JFK Assassination System Date: ~ 6/3/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90025-10012 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 92-12877-1 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DL TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: = 11/09/1971 “PAGES: 18 SUBJECTS : ANTHONY FRANCIS CATERINE _ ISADORE MILLER \ DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 12/29/1997 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: RPT < v9.1 7 HW 45878 DocId:32324169 Page 1
DL 165-14 ADMINISTRATIVE On 11/10/72 DL 466-C-TE advised s bookmaking from Telephone Number 268-1790. On 10/19/72, EP 655-C, who is welT acquainted with the gambling element in th RODEN to be at Texas, area advised jat is presently he has never known "PINKIE! QRODEN to be a bookmaker. He stated RODEN will bet on football games and possibly on occasional horse races and does not customarily associate with bookmakers. . This informant advised that no doubt due to RODEN's lengthy residence in the West Texas area, and the fact that he has been associated in the ownership of hotels as well as liquor stores, he no doubt is acquainted with gamblers and bookmakers. ‘He stated there have been rumors in the past that RODEN has backed bookmakers in previous years, but that he, the source, has never been able to actually substantiate this. : On 9/20/72,.DL 466-C-TE stated he is betting with PUNY ‘WINNINGHAM and is receiving line information from WINNINGHAM and JOEFNPICCOLA. WINNINGHAM's present number is 268-0109. Source statet he settles up with WINNINGHAM at JOHN ELI STONE's restaurant i on Mockingbird Lane on Monday nights. gr On 9/27/72 DL 466-C-te stated he is a "beard" for OHN..EL- ONE, He stated that PUNY WINNINGHAM is laying off to en pee /6/72 DL 845-C-TE advised he is still bearding money for .JQH ONE and stated that STONE, he believes, is receiving - @- line directly from Las Vegas, Nevada, but does not know where WINNINGHAM, ISADORE\MILLER and an’ individual named POP (Possibly CLARENCE HILL). STONE receives this line. STONE furnishes this line to PUNY COVER PAGE | | .. Be > a ee 8 ee epee eee or eee ae 2, 2 emacs —s += “a. - oo - + re mere wees oe ~ HW 45878 DocId:32324169 Page 2
FD-263 (Rev. 12-19-67) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. websayne OFFICE DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD DALLAS _ DALLAS 11/9/71 6/22/71 - 10/15/71 TITLE OF CASE REPORT MADE BY TYPED By ANTHONY pRANCIS CATERINE, H. LAMAR MEYER cnf/gm | aka © CHARACTER OF CASE Anthony Caterine, i Anthony F, ‘Caterine, . ; Tony. Caterine . ANTI-~RACKETEERING REFERENCES: San Antonio letters to Dallas dated 6/25/71 . i and 9/27/71. 2 +t ; . -P-| : LEADS : MILWAUKEE f E AT MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, Verify birth date and My - birth place of ANTHONY FRANCIS CATERINE at the buscea of fos -~ Vital Statistics to clarify dates given previously of 4/5/36 and 4/19/36, at Milwaukee. DALLAS PRDEREME AER PRERRIEY e +H AT DALLAS, TEXAS, 1) Contact Internal Revenue ACCOMP g COMPLISHMENTS =e (k) NONE ACQUIT:|° case. was seen: B convie avren| rue, [Temes] | savines | TALS 7 : PENDING OVER ONE YEAR [_lYEs [K]No ; » PENDING PROSECUTION , OVER SIX MON THS Coves (X)no ee APPROVED \\y ny rh cnaneeNT DO NOT WRITE. IN SPACES BELOW 2 = i] COPIES MADE; "tat a ) | 9g] 128 [ 3’ - Bureau 1 - USA, Fort Worth = . 2 - Mil a DATEL Ss | : ilwaukee FOPIES map ; Sea REC-8Q E 3 - Dallas (92-810) FOR REVIEW fi FEfa Tito DELIVERY, TO HSCA RE QUEST ee Seeks a 3 Dissemination Record of Attached Repo: Agency By — GPO }; 1968 O° 299-885» “ts - BP COVER PAGE HW 45878 DocId:32324169 Page 3 . . wets . Laat He tee BRS vee cater
DL 92-810 listed CATERINE's home as Apartment 132, 5829 Blackwell Street. His wife, CONNIE CATERINE, was listed as pro- prietor of the Continental Shop, 6102 Luther Lane. On 2/11/63, Lieutenant DONALD BIRD, Dallas Police Department, advised that ANTHONY FRANCIS CATERINE, Apartment 109, 5222 Belmont, was found in possession of a roulette wheel, other gambling devices and 29. decks of marked playing cards together with glasses for reading these cards. At that time he lived with EDWARD R, HAMPTON, a police character, and operated the Castaway Club, 5600 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas. CATERINE was reportedly FE an associate and frténd of SOSEPy-CAUPIST, who operated the. } Egyptian Lounge in Dallas. On 8/12/66, R'E, LACEY, Lemmonwood Motel, 3524 Inwood, Dallas, advised TONY CATRBRINE operated the Inner Circle Club and the Terrace Restaurant at that motel. He added CATERINE was losing money on a daily basis and was turning the club over to one NICK KARGAKOS whose son/} was a partner with CATERINE in the Pretty Kitty Kat Club on Mockingbird Lane, CATERINE, at that time, was living in Apartment 947 at the Lemmonwood Motel. He listed as a reference the Bank of Dallas and ARTHUR AKE, president of the First Bank and Trust, Richardson, Texas; EDDIE SIMONE of Simone Tailors; | MORGAN MAXFIELD and WILSON F, COLLIER, attorney. Bank | records at that time listed CATERINE's business under the ] name K Enterpriss Liquor Pool - reserve account, His address was Post Office Box 35044, and he indicated two accounts at the First Bank and Trust, Richardson, Texas, in the name of Chez Maxine Terrace and Inner Circle account. He also said he had three accounts at the Bank of Dallas; Kitty Kat Liquor account, Inner Circle account and Kitty. Kat operating account. On 8/15/66, PCIL_____ advised OTHER 4 CATERINE was making a considerable amount of money at the Pretty Kitty Kat Club on Mockingbird Lane through —_- - D- COVER PAGE HW 45878 DocId:32324169 Page 4
DL 92-810 CATERINE stated the Pretty Kitty Kat _Club was financed for him by WILKERSON and FRANK}PELIX; however, he owed money at that time only to WILKERSON, who is an older woman. He added that FELIX is om of the three FELIX brothers who owns Pompeii Restaurant on Mockingbird Lane in Dallas. He added that he also owns the Inner Circle Club at the Lemmonwood Motel which is managed by LEE DIXON. His brother-in-law, GARY ORTMEIR, operates the Blue Chip Club in the Americana Apartments, 5400 Cedar Springs in Dallas. ORTMEIR is from Seattle, Wadington, and was described as a white male, 21 years ts of age, six feet tall, dark hair, 180 pounds. _ He advised he maintains another apartment at 3544 Inwood, Apartment 347, which is at the Lemmonwood Motel, for one LINDA HUTCHISON, She is presently a receptionist at the Pretty Kitty Kat Club. ’ CATERINE advised that the FELIX brothers started ‘ a company in Richardson, Texas, to manufacture square poker chips and he has invested some money in this concern, be On 12/20/66, DL 121-C advised that WANDA JOE WEBB and LESTER RAY HENDERSON have some type of connection with CATERINE that is bdieved to be illegal. WEBB and HENDERSON were both driving late model Cadillacs at that time and were suspected by police of illegal prostitution activities . On 2/7/67, DL 121-C advised TONY CATBRINE claims to have worked around Phenix City, Alabama, several years ago at which time he was arreted in nearby Columbus, | Georgia, for gambling and bookmaking. He estimated the time as sometime during 1953, CATERINE allegdly operates the Inner Circle Club and the Purty Pussy Cat Club and the Americana Club. He also owns a dealership for suits made in Hong Kong and sells dope on the side. CATERINE and an associate, PETE (LNU), allegedly set~p gambling games together and it is not unusual for thm to wim $11,000.00 or more in a single night. te eee “ee ees : -~ F - COVER PAGE ~~ ee ee ee en ee 8. ne eee. wn p 45878 DocId:32324169 Page 5
DL 92-810 —_—-" On 4/14/67, DL 221-C advised in the past TONY CATERINE has sant boys to Mexico to buy Mexican coins to use in coin changers in automatic washing machines, He has also reportedly burglarized telephones which had been ripped off the wwlls in public places, On 6/21/67, DL.324H advised that TONY CATERINE, owner of the Pretty Kitty Kat Club, stated he had won a lot of money from the VOURAS brothers whtrh they had gotten in a Bank Robbery. The VOURAS brothers, DON and JAMES, robbed the Diamond National Bank in late 1965 and obtained $41;000.00,. They were convicted, but only about $14,000.00 of the loot was recovered. CATERINE and his associates have allegedly set up Bank Robberies in the past as well as "crap" games to win Bank Robbery loot. On 7/19/67, DL 221-C advised cnoncaPegu 72. manufactures "juice" machines, an electric devic® to os . | control dice and has sold one to TONY CATERINE in Dallas, / No information was furnished concerning how the machire was used by CATERINE’, On 4/22/68, DL 324-PC advised that TONY TERINE ZE had opened a new club called The Loser's and RONNI IAMOND was managing it for CATERINE. The Loser‘s is allegeNy located on West Mockingbird Lane, On 2/17/67, DL 208-C adidised that TONY CATERINE originally came from Kansas City and that the CAMPISI brothers set him up in the Castaways Club in Dallas. On 4/8/69, a new 137 case was opened entitled DL 414-PC, TECIP, Dallas Division," and assigned the number 137-2353. This case was opened in view ofL_—C ] cooperation in the past as well as Imving been an active gambler and nightclub owner in the Dallas area. He admittedly was associated with the following persons: COVER PAGE —. ~~" HW 45878 DocId:32324169 Page 6
oo™N “y _ DL 92-810 [  KCurrently top Echelon informar) ; ISADORE MILLER (Subject of current Dallas case) ; RUSSELL D. MATTHEWS and SOPHIE GEBRON (Subjects of Dallas gambling case; PHILLIP STEPHENS BOSCOE (bookmaker and LCN suspect) ; JOSEPH FRANCIS CIVELLO and CHARLES EDWARD CIVELLO (LCN members in Dallas and liquor store operators) ; PHILLIP STEIN (on Federal probation after IRS conviction) , On 2/13/70, PCL______ advised he is anticipating the expansion of his club activities to New Orleans, Louisiana, and Little Rock, Arkansas, He said there was pressure from CARLOS MARCELLO, LCN boss in New Orleans, on club owners in that area so that he should be able to furnish some information about MARCELLO, On 5/6/70,(______] advised he would not buy a club in New Orleans since he found that CARLOS MARCELLO would be a twenty per cent partner in the club. MARCELLO has money available to invest in such club; however,[_____—sidiwas afraid his eighty per cent ownership would not give him eighty per cent control and therefore would not close the deal. On 9/1/71, _____ Jadvised he has opened and is operating the "Losers" club in Memphis, Tennessee, and must spend much time there as a resit. He said this club was located in the Holiday Inn of downtown Memphis, Investigative period of this report extended to include an extensive review at Dallas concerning the subject about whom a report had never been written. -H- COVER PAGE EE ee Se HW 45878 DocId:32324169 Page 7?
ree oe ee ee re ae eo LT - , DL 92-810 IDENTITY OF INFORMANTS T-1 is DL 488-C, contacted by SA Hi, LAMAR MEYER on 7/7/71, re CATERINE and STALLCUP, T-2 is RAY DYER, Dun and Bradstreet, 2020 Live Oak, Great American Building, Dallas, Texas, . es - I*-. COVER PAGE HW 45878 DocId:32324169 Page 8
FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59) Copy to: Report of: Date: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1 - USA, Fort Worth H. LAMAR MEYER Office: Dallas, Texas 11/9/71 Field Office File #: 92-810 - Bureau File #: Title: Character: Synopsis: ANTHONY FRANCIS CATERINE ANTI-RACKETEERING ANTHONY FRANCIS CATERINE, a white male, age 35, was born 4/5/36, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin (not confirmed). He first came to Dallas in 1958 as a law student at Southern Methodist University (SMU). He dropped out of law school and with financial backing bqaan operating night clubs, the first being the Castaways. In 1966, he married CONNIE Li, CATERINE, nee ORTMEIR, and they now have three children, He presently resides with his wife and children at 6221 Highgate, Dallas, telephone number 369-079, He is a U. Si, Army veteran of two years and obtained an Honorable Discharge. He is not known to be a member of La Cosa Nostra (LCN); however, has been known to contact CARLOS MARCELLO, LCN boss, New Orleans, Louisiana, He is known to associate with known gamblers, burglars, and hoodlums in the Dallas area, He presently operates a corpora= tion which includes K-Catering, Inc,, The Loser's Club, the Uncle Sam's Pearl Street Warehouse, also a night club, CATERINE has been arrested in the past for being a Disorderly Person, Drunk in a Car, Possession of Gambling Paraphernalia, Violation of a Dance Hall Ordinance, and Investigation of Theft. He is suspected of selling stolen jewiry, dealing in narcotics, | operating prostitution, and running illegal gambling operations. - P = This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1969 O - 351-076 HW 45878 DocId:32324169 Page 9
' DL 92-810 VIII. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER On September 2, 1971, ANITA WILSON, supra, . advised that her records listed CATERINE's Socia Security Number as 480-38-3906. IX. TAR CORD On September 2, 1971, T-2 advised that ANTHONY FRANCIS CATERINE is a veteran of the U. S. Army. His period of service is recorded as from January 28, 1955 to November 9, 1957, and his 4 assigned serial number was RA17427206, CATERINE wey was honorably released from active duty as a Specialist to Second Class, and transferred to the U. S. Army Reserve . to complete his military obligation. Records indicate thet he was honorably discharged from the U. S. Army Reserve on December 31, 1962 as a Management Specialist, Fifth Grade, (Pay and fravel Clerk). CATERINE's military record did not reflect any disciplinary actions or nervous or mental disorders. X. . SELECTIVE SERVICE STATUS — ' Also, on September 2, 1971, T-2 advised that the subject's Selective Service record indicates that his Selective Service Number assigned was 13 77 36 49. His Selective Service record was constructed by Local Board 77, Des Moines, Iowa. The Selective Service status of CATERINE at this time is unlmown, however presumed to be V-A in view of his married with children s Se ite be fb & r b ke by ¢ r. a ° XI. MEMBERSHIP IN LA COSA NOSTRA (LCN) OR MAFIA OR OTHER CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS _ Investigation to date has not shown any definite connection between ANTHONY FRANCIS CATERINE and organized crime members. He has however, in the past, made telephonic contact with night clubs in the New Orleans, Louisiana area known to be backed or controlled by CARLOS MARCELLO, LCN member in that area, A file review indicates that(___]| while OTHER 4 ? y . HW 45878 DocId:32324169 Page 10
DL 92-810 talking to SA HAROLD R. LIVERETT, on February 6, 1970, ( advised that he was anticipating expanding his club activities to the New Rock, Arkansas areas, Orlean ouisiana and Little | fRoted to LIVERETT at that time that there was pressure from CARLOS MARCELLO to be included in the club ownership. ~— Three months la talking to SA L ter, on Ma 0 Tetert, Poy while again advised he had cancelled plans to open a club in New Orleans in that CARLOS MARCELLO insisted on a partnership in the proposed club. his plans, and stated he did so because he was afraid 80 per cent ownership would not give him 80 per cent control of the club in the New Orleans area, (b) CRIMINAL RECORD (FH #969 905 C) On September 20, 1971, KAY SPRIGGS, Dallas Police Department, Identification Division, advised that her records concerning ANTHONY FRANCIS CATERINE, also known as TONY FRANCIS CATERINE, reflected the following information: that. his CONTRIBUTOR OF NAME AND FINGERPRINTS PD, Honolulu, Hawaii SO, Dallas, Texas PD, Dallas, Texas PD, Dallas Texas . CATERINE, #93488 ANTHONY F. =: 10/1/57 C NE ATERINE, #A-37502-D-1 ANTHONY F. 8/23/58 ANTHONY 2/9/63 FRANCIS CATERINE, #55699 ANTHONY FRANCIS CATERINE, #55699. _ 12/5/63 HW 45878 DocId:32324169 Page 11 ARRESTED OR NUMBER RECEIVED CHARGE Disorderly Person Drunk in Car (Farmers Branch, Texas PD) ee fo cancelled DISPOSITION Released to Hawaiian Armed Service Police $50.00 fine ' - Investigation Dismissed on of Theft and Possession of Gambling 8/23/58 Paraphernalia Violation Dance Hall Ordinance Dismissed, 9/15/64 ———— a F : ~ : | \
HW 45878 ory, DL* 92-810 ° | co Bree On May 28, 1971, sata that due to DAVID WALBERG being unable to meet the base agreements, this business has been discontinued, and future operations are undetermined at the time. This club is now in operation again as the Playgirl Show Lounge. On September 10, 1971, T-1 advised that ty ”, Oh RFS SPR STE : H y Brat Pi nn ae y We Pa sek 7 age 1 ree ANTHONY FRANCIS CATERINE had recently acquired oe a Uncle Sam's (Pearl Street) Warehouse, a night club . & - Located at 2609 North Pearl Street. The telephone number is listed as 742-3269, Manager of this business is listed as. TRAVIS BYRON STALLCUPP. The owner was listed’as TONY CATERINE, and the grand opening occurred on September 6, 1971. On August 19, 1971, CATHY COLLINS, 2525 Turtle Creek, a artment 216 Dallas, and former employee of CATERINE at The Losers Club in Dallas, advised that CATERINE allegedly gets the first chance to hire any good entertainment personalities that come to town, due to his connections in Las Vegas, Nevada. This hiring is apparently done through star Trek Attractions. (f.) PLACES OF AMUSEMENTS OR HANGOUTS FREQUENTED Places of amusements and hangouts of ANTHONY FRANCIS CATERINE are unknown, in that he spends most of his time at his places of business. CATERINE allegedly maintains an apartment for & girl friend, LINDA KAYE HUTCHINSON. This dwelling is a duplex apartment and is located near The Losers Club on East Mockingbird Lane in Dallas. HUTCHINSON allegedly has had two children by CATERINE, and CATERINE is faithful in the maintenance of this family. The two children are named CHRISTY, age seven, and DANA, age five. The above information conce HUTCHINSON was furnished on August 19, 1971, by CA COLLINS, a former Losers Club employee, who is associated with her, (g.) TRAVEL On September 2, 1971, T-1 advised that ANTHONY FRANCIS CATERINE infrequently travels to such places as Las 15 DocId: 32324169 Page 12