JFK Assassination System Date: 6/15/201 Identification Form  . L.h  OAmTO""'''10101W SEES AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Agency Information FBI 124-90068-10129 HQ 62-75147-210-160 —_—-—  --- ---" ‘ron ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Document Information FBI PH HQ 12/30/1958 2 AMERICAN GAMBLERS IN CUBA AMERICAN GAMBLING ACTIVITIES IN CUBA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 1 Redact 06/24/1998 INDEFINITE MEMO --O_”1:-—"-YIY-:':1-'Y- OOO > eee v9.1 NW 45693 Docid:32328178 43 Page i
| o amare FORM NO. 64 j Office Memeran mn - UNITED GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: 21S. exom Je ac, PHILADELPHIA (92-692) ALL ih EQ! Dr ATION | CONTA | | | oy corse. HERE: CLASSIi ov] susyect: . ~ AMERICAN. GAMBLING ACTIVITIES. _ / ricD / “) TN CUBA. DATE cS/xv BY Lge AR ON ited ous Re Philadelphia airtel 10/2/58. Oy “WD A On 10/30/58, sce oper oom Sb ‘that earlier Tih ) oes ‘ in the. week he had had “nee with CHWARTZ while | does not w MORISI, who - he was in Philadelphiae [ _—i - accompanied SCHWARTZ from Cubae [ —__ said SCHWARTZ has a home in Philadelphia, but does not. get along with his wife and ldom there. He has a girl friend, name unknown to Years ago SCHWARTZ was @ bookmaker and ran dice games in Philadelphia. Then he went to Atlantic City, N.J., and operated the Bath and Turf Club there. That club had r wheels, dice a ey Bas » etce., and since, according to HERMAN "STUMPY" 2 -. RMAN controls all the gambling in Atlantic City, it was ~~~ Tikely that ORMAN either wholly. or partly owned the Bath and Turf Club. At present SCHWARTZ is working at the Hotel Nacionale in F 28, where he could be a front man or an employees eo  eclieves it is also possible that ORMAN owns a piece of_ cionale, and that SCHWARTZ is watching it for hime Toe feaid he, himself, was offered a job at the urned it down because it is too confining and ~, x Necionale, bu y the employees are too strictly controlled, not being allowed to go anywhuree He said shares in the Cuban gambling oshebi tah \ ments are sold by the "point," each point being a share 7 the return being in proportion to the number of ° “point s' cuned. (52» Bure | A- 7IS4 )- 27/0 - jbe 1l- Miami ( INFO) 5 —— cee ee 1 = Newark (94-660) (INFO) 1 1 = Philadelphia (92-692) 23 JAN 2 1959. RWH:MCB . (8) om .¢ 3 a 66 JAN 6” igsg. 74 v ge 204 | & “eget Habis at pptein O° (CMs Qu cai ifafst rete sce | W’ NW 45693 DociId:32328178 Page 2
4 . mm PH 92-692 On 11/6/58, PH 269-C told SA DALE M. HIESTAND. that he has been a close personal friend of CHARLES SCHWARTZ for many years. SCHWARTZ told PH 269-C that he bought the Bath and Turf Club in Atlantic City. The informant described it as a plush gambling house with a dignified and prosperous clientele. He said that SCHWARTZ - ; told him that MAX WEISBERG and .S A HOFFMAN, Philadelphia CY | Top Hoodlums, and STUMPY ORMAN all ‘Ofmed pieces of the Bath | and Turf Clube PH 269=-C sajd SCHWARTZ is an important figure in International ling circles, and is a close personal friend of MEYER{LANSKY, whom he met in Baltimore, Md... PH 269=-C said LANSKY is the main figure in control of ‘gambling in Cuba, as well-as in some parts of the United Statese LANSKY still controls gambling in Baltimore, and ; with SCHWARTZ, owns a casino in Las Vegas, Neve He did not know the name, but said it is near the Sands Hotel. PH 269-C said he has personal kmowledge that SCHWARTZ has become very prosperous from his activities in gambling circles. PH 530<C reported that on 10/30/58, MAX "WILLIE" WEISBERG called his brother in Atlantic City and inquired how he hearings came out that mornings Later WEISBERG told his wife that “they” were all fined, but that “they are all out." He said that he would have to g° to Atlantic City on Monday, November 3, to see “The Stump,” believed to be referring to STUMPY ORMAN. On 11/4/58, WEISBERG told PH 530-C that he had been in Atlantic City and that it was an “all payday." It is requested that the Bureau furnish two copies of this letter to-Legat, Havanas« } RUC. NW 45693 DociId:32328178 Page 3