JFK Assassination System Date: 5/28/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10220-10437 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 62-75147-29-715 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,MM TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: 01/03/1958 PAGES: 5 SUBJECTS : . SMO, GM, WHEREABOUTS, GAMBLING ACT, RACK AND SUBV, ASSOC DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 05/19/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : - _ Sess v9.1 2 Docld: 32298161 Page 1
Semen SDAA .FORM NO. 64 Of Me Pe “SA WED Y, EIA GOL A N er Cp be VT Qa ees eae wee 1 BED as ee aN Cec ®& oS = = wom Pd Ld wel CE bee Ta x! ag” SIT Co . (Gp - Bureau . (3 4 / SUBJECT: - | LAW ENFORCEMENT ezunen 20 1380 \ lym + oNirTED! Director, FBI (62- 75147- 29) ATTENTION: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR J SAC, Miami (62-1273) MIAMI WINTER SEASON I 63 .1957 - 1958, CRIMINAL SECTION, INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION. fo LIF “fart Fre ee pen a m5 MEATS ‘ReBulet 9/18/57. - _ JS tae GERALD FARRELL, age 56, Chief of Police, Bay Harbor Island, advised he retired as of January 1, 1958, as Chief of Police from that law enforcement agency. FARRELL, who has thirty years of law enforcement experience, said he spent the past nine years with the above Department. He also stated that he has been succeeded by Sergeant JAMES T., KENNY whowlll head the Department until the end of the fiscal year, April 30, 1958. — ba Hy off CRIMINAL RACKET ACTIVITIES PAUL BRUUN, PCI, advised that’ * SAM. KAYE, a , wealthy’ Haft hotel owner, built the. Havana-Deuville Hotel; Havana, Cuba, © and leased it out to RAY BROWN, a real estate man of Cin- cinnati, Ohio. BROWN, he related, is a”*brother-in-law of the attorney for the international organization of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, Cincinnati. BRUUN said that AL BERLIN of Miami Beach, a local representative of that union. in the Miami area and a close. friend of EDWARD MILLER , one of the officials of the union, owns a part of this hotel lease. Similar information was furnished by PCI HERB RAU. Le YSERLIN, HBT Numbnri895806, risiastormer book~ _ ‘maker and uni‘on racketeer. BERLIN ‘was very *close: to" MAKES” CALDWELL, FBI .Number (1958326, atdeceased ' union | Packeteer: _ BERS WSIS TS 4 x 2 - Miami 4 bo" 9, - a “Sek REF : GK A fy (6) echt: naw a | SS HIOKS “eg KS ; WS gor® a Docld: 32298161 Page 2?
-casino in the new Riviera Ho MM 62-1273 over the telephone at UN-6-3707. DARDIS subsequently ad-_ vised that this telephone was issued to ROBERT L* ARNS , quently advised that he furnished this information to the State's Attorney's office, and on January 2, 1958, BARNS, a former member of the old S & G Syndicate of Miami Beach was arrested by the investigators of the State's Attorney's office and an agent from the State Hotel Commission. DARDIS related that BARNS was charged with bookmaking and was re- leased under a $1,500.00 bond. ' 1794 Normandy Drive, Miami Beach. fs fADARDIS again subsé=~ DARDIS further advised that: a male individual, known only to date as RUBY and who is from Chicago, Illinois, is operating as a sneak bookie from the Tobby | of the Treasure Isle Motel, No} ay Bay Village. one liffsans News" newspaper of January 2, 1958, re- lated that B HEN, a criminal attorney in the Greater Miami area and ‘former attorney for the defunct S & G Gambling Syndicate at Miami Beach, settled his income tax difficulties with the Bureau of Internal Revenue for approximately $90,000.00. The article related that the tax claim was in the nature of a jeopardy assignment for a delinquent bill submitted by the Internal Revenue Service covering the years of 1943 through 1951. The same BEN COHEN during 1957 filed a $10,000.00 libel suit in Federal Court at Miami against the 'Readers Digest".  Rezsc Peau BRUUN, PCI, advised that WILLIAM-GUSTO BISCHOFF, Wa. "Lefty. Clark", FBI Number, 1721507., operator Soma ante pais bya of -the Tropicana 2 Gambling Casino, Havana, Cuba, no longer maintains a residence in Miami. He related that CLARK — resides in the Rosietta Apartments, Havana, Cuba. " BRUUN also stated that he spoke to MEYER LANSKY ot in Havana, Cuba, recently and learned that LANSKY was not a feeling.well and contemplated entering a hospital for a checkup and rest. He said he also gathered from observa- tion and conversation that LANSKY is interested in the opera- tion of the hotel rather than fhe operation of the gambling .. He said. there was no , doubt in his mind that ED LEVINSON was in charge of! the | casino. . , Cube EONARD SOLOMON, detecti Miami Beach Ey ice De- partment,/ advised that FRANK _"REDJ RED. and MORRIS#SCHNERTZLER, Wa. MaxyCourtney, FBI Number 40473 33 ‘bookmakers: “and gamblers voce ns enue ~ Ba -3- Docld: 32298161 Page 3
‘MM 62-1273 out-of ‘New: ‘York, are ‘presently in Havana, Cuba. . . SOL JAFFE, PCI, advised thaf’ when he was in Havana, Cuba, from December 27 thro December 29, he was reasonably certain he saw FRANK#ERICKSON, FBI Number 1762258, a nationally-known bookmakér and gambler, in the gambling casino at the Riviera Hotel, Havana. JAFFE also advised he saw ABRAHAMPBECKER, Wa. CUB stheecker, FBI Number. 593068, operating as a card deatle: in'the easino of the Riviera Hotel, Havana. He said BECKER advised -him that he was living at the St. Johns Hotel in Havana. BECKER is separated from his wife who is employed at the Saroze Dress Shop s Miami Beach. | | | HOODLUMS IN THE MIAMI AREA : A A, ORREI, owner of the Colonial Furniture Store, West Dixie Highway, North Miami, advised that (y) ' ABRA KATZ, Wa. "Red ‘Katz, FBI Number 315896, a burglar, several’ months “ago purchased the financial interest in . the firm known as the Sprplus Carpet Company in North, “ ' Miami from. HENRY "H RODSKY (LPormer Constable, Miami, | Beach. ORREI said that very recently ABRAHAM KATZ pur- \ chased the financial interest in this firm-formerly held’ by ALBERT JULIUSYBERMAN, FBI Number 659331; a burglar. Cw He related that “KATZ now is sole owner of this company which sells carpets and furniture on a retail ie ; Sergeant TED KIEDEI sysxr JiGakt Beach Police De- > partment, advised that RALP BUGLIO, FBI Number 615866, purchased the old AL CAPONE home on Paim Island, Miami Beach. BUGLIO is a former member of the old CAPONE Gang of Chicago, Illinois.: Chief ofjPolice GULA W. OWENS, Ba Harbour, ad— oo BO vised that SIDNE¥KHANDWIELER and WILLIAM DaESONKEN, both = Feu bookmakers, are temporarily residing at_the Colognade_Hotel, Bal_Harbour.. OWENS also advised that MANNIN POHERMAN, FBI EL Number 447418, a New York gambler, card shark an pooldiarer (> maintains a cooperative apartment at the Carlton Arms, Bal on ' Harbour. OWE also advised that in the same apartments resides ‘wanmaancrm fe notes owner from Toronto, Canada. ; He said HARRY SMITH is a brother of _BENSMITH who constructed | the Havana Riviera Hotel, Havana, Cuba. He also remarked | that on occasions when MEYER’,LANSKY is in the Miami area, | LANSKY will stay at the SMITH ‘apartment. i ~s. \A eee = = = cae = 2 a Sr ee TL MTT SA De te eae ~? Docld: 32298161 Page 4
nw Detective LOCKHART GRACEY, , 4ami PD, Sdvised that he received information that SAMeM ARINO, FBI Number.115840.,. and his brother, GABRIE A@ANNARINO , were Eu , in the Miami area-a few days. He said he was unable to '*") ° learn where they had been staying in the area. The MANNARINOs head the MANNARINO Gang of New Kensington, | Pennsylvania, and operate the New-Ken Novelty Company of that city. They are also engaged in the numbers racket, slot machines and gambling activities. _ GRACEY also advised. that WILLIAM vino Sant anarro,- FES _ FBI Number 394200A,_ a purglar recently released-from the Florida State Peniteyfiary, has moved from the home of \ ROMEO CIVETTA, Clevg@land, Ohio, PD Numer 49372, and is -pesiding at the. KiAigston Hotel, Miamj Beach. PETER ARNSTEIN., Wa. Pete efirnold, FBI _Number_394.95,. a pimp and buyélar from Chicago a ROD GOERIZ, Special Agent 4 /National Board of Fire Underwriters, advised that DONALD_J O'BRIEN, FBI_Number 502859, a burglar and resident of Pompano Beach, “Florida, recently sold his late model Chrysler automobile to WILLIAM VITO DENTAMARRO. } ae . Xela, who has a ‘criminal record, now operates tiio SHoe stores. in the Miami area known as Harvey's Shoe Stores. He said one store is located in Miami and the other in Miami Beach. i He further advised that IZZY COHEN resides in an apartment I Normandy Drive, Miami Beach, and is a brother of LOUIS i. ) QHEN with whom he has spent some time in the U. S. Peniten- ‘tiary, Atlanta, Georgia. [ Two extra copies of this letter are being furnished | a to the Bureau so they may be forwarded to the Legat at Havana, Cuba. -5- d now a resident of Miami “(Agee Beach, operates a cocktail lounge in this hotel. eae SID WILD, PCI, advised that ramet Wa, Izzy, FLL Docld: 32298161 Page 5