Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997? (44 sc 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-7017 DE 137-2879 in a conspiracy with harboring Top Ten Fugitive TOMMY VIOLA. Informant said that LA HOOD was telling him that he doesn't like "BIFFO" MACCAGNONE though he still respects him. Informant stated that LA HOOD tried to impress on Informant that the FBI had a “bum beef" on him as he doesn’t even know TOMMY VIOLA. He stated that LA HOOD is working daily in his parent's store, the Family Market at St. Antoine and Theodore Streets, Detroit, and that LaHOOD's wife, JANET, is expecting their second child. any day. Informant advised thathe was also with "CANDY" DAVIDSON at the Imperial Hotel. He said that "CANDY" recently made. parole out of Jackson Prison where he had served time for his complicity in the shooting of State Senator WARREN HOOPER, Informant stated that "CANDY" has got to do four years parole — ; and he kidded "CANDY" about his breaking his parole, particularly ’ with living among all the hoodlums who hung around the Imperial Hotel. Informant advised that "CANDY"'told him that it wasn't his idea to live at the Imperial but that his parole officer put him in here. He revealed that "CANDY" DAVIDSON is working for a guy named (FNU) FRIEDMAN at the Bird Trucking Co., 7447 Dix, and that "CHICKIE" SHERMAN is squiring "CANDY" around town from time to time. Informant advised that "CANDY" DAVIDSON méntioned MIKE RUBINO and commented "You know, that, "little man' was real good to me for years. I'd do anything for him". — | Informant added that he las personal knowledge that MIKE RUBINO furnished money to "CANDY" during the years "CANDY" was at Jackson and. had many favors done for "CANDY" such as getting . him special privileges, a soft job, and special visitors, at — the prison. Informant revealed that "CANDY" DAVIDSON was. a | . houseboy for Warden BANNON in BANNON'’s private home off the . Jackson Prison grounds prior to. "CANDY's" release. He said that JOSEPH "HONEST JOE" MAZZEO was also a houseboy in the ‘Warden's home prior. to his recent release. Informant commented that MAZZEO made parole and nowis “in tight" with "BIFFO" | MACCAGNONE . | Informant advised that MIKEY THOMAS’ barbute game is back operating in "their. old stand" in Ecorse, Michigan, at 3706 W. Jefferson. He said that the barbute game moved into River Rouge; Mich. recently at 13232 W. Jefferson but the River Rouge PD ran the game out of the town as soom as they opened. - T= Docld: 32315574 Page &
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 Isc 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 : | ss - CO a ! 7 NY DE 137-2879 {Informant advised that an associate of his, “SHARKY" GOODRICH needed money recently and he went to JOHNNY SERRA at the Fort Wayne Hotel to borrow $500.00, Informant said that SERRA turned: "SHARKY" down by saying "My books are full up". Informant said that whem SHARKY came to him and told him this story he (Informant) went to see SERRA but SERRA was out and Informant talked to SAMMY FINE. Informant stated that SAMMY FINE told him that "SHARKY was NG" (no good) with SERRA as he got out of a loan with SERRA two years ago by complaining to the people about all the "juice” he had paid SERRA, In: talke- ing about SERRA and shylock operations in general in Detroit Informant related that NICK DITTA shylocks. He said that DITTA occasionally loans money and gets "juice" for it and, in fact, recently DITTA commented to him that if they could get $10, 000 "in front" they could make ‘a good Living shylocking. Informant advised that "CHICKIE" SHERMAN mentioned to him the other day that JOSEPH “SCARFACE JOE" BOMMARITO was presently confined to a Miami, Florida, hospital with Parkinson's disease and other complications and that BOMMARITO has’ ‘been in a coma for the past four days. He said that apparently BOMMARITO is not expected to live. Informant revealed that RAY MONASTERSKI, an active burglar and “pete-man", wos arrested two weeks ago by the Detroit Police Department and later released. I mformant said that the. police confiscated from MONASTERSKI three "little black books" in which MONASTERSKI had listed the names and addresses of just about every furrier and jewelry store owner in the Detroit area. Imformant said that he heard that the police found fourteen names crossed off in MONASTEREKI‘'s “directories” but they couldn't pin any of the B&E 's of ‘these fourteen places on . MONASTERSKI. informant advised that Detective JOHNNY SPECHOCK of the Detroit PD Holdup Squad hangs around the Advance Cleaners on E. Jefferson near about McClellan Ave. He said that SPECHOCK 7 | plays a lot of cards in the back room at Advance Cleaners, a new business which is owned by JOE MICHAELS, Informant revealed tha i JOE MICHAELS, is a’ brother of EMYLY MICHAELS, who is MOSIE ; MASSU's girl friend. Informant said that "SHARKY' GOODRICH | has also been hanging around the Advance Cleaners and SPECHOCK keeps talking to "SHARKY" about various doctors he knows and how much money each has. Informant advised that “SHARKY" is of the i = 8 = Docld: 32315574 Page 93
| Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992? (44 USC 2107 Hoftey- DATE: i1- 14-2017 we \ f~ : fy DE 137-2879 7 | 7: distinct impression that Detective JOHNNY SPECHOCK is "feeling him out" to give him a real good "score", probably one one of these doctors. Informant added that "SHARKY" GOODRICH told him that Detective SPECHOCK was commenting on the "furor" caused in the Detroit underworld by the FBI in the Palm Furniture case and SPECHOCK ciaimed that the FBI "have movies of the whole Palm Deal” which they can show in court and further that JOHNNY AYOTTE had "spilled his guts" on the Palm deal to -the FBI. Informant advised that AL VARGA was hired back to work nights as a barbute dealer at the game in Ecorse by MIKEY THOMAS. Informant said that VARGA told him that he no lenger had any numbers action and that $10,600.00 in “hits" last week put him out of business._ Informant said that AL VARGA was "waxing eloquent" about how the FBI worked and the fact that it was the most powerful organization in the country. Informant revealed that AL VARGA also spoke at length about the Palm Furniture case and said that he (VARGA) had gone to Paim and bought an air conditioner and paid cash for it. He said that VARGA bragged that he walked cut of Palm with the air conditioner and no record was ever made of it. Informant advised that he has heard from many different sources that because of the extreme pressure put on "thepeople" by the FBI im the Palm Furniture deal the “word is 7 out" that MIKE RUBINO and SAMMY GIORDANO may be “ordered" to come into court and, after failing im all their intended motions before the judge, plead guilty to one count of the indictment. Informant specifically excluded JOHNNY AYOTTE from this "manuveur" by explaining that it is commonly believed among “the outfit guys" that AYOTTE spilled his guts to the FBI and a deal has been made with regards to AYOTTE's guilty plea. . ‘Informant stated that MIKE RUBINO has been confined to bed the past week with the fiw. He said that RUBINO has been having a great deal of stomach trouble and Informant commented that "MIKE would die in jail". He added, when speak- ing of RUBINO, that all MIKE knows how to do is “smile, stand around, and get mad" and with his bad stomach and the soft | life he has been living RUBINO couldn't “take" prison. ‘Informant advised that HARRY THOMAS was allowed to _ Lo plead guilty in Detroit Circuit Court on 2/25/63, to a lesser charge of assault and battery, rather than the original charge i = Ja Docld: 32315574 Page 10
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 a Los CO fc NA DE 137-2879 of taking indecent liberties-with a minor female for which, according to Informant, THOMAS could have gotten up to life in prison. Informant stated that THOMAS got two years probation, the first 60 days of which have to be spent in Dehoco and was fined court costs. Informant stated that he has heard that HANK THOMAS finally had to pay the young girl's father, a doctor who Lived. in THOMAS’ neighborhood in Grosse Pointe Park, $25,000.00 in order to be allowed to plead guilty to the much lesser A&B charge. - Informant advised that the previous night he was at DI LORENZO'’s Pizzeria and he met "a loud mouth little punk" named PAUL LEGO (ph). He said that he has known LEGO a number of years, seeing him around town, but that he has never paid much attentign to him as LEGO has a "bad name", Informant stated that LEGO told him that he had a load of "queer", ie counterfeit money. Informant stated that LEGO claimed that LANEY COBB and DUCKY DIETZ, who got Federal probation recently in Los Angeles for possession of $45,000.00 in counterfeit | $20.00 bilis, had signed a statement against him (LEGO) with the Secret Service. He stated that LEGO lead him to believe that he was the printer of this "queer" money and was "in partners" with one other guy. Informant advised that LEGO told him that he had had two million dollars in counterfeit money which was "a good product im Series G" and for which he was charging $15.00 a hundred. He revealed that LEGG commented that the "queer" was in $20.00 denominations and that apparently he had a little over one million dollars of it left. Informant said that one of LEGO’s friends, a GEORGE HOLLEMAN (ph) recently got grabbed by the Secret Service in possession of some of LEGO's bills. Informant stated that LEGO claimed that he . runs $63,0000 of the counterfeit bills and them changes the ‘serial numbers. He advised that LEGO also told him that he is planning on coming out with $5.00 and $10.00 bilis next. Informant was contacted in the morning of 3/7/63 and was told that a warrant was outstanding for the arrest of JOE CORRADO as a material witness on the Palm Furniture case. Informant stated that he believed he could “dig CORRADO out" by checking some places. A photo of JOE CORRADO was shown to Informant. On the afternoon of that same date, 3/7/63, Informant telephonically advised that he had just left the dompany of JOE CORRADO, Hejdisclosed that CORRADO was then with SAM TOCCO in «= 10 = Doclda: 32315574 Page il
t DATE: | Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Ac 11-14-2017 , , c~ . om \ te DE 137-2879 c a“ the office at 12877 Woodward Avenue in Highland Park , Michigan. Informant advised that CORRADO does not resemble the photo previously shown to him. He revealed that CORRADO was dressed in a green sweater, grey pants and brown loafers and that he was wearing a grey sport shirt, moustache and also black, heavy horn-rimmed glasses. CORRADO was arrested by Bureau Agents at 12877 Woodward Avenue immediately following the receipt of ‘this. information. -~ il - Docld: 32315574 Page 12