PH 92-444 RWH:rdc oan Sharking - \ PH T-6 reported on March 29, 1962, that BRUNO. loaned ‘ge, 500 cash to the owners of the Open Door Cafe, 12th and Locust Streets, | which opened March 26. These owners were ‘WILLIE WEIS= - - BERG, SAMUEL HOFFMAN, SOLLY GLEANER, ‘and JOE KANEFSKY . “Accord-. ing bo the: source, ‘WEISBERG; “HOFFMAN , and KANEFSKY are undercover owners. In’return for the ‘Loan, one. of BRUNO's “eigarette ‘vend-" ing machines was: placed in the bar: The loan is ‘being repaid at -the rate of $60.00 per week, and it is the opinion of PH T-6 that. this is a loan ‘Sharking” operation.» PH 7-8 reported that $500 was loaned to the owner of Pat's ‘Bakery, 15th and Dickinson Oe ea’. and that this loan is — being repaid at $10.00 per. week, PH T-8 believes that this is . also loan sharking money. On April 21, 1962, PH T-6 said. that FRANK: SANNINT ‘and - IGNAZIO DENARD are both close associates of BRUNO as well as “pee ing friends of each other. Between 1946 and 1953; DENARO worked~ with DOMINICK POLLINA, also. an associate of BRUNO, in loan shark- | ing, and SANNINI had ‘worked for him as recently as the latter part of (1961. fe ok ‘PH T- 8 has: advised: that it is common practice an the cigarette vending machine ‘business ‘to loan money to the. owners of locations where machines. are placed . -fhis practice is carried. on by BRUNO's business, the Penn Jersey Vending Company... PH T-8 says that, vin his opinion, these ‘loans. are made at loan shark — rates. On March 3,. 1962, BILL LNU, according to PH T-1, asked _ANGELO BRUNO for a loan, the amount of which he did not. ‘specify. BILL. was opening a place at 808 South 9th Street and. commented that he is fifty-five years old and this must have been the fifty-fifth place he has opened; BRUNO did not. think that the bpo% Was. good or that it would. last very long because the police would “burn the place out in no time," but BILL appeared. not to be. worried and said he believed he would make money, ‘BRUNO. ap= proved . the oan and arrangements were made for. BILL to repay, it f HW 45737 Docld: 3227968446 Page 156 e
pH gent | rrverine\ aap RWH:rde . Numbers | On. October 31, 1961, PH T-6. reported that JOHN GIRGENTI is an office and ‘pickup man for ANGELO BRUNO's numbers operation. _ According to PH T-6, JOHN is single, lives in Camden, N. J., and frequents the area ‘of Broad. and Mifflin Streets. PH [29° on November 22,. 1961, said that PHIL TESTA is in charge of BRUNO's numbers. operations in Philadelphia, and that JOHN SIMONE, aka JOHNNIE CASABLANCA, and JOSEPH .POLLESTRELLI, aka oo, ‘BUMPERS, handle BRUNO's operations. ‘in: Trenton, N. gd: On April 16, Pho 1962, and again on May 1e 1962, the same source said that TESTA ; continued to" operate BRUNO's numbers business . PH T- 8: has related a number of ‘Anstances of large amounts of money being. hamdled by associates of BRUNO, sometimes at BRUNO! 8 place of business, Penn Jersey. Vending Company, in connection .with. numbers operations. For example, on February 28, 1962, FRANK MONTI “brought a large. sum. of money to Penn Jersey” Vending which he gave : to FRANK. ‘TANNARELLA and ‘from which MONTI, himself, took $1200. PH T- 6 said that there were occasions when BRUNO's num- bers business. suffered large: losses. Between March 19 and March -23, 1962, TESTA and. TANNARELLA were hard hit and on March 23,-- 1962, _when he: returned’ from Miami,. - BRUNO met. with: them to dis-. cuss thé situation. JACOB: KATZMAN, aka BILL: BALONEY,, ‘suffered. severe losses during the week, March 18 - 24,:1962, and BRUNO ap- “proved a loan to him of $2500, ‘which TESTA ‘actually gave him. KATZMAN is repaying this at the rate of $250 a week. PH T-3 has’ reported that. FRANK: MATTEO is a a regular vi- sitor at the Penn Jersey Vending Company, and PH T- 8 says he is. ~in the numbers ‘business . On “March 9, 1962; MATTEO advised PH T-3 that he was quitting "them" because of problems with them, ashe had been backing business himself and had not’ made a quarter. He said that if ANGELO BRUNO wanted the business, | MATTEO would give ' it to him. MATTEO said the business ran about 900 or a thousand . ‘and he would ‘be’ nePEY with 20 or 25 per cent. - Ke wo wee eee Le HW 45737 Docld:32296446 Page 157
PH 92—H141) arses RWH:epe PENA NEE Ey pee (1) Loo NTA BOOKMAKING BRUNO told PH T-1 that on March 27, 1962, PHIL TESTA told him that two men, AL PATRONE and SONNY D'ANGELO, the latter a butcher from Atlantic City, N.J., who owns seme horses, were able te get some kind of solution which could be injeeted into horses to make them run faster. The solution is injected into the jugular vein and, aeeerding to what TESTA told BRUNO, is used in claiming races. It was BRUNO's understanding that PATRONE and D' ANGELO secured the substance from a doctor, They needed $2,500.00 and thought perhaps BRUNO could provide them with it. BRUNO felt that if anybody knew whether the solution would work it would be FELIX BOCCHICIO because he is acquainted with jockies and horses and tried the substance without it doing any good. . L PH T-8 advised on March 23, 1962, that RALPH KATZ, aka Tommy Foley, brother of GEORGE KATZ, who is the manager of record. of heavyweight challenger SONNY LISTON, is taking horse bet action on behalf of ANGELO BRUNO. _ _ FRANK D'ALPHONSO told PH T-6 on April 1, 1962, that he. had been booking horses and sperts on his own and that someone unexpectedly gave him $500.00 a day in business, When FRANKIE inquired why it was being given to him, he was told that ANGELO BRUNO had erdered it done. ~ ; PH T-5 said that on May 30, 1962, BRUNO, :whthecréminiscing about his past, mentioned that he,"PAPPY" (CARL IPPOLITO), BROWNIE ~ (EDWARD BRAYLINSKI) and "a guy by the name of HARVEY," had each owned 25% of the Grand Hotel in Miami, Fla. The place had 23 rooms, a bar and a horse room, Sinee they knew nothing abeut running ‘av hotel, they sold the rooms to IRVING CAREY and they ran the horse room, | with which they did very well, until the law clesed down horse rooms in Miami, They bought the lease from JOE MASSI (?) and DAVIE GLASS, BRUNO said that in 1947 and 1948 Miami was wide open and ‘all the hotels had horse rooms, BRUNO commented that raekets are a thing of the past and sooner or later there would be a law that would put numbers and horse booking entirely out of business, CONFIDES ue | | 502 | HW 45737 Docld:32296446 Page 156
a HW 45737 a~ td 92-44 Nw RS On May 31, 1962, BRUNO told PH T-3 that in the past he had been booking sports, numbers » and horses and had dealt with ABE GLASSMAN, MISCELLANEOUS PH T-6 said that in early February 1962, BRUNO needed $2,500.00 cash in a hurry and sent FRANK NARDUCCI to PHIL TESTA with instructions to bring the money in the largest bills he had. TESTA returned to BRUNO's pleee of business in about five minutes with the money, indicating that somewhere in the immediate neighborhood ef Penn Jersey Vending Company there is a large amount of ¢ash available for emergencies. PH T-1 said that on March 6, 1962, BRUNO was asked by one EDDIE to back his bookmaking business. EDDIE books sports, including horses and baseball. SOLLIE, possibly SOL GLEANER, had | been backing him for 25% but decided to quit, leaving EDDIE with ne one to back his business, BRUNO ascertained that ED did not owe ANTONIO POLLINA any money; that he had been on the cuff for about $4,400 but has cleared it up. BRUNO recognized this incident as — being cohnected with "those fellews ever the river," probably meaning New Jersey and told ED that he weuld make inquiries and thought he could get a good man for him. | On April 18, 1962, PH T=3 reported that in 1935 BRUNO was convicted for operating a still and Internal Revenue levied —~ a tax of $14,000 or $15,000. BRUNO engaged a lawyer familiar with . taxes and apparently settled the obligation for $50.00, securing a reeeipt. In 1952 BRUNO was tried but found not guilty ina” eonspiracy ase, the details of whieh T-3 did not knew. In that — ease Internal Revenue made a levy of $34,000, attached his bank account, and his safe deposit box, but again BRUNO. engaged an attorney and won the action. 3 CONFI artim Docld: 32279684465 Page 159