Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: CG
To: HQ
Document date: 04/25/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

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Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

FBI

124-90075-10036

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR 165-969-1

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

CG

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 04/25/1963

PAGES:

5

SUBJECTS :

LEONARD PATRICK

MAX NETTER

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

11/04/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

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CHICAGO

AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

1.

Will maintain contact

with logical informants in an effort to ascertain extent

of subject's gambling activities.

2.

• Will at Department of Licenses, City Hall,

Chicago, review appropriate records for further infor-

mation concerning the ownership of Mr. T's Cocktail

Lounge, 5240 Sheridan Road, Chicago.

3. Will attempt to ascertain telephone numbers

utilized by

the subject and Chicago toll call listings in

an effort to determine whether subject is engaged in

interstate gambling activities.

ADMINISTRATIVE

A search of the indices of the Chicago Office

revealed the following information concerning the subject:

On January 18, 1956, former CG 6036-C advised

SA JOHN B. HARRINGTON thatacard room was operated at

841 or 851 Eastwood Avenue, Chicago, by one MAX

NETTLER

for Chicago hoodlum LEONARD PATRICK.

He said the room

operated with each player paying $.50 to $1.50 an hour

depending on the type of game being played.

He further

advised that MAX NETTLER who resided in the Sheridan Road

area was also reported to operate a small handbook from his

apartment.

On January 18, 1962, CG 6443-C advised SA WILLIAM

A. MEINCKE that the Sherone Hotel in the vicinity of Sheridan.

Road and Eastwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, used to

belong to an old "outfit hoodlum"

named MAX NETTLER.

said that after NETTLER's death one BILL GOLD took over the

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supervision and was in charge of all gambling in the

district.

He said also that some of the largest pro-

fessional gamblers in Chicago reportedly go to this

location to gamble.

He said that gamblers are reported

to congregate

at the Sherone Hotel almost

every evening

to play "pam" which is a sort of "faro" played with eight

decks of cards.

On March 1, 1962, CG 6538-C-TE advised SA AUGUST

C. KEMPFF that a pangini game was operating on Eastwood

Avenue at Sheridan Road in Chicago.

He said the game

was owned by Chicago hoodlums, PHIL ALDERISIO and OBBI

FRABOTTA.

The informant also

advised that a man by the

name of MAX NETTLER books sports out of this location.

On October 5, 1962, CG 6538-C-TE advised

SA KEMPFF that a sports book operated for the "syndicate"

by one SABBY RUSSANO is taking lay off bets from other

bookmakers in the Chicago area.

According to the informant

one of the bookmakers who was laying off bets with them was

a man by the name of MAX NETTLER and one RONNIE (LNU) has

told the informant that they are very careful not to accept

bets from out of state bookmakers and favor local action.

On November 9, 1962, CG 6538-C-TE advised

SA KEMPFF that MAX NETTLIR was an associate of "MILWAUKEE"'

PHIL ALDERISIO and bets anywhere from $30 to $40 a week.

He said NETTLER is a central figure who handles lay off

action for other bookies and is said to have unlimited

credit with all of the bookmakers in the city.

He further

all over

the country who call him at pre-determined telephone numbers

to arrange for lay off action. The informant was not sure

whether this lay off action concerned bets or horse races

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or national sports.

information

The informant related that this

was received from an individual who was an

employee of a large sports book and this individual stated

that during the week of October 15,-20, 1962, the sports

book he worked for handled approximately $150,000 in

wagers.

The following information has been obtained from

informants in an effort to locate and identify the subject:

On February 20, 1963, CG 6538-C-TE advised SA

AUGUST C. KEMPFF that SABBY RUSSANO had stated that a

sports book which had formerly used the telephone number

LI 9-2955 had discontinued taking action from professional

betters.

In this regard he stated that the previous week

MAX NETTLIR had beat this book for $19,800 and they had

to go to JIMMY ALLEGRETTI to get the money to pay NETTLIR

and

at that time it was agreed that betters of NETTLER'S

caliber would be discontinued and only action from small

betters

would be accepted.

On March 21, 1963, CG 6612-C advised SA JOHN

W. PARISH that he had

never

heard of a Chicago bookmaker

by the name of MAX NETTLER. The informant expressed the

opinion

that this could be

an assumed name utilized by

some individual when placing bets in an effort to cover

his true identity.

On April 9, 1963, CG 6187-C advised SA ROBERT

L. MALONE that he has heard of anMAX NETTLER who is a

bookmaker somewhere on North Sheridan Road in Chicago.

He further advised that NETTLER is reportedly

a "lay off

man" and "odds maker" in the Chicago area.

It was unknown

to the informant whether NETTLER was handling lay off bets

for out of state gamblers.

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