Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, DL
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 9/9/63
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

4/28/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10212-10019

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 62-9-12-447

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC, DL

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE:

09/09/1963

• PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS :

CIP, GAMBLING, RACK AND SUBV

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/29/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Hote).

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FBI

Date:

9/9/63

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TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-9-12)

FROM:

SUBJECT

SAC, DALLAS (94-55A-SUB)

CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

WEEKLY SUMMARY

DALLAS DIVISION

Re Dallas airtel to Bureau, 9/3/63.

Re: WILLIAM RAS/DAVIS, aka. ot al

ITAR - GAMBLING CONSPIRACY

epi C

(DL 166-110)

On 9/6/63, Lt.

JACK REVILL, Intelligence Squad,

Dallas PD, advised that subject DAVIS had been arrested by

officers of the Dallas PD Vice Squad on the night of 9/5/63

shortly after he was observed leaving the Redmen Club, 1606%

(Previous investigation ascertaiped this private

club was being used by its members and proprietor for gambling

activities, specifically high take poker games, and also that

the manager of the club is notorious Dallas hoodlum RUSSELL

DOUGLAS, MATTHEWS, DL 166-102), DAVIS had $2,800 in cash on

his person and some "crooked"

gambling paraphernalia which con-

sisted of very small thin mirrors about the size of a contact

lense which he would place on the inner side of his index

finger on his left hand and as he dealt cards he could see

if the card dealt was

face card

and

the:

color-of same.

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Bureau

- Dallas

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(166-110)

- Dallas (162-95)

Dallas

(162-129)

Dallas

(165-142)

Dallas: (166-102)

- Dallas

(137-566)

- Dallas (162-37)

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- Dallas

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94-55A-Sub)

(11)

COPIA FOR ASCA

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DATE: 11-14-2017

DL 94-55A-SUB

REVILL stated the cash and paraphernalia

were confiscated by

the PD and the local office of IRS was advised. IRS advised

the PD they were not accepting the matter and were taking no

action on 1t..

Re :

HENRY CLINTON

WINFREY, aka.

IGA

(DL 162-95)

TIC: 70225-02-771

On 9/3/63, DL 170-C (DL 137-566) advised that WINFREY

had just recently moved from the apartment house on Simpson and

had now set up his operation at Dallas telephone LAkeside 6-2772.

Informant stated WINFREY is in bad financial straights at the;

present time and was informants opinion that WINFREY would again

ali work for JOHN ELI STONE (DL 162-37) when the football season con-

menced in the near future.

An immediate check with confidential

source in the telephone company, Dallas, ascertained that the

above telephone number was connected 8/6/63, and was listed to

HARRY WATSON (alias of WINFREY) at apartment: 11, 4014 Travis

Street, Dallas...A BuAgent checked the parking lot of this apart-

ment house on 9/3/63 and observed WINFREY's Oldsmobile parked

there.

The above information was furnished to Lt. JACK REVILL

on 9/5/63.

exAs

Re :

SHERMAN FRANKLIN

MILE, aka.

IGA"

(DL 162129)

On 9/3 and 5/63, LITTLE's residence in Irving, I

r.

Texas,

and the apartment house where he had been operating in Grand Prairie,

Texas, were checked, however, no automobiles known to be used by

LITTLE or associate MELVIN COX, were observed. Chief of Police

FRED CONOVER, Grand Prairie, Texas. advised officers had not observed

LITTLE's car

at the

apartment house in over a month.

Re: HOLLYWOOD RACE BOOK

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

ITWI - 00- LAS VEGAS

(DL 165-142)

By airtel 8/23/63, Las Vegas Office furnished telephone

numbers being called from the subject agency.

It is noted that

this agency was formerly owned by former Dallas resident, JOINIE

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