Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: COLARELLI, THOMAS L.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 06/29/1970
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/1/2015

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-10195-10327

HQ

92-11305-27

Released under the John

• Kennedy

assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

{44 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:WH 45865 Date:

11-17-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

COLARELLI, THOMAS L.

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE :

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

06/29/1970

23

GMC, ASSOC, INVEST, IDENT

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4; 10(a)2

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 03/02/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 2

v9.1

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263 (Rev. 12-19-67)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

NEW ORLEANS

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

NEW ORLEANS

• TITLE OF CASE

JOSEPH ROBERT PROVENZANO, aka -

ET AL;

DR. SALVATORE CARUSO, aka -

ET AL - VICTIMS

hisf

DATE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

• 2/12/70-6/10/70

6/29/70

REPORT MADE -BY

SA THOMAS L. COLARELLI

CHARACTER OF CASE

TYPED BY

nmb

POSSIBLE ITSP

REFERENCE:

New Orleans report of SA THOMAS I. COLARELLI, 4/27/76.

- P.-

JEK Act 6 (4)

INFORMANTS:

furnished the following

information to SA KENNETH. P. HUGHES on 2/26/70:

Informant advised that he had recently returned to

Mississippi from New Orleans, La., and he stated that while

he was in New Orleans, he talked

with THOMAS AMATO, who is

probably identical with THOMAS

¡MATO, aka Tomatz, who is

known to the New Orleans Office.

informant advised that

ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED

•X NONE

CONVIC

AUTO.

FUG.

FINES

SAVINGS

RECOVERIES

ACQUIT.

TALS

CASE HAS BEEN:

PENDING OVER ONE YEAR DYES LINO

PENDING PROSECUTION

OVER SIX MONTHS

YES DANO

APPROVED

SPECIAL AGENT

IN CHARGE

COPIES MADE::

- Bureau/

2-11305) (RM)

- USA, "New

Orleans,

La.

(RM)

1

2

- Departmental Atty, N.0.,- La. (RM)

- Dallas (87-18080)

2 - Jackson (92-248) (RM)

2 - New Orleans (92-1029)

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

92-11305427

Act- 33

• JUL 1 1970

EX-115

ETERINESS

Dissemination Record of Attached Report

Notations

Agency

Request Recd.

Date Fwd.

How Fwd.

SIFT, SECT.

By

Fa6.

DAUL®

1970

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NO 92-1029

AMATO was connected with CARLOS MARCELLO; however, he did not

furnish information which would indicate how he is connected

with MARCELLO.

Informant advised that in talking to AMATO, AMATO

had stated that he knew that JIMMY JAMES was going to be

"hit" three or four months before he had been killed.

Informant stated there were two

stories curculating concerning.

the murder of JAMES, one of which was that JAMES was fooling

around with a pimp's woman and the pimp killed JAMES; and the

second story is that a group from New Orleans wanted a

kickback for a return of some $30, 000 to $40, 000 that JAMES

reportedly obtained in a card game in Westwego or Grand Isles

La.

Informant advised that JAMES's wife CAROLYN NORRIS JAMES

works a pigeon drop scheme with

her Negro maid,

On 5/5/70 NO 1283-PC advised SA HAROLD V. HUGHES

that he, had not learned the name of the trailer park in which

ELDON LEGAN is currently residing in the West Bankarea of

the Mississippi River adjacent to New Orleans. On 6/4/70

source advised that he believed that LEGAN was living in the

Breaux Trailer Park on Barataria Blvd. in Marrero, La.

LEADS:

DALLAS

locate

AT BIG SPRINGS, TEXAS. Will continue efforts to

and interview GEORGE ALBERT MC GANN as expeditiously

as possible, as Departmental Attorney, New Orleans Strike

Force, planning to subpoena him in the near future.

JACKSON

AT GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI. Will maintain contact

with sources to develop information re JAMES's death and

the identity of Unsub #2.

B

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