Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 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 : 1 v9 ‘Docld:32795646 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10215-10424 HQ 92-3267-717 Document Information FBI LEG, OT DIRECTOR, FBI 07/29/1966 8 [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Confidential 4 Redact 04/20/1998 INDEFINITE INC LTR, MEMO, FPT CARD, ENV Date: 5/1/2015
Boreas éd under the John Fa Kennedy ‘Resassination Records Colleétion Act of p992 oe : : Py14<7017 aie G2 9-87) PE : r ‘ : — . ed - aon Seo yl 7 . . ‘s) .* - bate: July 29, 1966 : 3 Rin To: Director, FBI (Bufile : 92-3267 ) as “Attention ; l Legal Attache, Ottawa ( : ) [jon ed ' 92-100 a) Character JOHN’“ROSELLI, aka, AR Reference VA 00: Los Angeles Los Angeles LHM - 6/8/66 (& ) 2 Enclosed are the following communications received from thd RCMP: |@) 5 Original and two copies(RCMP letter 7/26/66 with: enclosures, Ke Sg tf OSA oA Ay ( see) niche a, 5 | “ENCLOSURE ATTACHED™, Dissemination a: May be made as received May be made as indicated by stamp on enclosur May not be made without further clearance with(R cMP ]@y Following offices would be interested in receiving copies of enclosures: Los Angeles Status with this office: ep x] RUC KL rh_] Pending »- : - (3j- Bureau (Encs,-8) @NULOCT. \ 1 Los Angeles __<, 4 O27 eng Ses ee Docld: 32295645 Page 2?
j DATE: 11-14-2017 - -3 t : : ‘ altos “ ° , . A ae 7 oP < . . ~ - .? . sed under the Jonni F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act‘of 19929 (44 USC ST0T Woteyt, ‘ fe / A'LL CORRESHNDENCE TO B BE ADDRESSED: THE COMMISSIONER . 3 ROYAL CANADVAN MOUNTED POLICE CTTAWA 7, CANADA . . . . . < _ . TOUTE CORRESPONDANGE DOIT ETRE ADRESSEE COMME SUIT: LE COMMISSAIRE, *' GENDARMERIE ROYALE DU CANADA OTTAWA 7, CANADA HEADQUARTERS — DIRECTION GENERALE YOUR NO, 92-100 co N PIDENTIAL OTTAWA 7, CANADA oun no. _HQ-332-Q-1 (Vol. 12). | July 26, 1966. NOTRE N° . . Mr. Moss Lee Innes, c/o United States Embassy, Ottawa, Ontario. | This refers to report of your Los Angeles, California office dated June 8, 1966 with attached transmittal - slip dated: June 19, 1966. Re The fingerprints of ROSELLI, as supplied, have been searched through our files with negative results. 44 Your fingerprint form is returned herewith, appropriately ;/ stamped on the reverse side, for_record™ purposess. . 3, . Thel name John RO searched through our registries wi was one positive trace on a PhillipsSACCO of 16 Hastings Street, ler: Catharines,: Ontario}; Charged uhder the Customs Act on 2h et" 63 ie a mn ‘LLI with aliases was also Similar results. \ey our Niagara Falls"Détachment, dur file No. 63 HQ-58-0-456.6 His date of birthis.shown as_27 Jan 29 and it would therefore appear that he is not the same person as the file subject... We have not instituted enquiries to determine the possibility of him being a relative and will have same conducted only if you feel they are warranted. - he Attached are copies of (1) Report from our Digby, Nova Scotia Detachment dated 18 July 66 covering the interview with Mrs. Maynard Burton ROSENCRANTS (note spelling correction) and othér relatives of the late Irene MORO. . A brief drawn from our file 49 B 636-13-B-=3 giving details of the murder of Mrs. Irene Elizabeth MORO at Victory, Nova Scotia on the 17th of November, 1949. (2) | Ni al | . \ ora 322956468 Page 3 t . f~ 4 ats
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Relegsed under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). {| DATE: 11-14-2017, . oe | - fo, ee _ JPY - “ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POE¢CE wot "H't DIVISION 18 JUL 66 65 1 140 * “HALIFAX Sub-Division H 332 Q 1 DIGBY DETACHMENT RE: - "CONFIDENTIAL" Gambling! =! Canada General rpyary pre nor, a 1. Receipt is acknowledged of the memorandum from the O,C, 0S Halifax sub-Division with attachments, dated 5 JUL 66, # J 18 JUL 66 a 2, I contacted Rosie Ellen ROSENCRANTS (Mrs, Maynard Burton - ROSENCRANTS, D, B, 3. MAY 1888 this date, She is presently | living with her daughter, Floxnce May. DARRES (Nee ROSENCRANTS) who appears to be about 60 ¥, s. of age, Both ladies could not remember much about MichaelMORO's activities in the U.S.A;,! but were sure that he had no business attachments in this oF province outside of the buying and selling of antiques on aie aa one occasion, Irene MORO, met Micheal MORO when he was . i 6° selling antiques, and they were married around 1934, None ~ of the family knew very much about MORO at this time, but |, & I; they informed me that he was born in--Italy, and had been \\ brought to the U.S. by his parents asa young boy, Neither of the ladies knew that he had lived in Buffalo N.Y. After \ii the marriage, Micheal MORO came to Bear River N.S. nearly every Summer, accompanied by his wife, and on occasions his brothers Albert, and Harry MORO, While in Nova Scotia, , they never travelled around, and usually spent about two months | . here on vacation, Mr. and Mrs, MORO moved to Phoenix Arizona shortly after their marriage and on the advise of his :doctor a doctor CUNNINGHAM, who was practising in Chicago about 1936 / and is now believed deceased, While in Chicago, moro operated L a barber shop, which his brother took over, after he left for ~~ Phoenix, Albert#MORO was still operating this shop up to 1945 but his present business is not known, His last residence was in Berwin Illinois. ' as nen lana ea 3, When MORO moved to Phoenix Arizona, he operated the Roseveld Tavern, the Venice Cafe, and the Italian Gardens, He lived on Ocanto Drive, Phoenix, and was well known in that area, Florence May DARRES, visited with him for two winters, in 1938 and 1939 as she recalled, and also worked as a waitress in the Venice €afe, She stated that although none of these places had been\licensed, Italian wine was always served with meals, Mrs, DARRES~could not recall many of MORO's associates, but named ae GOLDBERG, who owned a jewelry store in Phoenix A f./¢- \ = ee and a lawyer the, name of WHITNEY, He also had dealings with Micheal ANZO, who was an employee in the printing office, Oe k Qe ia ee eet ane 5 Peay i re i 2 Y fia re Me | Docld: 32295645 Page 5
Relepsed under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2917 yi ; - Am et y . . . ~ ° . ‘ oy nw now Cy ——_! abrir oe ~ Net ' A lawyer by the name of "SARACA" also visited MORO on “*'*' occasions, and he also travelled to Detroit on several occasions to see him, Mrs, DARRES stated that she could not recall any business. dealings beside the places:of business MORO had established, She stated that MORO was. always surrounded by friends whom she did not know:**"TA 1949, Mrs, MORO (Irene) came to Bear River.alone, as the climate would. not permit Micheal MORO :‘to.come back to this area:due to a bronchial condition, Irene was subsequently murdered by Myron Randolph SELIG over a dispute between them that does not apper to hinge on anything to do with Micheal MORO or his associates, ; No. -4, After his wife's death, MORO re-married, but he kept this marriage a secret where it concerned the ROSENCRANTS, and it was. not until after his death on 10 APR 65 that Rosie ROSENCRANTS received a letter from MORO's second wife, A Christmas card dated 12 DEC 64 was receivéd by Mrs, ROSENCRANTS from MORO, and it was post marked Pomona California, The letter Mrs, ROSENCRANTS received from his . wife had the return address 550 Webster St. Poniona California on it. Nothing has been -heard from Mrs, MORO since then, as 5. Micheal MORO. had three brothers, and one sister, They are Albert MORO, last known address Berwin Illinois, Harry MORO, Berwin Tilinois, Tony MORO, whereabouts unknown, and Annie (Mrs, Frank) CAPPERRELLI, who's husband worked in the City - Hall, Chicago, about 15 Yrs ago, Albert and'Harry were both barbers when they were known to Mrs, .DARRES. and Mrs, ROSENCRANTS, 6. Insofar as this investigation relates mainly to John ROSELLI, neither Mrs, DARRES, or Mrs, ROSENCRANTS recognized. the name or any of the aliases, Neither~had ‘ever seen ROSELLI, and they did not recognize the p conversation with Mrs ographs ‘whith I showed them, Through ° DARRES hewWever it was learned that MORO employed one Victo ESpEH AnD) as a bouncer in his establishments in Phoenix,“ The latter, she stated appeared to be a very close frien -Of MORO, and that she was told that he belonged to a police force in Phoenix, Mrs; DARRES stated “that she had no reason to question this explanation, and it does not appear to be information of any Significance, , ™ "6 7 me} 7 As far as can be determined ‘at: this. time, MORO was not ‘ well known to either of the two ladies interviewed, They could |. not supply accurate dates, and in most casés attempted to guess — \ when certain incidents happened, These dates have been \ i reported but may not be accurate, I feel that if MORO was engaged in questionable transactions, his relatives were not aware of same, Photographs are. being returned herewith, |. CONCLUDED HERE, pe ta gr-32e? ‘aa (3, Plomp) #22370 RW.U, Cst,. j Digby Detachment — Le /s/ R.W.U, Docld: 32295645 Page 6
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