Originator: FBI
From: DL
To: HQ
Document date: 1959-08-19 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/17/201

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-90118-10185

RECORD SERIES:

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

HQ

92-2897-92

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: DL

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 08/19/1959

PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS:

HARRY RAYMOND POPE

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 08/17/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: AT

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

v

FBI

Date:

8/19/59

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(Type in plain text or code)

Via

AIRTEL

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

TO

:

DIRECTOR, FBI (92-2897)

FROM : SAC, DALIAS (88-2749)

SUBJECT:

HARRY RAYMOND POPE,

aka.

- FUGITIVE,

I. 0. # 3285, W. F.

#229

UFAP - BURGLARY, ADW

PEGGY ANN FRYE, aka. - FUGITIVE

UFAP - BURGLARY, ADW - HARBORING

Re Dallas airtel to Bureau, 8/18/59.

By airtel 8/17/59 the Salt Lake City Office advised

that investigation at Las Vegas, Nevada, had been unproductive

in the location of POPE's present wife,

PEGGY GAFFORD. Arrange-

ments have been made by Salt Lake City to be advised upon the

return of GAFFORD to Las Vegas.

By airtel 8/17/59 the Miami Office advised that there

were no houses of prostitution operating in the West Palm Beach,

Florida, area but that appropriate coverage of suspected call

operations

had been made in an effort to locate the present

whereabouts of FRYE.

On 8/18 and 8/19/59 Mr. R. A. BURROW, Chief Special

Agent, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Dallas (PROTECT

IDENTITY) advised that his office was making a complete check of

all toll calls from the phones of FRYE's mother, RUBY JELSEN, and

FRYE's sister, MARGORIE LOFTICE, to ascertain if a call was made

these phones to the Oklahoma City PCI DORIS HOWARD. Mr.

BURROW stated the check was not complete as it entailed

a great/

deal of book work but that he would immediately notify the Dallas

Office upon

obtaining any pertinent information.

3) - Bureau

2 - Oklahoma City

2 - Dallas

RMB/ SC

(7)

EX-124

REG 43

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Approved:

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Special Agent in Charge

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• A.

DI 88-2749

On 8/18/59 FRYE'S

sister, MARGORIE LOFTICE, WaS

reinterviewed as a matter of routine and in order to allay

LOFTICE denied any contact with any

Know person with flyE or POpE since last interviewed.

She stated that about two weeks ago she got a

call from an

unidentified man who stated he wanted to talk to fRyE.

LOFTICE

stated she had forgot to contact the FBI concerning this call

as she

had previously promised.

Sheriff BILL DECKER, Dallas SO, on 8/18/59 advisec

ne had received an anonymous tip that or

8/17/59 POPE and/or

FRYE had contacted Fort Worth police character ANGELO THOMAS

CASTEN requesting financial assistance.

CASTEN has been inter-

viewed on numerous occasions by Bureau Agents and has been most

uncooperative.

On 8/18/59 BILL ALEXANDER, Dallas County Assistant

District Attorney, advised he had information from a police

character whom he

described as a reliable source, as follows:

When questioned by ALEXANDER concerning the whereabouts

of POPE, source stated he had not seen POPE but that a friend of

his (the source.) had seen POPE about a week ago at a trailer

lot operated by FLOYD VINCENT's widow (LOIS VINCENT) near

Richland Hills, a suburb of Fort Worth.

The source stated it

was his understanding that POPE had been in contact on numerous

occasions with LOIS VINCENT during the past two or three months

partyIngthile POpe was "partying with Lots" pEddy fRys was.

with police character, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN NEWMAN.

The source had no information that POPE and FRYE had split up.

Investigation to verify this information 1s presently being

conducted by Dallas at Fort Worth.

on 8/18/59 Detective H. M. HARI, Dallas PD, Crimina.

Intelligence Section, advised he had information that the bail

bond money, $15,000,

recently put up for the release of LILA JO

BENTLEY, POPE'S

ex-wile, consisted of $10,000 on a property bond

signed by LILLY IRBY, BENTLEY's aunt, and $5,000 put up by Pope.

HARI stated his informant told him that POPE makes contact with

IRBY for relay to BENTLEY through IRBY's brother in Lewisville,

Texas.

LILLY IRBY has been previously interviewed on two

occasions by Bureau agents concerning this bond and contacts

with POPE and has vigorously denied the above allegation.

Oklahoma City at Midwest City through telephone company

immediately ascertain any long distance calls made by PCI DORIS

HOWARD.

If information developed is pertinent, sutel Dallas in

view of arrangements being made for 8/21/59 concerning coverage

of HOWARD at Dallas.

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