Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, TP
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 06/13/1962
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

6/11/201

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10201-10287

RECORD SERIES : HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

92-2781-566

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO :

TITLE :

FBI

SAC, TP

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE:

' PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

06/13/1962

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LST, GAMBLING, RES, ASSOC, REL

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

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CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: = 10/13/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

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FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56)

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Date:

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AIR MAIL

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI (92-2781)

FROM:

SAC, TAMPA (92-1) (P)

SANTÓ TRAFFICANTE, JR., aka.

AR

(00: Tampa)

For the information of the Seattle Office, captioned

is the subject of a "crash" investigation in the Tampa Office.

He formerly was connected with gambling casinos, Havana, Cuba,

attended the Appalachian, New York meeting of hoodlums under

the name of LOUIS (LUIS)

SANTOS and was reportedly closely

associated in the past with ALBERT ANASTASIA just prior to

ANASTASIS's murder in New York City, October, 1957.

Captioned individual maintains residence with his

wife at the present time at 523 N.E. 71st Street, Miami,

Florida.

The Miami Office has identified a close female associate

of captioned as wutterawad.

who is reportedly the ower of

pre eroy at 657 W. 34th, Hialeah, Flocida and apparently acquired

the property from FRANK RAGANO, 307 Tampa Street, l'ampa, Florida

who has been long identified as subject's Tampa attorney.

The Miami Office advised by communication dated 6/8/62 that

FRANK RAGANO, according to tax recora,

Hialeah, Florida City

Hall, purchased the property at 657 W. 34th Street, Hialeah,

from SALVATORE G. SCALIA on 1/8/61.

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Report of SA STEPHEN J. LABADIE dated 6/14/61 at

Tampa in captioned case reflects

SALVATORE G. SCALIA RUGIERES,

aka., Salvatore G. Scalia, was reported in December of 1958

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TP 92-1

by

Legat, Havana (protect) as having been involved in a shooting

of a girl in Havana 11/13/58.

However, the girl recovered and

claimed the shooting was accidental and that due to this

individual's influence with the subject along with subject's

influence, the BATISTA police regime made no official record

of the matter.

Sources reported that under the influence of the

subject, SCALIA thought of himself as a "big shot and gangster"

and left Havana where he had been in a high position at the

Sans Souci Casino for no particular reason other than it was

suspected that there was a reward for unknown favors rendered

to TRAFFICANTE.

Sources advised in December of 1959 that SCALIA

had indicated a desire to obtaán a Florida State Beverage

license in Miami, Florida, possibly the "Twenty-Two Club".

It was ascertained on 3/2/61 from Sgt. CHARLES

SAPP, Intelligence Unit, Miami PD, Miami, Florida, that

SALVATORE SCALIA ran a grocery store in

• the 700 block of

W. Flagler, Miami, Florida and admitted to Sgt. SAPP that

the subject had visited him in Miami but refused to advise

the sergeant where TRAFFICANTE was staying in Miami.

SCALIA

advised Sgt. SAPP he came to the United States in 1955 from

Italy, worked as a technician in Washington, D.C., then went

to Cuba where he worked as a technician and while in Cuba

met TRAFFICANTE.

Sgt. SAPP advised SCALIA's grocery store

was nothing more than a hole in the wall, that his entire

inventory would not amount to $500 and that when he again

tried to contact SCALIA, SCALIA had sold his store, left Miami

and allegedly went to the West Coast to the State of Washington.

The Seattle Office advised by letter dated 5/28/59

egaraing intormation received by Legat, Havana, that a ROi

VARNOCK was reported making efforts to buy the Sans Souci

Gambling Casino from SANTO TRAFFICANTE in Cuba and reported

that RON WARNOCK is the brother of TOM V. WARNOCK,

Shriff of

Snohomish County, Washington 1/1/47 to 1/1/55 and that

informants have advised that since such time, RON WARNOCK has

been the "pick up" and "fix" man for that county.

The Seattle Office advised that they had a source,

EUGENE ALBERT PETERSON, close to RON WARNOCK who had also been

in contact with SANTO TRAFFICANTE

while in Cuba and who advised

that the source of capital that was to be used in purchasing

the Sans Souci Casino was from Seattle.

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The Seattle Office will contact EUGENE ALBERT

PETERSON and obtain all information he can furnish relative

to subject's connections or associates in Seattle.

Will determine from PETERSON if SALVATORE G.

ASCALIA

has appeared in the State of Washington, considening if he has

he is a representative of subject's interests.

The Seattle Office will attempt to locate, through

an available sources, SALVATORE G. SCALIA RUGIERES, aka.,

Salvatore 6X Scalia, determingnghis activities and therearter

Interviewing

him regarding the sale of pooperty at 657

W. 34th Street, Hialeah, Florida to FRANK/RAGANO. Tampa attorney

of the subject.

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