JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 6/3/2015 ee Agency Information AGENCY : FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90025-10019 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: - CR 165-392-30 Document Information ‘ ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DL TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 03/20/1962 ° * PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS: — ; ISADORE MILLER WILLIAM MEADOR SMITH DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified ; RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: = 12/29/1997 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE’ COMMENTS : RPT | v9.1 Docld: 32324176 Page 1 2 13.
~ | F263 (1255) a CO : C FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION / "DAL ¥ TITLE OF CASE , CHANGED . - 4: WILLIAM MEADOR SMITH, aka. "Boston" Smith; . REBA ODELL-PRESTON ; =. BILL D. JOHNSON; _— E. DAVID“DICKSON, aka. "Sig"; \ ; UNKNOWN SUBJECTS — Synopsis: ITWI; ITAR - BRIBERY, GAMBLING; ITWI - CONSPIRACY; ITAR — BRIBERY; GAMBLING - CONSPIRACY a = Title marked changed to show full name of subject _/» PRESTON as REBA“ODELL PRESTON as determined through investigation | “eo at Waco, Texas, and to show nickname of subject DICKSON as "Sig" “Y as determined through investigation at Dallas, Texas. Title . . forperly carried as "UNSUBS; BRIBERY OF SWC BASKETBALL OFFICIALS, ca ITWI, ITAR - BRIBERY". . REFERENCES . . ‘New Haven airtels to Bureau, 2/14; 3/6/62. on Th 4 Dallas teletypes to Bureau, 2/19,20,27; 3/3/62. °°) > ‘ San Antonio teletypes to Bureau, 2/20; 3/5,6/62. a Dallas teletype to San Antonio, 3/5/62 (Interoffice). aa Dallas teletype to Miami, New York and San Antonio . 3/15/62 (Interoffice) . - a e ‘Dallas teletype to New York, 3/9/62 (Interoffice) Bureau airtel to Dallas, 2/20/62, <»-/ San Antonio airtels to Bureau, 2/21,28; 3/2/62. Dallas airtels to Bureau, 2/22; 3/1,7,8,15/62. — Milwaukee airtel to Dallas, 2/28/62 (Interoffice). . St. Louis airtel to Bureau, 3/1/62, 5. | Af a Porm 0-6 0. Jet -o Property of FBI - This report is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside the ayeucy wo which loans: See, Rus. sovin MMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1958 O—344750 Docld: 32324176 Page 2?
ae B “DL 165-29. - (ey formation previdusly. obtained from DL~144-C* ‘that . Ji ELY/\STONE's Dallas pookmaking operation, biggest in the area, will not accept any straight bet in amount over. $500.0n SWC game, but will accept bet: on any other. game, except West Coast, in any. amount. On '2/12,1 ’ . DL-D5-C-advised.SA. ROBERT: Me BARRETT that. gambler CURTI AGER (DL 162-176) had recently won from Dallas bookies: on 14 games, and had told CI. he had won on information. he was getting from Waco, texas, unnamed source, later - identified only as "PAT", On. 2/12/62 CI accompanied. YEAGER to. — - Waco, met 2 men, one pamed. "PARKER" ,. one unnamed. YEAGER gave . - unnamed -man $2500: cash, no reason given. CI also stated these three . . had much discussion re. SMU = Texas Tech, to be played 2/13/62 at. - Lubbock. On 2/13/62, CI advised YEAGER had told CI point.spread . on this game had “jumped from Texas Tech, as 8 point favorite to Texas. Tech as 12. point favorite. YEAGER. was betting heavily | on SMU with unknown Dallas— bookies CI stated. SMU: would: lose . by less. than:.12, or even . SMU won 68-63. Game. refereed . by. BOBBY / SCOTT and. STE ERGENT, ‘both residents. of: Amarillo, . ce Texas. & on Won 2/19/62, : niece YEAGER and his assochte, | a A Dallas gambler WELDON N THERALL, were in contact with Waco ‘phone, -prefix unknown ,. 3=9310. Phone. number at Waco Elks Club : is PL,3<9310. On 2/25/62,-CI met YEAGER and man.from:Waco named - 92: TOM ARNES. or BONDS = not identical. with either of 2 seen wr with. YEAGER “at - Waco.:2/12/62. BARNES returned to Waco night 6f : - 2/26/62. . YEAGER told CI. he had 2. games of. 2/27/62, "fixed" ~ - the SMU = Baylor game.at Waco. and. the Texas Tech - ‘A&M game at '- Lubbock. Wac ame. refereed. by PRYOR and MC..ALISTER,. the Lubbock game ky. W. DzALAWSON, 525° E.. North. 20th. Street, Abilene ,. and BOBB TT, '2907-S~-Reosevelt.,..AmariLio. . BUI ° Texas Later on. 2/26/62, CI advised YEAGER called someone .at Waco,. believed=to. be: “DAT | about \ 4230 -pm... Twenty minutes _ _ later "PAT" called. Dallas" bookie -DONAFULTON , wanting. to -bet : -heavily on Texas Tech... YEAGER in.meantime.was placing bets 4 > with:.several: Dallas ‘ookies: on Tech. YEAGER "guaranteed" CI _ . that Tech would. win by more than. point spread. - 6$ .points. -. Tech won 69-49. YEAGER also placed bets on ‘SMU,. which. was 9 “point favorite. | ‘SMU: won: 69-52. Le . . | On: 2/27/62, information received from PCL. DAVE. \CHERY, Dallas: gambler by. SA. WILL HAYDEN, GRIFFIN,. that. something was "wrong" with. Rice - TCU game to. be played that night. Rice y - #He y COVER PAGE Docld: 32324176 Page 3
DL 165-29 _ ROGAS, Marlin, Texas bookmaker. On 3/7/62 .photographs of PRESTON. and. PARKS shown to. DL-95-C by SA ROBERT M.. _BARRETT and he: advises . PRESTON unknown to him but PARKS is identical. with PARKER .who was - present. at Waco night of 2/12/62 when Dallas gambler’ CURTIS YEAGER gave PARKS’ associate,.yet. unidentified, -$2500 in| ‘cash: following - weekend. during which YEAGER had bet and won> heavily on SWC games with Dallas bookies, placing bets based on information. received .. from "PAT" at Waco. On 3/1/62, PCI JOHN GEORGE. GEORGACAKIS. advised SAs — . J: JEROME ‘MAXWELL: and. STUART J. CAMERON that- ‘SWC basketball games . had ‘been taken off: the: board at Las. ‘Vegas, no bets were. being - accepted on these games in amounts: of more than $50 to $100 and ~ bets were being. taken. only: from: players in the room at the time - the bet was made. PCI. stated his Las Vegas source had indicated . Las. Vegas: had received word from ,Texas that games: were fixed. On. 3/5/62 ,- information obtained from DL=144-C* who | is furnishing pertinent current information about the gambling. . activities of Dallas . bookmaking operation under the- direction _ of, JOHN ELI..STONE (DL.162-37). and“his employees in this . eration, HENRY CLINTOR/WINFREY (DL 162-95) and. ISADORE. MAX ‘| Texas ((DL.162=96). On 3/5/62, WINFREY, in conversation with - individual. known only. as "PETE". remarked that SWC games had | “cost: them $20,000" .. WINFREY stated there was "no doubt. about . one of the referees getting greedy and betting $6600 in New , Yor", . WINFREY further stated there were “two referees". involved. | In another conversation same date. with unknown party while . referring to recent publicity concerning this matter in the local: papers. and in particular reference to the referees, WINFREY stated that they "cost us $20,000 this year. One of these: damn referees bet $6600 hisself in New York on a game . he refereed... Yeah, he won it = They. -haven‘t lost any bets". "Those crooks.in South Texas. pulled a fast onen "TY know ‘BOSTON SMITH handled their: damn contract =". "I think it: was - - BOSTON that::put $5500 on- certain ones: = maybe 11 on some of them"; "Most of the big books in the East. took the Southwest. ' Conference off the boards two years ago. So its been going ' on for a little while". On 2/28/62, San Antonio furnished information that. ‘subject. PRESTON had. been in telephonic contact with Dallas phone LA 6-2814 on 12/13/61, 1/19 and 2/5/62. This is the ~ phone number. of subject. DICKSON at Apt. 108, 4807.Denton = - Drive, where DICKSON is also the Manager of this apartment. . building.: . | COVER. PAGE Docld: 32324176 Page 4
\ i jolaz-at Baylor, presently is managing an apartment house at.4807 <= ~ Denton: Dr. OWENS last saw. DICKSON about. 5 days ago. at which time. (@" DICKSON tol ' DL 165-29 On 3/12/62, LT. JACK REVILL, Dallas PD, a. former college basketball: player in the State of Texas, advised he seemed to recall that subject "SIG" -DICKSON was a former. - player at Baylor University and it. was also believed by — ‘LT, REVILL to. be an associate of GEORGE OWENS. OWENS is known to bet heavily. on basketball. games. through information . received from DL-144-C*#, is the present manager of the University Club, Dallas, the former boy friend of now imprisoned Dallas stripper CANDY BARR and.is a former basketball: player . at SMU. : ae . oo On. 3/14/62, . GEOR¢ WENS was interviewed. by: SAs . - ROBERT. M.: BARRETT and ROBERT. P, GEMBERLING at his residence, . - Apt. 302, .2531 Turtle Creek, .He furnished the following - pertinent information... He has known SIG DICKSON. for about a year, having. met tte Baars OWENS", close friend, - Dallas gambler WILLIAM RASADAVIS . (subject of Dallas file | 47-3937)... He stated DICKSON was. a former. basketball player. d him that he,‘ DICKSON,..was also. working. for some "New York Jews" in connection with the managing of some apart— ‘ment houses to be built in the Dallas area. . (These "New York . Jews" possibly identical with persons in New York ‘City known to : ‘ | i ' ! i ib \ >eERusre rn cod LEONARD ScMOGOENERIMGR bree suc __CHARLES..N. V7 BERNSTEIN. and LEONARD. SSXOPPENHEIMER. BILLY. RAYDAVIS was. in7ex.s ‘Phoe Ariz. and: Miami,:Fla.. in January 1962, the purpose. of = his trip being to gamble by-playing poker, OWENS stated there _is' a $300 limit -on any: bet on SWC game. in. las. OWENS stated _-he placed-most .of his bets: with ISADORE IILLER. (DL. 162-96) , employee of JOHN ELI. STONE. (DL: 162-37). -. OWENS stated. he has -. never received any information from DICKSON ‘or: anyone: else. that _any SWC games were fixed or how to bet. He has heard rumors ' for..several years that SWC. games were fixed but had no further ‘definite information: concerning this. OWENS furnished the above _. information, requesting ‘that. his identity be. protected and that © --he. would assist the FBI in their investigation in-any. way ‘possible so long as his identity was kept confidential.- - On. 3/12/62, DL-95-C advised SA ROBERT M.. BARRETT that - gambler WELDON N.. WEATHERALL, FBI #39541, when in Dallas ‘stayed _ at the Belmont. Motel on Fort Worth AVENUE... t ~K- . COVER PAGE Docld: 32324176 Page 5