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 : v9.1 Docld: 3227627633 Page 1 JFK Assassination System. Date: Identification Form ’ Agency Information HSCA 180-10108-10207. NUMBERED FILES. 013900 Document Information’ WC FBI ITAR, GAMBLING. 07/18/1963 5 BARNES, GEORGE EDWARD. LEADS & INFORMATION. RUBY, JACK; BACKGROUND, RACKETEERING AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVIT. ORGANIZED CRIME. MATTHEWS, RUSSELL. REPORT. Unclassified 4 Redact 03/10/1998 Tabbed 243-2. Box 243 (folder 1 of 2) 10/2/201
Report Form s* FD-263 (5-12-55) Reporting Office -- DALLAS © TITLE OF CASE Report made by | IVAN D, LEE fe RUSSELL DOUGLAS" MATTHEWS, aka EAR o a / 7 poo. ITAR = GAMBLING 0.) fe 7 Synopsis: Lo a _. Pallas letter to Bureau, “4/8/63; 7 Sees Se we Dallas letter to New Orleans, Bin 5 163 (r 0); Dallas letter to » St. Louis and Little Rock, 6/25/63 (10)5 REFERENCE; “ERADS: ae ne et | LETTLE ROCK AND ST, LOUIS - “INFORMATION; , One copy of this report is ‘being furnished to. the. “Tattle Rock Division in that information developed indicates “subject travels to Hot Springs, Arkansas, and apparentiy is: we Bequainted with several of the gamblers in Hot Springs, Arkansas. |. f -- .Qne copy is furnished to the Sst. Louis Division ~ =" 4nasmuch as referenced airtel included a lead for that Division : sto identify a ‘Subseriber to a telephone number and furnish the Spedial Agent In Charge . Do not write in spaces below . Copies made: os eo Bureau - 1 - USA,Ft. “Worth - ote. 1 ~ Little Rock (Info). So) me qa Brag) 5 2 St. Louis (Info) — a Pe “New Orleans. — aus oe ‘Oklahoma City Dallas (166. ~102) Wr fH pi Se eee jaa a és A * Crimizal Diviston, Dreanized Crim: a i ‘shekooring Beckson 2. rae loaned to you by the ‘FBI, and nelibery nor its contents are to be distributed outside the agency to. “which ‘loaned. :
t _ “DALLAS DIVISION “DooTd! 32262638. Page’ 3° 8 “results to the Dallas Di vision ana the qavere Rock Division. os NEW ORLEANS DIVISION ° on cheek of the credit and criminal records and. establish oon , Texas, Per Ee WD BILOKE, MISSISSIPPE ; OKLAHOMA CITY DIVISION ae foe possibly furnishing money to MATTHEWS for the establish-. DL 166- 102. Clug (ontigetind eS at : Will identify. the following 1 individuals “through | sources in their respective ereas, Will furnish this me information to the Dallas Division along with any available «.-:. “photograph from the law enforcement agency “for possible fen “future use’ in identifying the Subjects contacts . in 1 Dallas) ncn “Dy J. VENUS, III, telephone: ‘#1D- 4 4268 ae Ap LAUREL, “MISSISSIPPI * > so BLACKWELL, aka Bleckie, ‘etephone  #25ITOR : Oo). AP SHREVEPORT, LA, eo ce |. GEORGE BOX, telephone #23- our _ AT NEW ORLEANS, LA, o ee ‘1. SAMMY PAXTON, telephone +#523- oar - : 2. FRED BROUSSARD, Bolton Ford Company . ‘AT OKLAHOMA CITY “1. will cause a check to be nade of the ‘Toll records ‘charged to telephones available to GEORGE EDWARD BARNES -. _. and furnish the same to the Dallas Division for a possible EL evaluation in an effort to determine BARNES and the. ‘subject's involvement in the proposed Gambling lub in _ Tarrant County, TEXAS 6 oy ree ress Li ie 8, will ascertain through tnformants, if BARNES: _ ment of a gambling club near Rt. Worth, TORE 62 ee: Spa ISB ye ee * COVER PAGE
BE 166-102 / = +" 9 ward obtain toll calls charged to the subject's Te -. phone at his residence, 4817 Reiger Street, for a. + period aes _.4f this individual could possibly -be involved in the. - are “alleged opening of a gambling club near Ft. Worth, Texas. = a ADMINISTRATIVE DATA: - : oo was | contacted by SA IVAN D, LEE on 9/10/63. . ~ anformation received from informants and ertinent | ” . sources of the Dallas Division | in. connection with: this . pmatter. — bop as , - ~remain confidentiel. » AT DALLAS, TEXAS TEXAS 1. wil follow the subject's activities through” established sources, spot surveillances, in an effort . ‘to ascertain if he ig in violation of te Federal TTAR Por Statute. ee 2 : . aan BEES SE of the last three months. _ AT FT, WORTH, TEXAS Will identify subscriber to telephone ‘#ou-1- 1699, 1 7 and thereafter. conduct credit, criminal, and source Jinvestigation for background information and ascertain. os ‘It is noted that - the extensive period covers the investigation period in this investigation, honever, os some of the information was reported prior to the Dallas = °* Division opening a case under the ITAR Statute. It is CL. ‘noted that several of the telephone numbers set forth od a te in leads to various offices was obtained from athighdy (9. 0. Bconfidential scurce cf the Criminal Intelligence Section,» Dalles PD, who requested that this information be not © 0 7 disseminated outside of the FBI.=In conducting the investi- . gation, no refemce should be made to the source, or should. the investigation indicate that this information came __ from @highiy*confidential-sourees : ~ a . Mr. R. A. BURROW, chief Special Agent, oe Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Dallas, Texas, . “The following 4s. a summary of pertinent - “The sources “have reques ted that their Adentity “Lge cose COVER PAGE © j-
DL 166-102 ee, SUD SE ings, ‘ m Tafile: of March, 1963. He “also advised on this date:. ._ that MATTHEWS. had left Dallas, Texas. on the morning of. 4/3/63 en route ¢ Hot Spring’: Arkansas. “via. Olahoma’ Dee On. 4/1/63, informant stated that MATTHEWS a me had returned to Dallas and residing with his daughter, : > PEGGY ANN MATTHEWS, who is employed at the Texas St@me CH jt criminal Intelligence. ormation had been . developed that MATTHEWS had recently contacted one ‘GEORGE“BOX, Shreveport, LouiSiana, telephone number : ———. 423-9427 concerning a possible "two day score", He had - Pol | _ also contacted a J. J. BLACKWELL of Laurel ississippi,. oo Ase. “.. telephone #425-1702% - According to MATTHEWS... of _ was spending a considerable amount attempting. . eT _. to raise enough money to: obtain the release, om bond, "- on OF his friend; GEORGE FUQUA, who was recently incar-, an _ cerated at. the: Kansas sate’. Penitentiarys: 89 0 een Won Te, re that. according to. th ir. source;-. Se re tas MATTHEWS een. in contact with. JOHN: ELI-STONE,. Bi coe" Known Dallas bookmaker and-gambler, TOMMY-POTTS, a known { + . Bt. Worth. gamblex, SOFIE’GEBRON, @ Dallas bookmaker, and fe i ” . GOERGE EDWARD BARNES, a known p choy from Oklahoma Citys gS mo Section, pallas, PD, sta - Oklahoma. According to open a gambling club lod ~ + of the Ft. Worth city limits. According to source, the . - sheriff of Tarrant county had agreed to let thém. operate: | -° on the West side of the County as there is too much -. "Federal heat" ereated by the operation of a gambling... "Joint @erated. on. the. East side. of Tarrant County. ae they were going to : mewhere on the west side- = Po stated that source has been ‘in éontact™ 7 sl 7 _. With CLARK BOYD. HAMILTON, — a known Dallas highjacker: Al - and 1 hoodlume . COVER PAGE — Docid:32262638. Page 5-9 0°.
ran wocbee Pk fee AC) ; . 7 | 1 ae 7 DL 166-102 | | : . | . oo | i on 5/31/63, GR 2-2 that the source el. - had received information at Hot Springs, Arkansas gamblers, JACK’GUNTER and HUBERT DANE“HARRIS, were in Dallas, Texas on 5/30/63 and were urgently. attempting.. to contact the subject. Source subsequently learned. oe that MATTHEWS did not want to have any contact with | GUNER, at. this time. ’ QR 2:2: that according to their. source, 2 sisal -. MATTHEWS contact with the following individuals located outside of Dallas, Texas : SAN PAXTON, New orleans, las, telephone #52301 JIM siggy, Laure, nase. 425-1702. ee oo CEORGE BOX, spot, club; ‘Shreveport, La. 8 ee telephone #423-9407, i, | wn ' BASIL BRITTON NEWTON, Las Vegas, Nevada, oO __ telephone. #385- 9748 me Joes ftps “GEORGE EDWARD BARNES, ‘oklahoma ott, OF ap Feneptigne UL. 6-43 4353. - : oe D VENUE, TIL, Biloxi, Misotsatppt, | “3B AL ~2668 z ok Bees AES Lob qetate en Mt PS WE -:2:20 that: most of: the ‘above ‘contacts - sb “e Were of a um type conversation which indicated _ to their source that all the individuals were aware of “-" MATTHEWS background and were possibly. involved with the” 7 eriminal element thems mselves.. oo a = oe COVER. PAGE. ‘ Docld: 32962638 . Page 6