Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: BUEGLER, VERNON G.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 12/19/1968
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

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JFK Assassination System

Date:

4/17/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

FBI

124-10286-10287

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 93-36026-12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: BUEGLER, VERNON G.

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 12/19/1968

PAGES:

53

SUBJECTS:

DS, B/F INT, RES, TRA, P/P, ASSOC, WHEREABOUTS, SMITH,

ANESTER C., INTV

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/18/1999

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: INC 6 RPT, MEMO, ENV, DEPOSITION .

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DATE: 11-14-2017

NO 93-1821

ADMINISTRATIVE:

Tworcopies of this report are being furnished Bureau

in view of Departmental interest.

•In addition to instant AFA case, it is observed

that New Orleans indices contain numerous references to

DALTON CARL SMITH. In the brief, the following are set forth:

NO 92-836-99 is Denver airtel 12/1/70 (Denver fide

92-630) to Los Angeles (92-1278), DALTON CARL SMITH, AR (00:

LA), which shows on 11/30/70 CSND 239-C reported that DALTON

si Thát

•SMITH, formerly of New Orleans, has moved into an elaborate

residence at 100 Vine Street, Denver, Colorado.

Infor mant

stated it is reported that SMITH recently purchased this resi

dence which is located in a very

expensive residential area

in the Denver Country Club District.

Informant related that SMITH is currently in daily

contact with HOWARD P. CARROLL, formerly identified by this

informant as the operator of Howard P. Carroll Investment

Company,

located in the Colorado Building'in downtown Denver.

He stated that CARROLL, who is an ex-convict, is a former stock-

broker who from time to time has operated as an oil and real

estate promotor in

the Denver

area.

He stated CARROLL is now

reportedly engaged

as a stock and

securities promotor and

that SMITH makes frequent contacts to CARROLLUs office in the

Colorado Building.

It was determined on 11/30/70 that DALTON SMITH,

100 Vine Street, Denver, has telephone number 322-2885.

At 2:00 p.m., on 11/30/70, SA PAUL E. BUSH observed

parked in the

garage driveway of the residence at 100 Vine

Street a late model station wagon bearing Louisiana license

plates

278-B741.

Denver set forth it is making additional inquiries

concerning the current activities of SMITH.

92-836-100 is New Orleans airtel 1/13/71 to Denver

and Los Angeles and shows

1970-71 Louisiana license 278B471

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collertion

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NO 93-1821

is registered to GAIL SMITH, 2100 Holiday Drive, New Orleans,

La., for a 1969 Ford station wagon.

GAIL SMITH

is the

wifeoof DALTON CARL SMITH, and according to New

Orleans

sources, they, are not separated from each other.

NO 166-797-57 is Los Angeles airtel, 3/2/71,

(LA 166-1875) to Bureau (166-4028), Denver (92-630) and

other offices,

in case entitled,

"MAURICE MEDLEVINE,

aka,

ET AL: ITAR - EXTORTION: ITSP: CONSPIRACY: BOND

DALTON CARL SMITH previously convicted in USDC,

Los Angeles, on 1/12/71, appeared before U.S.

District Judge MANUEL REAL, Los Angeles, on 3/I771.

SMITH was sentenced to five years in custody of

Attorney General on Count 1, Conspiracy, Fitle 18,

U.S. Code, Section 371, and ten years on each of 17

counts of

Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property,

Title 18, U.S. Code, Sections 2314 and 2315.

Sen-

tences were ordered

to run concurrently and under Sec-

tion 4208C, which provides for a three-months study

of the prisoner.

Judge REAL said that after

the

study was received by him he would entertain a motion

for modification of sentence.

He ordered SMITH'S

bond exonerated and placed in the immediate custody of

SMITH's attorney requested

that SMIll be, continued on bond in view of his pre-

sence being necessary for SMITH's defense in a

local theft charge.

Judge REAL then amended the

sentence and allowed SMITH to remain free on $15,000

bond and

ordered him to proceed with his appeal

on this case as quickly as possible.

AUSA DAVID R. NISSEN, Chief of the Eráminal Division,

USA's office, adiised

that in order for SMiTh to quality under

Rule 4208C that REAL should have had to sentence SMITH to

the maximum sentere which. in this case, is 175 years.

NO 137-2451 shows on 4/12/71 NO 1283-PC advised SAs

THOMAS L. COLARELLI and HAROLD V. HUGHES that SMITH was in

New Orleans last week briefly traveling with some male movée

star, name unknown, with whom he is in business in Denver,

Colorado, in the manufacturing of plastic dishes and ashtrays,

etc.

Name of company is unknown to the source.

Source advised

that SMITH is extremely upset concerning his recent conviction

in Federal Court in Los Angeles and is attempting to go

legitimate because of it:

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On 7/6/71, NO 1283-PC advised SA HAROLD V. HUGHES

that SMITH who resides somewhere in the Denver area

was last

known to be in the plastics business as of approximately

two months ago.

Source has

no idea regarding SMITH's

financial ability.

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