JFK Assassination System Date: 6/15/201 Identification Form ai AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Agency Information Peleased under the John Kennedy Wssassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 FBI 124-10347-10032 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 45920 Date: 1i-17?-2017 HQ CR 92-2706-87 tt OO gg ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 45920 DBocld: 32316412 Document Information FBI BA HQ 04/27/1962 14 JAMES PLUMERI PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4; 11(a) ‘ Redact 08/28/1998 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS RPT Page 1
BA 92-83 INFORMANTS: The following symbol numbers were used in this report where necessary to further protect the identity of the informants: BA T- BA T-7 BA T-51 BA T BA T BA T- BA T WF T LEADS : BALTIMORE OFFICE "JEK Act 6 (4) BA 1166-C Lt. DANIEL REDDING BCPD Former PCI WF 1069-C At Baltimore, Maryland Will maintain contact with Internal Revenue Agent ALEXANDER HARRISON for any additional information developed concerning subject's financial affairs. 1. by that Service 26 HW 45920 Docld: 32316412 Will maintain. contact with established and reliable informants to determine subject's current interests in numbers lottery and alleged gambling activities. Page 2? = Ese COVER PAGE
“Ey f BA 92-83 B. CRIMINAL RECORD No additional information has been developed con- cerning the subject's criminal record during the period of this report. Ce. ASSOCIATES AND ACQUAINTANCES - Baltimore Confidential Informant T-51 advised SA MAURICE D. du, BOIS on 2/5/62 that BENNY TROTTA, EDATAF FE and _ BENJAMIN (atbry Reet Dstars were going to open a lunchroom in the 400 block East Baltimore St. Informant alleged that this place will be a headquarters for numbers lottery and bookmaking activi- ties, It was further alleged that JAFFE had made the remark that he must get an okay from BENNY TROTTA on any numbers bet of $10.00 or more of play on a particular number. It :has been previously reported by this informant that JAKE JAFFE; former owner of the Trocadero, which is now owned by NICK and BENNY TROTTA has been very closely associated with the subject. Baltimore Confidential Informant T-57 advised SA JOHN J. GROGAN on 2/26/62 that BENNY TROTTA was at the Dizzy Klub in Dundalk, Maryland with three other white males on 2/el. and 2/25/62. At that time he contacted JOE#GIGLIOTTI, proprietor of that club, and on both occasions he Spent about three hours talking with GIGLIOTTI. Informant said that FRANKYMALVASO was Me. also present with the group part of the time. Thé'informant did not learn the nature of TROTTA's business with GIGLIOTTI, but one of the men present with TROTTA had what appeared to be a booklet or looseleaf folder and on the cover of the folder was the printed word "Bingo". During the time the group was at the club one of the men made a telephone call to the Disabled Veterans. Informant. further stated that FRANK MALVASO is in a pizza pie shell business with JOE CORBI. , Baltimore Confidential Informant T-52 advised : SA LOUIS S. LEAR on 3/6/62 that the previous evening he met a ce man at the Club Troc whom he later found out was MAR EPSTEIN. Moe EPSTEIN noticed two other men sitting at the back bat of the Troc . with JoReCORBr. EPSTEIN conversed with these two men for a short veo time and’then rejoined the informant. NICK TROTTA was there at _—" the time also and he made the remark that they were important peopjle and that they had been to the Appalaichian meeting. , Ehotes’. were exhibited to the informant by SA LEAR and he identified one of the men as JAME LUMERI. The other REN person was described as a white, malé, pdéssible Italian descent, po Co .. Mob ~ eee pe s 1 2 oo HW 45920 DBocld:32316412 Page 3
BA 92-83 age 50-55, height 5! 9", dark complexion, black and gray hair, weight 160-165 lbs., wearing dark blue surge suit, dark tie with a large diamond stick pin. He was expensively dressed, in a conservative style, and his shirt had extremely long collar tabs, MAL EPSTEIN told the informant that he was from. Pittsburgh, Pa.; that he wasin Baltimore to~see "GUINEA REDS" we. (THOMAS RSA,.but AVERSA was on vacation in the Bahamas. ——“PPSTHIN told informant he had taken $8,000.00 from his: home safe in Pittsburgh and had to leave town until things cooled off. While at the TROC, EPSTEIN invited NICK OTTA to come to his place Md after the fight, which NICK is arranging for a middleweight in ~ in Pittsburgh. He gave his address as Steenie Pool Room, 21 , liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Baltimore Confidential Informant T-5 advised SA J. STANLEY ROTZ on 2/22/62 that he had attended an oyster roast of the Fourth Ward, Democratic Club, at the Alcazar, on 1/14/62. In attendance were BENNY TROTTA and LONDOS PERRERA. On the second floor, LONDO RRERA was operating a crap game. X4g. | It was announced to those present that they stopped the crap game because the Mayor of Baltimore had arrived, but the facts were that the crap game was stopped because somebody discovered the dice were crooked. A fortune wheel was then started, but when it ws found it could be controlled by the operator, it was also stopped. Informant did not indicate that BENNY TROTTA had anything to do with the crap game or the fortune wheel. Baltimore Confidential Informant T-52 advised SA LOUIS S. LEAR on 2/25/62 that the previous evening he was at the Club Troc and observed BENNY TROTTA drinking with a group at the rear of the club. It is unusual for TROTTA to sit ata table with anyone at the club and he, the informant, believed they must be "important people”. He asked NICK TROTTA to introduce him, but NICK told him that the men were down from New York to see JAMES. RUSSO and CHARLES SCLAFANI, who are in the Maryland Penitentiary for the holdup ‘of a jewelry store. NICK TROTTA told the informant that the “man with the BB eyes" would kill in a minute. This man was described as white, male, Italian, age 28, wearing glasses. Two other unknown individuals with him were only described as white, males, Italians, ages about 35 years. HW 45920 Docld:32316412 Page 4