NL3 19800 Marchmont_Road,, Shakenaisights...Ohio\” "Raph pe a ee eR I: ST CV 92-379 iy e 1959 Shaker Heights “RAYMOND E. and MARY Gy yl A review Directory reflects. RAY OND SCHLOSS is listed as being employed by the William Schloss. hie Paving Company. uenmemne cee AKROS DYNAMICS = '§-§-C« WAS. D Gr On October 22, 1959, CV 128- “0 furnished the follow- As ) ing information to SA W. CLARK PULLE / hy act fia Maida, Wheto yy Source stated ML ole ide JOE GREGG, met with DOMINIC BARTONE in sient Office on’ Monday, October Lou BE 18, 1959. Source stated this time HARTONE displayed a big © roll of cash plus two $50,000.00 Cashiers Checks which source Oh te believed were drawn on.a South American bank since the word Y¥=—-—=“" bank was spelled "Banca." Source advised that BARTONE indicated this money had come from an airplane deal involving the BATISTA. group. Source further stated that BARTONE also had mentioned Nicaragua in connection with the receipt of the money. Source stated that at this time BARTONE remarked that the group still had ten planes left and that the airplane seized by Customs Agents in Miami, Florida, had been recovered. . | Source further stated that BARTONE claimed that at this time the case involving BARTONE in Florida resulting from the seizure of the plane and arms had been "fixed" and Hod1aoKot come to trial. . On October oT, 1959, cv wobec | advised SAs W.. CLARK: . FULLER and ROBERT L., SCHWARTZ that Akros Dynamics still reportedly . retained the C-74. Globemaster airplanes purchased as surplus property from the Government. Source stated that insofar as he had been able to ascertain, NAIMAN and BARTONE were still the owners of the planes. It is to be noted that source had previously stated that he had heard that these Planes had been sold to unknown individuals in (“Cahifornia. - Source was questioned coticerning the origin of the . arms and ammunitions confiscated by the Customs Service in Florida from the cargo hull of one of the C-74 Globemasters. \ I COVER PAGE — AGIs a | . 3 Ven" | HW 45712 Docld: 3232762274 Page 6
CV 92-179 The informant stated he had no specific information concerning the source’ of the arms other than he had heard through the.. grapevine that they had "come from armories." — . ‘On December 16; 1959, ROBERT JOYCE, a Confidential Source, Manager of the Hollenden Hotel, advised SA JOHN J. BARRETT that he personally flew to Miami, Florida, on Eastern Airlines Flight 737i) which departed from Cleveland at 2:05 AM on. December 11, 1959. JOYCE stated that "BABE" TRISCARO was on this flight and he spoke to him briefly on the plane. He advised that when they landed in Miami he had breakfast at the airport with TRISCARO and an individual whom TRISCARO intro-- duced to him as Mr. BARTONE. JOYCE advised that TRISCARO in- formed him he planned to fly back to Cleveland on the same On December 23, 1959, CV 428-C advised SA W. CLARK FULLER that BARTONE had been accompanied by "BABE" TRISCARO on a trip to Florida and that BARTONE entered a plea of guilty in Federal Court. The informant stated that he understood that BARTONE and TRISCARO had both returned to Cleveland and that BARTONE was confident that he would receive a probationary sentence on the Florida case. | ' - On January 15, 1960, cv 428-C advised SA W. CLARK FULLER that he is firmly convinced there was either a financial or political payoff in order to get BARTONE a probationary — sentence in Florida in connection with the arms smuggling case. Source advised that he had no information to support his belief. -On Decémber 30, 1959, FRANK NOUSEK, Intelligence io nternal Revenue Service, Cleveland, Ohio The Cronology is hereafter set OU VEWED BY. ; ON 1 : COVER PAGE (1 RELEASE IN FULL (GE-RELEASE INPART po Cl TOTAL DN 29.9 eae OTAL DENIAL Z9- BIS E-TY 1a. | pe hahahah ! HW 45712 Docld: 32327682274 Page 7 EK Law 11l(a PEUJFK TABK FORCE
CV 92-179 TRI ~ MIX On October 27, 1959, CV hoc furnished the following information to SAs ROBERT iL SCHWARTZ and We CLARK FULLER: OM sb source advised that on October 16, 1959, GEORGE vie DERMOLE. (phonetic), the scale weighmaster at Tri - Mix in- formed source that while source was in Canada, "BLACKIE" JOSEPH; RAYKXTRISCARO, the son of subject's brother; JOE; the subject Obed ; COVER PAGE Gh: YSIS Y HW 45712 DBocld:323262274 Page 6 ——_————__
Le HW 45712 tata dtm nbn te OA A a CV 92-179 and BARTONE had visited the business premises of Tri =- Mix.» Source stated that according to MC DERMOTT, MC DERMOTT had been-issued instructions that hence pth all. trucking from | Tri - Mix would be done by "BLACKIE" JOSEPH. The source advised that on Saturday, odsteber 17, 1959, the subject, riding in BARTONE's car, visited Tri-Mix. Source stated that he kept an appointment in AL NAIMAN's Office on> this same date, and shortly thereafter, BARTONE and the sub- ject enteréd NAIMAN's Office. -According to the informant, © NAIMAN had advised the source that NAIMAN was short of money and had to take in "these people." Source stated that NAIMAN did not further identify his business associates. On October 20, 1959, CV 1o8-c furnished the following information to SA W. CLARK FULLER: _ Source stated that he and JOE GREGG met with DOMINIC BARTONE in AL NAIMAN's Office on Monday, October 18, 1959. - Source advised that BARTONE informed them that he™ wanted them to continue to run the retail end of the crushed stone business in Cleveland-and that BARTONE and his group would operate. the Niagara Crushed Stone Quarry in Canada. ' According to the informant, BARTONE told the source that he planned to fly to Detroit on this date in order. to make proper financial arrangements ‘through a Detroit bank for- the Alvin Naiman Corporation. Source stated that. BARTONE dis- played a large roll of cash plus two ‘$50; 000.00 Cashier's Checks . which source believed were drawn on a.South American bank since the word bank was spelled "Banca." Source stated that BARTONE indicated that this money had come from an airplane deal: in- volving the BATISTA group. Source further stated that in’ this regard BARTONE also mentioned Nicaragua. Source advised ‘that BARTONE stated, "they still had ten airplanes left," and BARTONE — advised they had recovered the airplane that was seized by the Customs Agents” in Miami, Florida. ‘Source stated that BARTONE claimed that his— case in Florida growing out of the seizure of the airplane | and arms. had been "fixed" and would not come to trial. COVER PAGE god WoSQA Docld: 3232762274 Page 9
| aceeeeaieienenieammmareenammnnenaaiteetaninesenermntemtietenmesenntmaentsecemeatenienedametaciaetereanee tet nerce cee CV 179 ‘On October 27, 1959, CV 28-C furnished the follgae ing information to SAs ROBERT eS and Ww. CLARK FULLER: Ele. a eae by nt Fit . Source stated “teat on ber 1959, while in Dbin AL NAIMAN's Office, he ‘ascertained that "BABE" TRISCARO is A112 Alvin Naiman ‘Corporation, ‘Source adviséd he also heard that JAMESRHOFFA was, "in on the ~ deal," but that he personally could no | tion to substantiate this, AV dite iE _ Wish, De | cede fit € Sala ‘Source advised that JOHN YEAGER (phonetic); an Attorney in the Terminal Tower, Cleveland; Ohio, ‘reportedlymmet SOARTONE in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday, October 20, 1959, and the purpose of the meeting was to establish banking connections for the Alvin Naiman Corporation. ,. Source advised that on October” 19, 1959, : a | meeting was held- in, AL NAIMAN's office and that this: time BARTONE told NAIMAN to, "get out of his own office." Source stated that BARTONE made the statement, "My people have got money in this thing and I'm running it." Source stated that at this time BARTONE displayed a large roll of money in bills of large- denominations. Source advised that he observed two $50,000.00 Cashier's Checks, yellow and black in color and believed by the source to be drawn on an unknown Nicaraguan bank. “Source stated on or about October 5, 1959; he heard that $150, 000.00 in cash had been deposited in the’ Toronto Dominion Bank located in Crowland, Ontario. Source stated this money was also reportedly accompanied by a de- posit of $66,000.00 plus an additional $21,000.00, the latter having been taken: out of Tri-Mix and given to AL NAIMAN, . Source stated this money had beén deposited to "get the credi- tors off of AL NAIMAN's back," and that apparently checks’ had been written against the full amount of the deposit: by Niagara ~ Crushed Stone, the ‘stone quarry in Canada. Source advised that according ‘to “AL NATMAN, ~ ‘BARTONE was to put $500,000.00 into the Alvin Naiman Corporation this— week, Source stated that according to NAIMAN, when the trans- . action has been completed, NAIMAN stated he wotild then personally take control of the Alvin Naiman Corporation, advising, "Then I'll show you whose boss." AA COVER PAGE Docld: 3232762274 Page 10
TT a tenn itera inthe PE tater tt Ot ttn Bt ch tn ene ee a ent bn RTS EEE PT ESO RE RE ET RIT TT CC CV 92-179 Source stated he did not know the origin of this. $500,000.00 reportedly to be ‘placed on deposit by BARTONE. ~— - On. October 30, 1959, CV ho8c furnished the’ ‘foldow- ing information to SA W. CLARK FULLER: — Source advised that he had just returned from Canada, having made arrangements for Canadian stone. to be shipped to him in Cleveland. Source, stated that while in Canada he saw  BARTONE in Port Colbourne, Ontario, Canada, but he did not believe BARTONE had observed him, ; a Source’ stated that upon returning to Cleveland on the evening of October 30, 99, he. ascertained that "BABE" . -RISCARO had pressured Mayon3 ELEBREZZE and Port Director OGERS of Cléveland to $é RISCARO to Unload a pont load of stoné at the Nike Site located on ‘the Iakefront Airport. Source stated that he’ understood that. if any inquiries were made regarding this stone being unloaded’ at the airport, the answer was to be that the material was for city use on the airport. Source stated that this was not true as the stone was to be delivered to any customers TRISCARO, NAIMAN and BARTONE could secure and that the stone was to be hauled from the airtport by TRISCARO's trucks. \ on November 5, 1959, source ‘advised SA FULLER that _NAIMAN and TRISCARO had three more boat loads of stone coming in which would be unloaded at the Lakefront Airport and that they were not paying the city for the prividédge of unloading the stone on city property, . On November 12, 1959, CV ho8ec furnished the follow ing information to SA W, CLARK FULLER: Source advised that TRISCARO had sold very little stone from the storage site on the Lakefront Airport as most of the customers did not want to do business with the TRISCARO group as the customers were apparently afraid of an investiga- tion which would bring investigators in to look at the company pooks in tracing TRISCARO's and NAIMAN's affairs. - Source speculated that apparently potential customers of TRISCARO and NAIMAN were afraid that investigators might turn up pome of the companies! own "dirty linen. BB COVER PAGE | CPI MA \Q ere HW 45712 DBocld:32326224 Page 11
CV 92-179 " Source: advised that on November 11, 1959, he and JOR. REGG had returned. from Canada about 6:30 PM and found that me HW 45712 . offered to sell GREG BARTONE had been trying to réach GREGG all day. Source advised that GREGG~called BARTONE and BARTONE's home phone. number is . ; HM/Y Longacre 1-0403. Source stated that BARTONE requested GREGG ~ "to come to the Zephyr Room immediately to meet with BARTONE, "BABE" TRISCARO and AL NAIMAN, Source stated that GREGG and GREGG's son went to the Zephyr Room and met with BARTONE who Staiesfrdnh the Niagara Crushed Stone Quarry in Canada. Source advised that GREGG informed BARTONE that he did not want to do business with BARTONE. According to source, BARTONE informed GREGG that GREGG had better reconsider since it was to their mutual advantage and could be a good © "thing" financially for GREGG. .Sourcé stated that according to GREGG, BARTONE acted like he was running the quarry in. Canada since apparently NAIMAN and TRISCARO let BARTONE do all the talking. “On November 30, 1959; CV ye8-0"% ‘advised SA W. CLARK FULLER that the Niagara Crushed Stone plant at Port Colbourne, Ontario, had been shut down since November 15, 1959. Source stated that apparently the- shut down was due to a lack of operating capital, since the payments on equipment, mortgage, insurance, etc., amounted to about. $50,000.00 per month, On January 15, 1960, CV 428-C advised SA W. CLARK FULLER that ~ St DOMINIC BARTONE is operating out of AL NAIMAN's office in the Terminal Tower. . | | | Source stated he is firmly convinced that JOE and LOUIS "BABE" TRISCARO both have money tied up in the Alvin Naiman Corporation stone business, but he is unable to furnish ‘any additional facts to support his opinion. | CHIEF'TON TRUCKING Dlte On November 30, 1959, CV ho8ec advised SA W.. CLARK FULLER that JOE jana SABE" RISCANO, to operate.Chiefton Trucking Company fo® JOE fand "BABE APRISCARO, Source advised that BLACKIE had returned the t Mac Dump trucks owned by NAIMAN | to NAIMAN. Source stated these trucks are presently parked under the Stones Levy Bridge and are -not being utilized. CC COVER PAGE . SN Ne Ag gh A) Docld: 32327682274 Page 12?
“ ean serra ee mtn or mene ene TTS a eee JOO mrt mmr mame nema momen Amanat! itt mA nner CV 92-179 JEK Act 6 (4) CSDE 295 advised SA JACK G. WILSON on June 15, 1959, that. VE 7-9987 is a non-published telephone number of subscriber JAMES" R.. HOFFA at 16154 Robson, we It “should be recalled that in referenced report Ir. KEN HAWTHORNE, Carter Hotel, advised that Mr. and Mrs. BUF LINO were expected to attend the TRISCARO wedding. On November 4, 1959, PCI, Detroit, furnis ed the. following information. to SA LEO C, SHIRLEY : ‘ PCI, who is” “well acquainted with BUFALINO advised that BUFALINO. travels considerably and quite often source is not aware» of the fact that» BUFALINO is out of town. on November 26, 1959,[ _——_—+d:Pcr, advised SA SHIRLEY that. he did not know whether or not BUFALINO attended the TRISCARO. wedding in Cleveland. It is to. be. noted PCI is an acquaintance of ‘BUPALINO, On November. 10. and 13, 1959, Sergeant| Seventh Precinct, Detroit. Police Department, “residence 12337 Wilshire, Detroit, a neighbor’ of BUFALINO was contacted by SA EVERETT’ J. BICKFORD. It is to be noteo[ as been a confidential oF source of information of the Detroit, (Office concerning the acti- vities of BUFALINO. . . It is to be rurther noted tha{————]aauentex is ! a regular baby sitter for Mr. and Mrs,.BUFALINO, |. . - On November 10, 1959, Sergeant] ____ state that he believed that on the week ends of late July and early August, BUFALINO's wife and children were observed in the vicinity of their residence. He stated that he had no knowledge that BUFALINO or his wife were out of town. on the week end of July 25, 1999. : On November 13, 1959, congeant [|] etate that: he | had occasion to visit with Mrs. BUFALINO e BUFALINO resi- dence. He advised that as a result of this conversation, there -was no indication that Mrs. BUFALINO was in Cleveland during ' July or August, 1959, > i . EE . | — Cy : COVER PAGE ios ; WI We HegGk Ke eC HW 45712 DBocld:32326224 Page 13
ccmtamumeiemaeicieumaeaenmmmetamtiletomnaneneneseitc ied tinea meemeemeeeeemiemenemnenn amin memmenarenmaammenimndannneatinniaaaniannmestniateamemeemmeniam mame nansiemmrmnammmenmmneramssaiibaniadinnaan aadaiandcemaainmiinmmmamnmmdsamesaiianeiianainaasiaa cies sapiastmbsaminaminmamememens tment LL, HW 45712 CV 92-179 aR Act 6 (4) sergeant | ]rurther | stated that through his | conversation with the BUFALINO's son, age 13, he developed no | information that Mr. and Mrs. BUFALINO were in Cleveland during the pertinent period. sengeant|____]fuxther ta stated that t his daughter is the baby sitter for the BUFALINO's and when the BUFALINO's leave home they always notify Sergeant| | daughter where they can be contacted. Source stated that he felt that if the BUFALINO's had attended the wedding, he therefore would have been cognisant of this fact. It is to be noted that in referencedireport New York City was requested to identify the subscriber to telephone number GI 8-0244 and to identify MILTON GORDON, noting-that~ a telephone call was placed to this individual at OX 5-1114.- It was noted that when GORDON was not contacted at the afore+ mentioned number the telephone call was changed to WA 5-9762, and the individual called at this address was one "BILL," By letter dated December 11, 1959, New York advised | that the records of the New York Telephone Company as furnished. by EDWARD L. BRAUNE .to SA PAUL F. ROWLANDS reflected the following information: Telephone OX” alld is listed to the Toy “and Novelty Makers of America, Local 223, 132 West 43 Street, New York City. “WA 5-9762 is listed to the Amalgamated Workers Union, Local 139, AF of L, 225 Lafayette Street, New York (Citys Telephone GI 8-0244 was changed on July 31, 1959, © Ss to GI 8-3242 and listed to JANE DE GRANDIS, 34 Cayuga Avenue, Co Staton, Island. — ew York files reflect that pee eo: resides at 97-30 64th... Avenue,—Forest..Hils.,..NewYe: and is, President of Log, Toca. “139,,.Intermational-Union.. of. Doll..andToy. Workers, 225 La Lafayette Street, New Nork Giby- MILTON. ‘GORDON was an alsociate of labor racketeer JOHN DIO GUARDIA. ¢ FR COVER PAGE. ABP MWe 99 OHA Docld: 32327682274 Page 14