Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: CLEMENTS, MANNING C.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 12/14/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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AGENCY

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RECORD NUMBER: 124-10049-10004

RECORDS SERIES

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AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 44-24016-810

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : FBI

FROM : CLEMENTS, MANNING C.

TO

: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE : [No Titlel

DATE

: 12/14/1963

PAGES : 667

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

SUBJECTS: JR, 11/22-24/63, BACKGROUND, FAMILIARITY WITH THE

POLICE

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

RESTRICTIONS : 4; SECTION 11(a)

CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED WITH DELETIONS

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 02/24/1999

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DI 44-1639

RMO/jn

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The following investigation was conducted by SA ROY

M. OSBORN, at Birmingham,- Alabama on November 25, 1963.

The following gambling informants of the Birmingham

Office were contacted on November 25, 1963 and all denied knowing

BH 227-C, BH 220-C, BH. 282-PC, BH 283-PC, BH 293-CP,

BH 299-CP, and EUGENE MORRISARILEY,

PCI.

The following logical gambling sources were likewise

contacted and could furnish,

no information conceming RUBY, and

denied knowing him: CHARLES

CHARC Manager Bowlo-Mac 3221 Third

Avenue South; ESTHER WRIGH

North; ISRAEL COPION,

1819 Fourth Avenue North, LOUIS KOPLON,

1813 Fourth Avenue North, EORCEXHARRISON 3510iXth venue

South, and JOKESXANDERSON, 1827

First Avenue North.

The above

sources are either known gamblers or associates of same.

Records of the Birmingham Police Department contain

ao Information concerning a JACAME

RUBENSIEIN

EL PCI NORMANTSIMON personally negative on RUBY, provided

name of MORRIS BLOCK, Old-time Chicago bar operator and bookie,

who furnished

Information forwarded in FD-302 and teletype lead

for Chicago.

Others contacted with negative results are LA 3445-0,

LA 4400-P€,

LA 4410C, LA 4448-PC, PCI JACK IRVINGFOX, POI SAM

FARKAS, PCI COSSLETT

On November 26, 1963, Salt Lake City Office advised all

logical sources and informants

In the Salt Lake City Division

have been contacted and alerted for information regarding RUBY®

No pertinent information has been developed to date. Information

as to sources contacted is being maintained in Salt Lake City files.

On December 2, 1963, the Latent Fingerprint Section,

Identification Division, advised as follows:

"Fingerprints and palm prints Jack L. Ruby, FBI #693083E,

not identical with latent impressions remaining unidentified in

the case entitled 'Assassination of President John F. Kennedy,

November 22, 1963; AFO.'"

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AT LAS VEGAS

TARA

Gambling informants and

sources, IN 26+6, LV 127-PC,

IV 117-CH, CHAPS OBA

ANDERSON, PCI, HARRY

EMANUAL

FREEDMAN,

PCI,

contacted

COOPERSMITH, PCI,

negative concerning

RUBY :

Las Vegas indices negative re YUDID NACOBS, ARTAVAYNE,

and SAMMY MENOSE.

On 11/26/63, Salt Lake City Office advised all logical

sources

In the Salt Lake City Division have

been contacted and

alerted for information regarding rust.

pertinent information

has been developed to date.

• Information as

sources contacted

is being maintained in salt Lake City

files.

IV 54-C advised on 11/29/63, Las Vegas telephone

number 735-4303 called

by RUBY is unpublished number of LEWIS

WILLE, associate of RUBY, prevIously intervlewed.

3627 EasterN Avenue Las Vegas, Nevada

Texas, Cuba

L J.*MoWillie

Lewis JosephtMa Willie

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LV 44-48

LV 54-C, on November 29,

LEE, that Las Vegas telephone number 735-4303 1S & ROBERT D.

-published number listed to LEWIS MC WILLIE, 3627 Easterr

Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada.

MC WILLIE was interviewed in this matter on

November 25, 1963.

Information and FD-302, reflecting

results, have been furnished to Bureau and

Dallas.

PCI PAUL COE, AsSistant Manager, Thunderbird

Hotel, Las Vegas, on

November 29, 1963, advised SA WAYNE H.

DRAKE

that no records on incoming calls to the Thunderbird

Hotel are

maintained.

The Thunderbird Hotel telephone is

735-4111.

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AJR: paw

AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

On 12-4-63,

SL 1130-@ advised SAA HOWARD C. ENNEDY

that on the night of 12-3-63, he was talking to JACK BuLGIR

address unknown, who is employed as a cab driver by st. Louls

County Cab Company.

BUHLINGLER remarked to the informant

that JACK RUBY, the man who shot LEE OSWALD In Dallas, Texas,

was a cab driver employed by the Ace cab company at st. Louls

"years ago." The informant said that BUHLINGLER indicated to

him that BUHLINGLER had been furnished this information by

one or more "old-time cab drivers" who used to work for Ace

Cab company, or by veteran cab drivers st1ll

at Ace Cab Company.

The informant expressed awareness that several

drivers who worked for Ace Cab Company ten to fifteen years

are now employed by St. Louis County Cab Company, although

he was unable to furnish their names.

The informant could

furnish no further Information concerning this matter and

requested that his identity as the recipient of this

Information from BUHLINGLER be concealed since he did not

know whether BUHLINGER had furnished the information tog] 26 Midlaud

anyone other than the informant.

With regard to the interview with JOsePh PA Musth

on 12-4-63, as reflected in this report, the following

information was received:

• Toe Muethho

1214-C*,yon 12-5-63, advised that MusTH told

MrS LOSEPH BARBARA, COSTELLO, owner of Checker Cab Company

(formerly known as Ace Cab Company) that he had been interviewed

by the FBI regarding the investigation being conducted in Dallas,

Texas, and that he had been questioned as to whether RUBY had

ever been employed as a driver with the company.

Mr's. COSTELLO

exclaimed, "RUBY!", and asked, "What did you tell them?"

stated he

told the

FBI that RUBY had never been employed there

to his knowledge.

Mrs. COSTELLO then indicated to MUETH that

what MUETH should have

told the FBI was that RUBY was employed

there and that he should have told them that' "about two days

before that happened he must

have taken a plane down there."

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The following investigation was conducted by SA

ROYAL I. BLASSINGAME at San Juan, Puerto Rice, on November

26, 1963:

PERALIA, PCI, an attorney for Local

610, Hotel and Restaurant Workers Undon, San Juan, advised

Workers Union,

that bey

for Local 901, Teamsters Union,, who made a statement,

that we've taken care of President KENNEDY, We 'II have no

Erouble in taking over things?

PERALTA also furnished above intormation to THOMAS

A. KENNELL, Departmentas Attorney, U.S. Department of

Justice, Washington.

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