er them. Infsermant also advised that DAVENPORT related that he was later informed by his friends that DIOGUARDI never gave them any money for the jewelry and claimed all he would get for it was $3,000.00. -D- COVER PAGE BW W685 DoclId: 327316446 Page 2?
HW 45920 MM 92-405 According to DAVENPORT he contacted DIOGUARDI to ask him to return the jewelry to his friend and DAVENPORT was informed by DE@GUARDI that he did not have the jewelry as he had sent it to New York City. Informant also advised that he was told by DAVENPORT that he thereupon contacted VINCENT JAMES PALMISANO, who was to have a meeting with FRANK DIOGUARDI about this matter. DAVENPORT told the Informant that whenever they get into any trouble among each other, they are to contact PALMISANO toget the difficulty straightened out. According to MM 647-PcC, the two thieves are allegedly very close to DAVENPORT. The Informant also stated that VINCENT BRUNO, owner of Capra's Restaurant, Miami, advised him that DIOGUARDI contacted him and wanted him to cook a dinner for DIOGUARDI, PALMISANO, and (FNU) D'AMATO, owner of Cigarette Vending Service Company, axa a new restaurant opéneachy D'AMATO'S son FRANK D'AMATO which is located on the Miami Beach side of the 79th Street Causeway, just east of the old Copper Kettle. According to the Informant BRUNO told him he had refused to do this. In addition MM 647-PC said the past Sunday between -11:30 PM, and 12:00 midnight he saw SALVATORE CAPUTO, now staying at the Escape Motel, and HAROLD SOLOMON, brother- in-law of JOSEPH INDELICATO, emptying cases of whiskey and placing them on the shelves of the patkage store in DORE'S Restaurant. Informant stated the empty cases were thrown in the empty lot west of the car wash on Sunny Isles. Boulevard, and they made several trips to get the cases of whiskey in ANGELO'S Pizza Truck. According to Informant he felt this whiskey came from the Chateau Bleau before it closed in August, 1960, and he understood they had reported a theft of whiskey and tables and chairs from this place after the .building was taken over by the owner, LEO KUGLER. Informant stated that he felt that DIOGUARDI had stored these cases in his garage, and he knew that DIOGUARDI had sold the tables and chairs to JACKIE DAVIS for $600.00, and DAVIS might now have them in the Rustic Lounge, 79th and Biscayne, Miami, Florida. -E. COVER PAGE Yad WQOGT, DoclId: 327316446 Page 3
MM 92-405 In addition, Informant): advised that FRANK DIOGUARDI is close to a Lieutenant of Metro whose last name begins with VAN or VON, and who covers the North.Dade area. He stated this Lieutenant works with a Detective named DAVE (LNU) a cousin of JOHN FLINK, who operates the travel agency on Sunny Isles Boulevard. According to his information they are making collections from bookmakers, and he understood that BERNIE STEIN, a bookmaker, at the Argosy Hotel, is the one who is paying off. Informant 647-PC further advised that he heard _that FRANK DIOGUARDI claimed to have a partner in DORE'S ’ Restaurant, whom he considers a "dope" and whom he will take for all his money. Informant stated this partner may also be DIOGUARDI'S partner in the shylock business, and that he is from New York and is the brother-in-law of JACK WALLACH, formerly a bartender who is now managing Angelo's Restaurant for DIOGUARDS. WILLIAM HUNTER, United States Postal Inspector's Office, Miami, Florida, on November 11, 1960, advised that JOHN J. MC LAUGHLIN, left a forwarding address on August 3, 1960, of 511 South 21st Avenue, Hollywood, Florida. RICHARD JAFFE, Special Agent of the Intelligence Unit of Internal Revenue,Service, Miami, Florida, on November 11, 1960, advised that SEK Law 11(a) BY BBYJPK TASK FORCE on 9/6199 lod CO RELEASE WW FULL Z PELEASE IN PART Cl TOTAL DENA oe woven pier 7 |](a) hy 89s HW 45920 Docld:32316448 Page 4