ToT or a lal ee * ° “ee . Lay reas x Ake G \ ony \ Office Me  _.: “i + UNITED &.,..... ~ SOVERNMERE, oN ro =; ~Director, FBI (62-75147-29) | pate: December B35. ‘1957-- = ATTENTION: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR A. RO EN erpfy. i SAC, Miami (62-1273) cee, CO ey ooo te Mbiwi oo Aya -. SUBJECT: MIAMI WINTER SEASON, —-_. a . lv i ih - 1957 - 1958 ee er | i Ley fl ’ CRIMINAL SECTION, ~~~ INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION, ~-——lcopies ma 8 pps-G A-s2-99 ~e/* que ReBulet 9/18/57. ts & atta al LF LAW ENFORCEMENT — HSCA rela A299 recusst. ee (See Buf ile 462-217290) The "Miami Beach Sun" newspaper of December 85 1957, related that NORMA ANKIEWICZ, alleged slayer several months ago of Bal Harbou olice Lieutenant ROBERT STAAB, ¢ \ presently confined in Dade County Jail, is scheduled to be " tried for murder in January of 1958. \ AR me ‘ Captain LEE NAPIER, Miami Police Department, advised, that Detective Sergeant CHARLES SAPP had been placed in us charge of the Liquor and Narcotics Squad, and Detective Lieu- <- tenant TOM LIPE was elevated to head the Homicide Bureau of the Miami Police Department. me Ss, * U -~ NAPIER also related that Detective Lieutenant EARL E, OWENS, in charge of the Juvenile Bureau, recently graduated from a twelve-week course in Juvenile Delinquency . . Control at the University of Southern California. oe GAMBLING Lee ah MM 440-C advised that gent, FBI “Number 361116, formerly connected with the Sunny I$le Casino in Dade County - and an old time Miami gambler, is now residing at the Lanai Apartments, Bal Harbour. MM 440-c stated that MILLER likes to be referred to as an art collector, but actually he is engaged only in sneak bookmaking. . - - boo AN ~ oy le aeee P Cee Tat sere 4 Va # HENRY BURNEY, (PCI, advised chat MAXASHARP , Miami ™ Beach PD Number A 23560, ‘a bookmaker from Cleveland, Ohio,~°-1* - VEST. oe An foe D> SSIFIED# (é__BY Sb S . &@ ie { = OS qo =. Say RBED-6 i SEQ oman oy cere wey, COLE St bY aN REF :GK LE GHT eae 7 Si ‘ aad —t hd \are <r 2 ee \ HS 25 — . ee Chas (ae AS Doclda: 32309719 Page 2?
MM 62-1273 - is back in Miami Beach. a residing at the Ocean Creek Apartments owned by PEPERYSRNSTEIN, Wa. PetéArnold, FBI _Number 394195A, former CHicago. hoodlum, pimp and stickup — / man, who has heart trouble - HERB RAU, PCL, Advised while in Havangy,_Cuba, the past week he met CHARLE OURINE, Was. Charle hite, AO ine Blade", FBI Number*695716, in the gambling casino ¢*<—~ of the new Capri Hotel. He" said from TOURINE's actions and statements he, TOURINE, left no doubt that he was the boss of the casino. TOURINE is alleged to be the en- A forcer for the Eastern Gambling Syndicate, ; ; acorn, ear , wel . Number 1525858, former associate of SANTQCTRAPPICANTE, JR. , are FBI Number 482531B, in the same casino.’ TRAFFICANTE is fs présently co- -owner of the San Souci Night Club and Casino, Havana, Cuba. RAU commented that ROTHMAN was carrying a gun and has two body. guards with him at all times. He said he asked ROTHMAN if he made it a policy to carry a gun on all occasions.and he received an affirmative answer. RAU t added that ROTHMAN advised him that he, ROTHMAN, controls all of the slot machines in Cuba with the exception of those in Havana. RAU also advised that he saw N wanna RAU further advised that the following individuals were also in; Havana, Cuba; sopynoin, tant Beach ED saber C8928, former, member of the S&G Syndicate; - THEODOR IPSON, Was Sugar Brown, "Cat Eye", . a, well-known racketeér from Stamford,” . Connecticut; HOWABDYENGLE, ewner of Gray's Inn, Miami | Beach, who formerly operated a book. at the Sea Gull pool and cabanas, and in former . sige was a dealer and stick man at the 2 | Greenacres Gambling Casino, Dade County; SAMPUCKER, one of the principal owners of the ; "Desert Inn, Las Vegas, and presently one of . (Fine managers of the casino in the Nacional - otel, Havana, Cuba. TUCKER is a member of the pO b Cleveland Gambling Syndicate, which syndicate includes SORES ACTIN, EBL Number (312374 1 4/ jo | and THOMAS GINTY, FBI" “Number [SesBoT . ot. _ i cn 1 ' —_ | pocra:32309719 Page c}
MM 62-1273 A MOE BefPALITZ, FBI Number 4124252, formerly - ‘connécted with the Desert Inn, Las Vegas, EK and now interested in some of the gambling activities at Havana, Cuba; and } IHOWASMCGLITY, mentioned above... fe l ts . id fe 4A. RAU advised the Havana Riviera, a news twelve- million dollar, 400 room hotel in Havana, pfficially opened on December-10, 1957. He stated that efi though this is Ui 2 fl- MEYER LANSKY's hotel, his brother, JAI ANSKY, is still Cuvee | one of the managers of the casino at tHe\ Nacional Hotel, me” nt ay Havana. MEYERBYCANSKY has FBI Number 791783, and is one of ————}0: the top members’ of the Eastern-GantvTing Syfidicate. aa A x RAU further advised that JOSEPH POVFRIEDLANDER, a FBI Number 3716605, who in former years was a front.for the Po “COSTELLO-ERICKSON-ADONIS mob at Miami Beach, has recoverea E&i#™ | from his suicide attempt some months ago and is now trying to organize the bookies at Miami. Beach. The "Miami Beach sun" newspaper of December 8, 1957, carried a photograph of GEORGE RAFT, the movie actor, { who was listed as the Hotel Capri Casino greeter and host; . o socialite VICTORIA PERRERRA; and, CHARLES WHITE. The latter * “te individual is CHARLES TOURINE, commented on preyiously in ‘, j this letter. The photograph was taken at LEPTYLEL ARK’ s ‘Tropicana Night Club in Havana, Cuba, LEFTY CLARK's true ‘name is WILLIAM qusngVSiScHOFF, FBI Number 17215077. nN . / . . JOHN KERNAN, Mana, er of the Sea Gull Hotel, Miami a! Beach, advised that MICHAEEYOTORANO, Wa. Nicleerome, a. mi AG! gambler and bookmaker, has ‘Some type of. gambling interest "T in Guba. He also advised that JIMMY "NEW YORKY#AVERBACH, a doth EU card shark, is now gmployed at the Hotel Capri Gambling Casino. Cube said that ARTI EWMAN, a gambler, is employed as a dealer 7, in the casino of,the Nacional Hotel,,Havana. He further . stated that D APIDIS, Wa. "Dusty: @éters, a shylock and@g// B a | gambler, is employed in the gambling casino at the Hotel ° Riviera. ee on KERNAN also informed that MEYER ZSTRAMM, former ea part owner of the cocktail lounge of the ; a Gull Hotel, : Miami. Beach, and presently part owner of the ‘Cal-Neva Lodge, Lake Tahoe, is seeking a business connection in Miami Beach. -3- . | DoclId: 32309719 Page 4
. ane , a! . eo . ; ( \ : ees . en MM 62-1273 The "Miami Herald" newspaper of December 13, 1957, related that HAROLD JACK BUTLER, FBI Number 535613, who was engaged in the bolita field, and his wife were found shot to death in their home at Daytona Beach, Buprica, on December 11, 1957. NOTORIOUS PLACES OF AMUSEMENT AND HANGOUTS QRMAN TAINSLEY, detective, qe that BEL ARTH, close fri of OLLI STEIN and former EL -madam ‘from ‘Chicago and wif SPET STEIN, left the iT tayPiower 1 Lounge and Night Club and began working as a singer jem the cocktail lounge of thexpeT” Aire Hotel, Miami Beach, - 4.4 which - cocktail lounge is a ngout. for Chicago hoodliums. pes , “He also advised that $ HITE, a,pimp and theatrical Be booking Agent and close associate’of NORMANMWOODWARD, a Miami me, pimp, will manage the Sapphire Room of theABélmar Hotel, FE G Miami Beach. Ft. I- The ‘Miami Beach Sun" newspaper of December 10, 1957, : related that Judges VINCENT GIBLIN, ROBERT ANDERSON and PAT ‘ CANNON, sittige as an appelate court on December 10, 1957, A-denied, JA ATTA's petition for a rehearing which pertained gaa P= t0 LAMOTTA's conviction on his prostitution operations at his ee pormer cocktail lounge at Miami Beach. LAMOTTA was previously | sentenced to six months in Dade County Jail and fined $500.00. . JACK COLEMAN, PCI, advised that FRE_/SCHRETER,_EBI. Fete. Number 346867C, an active burglar in the Miami area; HYMAN INOWITZ, FBI Number 1433565, formerly of New. York CIty Ey 4 7 Aand a good thief; as wéll as GEOR TER, FBI Number, 7564185 former partner with RABINOWITZ in the A-1. Auto Rental Agency 4 now hang out at the Treasure Isle Motel, North Bay Village, i= Pana mS coffee shop. yy > COLEMAN also advisea that unvie’ Gum MROBLE, an AGS / 47 | entertainer frgm Chicago, and his wife, GincHTMROnER. - stayed at eA reasure Isle Motel, ROBLE acted as a steerer, for prostit LYN AMS LER LL, waa ao : CRIMINAL RACKET ACTIVITIES yo _ HENRY BEARDSLEY, in charge of security at ‘Tropical 7 Park Race Track, Coral Gables, advised that some of his i men and Deputy Sheriffs of Dade County, arrested on December 8, “4. | | | DoctId: 32309719 Page 5