Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 31I07T Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 . JFK Assassination System Date: 4/27/201 : Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10300-10084 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 62-75147-29-722 Neen Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,MM TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 01/24/1958 “PAGES: 8 SUBJECTS : NRO, ASSOC, HIALEAH RACE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, GAMBLING ACT, NIGHT LIFE, HOODLUMS, MM DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: “05/04/1998 ™ OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 . 17 Doclda: 32309715 Page 1
TO \ —- ATTENTION: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR [canoe SAC, Miami (62-1273) : SUBJECT: MIAMT WINTER SEASON, | & 195% - 1958, CREMINAL SECTION, it Twepted nase gy, 1- GATIVE DIVISION. 3~ ae at, CD Fe pemniet 9/18/57. for review at FEIFO by HSCA re iw Pare See hy maa: =RACE TRACK (See Bufile #82-117290) = ~« Hialeah's opening day attendance on sani LTs. : & was 21,964 compared to 21,144 the previous son. ¢ wat The patrons wagered 1,611,404, 00 the opening dayyof ithis season’ as compared to $1, 561, 305.00 the openifs day = the 1956 ~57“season. * tA ENFORCEMENT Oo Se © MARTIN DARDIS, Chief of Police, North Bay Village, advised “that WILLIE HARRIS, FBI Number 497131, a burglar fe and fence, on January 19, 1958, was driving a 1958 Mercury | autge’ mobile bearéng Florida License 1W- 111394, and wastat the | Stork..Bar,siorth Bay Village, drinking with MiamisChief oft |poribe €. WALTER HEADLEY's son who is also on the Migmi Paice. Force. “usin 2 oxide ie “ . hdl = BS ) GAMBLING = , . 27 hind bad a ae a. " a a JOHN MADALA, in charge of security, wiSleah”? a8 ir Race Tragk, advised that OLLIE HARRIS, a Miami Beach Bambier 2, -~}' -> feontacted@ him and made an effort to obtain his permission © Vw \ > otagain- attend the race meets. MADALA said he denied this SC pers nisi fon to HARRIS. MADALA also advised that ceca ‘GROBER, Wa. saath, Groher, FBI Number 2136776, part owner oF net al —-Neva odge, "hake Tahoe, Cali eeae: contacted ‘Bin cA- 2 = Miami 8 ae ath. Ga- 75 47 29 qa2 ALL INFORM COE ay ; ON cust oo HEREI Ins TS Doclda: 32309715 Page 2?
FReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 Use 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 ‘ a CONEBENTIAL HAND also advised that on January 17, 1958, the following individuals were ejected from the Hialeah Race Track: MM 62-1273 RICHARD WILLIAM SEART, a tout residing in Miami; EDWARD S, LYONS, a tout of Waterbury, Connecticut; ALFRED BRISBEN, a tout of Cleveland, Ohio; VINCENT JAMES CILENTI, a bookmaker from Cleveland; and PHILIP KAUFMAN, a bookmaker of Miami Beach who, on occasions is a bartender at the Luau Restaurant, North Bay Village, which restaurant is operated by JOE COHEN, a former bookmaker of New York City, and PHILLIP YAWORSKY, Wa. Jerry Brooks, . FBI Number 220267. HAND further advised that on January 21, 1958, Jon JOE RICCIO, FBI , er 285783, owner of Riccio's Restaurant, and ABE. ."SPARKY, USSBAUM, former east coast gambler and at | one time owner ‘of Sparky's, a night club adjoining Riccio's Restaurant, were in attendance at the track but were not ejected. He further advised that NATHAN GEWERTZ, formerly a member of the defunct S & G@ Syndicate of Miami Beach, was ejected from the Hialeah Race Track on January 21, 1958, ree arrested by the Hialeah Police Department because he - returned to a Florida race track after having previously t, been ejecZed from Tropical Race Track the season ‘of 1957-58. advised thatyhe was told by GEWERTZ to contact ILSON, oper. of a large automobile gapage, who ‘end of JOHNXANGERSOLA, FBI Number 98146/ — HERB RAU, PCI, advised that .CHARLESATOURINE, FBI. Number 695716, is trying to obtain gambling interests in Jamaica, British West Indies. RAU also advised in strict confidence th on June 29, 1957, he was in Havana, Cuba, = with RICHARDAGERSTEIN, State's Attorney, Dade County, and .~ JULIAN COLEAAand“in the abgence of GERSTEIN and COLE, had 4 a conversation with_NORMAI THMAN, FBI Number 152585, at ~ we Es Tropicana Night™Club. | cor rr Attorney from BERNIGEAUSCASTRO 7-474: ‘According to RAU, ROTHMAN said iho, he had obtained a Power o ERNIG. Xi ! and through it hoped to gain control of what S BERNTOR\2 Syke ral. as an estate worth over five million dollars. BERNICEYS 77; j:01°° 2-7 ~- DeCASTRO was described as the daughter of a former pr nent politician nam LEVY in New York City, and her mother is Mrs. SADIE .V,XLEVY of: New York and Miami Beach. BERNICE — DeCASTRO has “formerly been married to TOHNNIEXSTRATTEN, a -3- £¥N Doclda: 32309715 Page 3