COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 3229682719 Page 1 AGENCY : _ RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : | RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10220-10495 HQ 92-2918-122, 123 Document Information FBI FORSYTH, THOMAS G. III DIRECTOR, FBI 04/26/1962 21 SMO, TRA, MED, B/F INT, BKG, ASSOC AND REL, CREDIT CHECK, STURM, J. C., INTV, REC, RACK AND GAMBLING ACT, P/P, SJL, GM, FGJ , PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 09/14/1998 INDEFINITE INC RPT 5/28/20]
aon a a a SS et RA AT A rent AER tp tN wen ae ent 7.763 (S1FS8y : : WU : : (> FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Reporting Office Office of Origin Date | Investigative Period PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH - 5/25/62 4/22/62 - 23/62 TITLE OF CASE Report made by Typed By: fA THOMAS G,. FORSYTH, ITT | pie SAMUEL MANNARINO, aka. - CHARACTER OF CASE ANTI-RACKETEERING = / REFERENCE | Report of SA THOMAS G, FORSYTH, III, Pittsburgh, 4/26/62. (.“ a a ENCLOSURES _ ; TO BUREAU (2): Two copies of a letterhead memorandum dated . 5/25/62 in which informants used in this report are characterized. LEAD PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA. (ALLEGHENY COUNTY Will follow and report activities of MANNARINO and his associates in accordance with Bureau instructions. ea FLW. WS 2/62 GOR j _ ERROR LE TTER SENT Special Agent Do not write in spaces below ~ . ee . In Charge Approved Copies made: é , / OPTE Rw 4g ~ DRE GB os STRO wo JUKO Is MAY 24 Properiy Gf FBI - This report is loaned to you by the FBI, YED either it nor its contents are to be distributed outside . the agency to which loaned.- WU. Ss. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1985 O—~3S44750 ii, oh se ee cree tins . epee genoa Docld: 32298219 Page 2
PG 92-228 ADMINISTRATIVE | Information in this report of possible value to the Internal Revenue Service has been furnished orally to Special Agent JOHN SCHWARTZ, Intelligence Division, IRS, Pittsburgh, who is conducting the investigation of subject for his service. INFORMANTS . The T symbols utilized in this report will be the same, where applicable, as those used in previous reports back to, and including, that of 7/28/61. PG T-2 is PG 612-C _ a PG T-3 is PG 615-C PG pad is PCI ANTHONY JOHN WISE, JR., who furnished information to SA FORSYTH. . PG T-30 is CLIFFORD HUTCHISON, owner, Pines Motel, Leechburg, Pa. (protect per request), who furnished information to SA FORSYTH. - PG T-39 is PG 657-C-TE @- B¥ @ COVER PAGE ona Fine ine Docld: 3229682719 Page 3
te Pe me EE Eto a Ee Page en an: ope mtg a PG 92-228 ARCHIE NELSON and their respective lieutenants. Informant stated he would make an effort to ascertain where such a meeting place could be. On May 22, 1962, PG T-39 advised: From inquiries he has made as casually as possible among minor racketeering figures in the Pittsburgh area, he has determined to his own satisfaction that the leading racketeering figures in Western Pennsylvania meet occasionally in Rooms 39-40, a bridal suite, at the Phoenix Motel, Monroeville, Pa. MIKE GENOVESE, who is considered as the top lieutenant in the JOHN LA ROCCA organization, has invited informant to attend a gathering on Thursday evening, May 24, 1962, at the Phoenix Motel, and GENOVESE stated that the MANNARINOs and LA ROCCA would probably. be present. Informant has no idea of the purpose of this or any other meeting. | On May 2, 1962, PG T-35 advised: — | 4 _ During the week before and the week after Easter, 1962, GABRIEL MANNARINO, SAMUEL MANNARINO, ROMEO LENZI of Vandergrift, Pa., and one (FNU) VOLPE of Wilmerding, Pa., met in the - 21 Room of the Sea Gull Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, for the purpose of discussing a recent trend in which politicians were bypassing the top racket figures in favor of direct dealings with the individual bookies. They hoped, through their discussion, to come up with a way in which they could get these politicians "back in line." Informant is not aware of . the actual result of this discussion. . Gambling | ' On May 23, 1962, PG T-3 advised: Currently, rumors are circulating among gamblers in the New Kensington, Pa., area that the MANNARINOs have somehow "eotten to" Mayor EDWARD ZALESKI of New Kensington, Pa., and that gambling will again flourish in the city in approximately two weeks. These rumors are to the effect that the city will be "re-opened" and that the craps, barbout, card and other games will resume. However, nobody seems to know as yet whether these activities will take place at the former casino located in the Garibaldi Building, New Kensington, or at some new Location. . \ Lo ne, eee a ne He Docld: 3229682719 Page 4