JFK Assassination System Date: 5/11/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI Released under the John F. EKennedy RECORD NUMBER: 124-90104-10419 Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 DSc 2107 Note}. RECORD SERIES: HQ Case#iNW 56792 Date: O4-11-2016 AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 92-2940- 19 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: PG TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 03/28/1958 PAGES: 51 SUBJECTS : . SEBASTIAN JOHN LAROCCA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: — Consulted; 4; 10(a)2 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 07/31/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF SSS . COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 56792 Bocld: 323331271 RPT, REFERRED TO SSS 7 i rr re Page 1
HW 56792 Tt was’ nohed : thas shis individual ene He lis ed his uncle, JOHN BEST, of LI7oSl 228th. Sbx« te Ca: ; AY ‘7 i 92.7226 The New York office advised thas.on January 28, 1958 Mrs. KATHRYN TOOMEY, Chief Clerk, Local Board 64, Selective Service System, ‘8909 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamatca, advis 34 that the. following persons résiding at: 118. 36 ¢ Clat Plase, St. Albans, were registered with. that. board. | Name: ‘FHOMAS ALVIN TURCOTT Pre, Sex: ° “Male oe x an . . Races © “White ° . Date ‘of November hy 1935. a Op DA rsh ¢ - a : io Byese: ° . Blue : a : . a = ‘Hairs «Brown, Heights oe Weights 150 The. Complexion: Ligh® red the u. S$. Army. on. Mar¢h 27, 1956 and has. been assigned Arwy Serial Number US 51368857. By. Elmont, N. v. » as Bhe person. whe wiil always know his. Address . Nae s . ROBERT HENRY TURCOTT fee SORS | Male. Races: ° Whi be : . Date of . . ae pirth: July VE, 19237 | Byes 3 ‘Blue | : Hair: Blond re. was noted. ‘that this indwidual enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps on January 18, 1956. and. was assigned Merine Serial Number 1589517... | He listed VERONICA’ PURCOTT, his: mother, . as: the ‘Person who will. always know his ‘address. the. New York of fice advised: that the records of the New. York. ‘caty” Police Department contain no record for HENRY TURCOTE and; the... indices of the. New ‘York office contain no reference bo anyone: named. TURCOTE.. Upon the determination that: a telephone eall: “WAS. “made ‘from the LA ROCCA residence to OX 11680 at Vineland, New Jersey on November “24, 1957,. the Newark office was reques ted to determine the ‘ Docld: 323331271 Page 2?
- JFK Act 6 (4) T-2, who has: furnished reliable information in the past, advised on. March 24, 1958:that the subscriber to Pittsburgh telephone — GRant 1- -AN53, which numbér has been called in the past from the | GA. ROCCA residence, is Margiotti and Casey, attorneys, 720 Grant . i Building,. Pittsburgh, Pa. It is to be noted that both men | have represented the subject in the past and that VINCENT CASEY ~ is presently handling all legal affairs of the subject. {oo 4310 Vista View, West Mifflin, Pa.; paramour BASTIAN: JOHN GA: ROCCA,; Pittsburgh top hoodlum; was , interviewed at length by: SA ROBERT A. VOEGE on February 19, 1958. ‘She advised that she has, known LA ROCCA and his brothers for approximately fourteen ,years ,- ‘having met "Big John", as. she calls - him, when her brother-in-law extended LA ROCCA credit for automobile. gasoline. This prothér-in-law, whom. she. did not wish to identify further than to say his name is "CHANCE" and that he had served time atthe Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, operated. a of Sino | on Baum Boulevard in Pittsburgh — at that time. who is. approaching thirty. years of. age, - said LA: ROCCA “had eyes for her" when she was: sixteen and. that she has always appeared at least five years older than her actual . age... She said he has approached her on more than one occasion ~~ during the past three years and asked her to be “his girl" but that _she-has not. seen her way clear to take him up on this proposal. _ She said she has met-his wife,-.a very retiring and suppressed woman, and has always admired LA-ROCCA for his conservative and gentlemanly manner.: His. proposal was made more difficult, she admitted, by the fact that she has been "going steady" for approximately nine years with JOE FOREMAN, a Pittsburgh. racketeer who..does: not care. for any- of the. East Liberty "musclemen", ‘as he calls. them. | —_ “| | the. youngest of ‘fifteen children porn to a mother: ‘who came. e United States from Hungary when eighteen: years of age, recalled that: A LA ROCCA had- pproximately seven or eight. years ago FOREMAN and, wovnen. disagreement over a property settlement NOVESE and his brother "PHIL", also known as FELIX, were sent tO REMAN as.a threat to a- "going over", She said Nij-coatten, prevented violence by contacting LA ROCCA directly and N challenging him to. a personal fight and that he has. referred. to the GENOVESE | pboys.as "musclemen"™ since that time. : and that. aaa ae / a HW 56792 DBocld:32333121 Page 3
[ 2S JEK Act 6 (4) ’ \ [_Jeavisea that she is an: ‘accomplished waitress who has worked at-all the best placés in Pittsburgh and is a member of the local ufiion. For the past three years and up until two weeks prior to this interview she was the main waitress. in the Genovese Cocktail Lounge at 412 Larimer Avenue. She also worked a% the Holiday House in Monroeville for a time during 1957 and is well acquainted with’ the Italian: ‘element operating that establishment. She intimated : that she accepts. "dates" on a selective. basis. and. prefer s ragkes seers who are willing to spend a great: deal of money on her. She placed "Young John” LA ROCCA in this category and stated ShaS she preferred. to date him more than anyone else except FOREMAN. * "Young John" was described cy[ __Jas being "Big John's younger: brother who controls the rackets in Uniontown, Pennsylvania with an-iron hand." She said "Young John" telephones her long ‘dishance reguiarly- and that she is his date whenever he arrives ‘in: Pittsburgh for a meeting with other racketeers. She- said he is-divorced, has children.and is a “very eligible cateh," ° She said. LA ROCCA's other two brothers, JOE and TONY are barbers in the Pitesbureh vicinity having absolutely no cle-in with | the rackets » oO Hew. knowledge. . oe , A seemed disconcerted during the interview because of the Lact. er boyfriend JOE FOREMAN Was on trial in Allegheny County for burglary, receiving stolen zood as, and illegal possession Lrearm. She’ advised shat he isa weed car salesman on Baum ‘Boul vard, is married and has four grown children. ». FOREMAN | telephoned her during the interview and expressed the wish that he had | money" ‘to: "buy off someone" because he felt that. he was. being | “railroaded" on the burglary charge. ey, ecletvises, that she quit at the Genovese Lounge because she had 7O Wash dishes and-because whe. GENOVESE brothers seemed to be. . getting - “tight” financially. She said there has been very littie business at the lounge "since that Apalachin thing" and that she. ‘was unable to clear even four dollars a night in tips... .She_ rat estimates that a waitress with obligations must clear at least — seven dollars a day in Be regard ‘in order for 1%, to. be profitable 60 work at all. tps tte! mocks: prior” to this Mee ien from Mrs. CARMELLA GENOVESE in California who wanted to speak person-to-person to MIKE GENOVESE , \ ta 18 HW 56792 DBocld:32333121 Page 4
— PG 928226 i from whom she is divorced. It should be noted that at about this ~gsame time CARMELLA. ‘GENOVESE was interviewed ‘by Bureau Agents in California and she was uncooperative’. in Furnishing information ON about her. former husband... | recalled Shat. at Christmas ime, | ‘1957; the entire GENOVESE | amily; including the mother and father of the GENOVESE brothers, ‘gathered | in the dining room of the lounge and that she received oy a large tip for serving them. - TG had previously been reported that, old Mrs» GENOVESE had died. fits ‘Khe following description as observed. by SA VOEGE on “February, 19, 1958. Name ¢ : Ages Ce EPG YOR Le: . Races - °. uw. Gaucasian. Sex: Se . Female. — . Height:) ue 5153" Weight: a 155-160 Lbs. Builds. 7 = Heavy, big boned Haire 7 — . Dark brown, long; worn straight me ee aa back off the face with large bun vo ls . in back; never, dyed. ayes: , . “Brows | Complexion: Clear and swarthy Other characteristic HB 8 Has large noses; wears blouses” ; : -and skirts rather than dresses; are Coy os is chain smoker of filter-tip JFK Act © (4). oo cigarettes; enjoys eating and a oon Oo drinking to excess; resides with ~ . eS oO _° “ mother (age 73) and brother (laid || De ~ off from'U.S. Steel, Homestead . - Works) and brother's wife and two - children (ages 10 and: 2)3 Drives 1957 red Ford | with’ gold strip along sides, bearing’ Pennsylvania ; license 563373 °° - Residence: 4310 Vista View, West. Mifflin, Pa. Telephone: — ' Ls Homestead l- O551- Hangouts : Se Genovese Cocktail. Lounge ,: : rr oO 412 Larimer, Ave.,. Pittsburgh; _ a po NS Holiday House, Monroeville; y Hanna's Restaurant, Centre and : Craig, Pittsburgh. . =19= MW 56792 Docld:32333121 Page 5
4 " Ais brothers and LA ROCCA want. to keep him "clean." Informant | does not attend the meetings either, nor do "BOOTS" BELLINI, | ' observed by the informant at the lounge at one time or another. | advised that ARCHIE NELSON, another of Pittsburgh's 3 tap hoodlums, ‘a numbers baron, and CHUCK TEEMER, another Pittsburgh top hoodlum. All of | the aforementioned individuals have been c _ Informant advised: that arrangements had been made for a close girl- friend of the informant to purchase a car through HYMIE MARTIN, approximately two weeks prior to this interview, but that the informant had seen none. of the other racketeers recently with the exception of PHIL and FIORE GENOVESE, "JO JO" PECORA and LOUIS VOLPE, who. frequents the Holiday House almost nightly. The informant: had no knowledge of the numbers or "sports book" | arrangements of the GENOVESES but had recently received a . . telephone call for PHIL GENOVESE from a Jewish racketeer working along Fifth Avenue to whom ‘PHIL ostensibly owes money. Informant . “eould not recall this individual's name but promised to endeavor “to Locate. it. among some check stubs on which a notation’: was ‘made. So “Informant recalled that. during September or October, - 19575 two: or ‘three racket. men from New York City visited the Genovese~ Cocktail Lounge and were closeted with the GENOVESE brothers » and LA ROCCA for a period of time. . Following the meeting, one of ‘these’men, who introduced himself as JIMMIE (last name~ unknown) , spoke with the informant.for sometime. Informant Bes .déscribed JIMMIE as an immaculately dressed Italian man in his “fifties and thinks his name can be determined through PHIL | GENOVESE, Who has confided in the informant during ‘the pecent.. past. . ; “Informant. adviséd that PHIL. or FELIX - GENOVESE, as: he is’ sometiries . “ealled, is definitely not. “top: dog" in the. GENOVESE family although. he is. close to ‘the MANNARINO brothers. © In the. opinion - cof ‘the informant, his overindulgence in extra-marital ‘relations, Ats: preference for drinking great’ quantities of. scotch, and his violent. temper’ and- strong arm tactics will prevent. PHIL GENOVESE. “from ever obtaining "big" status in the group. Informant advised that a girl named EVELYN, whose nickname is. "PEPPER", and who. - ‘is employed ona part-time basis. as a waitress at the Merry-Go-Round. Restaurant in Pittsburgh is known to everyone as "PHIL's. girl" | “and no one else dares to touch her... Informant advised that. PHIL GENOVESE dates EVELYN two or three times a week openly and helps _ support ‘her. According to the informant, the 1957 Ford now. being . @riven by PHIL ‘GENOVESE was. given to him as.a Christmas gift: by KELLY. MANWARING , Pittsburgh top hoodlum, in December, 1956. HW 56792 DBocld:32333121 Page 6
S; » INFORMANTS | YP is He, We GLENN, Us. S. Postal Inspector, Pittsburgh, Pa. — “ gohtaéted by SA ROBERT A, VOEGE on March 21, 1958, who oo .pequested that his identity be concealed. 2-2 is WILLIAM MEREDITH, Special Agent, Bell Telephone’ Company ‘of Pennsylvania, who was contacted by SA HAROLD LL. STEVENS on February 27, 1958 and on March 25; 1958, and who requested that his identity be concealed. 'T+3 Is GEORGE "MOON" MESSER, Potential Criminal Informant of ~ ‘the « ‘Pittsburgh office who was contacted by SA ROBERT A. ~. . NOEG EB on’ February 27, 1958 and on March 11, 1958. s GEORGE HARRISON, supervisor,’ Devereaux, School, Glenmoore, | “Paw, who was: contacted by SA T, EDWARD UMPHRES on February 7, 1958 and who has requested that his identity be concealed. > is FRANK YANKO, Laflin Grove, Laflin, Pa., who was contacted . by SA. FREDERICK T. HOULIHAN on January 10, 1958 and whose identity is being concealed because he is a former. security informant of the Philadelphia office. . T-6 is ; RUDY SOKOL, a potential criminal informant. of the . Pittsburgh office who was contacted by SA JOHN Ss. PORTELLA -on February 20, 1958. a. potential eriminal informant of : °° ice: who:was contacted on February 19, 1958, Maren: 7, 195 and. March Li, 1958 by. SA ROBERT A. - VOEGE. 7-8 is LOUIS J. REIZENSTEIN, Executive Vice President of the Washington Trust Office, Western Pennsylvania National Bank, 931 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. contacted by SA ROBERT A, VOEGE on March 4, 1958. 236- HW 56792 DBocld:32333121 Page 12