v9.1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Doclda: 32305734 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10288-10364 HQ 92-2824-8, 9, 10 Document Information FBI DRAIN, VINCENT E. DIRECTOR, FBI 12/24/1957 35 JFC, PERSONAL HISTORY, BKG, CRIMINAL RECORD, ASSOC, CRIMINAL ACT, LEGITIMATE ENTERPRISES, HANGOUTS, TRA, PERSONAL HABITS AND PECULIARITIES, PHYSICAL DESCR, PHOTO PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified , 4 Redact 05/14/1998 INDEFINITE INC 2 MEMO 4/23/201
DL 92-36 Dallas Confidential Informant T-2, of known reliabiliy - and who-has furnished reliable information in the past, : advised SA VINCENT E. DRAIN on November 22, 1957, that he had known CIVELLO for several years. and’ knew him when informant. was Assistant District Attorney of Dallas County. He stated he had had no information of any kind which would indicate . CIVELLO had been engaged in illegal activities. in the city of Dallas. JULIUS SCHEPPS, a highly respectable citizen and a large wholesale liquor dealer,.Dallas, Texas, advised SA VINCENT. E, DRAIN on December 19, 1957, that he was closely acquainted with CIVELLO and that he did not know of any under- world activities being conducted by CIVELLO and that it was his belief that any that-any that would be carried on by CIVELLO probably would be with Eastern underworld characters.  SCHEPPS | had no basis for stating that, other than the recent publicity” ™ that he had read in the newspapers concerning CIVELLO. (E) LEGITIMATE ENTERPRISES On September 5, 1956, CIVELLO advised SA PAUL H. | .RAINES that he was employed by his brother-in-law, ROSS MUSSO, at the Love Field Grocery, Dallas, Texas, from 1944-46; that he then went into partnership with his brother, CHARLES. CIVELLO, and FRANK L. MONTE, doing business as Premier Food Company, for about.one, year; that in 1948, he and ROSS MUSSO repurchased _ the Love Field Grocery and operated it as partners. until 1952, -when it was sold. Thereafter, he, together with MUSSO and CHARLES CIVELLO organized Civello's Imports, 4236-38 Oak Lawn Avenue, Dallas, Texas, where they handle imported foods, =~ . Italian products, both as wholesalers and retailers and ‘as ~ retail liquor dealers. He said he had “dabbled" in real estate as a partner in the oil business with HARRY D. KAHN, 2014 Oo , ’ Adolphus Tower Building, Dallas, Texas, among other partners - ‘4n the enterprise. He stated that all of his present interests mo were owned together with his brother-in-law, ROSS MUSSO, and that his gross income would be between. $11,300 and $17,000 plus per year. . ; , } On December 2, 1957, Agent TAYLOR of the Dallas ‘Office of the Bureau of Narcotics advised he had learned from a confidential source that CIVELLO reportedly had reported income of $9,664.40 in 1952; $4,086.93. 20, 12° By Barer iaGR CHEE , Oe 2 RELES . _ euge yee STEERS SEN PULL SR Sas | DocId: 32305734 Page 2?
I i erro 6 a s | Q O DL 92-36 NU MS INFORMANT PAGE . NN a (m1 1s MARVIN DAVISON, District Manager, South- western Bell Telephone Company, Dallas, Texas. T-2 is PCI H. P. WHITE. ; I " \ A = 25 - - Docld: 32305734 Page 3