HW 45865 HO 162-496 a Ta ey | VEER Law 10(a)2 It should _be noted that. _b. a pending investigation pps nent ay Both of these individuals have declined UrhiL ormation of the kind needed in this case on interviews in the. past. It is not deemed advisable to try and interview them in' this case at present because contact now.might interfere with a local bookmaking investigation the Houston Police . Departeent is also conducting... Accordingly, it is anticipated they may be subpoenaed to a June Federal Grand Jury and interviewed at that time before the ‘subpoena | is actually. served. Mobile was originally requested to interview BARNES as a potential witness in this case and not as a “subject. Therefore, he was not furnished a rights and waiver form. He advised he had ate cents to say fr the official record but. then didsred. 1S. WIC. he agreed. to testify: to should. bes are set out. ‘in the’ Ds 308 oe ea ies 1967 regarding bettors who were Serre was MesStpee Ts om PCL JOSEPH WILLIAM JORDAN and not previously reported in this: case... a B* ( COVER® PAGE) AX rare Arras \ in} ayo: \ ce é teen aa -e- = oo _ --- eee — g DoclId: 3227687492 Page 2?
Law 10(a)2 2. Will attempt to locate and interview JACK STRAUS. INFORMANTS : On 1/8/69 and 1/27/69, and 2/10/69, MO 124-C-TE advised that BARNES continues to drive a Thunderbird and that he. has been unable to develop any information that BARNES has had possession of or access to a maroon Cadillac. . On 2/10/69, informant stated that BARNES also has access to and occasionally drives a 1964 or 1965 bluish green Pontiac GTO, and he had recently seen BARNES riding in this © vehicle. B* (COVER PAGE) \& STNGT RZ | HW 45365 Docld: 32267492 Page 3
{ ho, | HW 45865 . ae . : HO 162-196 INFORMANTS: on 5/29/68, pet _________]te1ephions—_ cally contacted SA PAUL W. HAYMES of the Houston Office and advised that he had information of a non-specific nature that a GEORGE MC GANN, also known as GEORGE MITCHELL, a Dallas gambler, and a FRED BARNES had been. ‘operating in Houston in October and*November, 1967. His’ information indicated that GEORGE MC GANN had “beat some people out of some money" and had left the Houston area. : PCI advised that a "contract™ was. out" to Kill GEORGE MC GANN, He had also heard that the FBI was / possibly seeking the location of MC. GANN ‘at the present time, PCI advised that he felt that he could possibly | determine the whereabouts of GEORGE MC. GANN and if the | Bureau was looking for him, it would be necessary to move swiftly, inasmuch as he felt that this information, although non-specific in nature, was rather reliable. .A search of the Houston. Office indices reflects _ that GEORGE ALBERT MC GANN, white male, born March 15, 1936, Wichita Fallas, Texas, 5'113", 190 pounds, brown eyes, brown hair; and FRED F, BARNES, white male, porn April 1, 1927, 6', 175 pounds, brown hair, gray eyes, were subjects in case entitled, “BILLY T, DYER, ET AL; IGA 00° HOUSTON", instant file. PCI was recontacted on 5729/68, and advised that he would endeavor to obtain more specific information as to who had “put. out the contract" on GEORGE MC GANN but advised that it was doubtful that he would obtain any specific information for a while, inasmuch as everyone ‘was "very closed mouth" about this contract. PCI was requested to endeavor to obtain any gambling information of an interstate nature for the information of the Houston Office. ~ / ; On 6/T/68, the Mobile Office advised at the_Mobile Office has maintaineu contact with MO -C-TE, mo [kc and MO [_}ec, and none of them has @veloped any further information concerning the location. of FRED BARNES during the period 10/10-31/67. C* (COVER PAGE) 7 DoclId: 322787492 Page 4 (ay