Originator: FBI
From: CV
To: HQ
Document date: 07/01/1959
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/2/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90100-10189

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 52-72398-169

Released under the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW

64579 Date: 12-14-2022

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07/01/1959

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JOSEPH RAYMOND MEROLA

STUART SUTOR

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CV 52-1918

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In view of the above information reflecting that

DE SIMIO is at the present time in Cuba, no efforts will

be made by the Cleveland Office to interview him.

On June 3, 1959, the Baltimore Office advised

that Mr. ROBERT GARNER, Manager, Chesapeake and Potomic

Telephone Company,

who requested his name remain confidential

in view of his position, advised SA FREDERICK W. WILSON

that Cumberland, Maryland, telephone number 9807 is non-

existent.

The following listings are the only ones in

which that number group appears: PArkview 2-900%, which Is

a pay phone at DeHaven's Tavern, Corrigansville, Maryland,

and PArkview 4-9807, which is a pay phone at Home Pharmacy,

Inc., Cumberland, Maryland.

In view of the above, no additional investigation

is being conducted concerning

these telephone numbers.

On May 29, 1959, Legat at Havana advised the

Bureau HAV-4 stated

that

the following are the subscribers

to the telephone numbers listed:

Havana telephone 34751 is listed to the Bank of

Nova Scotia, Havana, Cuba.

Havana telephone 31-0562 is listed to OLIMPIA SAINZ

of the Focsa Building, Havana, Cuba.

- ROTHMAN in the past has resided at the Focsa Building,

according to HAV 4. XU

Havana telephone 21-0958 is listed to ALBERTO ARDURA

MOYA, one of the

owners of the tropicana Night club in

havana, cuba. & U

Havana telephone,

30-5511 is listed to the Hotel

Capri, Havana, Cuba.

Havana telephone 7-7109 is listed to ANGEL

EUGENIO GONZALEZ. MU

Havana telephone 29-3063 is listed to MANUEI

RODRIGUEZ, Avenida 49, No. 5410, Marianao, Cuba.

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CV 52-1918

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ential

Havana telephone 2-0892 is listed to the

Tropicana Night club. AlU

This source stated that there was no listing

for 4-7451 and stated that this was undoubtedly 3-4751.

Source also advised that there was no listing tor 29-1475. X(U)

Legat stated that they would attempt to identify

TED KING,

who was called atthe Capri Hotel on October 27,

1958, and ANGEL EUGENIO GONZALEZ, who was called on November

1950, and January 14,

1959, MANUEL RODRIGUEZ, who was

called on January 14, 1959, and EFRAIN, who was called at

the Tropicana Night Club

Report of SA ROBERT G. BARTHOL, dated January 28,

1959, at San Francisco entitled,

"KENNETH MERLE SMITH, aka;

RICHARD LEWIS BOWDEN, aka; ROY EUGENE MORGAN; HAROLD EUGENE

RUPERIS aKa., BANK ROBBERY, TGP, ITSP, ITSMV," reflects that

subject RUPERT and MORGAN burglarized

an armory in Indiana

and obtained numerous weapons and later buried the guns

near Benton Harbor, Michigan,

The San Francisco Office was requested to

interview the subjects regarding their knowledge or possible

implication in instant theit at Canton, Ohio.

On. May 28, 1959, San Francisco Office advised that

ROY EUGENE MORGAN was presently serving a sentence of one year

in the solano County Jail, Fairfield, California; on a

burglary charge and was reinterviewed on May 11, 1959, by

SA ROBERT G. BARTHOL. He again denied any knowledge of any

armory burglary.

It was noted by the San Francisco Office

that Subject BOWDEN and SMITH were not involved in the farmory

burglaries and the whereabouts of RUPERT are unknown. •

On May 28, 1959, PCI PETE SHRUM advised that he •

had no information regarding the sale of Ml rifles by

He stated that he has not seen MITCHELI

in over a month and does not believe that he is in the Canton

area any longer.

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CV. 52-1918

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vential

On June 22, 1959, CV-438-C advised SA JAMES E.

GILLEY that ROSE LEE COSGROVE lived with a man named ROGERS

who worked for the E. W. Bliss Company•

Until about one

month ago, ROSE COSGROVE had worked at the Coffee Cup in

Canton and lived in the room above the Modern Diner.

CV-438-C advised on June 22, 1959, that he had

not seen GEORGE FLOREA in several weeks and

had not seen

nim frequenting the Varsity Cafe in Canton, Ohio, during

that time.

le stated he did not know the present whereabouts

of FLOREA.

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