a j HO 92-86 ae ae AGG/tjs , 7 ~ oe oe + a duly 17, 1968, HO 1251-PC ev? ised as follows: woe - pr He is ‘well aware that law enforesnent in the Hous ston erea consider him most likely connected to @ big racketeering organizatio on such as the Mafia, if there was such a thing. ‘While :he aduitted, he has done sone things wrong in the past he is: not the rackeeter his reputation or nis past record. would indicate. He knows that, his arrest record makes hin. look like a criminal, but og a matter of F ct, there are some arrests on it that he does not desire to specify that are “setually frames. or false arrests. He advised that he has “never been one to take haras gment or abus rom law enforce~ | nent or anyone else... He personally knoys, of corrupt and brutal ' law enforcenent treatment in pas st years. As an example he’ confided that SOR years back ‘he was picked up by & couple of detectives of the. rris County Sheriff's office. He has always made it & practice to never tell law enforcement anything, and to stand on his constitut- jonal right not to talk. When ohey. wanted £9 question him and whe continued’ to refuse to answer or be questioned, they then produced & contra ption that they. explained they planned .to- connect ‘to private parts, of his body and to 2 Ford automobile -eoil. ‘iney were serious about using this te schnique in an . : seffort to get information from hin. 7: : ao i ** As they started to pin him dows uy “gorce He | told. - then ‘that if they went ahead ‘with it they hes vetter Kill” him because no matter vinat they did with that device, or _ whether ‘they broke every bone in his body, if they left him alive he ‘promised each one of then that he “ould see to it they were killed, and he meant it. , "When they rea alized.he ‘via's ‘seriou ué they “stopped the Prpeeemne and further abuse discontinued. re Upon’ ‘his relea se hie went in ‘to $a : Undersheriff ‘LIOYD FRAZIER and related the facts to hin 2nd repeated that _ddnyone eonnected to such activities or abuse against him or. ~ friends or associates of his yould end up Zooking like a sieve. on = m= a = HW 45855 DocId:32296311 Page 7?
“HO 1 1170- -c, ‘negative: concerning ‘MARCELLO! Ss visit to. Houston “Ho 1082- cy negative’ ‘concerning’ “MARCELLO! 8 visit, to Houston oe oe “ho 1251-P6 advised SA CUNN that MARCELLO had. indeed “been in Houston and had been in. contact with him. He | es “-elaimed to have no knowledge as to the reason. for. MARCELLO! s ae “owisit to Houston but did comment. that there is no money © 0° in the hotel business and he doubted that. he was in. Houston “Looking toward snyestments, of that sort. eee ET eye a s HO 1202- ~PC contacted 6/28/68, and 7/1/68, by — Sa RICHARD W. SUTER. This source advised that he felt he i: would be able to obtain some information concerning MARCELLO's “so wisit; however, the person he would contact for such infor- 2°. mation is presently. out of town. He speculated that MARCELLO “may, possibly have visited with LOULE MARINO of Galveston « County, Texas, stating that MARINO.reportedly controls the “policy racket in Galveston County and. that. MARCELLO would _ ~ probably have interest in this: business, and furthermore he. ds. a -friend of MARINO. a - ae ile te oe He atated that MAR ao is. a “friend of STEVE “OGER RRO, “ “who owns: a restaurant in Houston, and that: MARINO and ‘ “MARCELLO have in the past. visited Ogerro's Restaurant: while | | sin Houston, OGERRO is allegedly. married to FNU MUSTACHIA, -a girl from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose father ds. - Supposedly ¢ a _Be0d fxiend of MARCELLO’ Ss. MS a as a a i ae ee HW 45855 DocId:32296311 Page 6