Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DOYLE, JAMES E.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 12/15/1969
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/7/2015

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER : 124-10205-10134

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

92-3171-2271.

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO:

TITLE:

FBI

DOYLE, JAMES E.

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE :

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

12/15/1969

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DOCUMENT TYPE:

CLASSIFICATION:

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CURRENT STATUS :

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

SGI, ASSOC, EXTORTION, DAVIS, EDWARD MIKE

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

Report Form

11-263 (5-12-55)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Reporting Otico

VIGAS

Otice of Origin

LAS VEGAS

TITLE OF CASE

UNSUBS (3);

EDWARD MIXE

DAVIS,

Mike Davis - VICTIM

aka

Date

12/15/69

Report made by

SA JAMES E. DOYLE

CHARACTER OF CASE

Investigative l'eriod

10/9/69 - 11/28/69

ITAR - EXTORTION

Typed B

kmm

Synapsies

REFERENCE:

Las Vegas

report of SA JAMES E. DOYLE, 10/15/69.

Las Vegas

airtels to the Bureau, 11/3/69 (2) .U

LEADS:

CHICACO

AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Will cover and report leads set forth in Las Vegas

report of 10/15/69.U

TAINED

166

ACCOMPLISEMENTS CLAIMED:

NONE

Case pending over one year:

Approted

Copies made:

NO

Special Agent

In Charge

Pending prosecution over six months:

NO

Do not write in spaces belove

4-Bureau

-166-4433)

12-

3111-

227/ REC 51

-92-3171)

NOT RECORDED

1-USA, Las Vegas

100 DEC 17 1809

2-Chicago (92-349) (Info)

1-Denver

• (166-361) (Info)

1-:FC (155-1211) (Info)

2-Las Vegas (166-1505)

(1 = 52-303)

_CC, AAG, Criminal Division,

Organized Crime & Racketeering Section

1 DET 5 71969

Property of FBI

is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are lo be distributed outside the agency lo mbick

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keleased under the John T. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. (11 USC 2107 Hote)

DATE: -11-14-2017

LV 156-1505

LAS VEGAS

AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

Will continue investigation to develop or eliminate

ROBIRT WAYNE LITTLE as a suspect in this extortion matter U

Vill conduct additional investigation to determine

identity and obtain background on JAMES R. ANHALT, 4711 El.

resoro, Las Vegas; LOUIS W. PEDDINGHAUS, Sales Representative,

New way unterprises, Las Vegas; and ANDRE J. MARENDI, 36112

Hughes, Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

ADMINISTRATIVE

Copies of this report are being disseminated for

the information of Denver and. WFO in view

oi previous

investigation conducted by those offices. U

LV 361-PC advised on 10/1/69 that PREACHER WELLS,

Negro male American, is not an employee of the International

Hotel - Las Vegas, nor has he ever been one.

He advised that

WELLS was formerly married to and was the manager of singer

SARAH VAUGHAN and due to this association, used to spend

considerable time at the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas.

added that WELLS is well known to all Flamingo and International

Hotel personnel and after the opening of the International,

by former Flamingo hotel owners, WELLS acted as a casino

messenger for various casino bosses, but was not on the payroll.

He stated that WELLS overdid his authority at the International

and was thereafter informed to leave. U

source was unaware of wELLs' current activities.

The following information concerning WILLIAM J.

POWERS,

Security Officer for victim MIKE DAVIS, was furnished

by the

Denver Division on 11/21/69 and was obtained

confidentially from Chief of Police GEORGE L. SEATON, Denver

PD: V

william Powers

SEATON stated WILLIAM

POWERS had been employed

as a Denver Police Department

patrolman for approximately

DOB 2/28/15 Johnstown, Cele

Nevada

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COVER

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