JFK Assassination System Date: 5/5/2015 Identification Form ; Agency Information Peleased under the John ~ AGENCY: FBI . Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90073-10001 Lssassination Records ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES : HQ : (44 USC 2107 Note). . ase#:NWU 45992 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER:  63-8-1 11-17-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 09/30/1953 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : DAVID YARAS DAVE YARAS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4; 10(a)2 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: - 02/10/1999 OPENING CRITERIA: = INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO v9.1 ; 1 HW 45992 Docld:323276297 Page 1
=< a = se > SSS ao ro a —a = ee "+ z wee! ‘aan Doe ae i : . c ome ~ eee CY os ! "Office . Memorandum - _ UNITED STA. JS GOVERNMENT TO + Dinectoys FBL “fp - | DATE: September 30, 1953 ger From + SAC, > Want (62-3379) ; Fl | sunject: DAVIDsY RAS, was. ne " rg _| | yi Dave dra," David Jarrows, - ; ae- - ~ David“Paras ; , VE | pee GIIF (TOP HOODLUM COVERAGE). oe te Ob Aff Pe aN “Re SAC Letter No. 53-58 dated August 25,. 1953: ! In the matter entitled, "FEDERAL GRAND JURIES INVES — , TIGATING LOCAL CRIME", DANIEL P. SULLIVAN, Director, Crime Commission of.Greater Miami, furnished ‘ By letter dated Aprid’47, 1952, Miami furnished the Bureau a memo~ randum on each of these persons setting forth a summary of ae information contained in the files of the Miami_Office. After JFK Liaw 10(a)2 ; ; ; YARAS is a well-known Chicago gangster who has settled-in the Miami area in recent years. A review of Miami. 4 files disclosed the following additional information regarding od DAVID YARAS which supplements that contained in the above-men- .—-~ w OY tioned memorandum: _ ascot : en i Ne ee We On February 10, 1953, FRED FREED, 555 Royal Palm te Avenue, Miami Beach, advised SA CHARLES J. MATHEWS that he, \ FREED, had been designated Gambling Commissioner in the Republic of Cuba and had held that position for several ‘months until January, 1953, when he was discharged as a re- sult of unfavorable newspaper publicity... FREED stated that he had heard rumors that JOH MASSEIT, leading Italian racketeer ; in the Miami area, had bought out. fifty percent of the SAMMY o MANNARINO gang's interest in the Sans Souci Gambling Casino, Havana, Cuba. -FREED stated that DAVE YARAS was reputed to have ! one-half of MASSEL" interest in the, Sans Souci. He stated that CAH: GK * OG , uno) -% ; | 1 - Chicago, — . -| | _ . Sag, . ; . Ba _ ¢ HW 45992 DBocld:32326297 Page 2?
i 4 Director, FBI NORMAN ROTHMAN was the front man for the MANNARINO GANG in } the operation of the Sans Souci: (Miami File 62-3398, re "AMERTCAN GAMBLING INTERESTS IN CUBA; GIIF") On January 14, 1953, Confidential Informant MM-334-C advised SA MATHEWS that DAVE YARAS was definitely connected at that time with the Sans Souci Gambling Casino, Havana, Cuba. (Miami File 62-3398-20) . — - dn connection with the Miami GIIF, CHARLES A. WILLIAMS , a detective of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, furn- ; ished the following information: Late in 1952 WILLIAMS was checking on the whereabouts of PETER JULIAN ARNSTEIN, a known jewel thief. “He called at the apartment house owned by ARNSTEIN, the Ocean Creek Apart- ments, 5980 Indian Creek Drive, Miami Beach, under the pretext of wanting to rent an apartment. OLLIE ARNSTEIN, a well-known madam from Chicago, came to the door. and permitted WILLIAMS | to walk through their apartment in order to get to a boat dock 1! at the rear of the building where the Manager was then located. As he passed through the apartment WILLIAMS observed PETE ARN- STEIN to duck into the kitchen. He noticed that there was some sort of a meeting of ten men going on in the living room. Subsequent thereto, WILLIAMS went to the Miami Beach PD and © examined a number of photographs. He identified the photographs of PAUL LABRIOLA, FBI Number 1153214; EDWARD VOGEL, FBI Number { 4329702; and, ROBERT BENNETT as definitely being present at P the above meeting. LABRIOLA and. VOGEL are well-known Chicago criminals and BENNETT is the chauffeur for Miami Beach City ( Councilman MARCIE LIEBERMAN. WILLIAMS also is of the belief that DAVE YARAS was present at this meeting, but could not be ; absolutely positive of his identification. It is not improb- : able that YARAS was there as it has come to the attention of the Miami Office that he is an associate of ARNSTEIN. Although YARAS spends considerable time in Havana, Cuba, he still main- tains his residence at 4410 Adams Avenue, Miami Beach. ae | q . JOE THURMAN, Investigator, I & NS, Miami, advised A that he interviewed DAVE YARAS on November :6, 1952, to deter- ° mine if he was a citizen, and at that time YARAS advised him that he still had a financial interest in the Tahiti Bar lo- cated at 224 - 23rd Street, Miami Beach, whi is licensed in REVIEWED BV SBVUFK TASK FORCE | Je RELEASE tN PULL | C) AELEASE IN PART — | Cr TOTAL OMA” a a HW 45992 Docld: 32328297 Page 3