Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (42 0st Voy Hote; . DATE: 11-14-2017 rere AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : rr rr =”, ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 | Docld: 32292983 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10210-10259 HQ CR 62-75147-9-143 Document Information FBI PRICE ROSEN 05/18/1955 12 _ SGI, BKG, CRIMINAL ACT, BUSS, ASSOC PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 05/13/1998 INDEFINITE INC 2 MEMO 10
eleased under the John F. Kenned y Assassination Records Collection Act of 199 [* DATE, 11-14-2017 | sass: ; 2? (44 USC 2107 Hote). — aere are | i} : on records where appropriate, mes are the same ap those men “gimiler therete. As te all of the. Monee in your memorandum, exeept. the fie veferred to din ‘the following paragraph, it wae net possibile basie of the Limited information furnished te lecate any inforsetion in our files identifiable with thesis” with peference to Chrietopher C. Winbien, George Suilth, qeorge: Brom, James Casey, Ralph Metcalf and Charles | Herring, the only 1 nformasion in our files whieh appeered to be poseibly identical was contained in our memoranda to you of May 10, and June 9, 195k, . captioned, "William Levi ; Dewson, Congresemen, Chisago, 1111 The anda also contained deteiicd that. Congreasman.Dewsen. ange reeks’ payeffa in Chica | w- BP paur & . Your attention is. davited te the fact thet most re eee Sh information contained in the enclosed memoren ; in verified or cerroborated through inveati, ef) of thie and on the. basla of the limited furnished, it sennot be assured that the pe ‘ 9. ness Bemorands are {dentical. with the. inal we te in your” menerandums assistance a camer oF Information conse "4 +1 + marae hol aires a | Docld: 32292983 Page 2?
(Réleased under the John F. Ken DATE: 11-14-2017 . ‘ é ~ a Wheel Cafe," Montrose Avenue, Norwood. Park Illinois, as a@ large gambling casino and primarily owned by Giancana. : (CG let to Bureau, dated 4/18/55 re Polley and Hamper Rackets, NDI) ‘**: ica ' da 1954, : of edy Assassination Records Colle n Act of 1992 (44 WSC 2107 Hote): 4 -“ ‘At, a 7 we we ae ‘ oe ‘Phe "Chicago Tribune" on March 11, 1954, published an article in which it deseribed the "Wagon . The "Chicago Tribune ted April 25, yp bo carried an article in which it was stated that the Chicago Pas Police Department was investigating a report that Tony . Accardo was attempting to leave the United States because he feared assassination. It was reported that a warning — shot. had been fired over Accardo's head as he was leaving a meeting he had-had with three representatives of Paul _ Ricca, who had replaced Accardo as boss of the eriminal of syndicate two years previously. Lage ETP op + ° , ae tae TT . According to the above article, the meeting referred to was held in an automobile and it was reported . that Accardo talked with Sam Giancana, northwest Cook me County gambling boss; Sam Battaglia, gambler and former a west side gang leader, and Jack Capone, a leader with he Giancana of the yound hoodlums in the syndicate who supported Accardo's removal as the head of the syndicate. It was reported that Aceardo walked out of this meeting after refus- ing to turn over control of gambling and vice receipts from the southern section of Cook County. and Kankakee County. (62=75147=92127, Pg. 42) | _ : _& confidential informant, who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised in 195% that it was general knowledge among the hoodlums that the "top setup" of the alleged syndicate, insofar as the operation of taverns and handbooks and minor gangs was concerned, was first Tony Accardo, then Tony Capezio, followed by Sam Giancana. According to this informant, Giancana controlled Cicero and the central west and southwest suburbs; Rocky Potenza, allegedly a protege of Sam Giancana, controlled the north o and northwest section of Chicago along with the northwest suburbs. (C@=5951=C, 63=735=3) There is enclosed an identification record for . one Sam Giancana, with aliases, Sam Gincanni, Sam Gincana, FBI number 58437, who may be ia individual. : entical with the captioned | DocId: 32292983 Page 3