AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John . Eennedy Wssassination Records AGENCY: FBI ollection Act of 1992 : ' (44 U5¢ 2107 Note). RECORD NUMBER:  124-10126-10121 . ase#: Ni ascsé Date: RECORD SERIES: DE pi-i5—2017 AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 44-563-122 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ; > ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: CLEMENTS, MANNING C. TO: DIRECTOR: FBI TITLE: . DATE: 12/14/1963 PAGES: 657 SUBJECT: JR, FBI REPORTS, ASSOC, INTERVIEWS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW _ DATE: 02/26/1999 a UPDATE DATE: 01/25/2001 STATUS | Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) JFK Law 11(a) COMMENTS: HW 45656 DBocld:32157934 Page 1
1 DL 44-1639 RMO/jn ° , ‘ The following investigation was conducted by SA ROY M. OSBORN, at Birmingham, Alabama on November 25, 1963. 1 The following gambling informants of the Birmingham Office were contacted on November 25, 1963 and all denied knowing RUBY: BH 227-C, BH 220-C, BH 282-PC, BH 283- PC, BH 293-CP, BH 299-CP, and EUGENE MORRIS RILEY, PCI. .The following logical gambling sources were likewise contacted and eotild furnish no information conceming RUBY, and denied knowing him: CHARLES PHARO, Manager Bowlo-Mac, 3221 Third Avenue, South; ESTHER WRIGHT, Meyers Drive-In, 2731 Eighth Avenue North; ISRAEL COPLON, 1819 Fourth Avenue North, LOUIS. KOPLON, 1813 Fourth Avenue North, GEORGE HARRISON, 3510 Sixth Avenue South, and JONES ANDERSON, “1827 First Avenue North. The above sources are either known gamblers or associates of same. Records of the Birmingham Police Department contain no information concerning a JACK RUBY or RUBENSTEIN. PCI NORMAN SIMON,. personally, negative on RUBY, provided name of MORRIS BLOCK, old-time Chicago bar operator and bookie, who furnished information forwarded in FD=-302 and teletype lead: ~ for Chicago. Others contacted with negative results are LA 345-0, LA 4400-PC, LA 4410-C, LA 4448-PC, PCI JACK IRVING FOX, PCI SAM FARKAS , PCL COSSLETT PALMER, On November 26, 1963, Salt Lake City Office advised all logical sources and informants in the Salt Lake City Division ~ . have been contacted and alerted for information regarding RUBY. ' No pertinent information has been developed to date. Information Le HW 45656 as to sources contacted is being maintained in Salt Lake City files. On December 2; 1963, the Latent Fingerprint Section, Identification Division, advised as follows: "Fingerprints and palm prints Jack L. Ruby;*FBY #6930835, not identical with latent impressions remaining unidentified in ~ the case entitled 'Assassination of President John F. Kennedys November 22, 1963; AFO,'" COVER PAGE — _ a ; ; ; ; DoclId: 327157934 Page 2?
HW 45656 1 y DL 44-1639 AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - - Gambling informants and sources, LV 26-C, LV 127-PC, LV 117-C-TE, CHARLES EDWARD ANDERSON, PCI, HARRY COOPERSMITH, PCI, EMANUAL. FREEDMAN , PCI, all contacted: "11/25/63, negative concerning RUBY. Las. Vegas indices negative re YUDIE JACOBS, ART WAYNE, and SAMMY MENOSH. On 11/26/63, Salt Lake City Office advised all logical sources in the Salt Lake City Division have beem contacted and alerted for information re egarding. RUBY. No pertinent infcecmation has been developed to date. ‘Information as to sources contacted is being maintained im Salt Lake tity files. LV 54=C advised on 11/29/63, Las Vegas telephone number 735- 4303 called by RUBY is unpublished number of LEWIS McWILLIE, associate of RUBY, previously interviewed. R COVER PAGE DoclId: 327157934 Page 3
HW 45656 LV 44-48 LV 54-C, on November 29, 1963, advised SA ROBERT D. LEE, that Las Vegas telephone number 735-4303 is a non published number listed to LEWIS MC WILLIE, 3627 Eastern Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada. - MC WILLIE was interviewed in- this matter on November 25, 1963. Information and FD-302, reflecting results, have been furnished. to Bureau and Dallas. PCI PAUL F. COE, Assistant Manager, Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, on November 29, 1963, advised SA WAYNE H. DRAKE that no records on incoming calls to the Thunderbird Hotel are maintained. The Thunderbird Hotel telephone is 735-4111. —_—_— / COVER PAGE DoclId: 327157934 Page 4
HW 45656 1 . SL 44-496 > AJR: paw AT ST, _LourS, MISSOURI On .12-4-63, SL 1130- -C advised SAA HOWARD C, KENNEDY that on the night of. 12-3-63, he was talking | to JACK BUHLINGLER, address unknown, who is employed as a cab driver by St. Louis County Cab Company. BUHLINGLER remarked to the informant that JACK RUBY, the. man who shot LEE OSWALD in Dallas, Texas, was a cab driver employed by the. Ace Cab Company at St. Louis "years ago. The informant” said that. BUHLINGLER indicated’ to Him that :_ BUHLINGLER had- been furnished this information by one or more "old-time. cab drivers" who used to work for Ace Cab Company, or by veteran cab. drivers still at Ace Cab Company . The informant expressed awareness that several. drivers who worked for Ace Cab Company ten to fifteen years. are now employed by St. Louis County Cab Company, although. he was unable to furnish their names, The informant could furnish no further information concerning this matter and requested that his identity as the recipient of this information from BUHLINGLER be concealed since he did not know whether BUHLINGER had furnished the information to anyone other than the informant. 4 ’ With regard to the interview with JOSEPH P. MUETH on 12-4-63, as reflected in this report, the following information was received: . ; SL 1214-c%, on 12-5-63, advised that MUETH told: Mrs. JOSEPH (BARBARA) COSTELLO, owner of Checker Cab Company re (formerly known as Ace Cab Company) that he had been interviewed: by the FBI regarding the investigation being. conducted in Dallas, Texas, and that he had been questioned as to whether RUBY had ever béen employed as a driver. with the ‘company. Mrs. COSTELLO exclaimed, "RUBY!", and asked, “what did you téll them?" MUETH stated he told the FBI that RUBY had never been employed ‘there to his knowledge. Mrs. COSTELLO then indicated to MUETH ‘that what MUETH should have told the FBI was that’ RUBY was. employed there and that he should have told them that’ "about two aaye before that happened he must have taken a plane down there..: “ COVER PAGE | ; DoclId: 327157934 Page 5
DL Aye 1639 RLB: SJ “A The following investigation was conducted. by SA. ROVAL 2: ‘BLASSINGAME at San Juan, Puerto Rica, on November 26, 1963: © . . SARAH TORRES PERALTA, PCI, an attorney for Local 610, Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union, San Juan, advised ANA MARIA DEL VALLE, Secretary-Treasurer, Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union, was approached by MIGUEL CRUZ, Organizer for Lecal 901, Teamsters Union, ,who made a statement, "Now that we've taken care of President KENNEDY, we'll have no trouble in taking over things". PERALTA also furnished. above information te. THOMAS A. KENNELLY, Departmental Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington. 6BK COVER PAGE DoclId: 327157934 Page 6