Originator: FBI
From: SAC, PG
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 01/23/1959
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/28/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10283-10044

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-2914-60

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, PG

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 01/23/1959

PAGES:

4

SUBJECTS :

GM, WHEREABOUTS, ASSOC, JRM, SJL, RACK AND SUBV

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/15/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

INC MEMO

Assassination Records Collection sot of

1992(44 USC 2107 Notel. Case#:Nvy

56252 Date: 09-22-2022

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

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Date:

1/23/59

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UGL

TO :

FROM:

SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR, FBI (92-2914)

SAC, PITTSBURGH (92-236)

GABRIEL MANNARINO, aka.-

(00 - Pittsburgh)

St

Confidential Source FRANK HOAG (protect), a Pittsburgh

businessman with whom contact has been insufficient to determine

his degree of reliability, on 1/22/59 advised SA JOHN S. PORTELLA

that he was introduced to subject early one morning during

March, 1958, at the Ankara Night Club on Route 51, Pleasant Hills

Borough, Pa.

During their brief conversation HOAG mentioned

CO MANNARINO that he might possibly vacation in Miami during

the

summer whereupon MANNARINO took a

"Seagull" Hotel match book out

of his pocket and wrote his name on the inside cover, saying

If HOAG came to Miami to "just ask for KELLY" after registering

at the hotel. As a matter of information HOAG did not follow

through with his plans to vacation in Florida and has not seen

MANNARINO since their meeting in the Ankara.

He stated he

did not know of the Bureau's interest in MANNARINO at the

time otherwise he would have made this information available.

MIAMI noted ALBERT SEID, aka. AD ROSS, FBI #574183,

reputed triggerman for the MANNARINO organization, in interview

with SA ROBERT K. LEWIS in Miami 7/10/58, mentioned that WILLIE

SAMS, FBI #3029519, long identified with the organization,

stayed at the

"Seagull"

Hotel during July, 1958.

This was

confirmed by SA LEWIS in interview with top jewel thief

JOE MEROLA during July.

PCI T. MEADE MC LISTER (protect), a numbers writer in Wheeling,

W. Va., who has furnished reliable information in the past

3 = Видная

- Miami' (92-143)

3 - Pittsburgh

RGD : vmm

(1-92-226) 735

AIR 929152-2914

(8)

1959

Approved:

Sent

Per

Special

Agent in Charge

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

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PG- 92-236

based on his experience in the rackets, on 1/7/59 advised

SA BRONI S. MACYS that subject had been hiding in Cuba until

the revolution broke out and then returned to Florida where he

has been staying permanently.: MC LISTER developed this

information through a source he refuses to identify and pointed

out his source says there is no question that SLIM SILVERMAN

and SHIKE. LEVINE are close to subject in Miami and know his

whereabouts at all times. MC LISTER said his source knows

that subject atterded the Orange Bowl game in Miami on 1/1/59

in the company of SILVERMAN and LEVINE and that he lost a

large sum of money betting on the outcome of the game.

Accorâ

ing to MC LISTER,

subject frequently goes to Tropical Park

Race Track and that jockey SAMMY BOULMETIS, who is very close

to SILVERMAN and LEVINE, might be in contact with subject.

Regular contact is being maintained with MC LISTER for additional

information.

Miami note - subject is rumored to be with SEBASTIAN JOHN

LA ROCCA, another Pittsburgh top hoodlum.

The Bureau has instructed that intensive effort should be made

to determine subject's whereabouts and each lead should receive

prompt and vigorous attention. The Bureau advised that

auxiliary offices receiving such leads should recognize the

importance of affording them preferred attention.

Miami, through sources and informants, or if advisable through

open contact with established sources at "Seagull" Hotels

attempt to determine whether MANNARINO has accommodations

there and, if so, notify the U. S. Marshal.

check be made of hotel registrations for month of July, 1958

when SAMS was stopping at the "Seagull" Hotel if such investi-

gation considered advisable under the circumstances.

Miami follow through on allegation that SILVERMAN and LEVINE

and possibly BOULMETIS know subject's whereabouts. If sources

and informants are unable to pin down

this allegation consider

interviewing BOULMETIS to develop as informant.

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Approved:

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M' Per

Special Agent in Charge

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