Originator: FBI
From: SAC, DL
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 10/21/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/28/201

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES:

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

FBI

124-10212-10032

HQ

62-9-12-459

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC, DL

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 10/21/1963

PAGES:

8

SUBJECTS :

CIP, GAMBLING, RACK AND SUBV

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4; 4;10(a)2

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/29/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

Released under the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW

56252 Date: 115.444144

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F6-36 (Ros: 12-13-56)

FBI

Date: 10/21/63

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AIR MAIL

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-9-12) •

FROM :

ELSAC, DALLAS (94-55A-5U13)

SUBJECT: CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

WEEKLY SUMMARY

DALLAS DIVISION

Re Dallas airtel to Bureau, 10/14/63.

RE: PROSTITUTION ACTIVITIES

DALLAS DIVISION

(DL 31-5614, DL 94-50)

On 10/17/63, Detective Sgt. PHIL MESSER, Vice

squad, wichita falls PD, advised be and his partner, had

on 10/10/63 arrested ANd LOUtON, aka. Anna. Lou Cordella

after she had attempted to

fill a date of prostitution

with an undercover officer at the Kemp Hotel in Wichita TEXAS

Falls. Sgt. MESSER stated she had agreed to fill the date

for $20.00 and when arrested begged to be allowed to return

to another room in the hotel where she had a $500 date

waiting. She told Sgt. MESSER the $500 date is a local

3-Bureau

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(31-5614)

( 94-50)

(94-47)

(165-151)

(165-152)

(162-1)

(165-153)

(166-102)

(162-95)

(165-92)

(165-148)

(165-150)

(137-1387)

1-Dallas (162-129)

1-Dallas

(166-84)

1-Dallas

(165-134)

1-Dallas

(165-116)

1-Dallas

(162-143)

1-Dallas

(162-264)

1-Dallas

(94-55A-Sub)

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DL 94-55A-SUB

New Orleans and Birmingham, and Detective HART is attempting

to obtain further details concerning

this information.

RE :

GAMBLING ACTIVITIES

DALLAS DIVISION

(DL. 162-1)

On 10/16/63 JAMES SMITH SALE was interviewed by

sureau Agents concerning his

placing of wagers with

several Dallas area bookmakers

SALE agreed to cooperate

with the FBI and furnish informationo a confidential

basis.

(A new 137 case re SALE is being opened by Dallas.)

He furnished

the

telephone number of a bookmaker known to

CLARK-as well as the phone number for

bookmaker NORVELL YOUNG

STANFIELD. (DL 169-153). The

number for CLARK WAS A

9371 and the number for STANFIELI

was LA 8-0211 which had also just recently been received

from DL-185-C-TE. SALE stated the latter number was

furnished to him by GeORGE FREDEBICK

number for CLARK is listed to CLARk

at apartment 15, 4700

Abbott, Dallas.

(A new 165 case concerning CLARK is

being opened by the Dallas Office.) SALE also advised

he places bets with JIMMY

VOURAS, who is the manager of

the Club Montmarte.

On 10/14/63 DL-185-C-TE advised he had heard

from his bookmaking friends that California millinaire

and gambler RAY RYAN had bet a large amount on Texas in

TEXAS the Texas-Oklahoma game. CI also advised that Dallas

bookmaker BOBBYYCHAPMAN had sold his interest in a

gambling Tub called Misty's to Dallas gambler ACE DARNElL,

for gambling debts owed by CHAPMAN to DARNELL.

-cratso

advised that there are two football lies available in

the Dalls area each week.

One line which is obtained from

TEXAS OR DaTETONE and his known associates (DLUG5-116) contains

ot the games scheduled for each week and never

carries any eastern games or southern games.

carries very few Rocky Mountain ares games and west coast

games.

The other line which CI obtains from garland

POLLARD (DL 165-150) contains a line on practically every

game being played.

TEXAS

TEXAS

sirenst

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CI advised that bookmakers in Dallas were quite

"shook up" over the three year sentence receited by HARRY

REMER URBAN (DL 162-143) in local court at Dallas 10/10/63*

TEXAS

on charges of bookmaking.

CI also advised that following

the recent indictment of AL MEADOWS, et al (DL 166-84),

part of which was based on a check accepted by MEADOWS

in payment of a gambling debt, that Dallas area gamblers

have now laid down a specific rule that no payments of

gambling debts will be handled by check and all trans-

actions will be in cash.

This CI also advised that Dallas area gambler

FRED "COWBOY

COMPTON has over a two year period taken

some $75,000'

from another gambler, RAYMOND

FARRELL, in

gin and poker games.

TEXAS

TEXAS

RE: NORVELL YOUNG STANFELD, aka.

ITWI

(DL 165-153)

On 10/14/63, DL-185-C-TE advised he was present

when RUSSELL DOUGLAS MATTHEWS (DL 166-102) was having a

phone conversation with somebody, identity unknown, as

to some bets that MATTHEWS had taken for this unknown

persol.

MATTHEWs wastaking the bets at the Redmen Club

which MATTHEWS manages at 1606 Young Street, Darlas,

and which is a known hangout for gamblers and which

caters

to gamblers. CI was of the opinion that MATTHEWS was

taking these bets for & close friend GEORGE FREDERICK

RECHENBERG. This appears logical as prior investigation

has verified that MATTHEWS and RECHENBERG are very close

associates.

making purposes, located at 3412 Hudnall, again observed

STANF IELD'S Car

parked in the rear.

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Law

10(a) 2

RE: HENRY CLINTON WINFREY, aka.

IGA

(DL 162-95)

PHILIP STEPHENS BOSCO

ITWI

(DL 165-92)

An article appearing in a Dallas newspaper

on 10/20/63 stated that WINFREY and BOSCO were scheduled

for a reappearance on 10/21/63 before a Federal Grand

Jury it Wichita Falls, Texas, in connection with an

inquiry by that FGs into the

JOHN BLI STONE (DI 165-116). It is contemplated that

and

who have been granted immunity by the

court,

will be required by the court to answer questions

put to them by the grand

jury and if they refuse they

will be held in contempt.

RE: LAWRENCE IRVIN PERKINS; aka.

ITWI

(DL 165-148)

On 10/15/63 WILLIAM PETREE, & Dallas "player",

confirmed previous information that he had lost a total

of $11,500 to PERKINS in gin games played in late August

or early september, 1963 at Dallas.

PETREE stated he

now realized he had been set up for this by WILLIAM RAY

DAVIS (DL 162-264) and DAVIS' associate GEORGE W: OWENS,

IR. He stated that since he has incurred this debt, he

has received, first, two telephone calls from OweNs

wherein OWENS requested PETREE to make some payment

on the debt, and has also received two calls

from RUSSELL

DOUGLAS MATTHEWS (DL 166-102) also requesting that PETREE

make some payment.

He stated when the debt was first

incurred he was told by PERKINS that he could pay

off the debt or part of it through OWENS. He also

advised that he we introduced to PERKINS by OWENS in

the Club Montmarte where the debt was incurred.

PETREE

also advised that he is presently in debt some $9,000

to four las vegas casinos and that his total gambling

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debts now total over $23,000.

He stated he has received

no pressure from the Las

Vegas

casinos concerning his

debt.

On 10/15/63 Bureau Agents ascertained that during

the months June, July and August, PERKINS had had an

apartment at 2521 Turtle Creek, the Turtle Creek Gardens,

& very exclusive apartment house.

It was also noted that

both DAVIS and OWENS reside in the same apartment house.

PERKINS rented the apartment under the name LAWRENCE

IRVIN.

On 10/15/63 Bureau Agents interviewed OWENS

at his apartment.

He first denied having introduced

PERKINS to PETREE then qualified it by stating it could

have happened; he denied making any telephone calls to

PETREE then qualified it by stating he could have made

such a call but did not recall either lncident. He

claimed no knowledge whatsoever of any gambling debt.

owed by PETREE to PERKINS or any information on how it

was incurred.

RE: GARLAND POLLARD, aka.

LIWI

(DL 165-150)

In addition to the above information con-

cerning a line put out by pOLlARD, on 10/1463, DL-185-C-15

advised that POLLARD has his clients use code numbers.

CI furnished his code number and stated that Dallas

"player" MICHAEL LESCHETSKO has number 106.

RE: SHERMAN FRANKLIN LITTLE, aka.

IGA

(DI 162-129)

On 10/16/63 Grand prairie, Texas, Chief of Police

FRED CONOVER advised he had

that day observed LITTLE's

runner, MARVIN COX, driving a 1961 Thunderbird with Texas

license PH 1220 in Grand Prairie, and also observed COX

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DI. 94-55A -SUB

make three trips to the First National Bank in Grand

Prairie.

This car is registered

to JOHN E. HILL, 4815

Rock Court Drive,

Dallas.

RE: ALBERT MEADOWS, aka.,

et al

ITAR - GAMBLING

(DL 166-84)

on 10/14/63, DL-185-C-TE advised he had recently

observed BILLY RAY GRIMES hanging out at & gambling clut

called Misty's in the 4600 block of Live Oak Street, Dallas.

On 10/15/63 the FBI Laboratory advised that the

"AL MEADOWS" endorsement on & check given to MEADOWS

by JOE DAN TRIGG O1 Oklahoma City in payuent of a $7,000

gambling debt, was written by MeADowS.

By airtel 10/14/63

the Butte Office furnished a blank customer's draft on

the Greenville Avenue State Bank, Dallas, which had been

furnished the Butte Office by JAMES MILES JACKSON.

(JACKSON had lost $20,000 to MEADOWS and paid $7, 000 of it

to MEADOWS' associate

DRISCOLL in Montana.) On this draft

is the name "WARREN GILBERT" and two telephone numbers,

"AD$9-5785 - Home" and "TA 4-0141 - Bank". JACKSON told

Bureau Agents that this draft had been given to him by

GILBERT at the time GILBERT told JACKSON how to pay his

debt to MEADOwS and that the handprinting was prepared by

GILBERT in JACKSON'S presence.

RE: MELVIN RALPH MARSHALL, et a1

ITWI

(DL 165-134)

an interview glongo Office furnished the results of

3 "LOUIS MATTHISEN. (Previous investigatior

MATTH ISEN

advised he had made numerous calls to Dallas,

and furnished

information concerning "good horses" to his friend HAROLD

PALMER. HAROLD PALMER is believed to be a member of the

PALMER

family in Dallas which is engaged in the meat business,

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