Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: NY
To: HQ
Document date: 7/8/58
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER:

FBI

124-10347-10050

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

CR. 92-2984-25

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM:

NY

TO:

HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 07/08/1958

PAGES:

37

SUBJECTS :

JAMES PLUMERI

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS:

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DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 10/29/1998

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SUMMARY

REPORT FORM

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Name, vincenzo Dominick Plumeri

Jimmy Doyle, James D. Plumert,

James Dominick Plumeri

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SUMMARY REPORT (SEE BUFILE 62117290)

JAMES PLUMERI,

FBI Number 672798, was born VINCENZO. DOMINICK

PLUMERI, on 4/11/03 at Regalbuto, Providencetor catanian

Sicily.

He entered U.S. aboard

the "SS City of Naples"

10/14/03. Naturalized 7/29/26, USDC, ISDNY.

Subject employed

or associated with Ell Gee Carriers, Seambindings, Incos and

Barton Trucking Company, all 254 west 35th Street, NYC.

PLUMERI resides Apt 140%

400 East 59th Street, NYCS with

wifen MARY.

Former residence set forth.

Relatives andS

Identification record

set forth:

subject associated with

well known hoodlums and while wife, MARY, was residing 9224

Dickens Avenue, Suriside, Florida, PLUMERI was living with

3B, 165 west 20th Street, NYO, so

FBI Number 5051782:

one VICKIE GARGUILOR PLUMERI has been characterized as a former

Lepke-Gurrah mobster and an underworld manipulator controlling.

boxing. Description set forth.

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INFORMANTS

contacted by SA ROGER H.

ALLRED on

1 9/3/56

BEN BOWERING, Senior

Parole Officer, NY

State Dept. of Parole,

320 Broadway, NYC

Records of Central

Investigation Bureau,

NYCPD, 400 Broome St,

T-3

NAT FLEISCHER, Editor

of "Ring Magazine"

I'-4

Records of NYC Anti

Crime Committee, made

available by

Investigator ED JONES

contacted by SA JOSEPH H.

GAMBLE

TONY SOGGIN,

Superintendant,

165 W. 20th St., NYC

( PCI)

T-6

Records of Dun and

Bradstreet, furnished

by Mrs. MARY CORTAPANO

to IC THOMAS A. MC CARTHY

ADMINISTRATIVE

It is pointed out that JAMES PLUMERI, with aliases,

is currently the subject of three anti-racketeering cases in

the New York Office.

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Associates

on 5/29/53, NY 842-C advised that the Masters Trucking

Association was made up of the Italian racketeering element.

NY 842-C related that in 1948-1949, this association tried to

buck ABE CHAIT, top hoodlum, New York Office, for control of

trucking in the garment center area, but were unsuccessful.

Recently, however, Masters Trucking has been showing great

strength

and is reportedly making headway against CHAIT in the

garment center. According to NY 842-C, this association is made

up of the following individuals:

JAMES PLUMERI

JOHN, FRANK and THOMAS DIOGUARDI

JOE STRACCI, all top hoodlums of the New York Office

MOE KLAMAS

ARTHUR ROCCAMENTE

ANTHONY TREZINI

It is believed that the aforementioned organization

is identical with the Master Trucking Of America, 110 west

40th Street, NYC, of which MORRIS (MOE) KLAMAS is Executive

Director.

NY 842-C related on 6/14/53 that SAM BERGER, a close

merican federation of Labor,

is completely controlled by

ABE CHAIT and in his position, CHAIT

can bring union pressure to bear on any member and call strikes

when it is to the interest of CHAIT and his associates.

NY 842-C

related that CHAIT exerts great power in the Pennsylvania garment

industry and that he derives his power from an organization

known as the United Popular Dress Manufacturers Association,

470 7th Avenue, New York City. The head of this association

iS ABRAHAM GLASSBERG, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

BARNEY FISHGOLD, wa.,

Bert Fielding, is in the direct

employ of ABE CHAIT and is a roving delegate for the association.

FISHGOLD is a strongarm man and sees that CHAIT's policies are

carried out for the Pennsylvania area. FISHGOLD was convicted

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of murder in the early 1920's and was sentenced to the death

house at Sing Sing Prison.

However, his death sentence was

commuted

and FISHGOLD was released

from sing Sing in 1947, on

a legal technicality.

As to the above individuals connection with JAMES

PLUMERI, NY 842-C pointed out that on January 2, 1950, FISHGOLD

met with DUTCH GOLDBERG, JAMES PLUMERI, JOHN DIOGUARDI ato

the Vanderbilt Hotel in

According to NY 842-0,

DUTCH GOLDBERG is awaiting deportation hearings by the INS.

NY 842-0 related that JAMES PLUMERI and JOHNNY

DIOGUARDI were at the Vanderbilt Hotel for a winter vacation;

also present at this hotel was ABE GLASSBERG, President of the

Pennsylvania Dress Makers Association. According to NY 842-0,

FISHGOLD continues in the garment making industry in Pennsylvania,

with shops in Olyphant and Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Legitimate Enterprises

Angelo Palanges Restaurant

105 Sunny Isle Boulevard

163rd Street and Collins Avenue

Miami Beach, Florida

TONY SOGGIN, Superintendent, 165 West 20th St., NYC, (PCI)

advised on February 17, 1950, that VICKIE GARGUILO, who resides

with JIMMY DOYLE in Apartment 3B, 165 West 20th Street, New

avis dinin that bo

York City, advised him that DOYLE owns three businesses in New •

York City

and a restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida. He was

unable to advise as to the name of this restaurant, but stated

he would attempt to obtain this information.

On February 27, 1958, SOGGIN advised that he had not

seen JIMMY DOYLE for approximately one and one-half weeks, but

that he had seen VICKIE GARGUILO.

He stated he obtained information which reflected

that DOYLE owns the Angelo Palanges Restaurant, 150 Sunny Isle

Boulevard, 163rd Street and Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida,

and that DOYLE was presently in Miami, Florida.

He advised

that DOYLE would remain in Florida until March 31, 1958, or during

the week of March 3, 1958. SOGGIN stated that this restaurant

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PuuMeRl wrote on february 20, 1950, that "he has

to wait around for the

people to come back from Pittsburgh

so that he can arrange

a date for the closing, which ought to

be around the first week in April."

NY 842-C advised in February, 1958, that as far as

he knew, PLUMERI was in Florida, and that PLUMERL, with FRANK

DIO, owns the Angelo Palanges Restaurant in Miami, Florida.

He stated that PLUMERI had been

partners with PALANGES and

eventually PLUMERI and DIO forced PALANGES out of business.

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