AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: DATE: PAGES : SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : COMMENTS : v9.1 TITLE : OPENING CRITERIA : JFK Assassination System Date: 5/28/201 Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10283-10044 HQ 92-2914-60 Document Information FBI SAC, PG DIRECTOR, FBI 01/23/1959 4 GM, WHEREABOUTS, ASSOC, JRM, SJL, RACK AND SUBV PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 05/15/1998 INDEFINITE INC MEMO HW 45852 DocIdad:32303032 Page 1
FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56) os | ; | I | I | I F BI x | | | | | | a . . ‘ Date:’ ew 1/23/59 Trabdnit the following in s Via — TO: re DIRECTOR, FBI (92-2914) —- yes FROM: SAC, PITTSBURGH (92+236) . SUBJECT:  . GABRIEL MANNARINO, aka. | - | AR | | ; (00 = Pittsburgh) | . . - | OTHER 4 Confidential source|_______—_| (protect), a Pittsburgh businessman with whom contact has been insufficient to determine his degree of reliability, on 1/22/59 advised SA JOHN S. PORTELLA that he was introduced to subject early one morning during March, 1958, at the Ankara Night Club on Route_5l, Pleasant Hills Borough,/Pa. During their brief conversation L mentioned to MANNARINO that he might possibly vacation in Miami during the summer whereupon MANNARINO took a "Seagull" Hotel match book out of his pocket and wrote his name on the inside cover, saying if HOAG came to Miami to "just ask for KELLY" after registering at the hotel. As a matter of information [___] did not follow through with his plans to vacation in Florida and has not seen MANNARINO since their meeting in the Ankara. He stated he did not -know of the Bureau's interest in MANNARINO at the time--otherwise he would have made this information available. C <4: MIAME noted ALBERT SEID, aka. AL ROSS, FBI #574183, \ reputed. *triggerman for the MANNARINO organization, in interview _ "with SA ROBERT K, LEWIS in Miami 7/10/58, mentioned that WILLIE , “| SAMS, FBI #3029519, long identified with the organization, nlf ‘| stayed at the "Seagull" Hotel during July, 1958. This was AT confirmed by SA LEWIS in interview with top jewel thief i JOE MEROLA during July. ; } PCL [ protect), a numbers writer in Wheeling, y W. Va.e, who has furnished reliable information in the past | i \s % . . . . <d ; G ~ Bufeau, i —i\ 5 2 =- Miami! (92+243) 3 or ce3 ENN Fezg | « th (1492-2261) J 2 (| 3 = Pittsburg (1=92-226)) ) 33 ie qe? RGD: vmm . | : i F 1. . - f\, S) a SS v8) Approved: Vai Sent Special Agent in Charge 45852 DocId:32303032 Page 2
FD- ev. 12-13-56) ° . a FD-36 (Rev | | " vo . FBI. . | Date: (Type in plain text or code) (Priority or Method of Mailing) | PG- 92=236 “ based on his experience in the rackets, on 1/7/59 advised SA BRONI S. MACYS. that subject had been hiding in Cuba until the revolution broke out and then returned to Florida where he has: been staying permanently.‘ [L___—S*'dys developed this OTHER 4 information through a source he refuses. to identify and pointed | out his source says there is. no question that SLIM SILVERMAN and -‘SHIKE- LEVINE. are close to subject in Miami and know his whereabouts at all times. [[_] said his source knows that subject attended. the Orange Bowl game in Miami on 1/1/59 in the company of SILVERMAN.and LEVINE and. that he lost a large s of money betting on the outcome of the game. Accord= ing tol subject. frequently goes. to Tropical Park \ Race Track and that. jockey SAMMY BOULMETIS, who is very close > to SILVERMAN and LEVINE, might be in cont with subject. —_ Regular contact is being maintained witaf J for additional information. Miami note = subject. is rumored to ‘be ‘with. SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA, another Pittsburgh top hoodlum. \ in The Bureau has instructed that- intensive effort. should be made to determine subject's.whereabouts and. each lead should receive “prompt and vigorous attention. The Bureau advised that auxiliary: offices receiving such leads should recognize the importance of affording them preferred attention. Miami, through sources and informants, or if advisable through | open contact with established sources at "Seagull" Hotel, attempt to determine whether MANNARINO has accommodations . there and, if'so, notify the U. S. Marshal. Suggest particularly check be made of hotel registrations for month of July, 1958 when SAMS was-stopping at.the "Seagull" Hotel if such investi- gation considered advisable under the circumstances. and possibly BOULMETIS know subject! s whereabouts. If sources and informants are unable to pin down this allegation consider ; > } ine BOUL o develon a informan | ~2— Approved: Sent LM =~ Miami follow. through on allegation that SILVERMAN and LEVINE . Special Agent in Charge FE eee ee ee HW 45852 DocIdad:32303032 Page 3