_ ¥21979. Pa wAlke35, \ - npetighout the entire area of Cambria County. He stated. | that’ BONDY reeently informed him that the ticket’ business » ie net nearly as good as it had been in years past inasmuch as gamblers new seem to want te bet more on sporting events - and on ether things. where the aetion is quicker ‘than with - freasury Tickets, .BONDY pointed eut that it takes a gambler 8 week te determine whether or net he has won or lest on . fveagury Tickets and this seems te be a deterrent: particularly with the younger. gamblers ian ‘the Johnstown ‘OPER. a6 ia Roted nes sontact has peen maintained: by SA: THOMAS @, Fa, ILI h PG GL2e6 and PG 61520 op a Pegular basis - - a beh ABRIEL MANNARINO, alka 3 SAMUEL MANNARING, ‘aka ‘ANTLoRAGKEPRERING, | in report of . S&k FORSYTH dated 5/9/61, No information has been developed indicating that the ‘maple ticket has ‘been bransperted interstate. Sa syaofer 2 PG 675-0 advised SA FORSYTH that the man whe delivers the ‘Empire Tr nefsury Lottery Tickets’ in the New Kensington area da one JOHN SHRI Gas (ph) » whese car bears Pennsylvania license - H# formerly .werked at the City Club, New Kensington, and also worked 4n the MANNARINO numbers headquarters office. He is suppesed:-to ewn half of the gambling card games: at the. ~ . Gardbalda Glub, New Kenaingten, but due to a high blood. pressure affliction , his brother, name not known, 18: ‘Handling the action... in this latter place. Thursday is the day new weekly lottery tickets come out: and is. the day for. deliveries- to outlets. _ On 4/6/61. PG 506-6 advised SA JOHN S, HUGHES that LOUIS ©’ - GOHEN is now im Miami; Florida, where he is living with his - wife, whé is app yroximately 30 years his junior. ‘He stated that - LOUIS COHEN is in- such poor physical ‘eondition that he is forced to use a walker when going from place to place. He indicated that LOUIS COHEN had been in Altoona, Pa.s approximately. ~ .. Six months prior to the date. of the interview when'a party. was-had for him and that he was forced to use this walker when attending the party. He stated. that his wife is forced to care | for him most of the time and indicated that he doubted that COHEN” would be active in the Lottery business in the future. He further stated that. COHEN's gon, MURRAY: COHEN, who is also known as MURRAY BAKER, is the alleged head’ of. the Empire “Lottery Ticket Syndicate at this time; however, the informant: somewhat belittled the ability of MURRAY COHEN and: the writer drew - the inference that possibly Lael has been- a | change in the’ ' “eGe ‘ i COVER PAGE HW 45354 DoclId: 32303509 Page 6
\ na ‘ @ f Pe 1035 4 jeadership ef . the. Empire Picket business. ‘fhe informant further’ . stated that when MURRAY. COHEN comes to Altooma, Pa.» which ita - normally about one@ each. month , he lives ina rooming house on the outskirts of. the city, the address ef which .the informant -@id not. readily have available. He stated that he would ebtain this. address- and: furnish 16 te SA. ‘HUGHES when he is next - contacted. he The ‘dnformant ‘again insisted ‘that. the Empire teeseury Picket. '. busiaess does not exess state lines and stated that he. could -\ that he had arranged to possibly arrange to exhibit te.3A HUGHES the printing presses and atanling machines which are. used exclusively by. the .  opganigation in printing tickets im the State of Pennsylvania. . X¢ showld be noted that if this could be done, the ina teen | Street, a short dieta . treasury and other lottery tickets, has pimball machines or their — exists that samples of the printing from the press and from ¢he stapling machine could be obtained. and forwarded te the. ae PRI Laboratory for examination of all Treasury Tickets whieh La Ve previously been | submitted in this GaSe. ‘On 4/11/61 Pe 630-6. furnished SA WILLIAM J. MYERS with one. _ Empire Treasury Ticket. for the week 3/24=30/61, together with a win slip for that week headed No. 13. Informant said - Shop operated by JOHN }@s FLAVIO, which 18 located on. Railread™: nee from Ligonier Street in: Latrobe, Pa... Informant gaid that’DE FLAVIO engages in all kinds of gambling . eperations at, the Smoke Shop; that he ‘sells numbers ag .well as substitute, the electronic devices on lecation in his shop and — _ that he writes numbers | and handles bets. on sporting | “events... with BRONI ZA. _Schognmakée: Avenue, Monessen, Pa.» who is known to engage, in «| “the sale of various lottery tickets as well as writing numbers. ~ and. carrying em a tip beard and punchboard operation without. ‘pe57 906 advised SA MYERS that. he: has made contact. on 4/11/61 ACHOWLCZ, proprietor of Brownie's Hobby: Shop, .1400 . - pesults. He said LACHOWICZ told him he no longer carried Empire Treasury tickéts er any. other kind of treasury tod ts. because they are not. in demand in. Monessen, Informant said he alse contacted CARL ‘MONACK, Monack's Smoke Shop, 464 Donner Avenue, Monessen, and HAROLD 'ZEIDMAN, who operates a. horse: | ve thearteres pe a a yoom at 1168 Schoonmaker Avenue, in am effort to acquire. treasury ' tickets such as Empire or some other brand but without results. -fhese persons informed him that. treasury tickets were not in. demand in Monessen and: that they do not handle this type of: . device: ; > sate _ = | . COVER PAGE... oo - HW 45354 DoclIda: 32303509 Page 7 purchase this Eupire Ticket at the soko " pene eet g meneame ey ee ee Z we
Oe ‘g/afe. forma PG HOGed telephonically ‘eonbtaeted SA ‘sont ae” A. fom Miewl, Plewida, in connection with another’ ma ther, “advised that He 18 well acquainted with HYMAN MARTIN’ and is tn moughly ‘familiar with the activities | of HYMAN MARTIN. He | a that 4 aN ANTIN, ah Gheé ! i i | “fame oF tha. lottery co NATHAN MARTIN handled tne “aleteibubton of these tickets | md pitteburgh, Pa... Several years ago, informant eould | yy & specifie nuuher of years, HYWAN MARTIN and LOUTS | da digagrsenent which led te IMAM disogsociating himsel? - eutery, Informant 18 certain Bhat } tléeket Busine , | samily be awaxe. ‘of thd “Informant : j | 7 Wenld 3 ae sad that i eh tain that NATHAN MARTIN is ‘ne Longer ebe since he would, have heard Ly generat terme the ‘Antowmant. was questioned a8 be whether oP net any bittevnesa existed between LOWIS COHEN and HYMAN MARTIN éf auch a nature 66 as to cause MARTIN to take aetion which ' Wend be divested at causing LOUIS ‘COHEN ‘trouble of a financial - .  @nd legal nature, This. questioning was aimed at ascertaining - - whether or not HYMAN MARTIN might be the author of the anonymous . letbadre pertinent to this duveatigatLor . | he Inormant ° - “ @mphatically answered that. there is no such bitterness between the two men and he has never had. any indication that. MARTIN. ymuaELed cause harm | to COHEN in any manner whatsoever .” i SPOUs éther ‘gontact 3S have been made throughout the Pittsburgh . Division with informants and seureces familiar with gambling | _ activities with negative results as te the distribution or interstate transportation of the Empire Picket with negative’ . .— results. In the interest ef brevity, the names of. these: . contacts are not being set forth but will ‘be maintained in _ the Pittsburgh files. — wo [tes | | . “COVER PAGE a es es HW 45354 Docld:32303509 Page @