Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992? (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-7017 . a AL 92-535 . MOSHER is the son of.the widow of Colonel WILLIAM MULL, who formerly was a finance officer with the New York National Guard or some other military. organization, CI also advised that.MOSHER's mother-is presently a patient at Albany Hospital for the Incurables and this was arranged for and is being paid for by DANIEL O'CONNELL, the Democratic Chairman of Albany County. . He also mentioned that MOSHER is married and has three children and was supposed to have been arrested in New York City but has no ‘local arrests. — . a On 6/22/64, AL 3088-C-TE telephonically. contacted SA EDWARD M.: NALLY, JR.-on his weekly telephonic contact with SA NALLY ‘(it ‘should be. noted that this informant contacts SA NALLY every Monday in order that arrangements can be perfected to meet him later on in the. day if a meeting with him is desired) _and advised that he.had been in error when he had stated that. an elderly man driving an old car was believed to be responsible by local gamblers for having furnished information to IRS that led to their arrest. He stated that he had meant to say that it was a young man driving an old.car rather than an elderly man driving an old. car. On 6/22/64, AL 2990-C was contacted, at which time he advised that he did not know ROSARIO MANCUSO and had never met MANCUSO. ..He further advised he did not know and had never met JOSEPH FALCONE. He admitted knowing SALVATORE FALCONE (brother of JOSEPH FALCONE), advising the last.time he saw SALVATORE FALCONE. was 16 or‘17 years ago when SALVATORE FALCONE wanted him.to interced@é with the police authorities relative to getting a friend of SALVATORE FALCONE permission to open up a gambling spot in Saratoga Springs, NY. Informant stated that on this occasion he approached the then Chief of Police PATTY ROX (now deceased) concerning this and was flatly turned down by. ROX. .It should-be noted that this. contact with the informant was a routine contact and no mention was made to the informant of the alleged meeting ‘of 6/14/64. However, it should be noted that this informant had previously been contacted } =5@ DoclId: 32305102 Page 5
| Released under the John F. | Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hote}. DATE: °11-14- 2017 \ ° AL 92-535 by SA ROBERT W. MC DONOUGH on 6/11/64, at which time informant was recuperating from a severe hemorrhoidectomy, On the occasion of this meeting the informant was suffering severe pain and was incapacitated to some extent, On 6/22/64, Agent WILLIAM HARTNETT, Intelligence Unit, IRS, was recontacted and advised of information developed by AL 3088-C-TE to the effect. that Albany gamblers were made aware of an IRS informant's identity in connection with the recent gambling raids by WILLIAM "SCOTCHY" MORRISON, Albany’ gambler arrested at these raids, and the source of this information for the informant.was one JOSEPH MOSHER. It was pointed out that the informant was supposed to be a young man driving an older car, . HARTNETT then advised that IRS had used a relatively new and. young IRS. Agent as an undercover man whose activities had placed him in contact with MORRISON, several other gamblers, and with JOSEPH MOSHER. HARTNETT said the IRS Agent had used the alias: of BILL SEAMAN and became acquainted’ with MOSHER as | a fellow bettor. HARTNETT advised that SEAMAN had utilized an | old car, participated in the raids, was observed by several of the arrested gamblers at IRS Headquarters,during booking and arraignment procedures, and could very possibly have been recognized as the undercover agent at this time, On. 6/22/64, Chief of Police JOHN TUFFEY, Albany, NY, | advised that he was furnished information heretofore set forth ‘by JOHN MULLEN. He-stated that if the NYSP had no objection, he would interview JOSEPH MOSHER and EDWARD PERRONE. He stated that he would be in communication with the NYSP concerning this, He advised that the information referred to heretofore did not. make sense, stating that JOSEPH MOSHER has been known to him for years as a-long-time resident of the Greater Albany, NY, area, except for a brief period of time when he resided in New York City. He described MOSHER as a "punk," stating that ‘y . : @6= DoclId: 32305102 Page 6