Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: EDGERTON, HAROLD J.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 05/17/1968
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

4/23/201

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10290-10440

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 92-2824-137

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: EDGERTON, HAROLD J.

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 05/17/1968

PAGES:

39

SUBJECTS :

JFC, TRA, BKG, EMP, MED, WHEREABOUTS, SUR, ASSOC

AND REL, LCN, TELEPHONE TOLL, MARSHAL, AARON

SAMUEL, INTV

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/12/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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FD-263 (Rev. 3-8-67)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVEJTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

DALLAS

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DALLAS

TITLE OF CASE

JOSEPH PRANCIS CIVELLO aka

DATE

5/17/68

REPORT MADE BY

HAROLD J. EDGERTON

CHARACTER OF CASE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

1/29 - 5/9/68

AR

TYPED BY

pw

333

REFERENCES:

Report of SA HAROLD J. EDGERTON dated 3/28/68

at Dallas.

Noto letter.

letter to Dallas dated 3/19/68.

Chicago letters to Dallas dated 3/26; 4/6,18/68.

Houston letter to Dallas dated 3/29/68.

St. Louis letter to Dallas dated 3/29/68.

-P-

CON VIC.

AUTO.

APPROVED

COPIES MADE:

LEADS

DALLAS

AT DALLAS, TEXAS. 1. Will continue to spot

check subject's activities

so as to be aware of his

whereabouts and activities.

FUG.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED

- None

FINES

SAVINGS

ACQUIT.

RECOVERIES

TALS

CASE HAS BEEN:

PENDING OVER ONE YEAR IXTYES NO

PENDING PROSECUTION

OVER SIX MONTHS

DYES XINO

SPECIAL AGENT

1 IN CHARGE

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

92-2824-137

REC 5

Bureau (92-2824)

USA, Fort Worth

2

- Dallas (92-36)

10L

25 MAY 21 1968

Dissemination Record of Attached Report

Agency

Request Recd.

Criminal Division,

Of ed Crime and Racketeering 5/28/68

How FuS

5 A 2 1969524 / 249

Section,

Notations

* U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1967 0-273-877

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2. Will maintain contacts with informants.

3. Will arrange with JAMES M. VAUGHAN, JR., Area

Security Manager, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company,

to

review toll records on public telephone located at the

Airway Liquor Store.

Will, after background information on JOHN

MATRANGA furnished by Houston Office, set out lead to have

him interviewed as to his dealings and contacts with CIVELLO.

ADMINISTRATIVE

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE

DISSEMINATED OUTSIDE FBI OR DISCUSSED WITH

ANYONE OUTSIDE FBI UNLESS CORROBORATED BY

AN INDEPENDENT SOURCE.

On 1/29/68, LA 4487-PC advised SA ROBERT E. RUSSELL

that he and JOSEPH FRANCIS CIVELLO had been close friends in

Dallas when they were very young men, almost from the time

CIVELLO first arrived in Dallas (about 1924). He said they

"ran around together" a great deal before either of then

became married.

He said that CIVELLO preceded him in

marriage. (CIVELLO was married 11/24/29) •

He stated that CIVELLO's father operated a grocery

store and that he (target) worked in a tobacco shop next door.

Target advised that although he, himself, moved to

the Los Angeles area from Dallas in December, 1940, he and

his wife have continued to be close friends of CIVELLO.

Without any questioning or prompting whatsoever,

target voluntarily stated that CIVELLO and his wife MARY

were his house guests for about ten days in November, 1967,

when

the CIVELLOs vacationed in California.

Target stated

that he took five or six days off work in order that he and

his wife could drive the CIVELLOs to San Francisco where, ne

said, they stayed only long enough to take a tour of that

city.

He then drove them to Lake Tahoe, Reno, and Virginia

City, Nevada.

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Target stated that ROSs MUSsO, Dallas, Is arso a

close personal acquaintance of his and that MUSSO is marriec

to FRANCES CIVELLO, the sister of JOSEPH CIVELLO.

He advised

that the MUSSOs and CIVELLOs reside in the same house in

Dallas.

He stated that the MUSSOs visited him and his wife

in March, 196%, when they were in the Los Angeles area vaca

tioning for about two weeks.

The fact that MUSSO was in the Los Angeles area

from approximately 3/14/67, until 3/28/67, and was in personal

contact with target was verified through physical surveillance

by Special Agents of the Los Angeles Office as set forth in

the report of SA HAROLD J. EDGERTON dated 5/26/67, Dallas,

ROSARIO MUSSO has been identified as a member of

LCN in Dallas.

Target advised that the mother of JOSEPH CIVELLO,

CATHERINE DI BENEDETTO, and the father of target's wife were

brother and sister; therefore, JOSEPH CIVELLO and target's

wife are first cousins.

The third contact with target by sa russel, held

at the time and location selected by target, was 2/7/68.

He advised that CIVELLO's parents were CATHERINE

DI BENEDETTO and PHILIP CIVELLO.

He stated that he does not at this time recall

the name of his, target's, father-in-law, whom he reiterate

was the brother

of CATHERINE DI BENEDETTO.

He said that his

wife's father died when she was a child, before he (target)

even knew her.

He repeated that through the above relation-

ship, his

wife is a first cousin of JOSEpH CILLO.

He stated that when CIVELLO and his wife were in

California in November, 1967, the few days they spent in

the Los Angeles area were spent exclusively with target

and his wife and they lived at target's apartment.

C

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DL 92-36

NICK ANTHONY D'BENEDETTO

4458 Tupelo

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Previous investigation of target determined phone

calls from target's residence were made

to the above person.

On 2/7/68, target advised that this person was his

wife's brother. He stated that this man died about three

years ago following surgery in Houston, Texas, to replace

a heart valve.

He stated that NICK ANTHONY D'BENEDETTO'S wife

is ELSIE and that she still resides at the above address.

CHARLES D'BENEDETTO

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Target advised that this man is his wife's

brother.

FRANCES D' BENEDETTO

On 2/7/68, target stated that FRANCES D'BENEDETTO

the mother of his wife and that she lived for several

years at 3654 West 63rd Street, Los Angeles, until her

NICK D'BENEDETTO

Port Allen, Louisiana

Previous investigation of target's background.

developed that this person may be related to taget and/or

JOSEPH CMLLO. His wife has been determined to be PEARL L.

D'BENEDETTO and an automobile registered to her at 819

Avenue F, Port Allen, Louisiana, was observed parked in the

driveway of CIVELLO's residence

in Dallas on 1/19/64.

Target advised that this NICK D'BENEDETTO is

another branch of his wife's family and that he is not

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well enough acquainted with them to be able to explain

the exact relationship of that person to JOSEPH CIVELLO.

He stated that PEARL L. D'BENEDETTO is unknown to him.

On 3/29/68, KENNETH SHAW (protect), Manager,

General Telephone Company of the Southwest,

100 West Oak

Street, Denton, Texas, advised SA ROBERT P. BUTLER that

Denton

exchange 387-4402 was installed in October, 1967,

Apartment C.

has been reassigned to another party•.

Information available

in his records reflects that KLEYPAS is the son of EUGENE A.

KLEYPAS, 2100 Louisiana Street, Baytown, Texas, whose tele-

phone number is Area Code 713,

582-5406. KLEYPAS is a

senior at North Texas State University, Denton.

Information obtained from the records of Southern

Bell Telephone and

Telegraph Company, 525 Florida Boulevard,

Baton Rouge; Louisiana, on 2/27/68, by SA RICHARD K. BUTL

was made available by E. E. TUrnLey, District security

supervisor, Southern Bell Telephone

and Telegraph Company,

525 Florida Boulevard, Baton Rouge.

IDENTITY OF INFORMANTS

DL T-1 is JERRY SLAUGHTER, Area Security Manager,

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Houston, Texas, Con-

tacted on 3/7/68, by SA RICHARD W. SUTER.

DL T-2 is MI 623-C-TE.

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