Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: MM
To: HQ
Document date: 07/28/1959
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/2/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90100-10224

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

52-72398-192

Released under the John

F. kenned:

Assassination Recorde

Collection act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Cased:NT 54027 Date:

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

MM

TO:

HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 07/28/1959

PAGES:

85

SUBJECTS:

JOSEPH RAYMOND MEROLA

STUART SUTOR

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/29/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

RPT

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Maxch 2dy 1959

Date.

SOL

AMANI

On March 16, 1959, MI. JOHN KERNAN, Manager, Sea:

Gull Hotel, Miami Beach, florida,

advised that he is

personally acquainted with SAMMY,MANNARINO Of New Kensington,

Pennsylvania: that. MANNARINO has in the past been a frequent

guest of the Sea full and that MANNARINO usually registers

under a fictitious name. He recalled that in the fall or

early winter of 1958, MANNARINO was a guest at the Sea

o his

Gull while using the name of MANN. MI. KERNAN said he himself

did not register MANNARINO, nor checked him out.

SAMÜELT MANNARIND

MI. KERNAN

produced his registration card file;

address given. MANN registered in room 409, at 1:36 A.M., on a

October 24, 1950g

and departed on November 7, 1958, The

card reflected that MANN came to the hotel off the street,

apparently without previous reservation.

The registration

card bore a time stamp reflecting the actual time of

arrival at the hotel was 1:36 A.M., on October 25, 1958,

and the actual time of departure was 9:07 P.M., November 7, 1958.

ME. KERNAN, upon examining this card, stated that

although he felt reasonably certain that this was the

registration card of MANNARIN, he could not testify to this

effect as he was not present at the time this party checked

in and checked out.

The card bore the initials of JAMES I. YERBY,

Night Auditor, as the clerk who checked MANN in.

MT. KERNAN, after examining the registration card,

said that the party was checked out by WERNER MITCHELL, who

is no longer employed at the Sea Gull Hotel.

He said that

MITCHELL was married to a daughter of BEN CHASIN, President

of the Sea Gull Hotel, has since separated from this woman,

and now reportedly lives in

Chicago

4 -

Interviow with

Mr. JOHN KERNAN

File #

3/16/59

at

Miami, Florida

52-3290

3/21/59

_ Date dictated

by Special Agent.

GEORGE E. DAVIS, JR. mbs

Thie document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It le the property of the FBI and ia loaned to

your agency; it and its contente are not to be diatributed outside your agency.

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MM. 52-3290

MT. KERNAN produced a folio card on SOL MANN,

Brooklyn, New York,

Room 409, registered from October 24,

1958, to November 7, 1958.

He also produced Sea Gull

Hotel records of long distance telephone calls which

reflected that the following calls were charged to room

409, during the period Octer 24. to November 7, 1958:

1. LD Telephone SlIp, #31965, reflecting call October 27,

1958, to Pittsburgh ED 5-7571, at cost $3.03.

2. ID Telephone Slip #31998, call on October 28, 1958,

to Havana, 310562, at. cost of $6.71.

3. LD Telephone Slip #26033, call on October 29, 1958, to

Havana 310562, at

cost of $4.95.

4. LD Telephone Slip #26034, for call on October 29,

1958, to Pittsburgh ED 99209, at cost of $1.87.

5. LD Telephone Slip #26069, for call on October 31, 1958,

to Pittsburgh ED 57571, at cost of $1.87.

6. LD Telephone Slip #26107, call on November 2, 1958,

to Pittsburgh, ED 57571, at cost of $2.26.

7. LD Telephone Slip #26162, on November 3, 1958,

'by

"MANN" to Pittsburgh, ED

5-8897, at cost of $1.87.

8. LD Telephone Slip #26184, on November 4, 1958, to

Pittsburgh ED 5-7571, at

cost of $1.87.

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PD-302 (Rer. Sciss)

DERAL BUN

INVESTISAT

INTERVIEW REPORT

Date

March 27, 1959

On March 25, 1959, ME. JOHN KERNAN, Manager, Sea

Gull Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, located telephone toll

slips of the Souther Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company,

Miami, Florida, which are returned at the end of each

montly period by the telephone company to the hotel.

Calls

charged to room 40g, at the Sea Gull Hotel during the period

October 24 to November 7, 1958, are set out below. The

calls, in some instances, differ as

to dates, however,

correspond substantially with the Sea Gull Hotel records

of long distance telephone calls, and furnish additional

information.

October 26, 1958

October 28, 1958

October 29, 1958

October 29, 1958

October 31, 1958

November 1, 1958

November 3, 1958

November 4, 1958

ID #368, SAL MANN, rOOM 409, tO ED 5-7571,

Pittsburgh, Y minutes, $2.75.

TE 8-6631 (Sea Gull Hotel) Room 409,

MANN tO ROTHMAN, Havana 310562

5 minutes, $6.10.

LD #368, MANN Room 409, to PIttsburgh

ED 99209, 4 minutes, $1.70.

JE 8-6631, FOOM 409, MANN to Havana

310562, ROTHMAN, 5 minutes, $4.50.

LID #368, MANN, Room 409, to Pittsburgh

ED 5-7571, 3 minutes, $1.70.

ID #368, MANN RoOm 409, to Pittsburgh,

ED 507571, 5 minutes, $2.05.

LD 4372, MANN Room 409, to Pittsburgh

ED 5-8897, 4 minutes, $1.70.

ID #368, MANN ROOM 409,

to Pittsburgh

ED 507571, 3 minutes, $1.70.

Interview with

3/25/59

MX. JOHN KERNAN

File #

52-3290

on

by Special Agent

at

Miami, Florida

GEORGE E. DAVIS, JR. imbs

_ Date dictated

3/25/59

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of any kind. It is the property of the FBI, and is a loan to

your agency; it and/or its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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ME, KERNAN

said that the hotel does not keep

records of local calls placed by guests. Only the number

of calls placed locally is recorded.

ME. KERNAN agreed to maintain all the above

described records in the hotel safe of the Sea Gull

Hotel for safe keeping.

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FD-302 (N6v-5-3-59)

AA BOARAU OF INVESTIG

INTERVIEW REPORT

July 16, 1959

Dare

On July 8, 1959, Mr. JOHN KERNAN, Manager, Sea Gull

Hotel, checked his hotel registration card

records for any

previous record by MANNARINO under his true name of SAMUEL

MANNARINO OI SAMMY MANNARINO. MY. KERNAN said that he possessed

no such registration card, although it was entirely possible

that such a card may have been destroyed along with other

old records which were disposed of by the hotel after checking

with the State Hotel Authorities which require that record

be maintained for a specific length of time.

MS. KERNAN was unable to recall having received a

long distance telephone call from SAMMY MANNARINO OF WILLIAM

SAMS

from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in October, 1958, shortly

prior to registration of each.

45-

Interviow with

an

7/ 8/59

Mr. JOHN KERNAN

_ Filo #

by Speeial Agent

- at -

Miami, Florida

SA GEORGE E. DAVIS, JR. :mbs

_ Dote dictated

52-3290

7/13/59

This document

contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBi. It is the property of the FBI

and is loaned to

your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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FD-302 1164-3-5-591

BURCAU OF INVESTIGA.-.ON

INTERVIEW REPORT

Dato

7/16/59

VI. CONCERNING WILLIAN

SAMS

on July 8, 1959, Mr. JOHN KERNAN, Manager, Sea

Cul1

Hotel, checked his

records and located a registration card

number 1877 reflecting that Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM SAMS, 1017

Eagewood Road, New Kensington, Pennsylvanta, checked into

the sea dull Hotel at 5:28 A. M. on October 23, 1950. They

checked out at 3:57 P. M. on November 3, 1958. They

occupied room number

• 701

on the date of

registration, and

moved to room number 805 on October 25, 1958.

Mr. KERNAN said that initials on the registration

card reflected that they were checked In by JAMES YERBY,

Night Auditor, who also attends the front desk from about

a hate the ton

midnight to about 8:00 A. M.

Mr. KERNAN said that

SAMS

was checked out by GEORGE POWELL, Desk Clerk.

Mr. KERNAN also located the follo record on this

visit of Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM SAMS.

This record reflected

that they were joined at the hotel by their daughter,

NORMA SAMS, who occupled room 804 during a portion of

their visit.

Mr. KERNAN produced records of long distance

telephone calls charged to SAMS.

These records reflected

the following long distance

telephone calls:

October 23, 1958

From room 701, s11p

number 31932, SAMS to

Mr. HALSTEIN, Greensburg,

Pennsylvania, telephone

number 1-809, for two minutes,

at $2.64.

October 24, 1958

Slip number 31938, SAMS

to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

ST1-9200, for

two minutes,

at $1.87.

57-

Interviow with

on _7/8/59

JOHN KERNAN

100 21st Street,

.at -

Miami, Florida

by Spocial Agent -

GEORGE E. DAVIS, JR. : bna

_ File # 52-3290

_ Date dictated 7/8/59

This document containe nether recommondations nor conclusions of the Bl. It le,the property. of the FBI

and is loaned to

your gancy; It and its contents are not to be distributed outalde your agency.

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November 2,

1958

November 2, 1958

Slip 26126, to Hollywood,

Florida, WA2-6544, one

minute, $.28.

Slip 26127, to Miss

November 3, 1958

for 12 minutes, at $5.72.

S11p 26157, to Pittsburgh,

for five minutes,

at $2.88.

November 3, 1958

SIip 26156, to Pittsburgh,

ED 9209, for four minutes,

at $2.37.

Mr. KERNAN also produced registration records

refleoting that SAMS has been a guest at the Sea Gull

Hotel on the following additional occasions:

Card number 3889, registered

as WILLIAM SAMS,

/ Edgewood Road, New Kensington, Pennsylvania,

Irom April 23, 1957, to April 30, 1957.

Card number 9997, registered as WILLIAM SAMS,

same

address, from June 18, 1958, to July 6,

1958.

cara number 3252, registered as Mr. and Mrs.

WILLIAM SAMS, same address, from February 11,

1959, to April 20, 1959.

Mr. KERNAN produced a registration card number

1972 reflecting that NORMA SAMS was registered at the

Sea Gull from 1:44 P. M. to 5:19 P. M. November 2, 1958.

No residence address

was given.

Mr. KERNAN said that

MISs NORMA SAMS is a student at the University of Miami,

Miami, Florida.

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Mr. KERNAN stated that WILLIAM SAMS is a close

friend and associate of SAMMY MANNARINO, and that whenever

both are staying at the sea Gull at the same time, they

are frequently seen together.

Mr. KERNAN said that as he himself has never

been present when SAMS registered, and 1s not familiar

with SAMS' handprinting which has

been used on each of

his registration cards, he is unable to testify that the

handprinting on his registration cards

is that of WILLIAM

SAMS.

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