Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: CLEMENTS, MANNING C.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 11/30/1963
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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RECORD NUMBER: 124-10049-10005

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AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 44-24016-634

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : FBI

FROM : CLEMENTS, MANNING C.

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE

: [No Title]

DATE

: 11/30/1963

PAGES

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SUBJECTS

: LHO, -MURDER BY RUBY, JR, 11/22-24/63, BACKGROUND,

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RESTRICTIONS

: 4; SECTION 11(a)

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ADMINISTRATIVE:

The following criminal informants affiliated or

familiar with gambling matters, Albuquerque Division, were con-

tacted on November 25i 1963, with negative results:

AQ 175-C, Albuquerque, N.M.i bY SA J. JEROME MAXWELL.

AQ 133-C, Albuquerque, N.M., bY SA J, JEROME MAXWELL.

PCI RALPH T. TRUJILLO, Albuquerque, N.M." by

SA

J. JEROME MAXWELL.

AQ

128-C, Albuquerque, N.M., bY SA CARY CARLTON.

AQ 141-C, Albuquerque, N.M. i

bY SA STUART J CAMERON.

AQ 181-C. Albuquerque, N.M.i bY SA STUART J. CAMERON.

PCI B. HOWARD THORNE, ROSWell; N.M., DY SA WILLIAM L.

EDDY .

PCI EDMOND ZUFFEREY, ROSWell, N.M., bY SA WILLIAM I.

EDDY -

AQ 178-C, Grants, N.M., bY SA CALVIN D. KNOTT

PCT

E. U. KEITH; ClOVIS. NM, bY SA FRANK W. HAINES.

PCI KIT PENTIORE, ClOVIS, N.M.; bY SA FRANK W. HAINES

On November 25, 1963; A9 204-C advised SAW. J.

WILKINSOR, Jr. Farmington. Na, that she once net JACK RUBY

in an unknown

notal in Dallas.

Texas, many years ago..

The

informant was unable to recali the hotel or other people during

this

contact. Informant has never wet victin.

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on 11/25/63, AQ 195-PC advised SA SCUANY J. CAMERON

at Albuquergue, N.M.i that approximately oleven monche ago

he met JACK RUBY at the Carousel Flub in Dallas, Jexes..

Informant met RUBy through JACK

HARDES, JR., and when the.

informant mentioned

From Albuquerque, RUBY advised

that LOU LEBBY at Albuguerque was a good friend.

The informant

learned through HARDEE that RUBy came to Dallas, Texas, from

Chicago and that a "Jewish boy" had the particular section of

town where the Carousel is now located

"all sewed up."

Informant states RUBY had a difficult time breaking into the

area, but that he is now quite well off along with the "Jewish

boy, " who also has a joint located one block from the Carousel

in an upstairs location.

HARDEE mentioned to AQ 195-PC that RUBY had a "good

in" with the pallas Police pept.

The informant states this

would be borne out fron his dbservation by the fact that RUBY

had a B-gitl operation where drinks were pushed heavily and

they had no interference from the police department.

The

Informant knew of no specifie connections with the police

department and only portonaily engaged RUBY in

conversation

For Live to ten mangoés:

Incormant stated

he 10' not aware of

any Chicago underworld connections of RUBY or any subversive

or extremist connections. Me sad not

know of any relationship

between the subject and the lali flay for Cuba Connittee of

any association between OSkAiD and

RUBY.

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ADMANISTRATIVD

Files of the chicago office reflect the following:

"Chicago Daily

bune" of December 9, 1939, carried

article stating

that JOH

MARTIN,

President of

The scrap Iron

Junk Handlers Union Local/ 20467

ArL, had shot LEON R, COOKE,

the

attorney for the above union

According so former COHO-C, who

was interviewed at that fine,

the Intormant war then in the process

01

torning

rival union artillated with the CI0 and

had written

several letters to junk dealers In this regard which

"Cooks"

"MARTIN- learned or these letters,

assumed he

he had signed

was being

double crossed by LEON COOKE,

and during an argument between MARTIN

and COOKE which

ensued; MARTIN Shot LEON COOKE.

MARTIN then be-

came a fugitive justice.

8023 SOUTH WOLCOTT, CINCAGO, ELLIN

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Chicago 6670-PD advised SA JOHN R. BASSETT on November 24,

1963 that

he had been a close friend of subject RUBY for many years

In Chicago.

This informant advised that "SPARKY" was hot tempered

on occasions, but was generally of a good disposition.

He stated

that RUBY was an excellent fist fighter.

According

RuBY, in the ma nreten forty. operated a "base rel

located east of Keazle Avenue on the north s14e, or Roosevelt Road 1n

Chicago.

subJect was

a close

"ZUCKIE" (phonetio).

In the middle nineteen forty's,

according to the informant, ZUCKERMAN was shot and the Informant

believed that this

occurred because ZUCKERMAN did not cut LEoNArD

PARTICK, one of chicago's top hoodlums

In on the profits of his book.

Shortly after this shooting, PATRICK told the subject to leave town,

accusing him of operating a book without PATRICK's sanction.

PATRICK

warned the subject that if he did not leave Chicago, he would "get

what. ZUcKiE got": The subject left Chicago at this time for Dallas.:

Texas, where he ran'a clus owned by his sister.

Informant advised

that he has not been in touch with the subject in recent years and

was completely at a loss to understand the subject's action in shoot-

ing OSWALD.

ROSS PRIO, Chieago top hoodlun.

This intermant further advised that

RUBY had been a close friend of one JOE SCARAMUZZO who owns a gu

shop on Halsted

street near Taylor Street In Chicago.

I.

The Chicago Division records consain no intormation con

cerning ABE ZUCKERMAN:

also known as "ZuCkIE

The same records

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refleet that JOSEPH SCARAMUZZO is the omer of Scaramuzzo and Sons

Gunshop, 831 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois.

- It should be

noted that three of the four guns

used by members of the Nationalist

Party of Puerto Rico in the shooting at the House of Representatives,

mashington, D. Co. on March 1, 1954, were purchased by one WILLIAM

GATETTY, Gary, Indiana, from Scaramuzzo and Sons, 801 South Halsted

Street, Chicago.

that he belleved the subject was related

RUBENSTEIN.

The Informant advised that HARRY RUBENSTEIN had owned: U:

the Hotel Olymple on North Clark street on Cnicago's near North side.,

approximately fifteen years ago.

HARRY RUBENSTEIN killed a man In

8his hotel, but by a payment of $25,000.00 to a Chicago Police Captain,

was able to far this charge.

According

to this informant,

HARRY, APPROR 18 9C

UBENSTEIN had good connections with certain unknown criminals in the

Chicago area but was not considered by the Informant to be a member

of the Organized Criminal Element In this city.

It should be noted that the records of the Chicago Police

Department refleet one HARRY RUBENSTEIN, a hotel owner on the near

North side, as having been sentenced to

one year probation on a charge

of manslaughter In 1946.

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CG 6690-PC advised SA JOSEPH G.

SHEA On November 24, 1963.

that the subject was related to HARRY RUBENSTEIN who formerly operated

two or theee bars In the chicago loop area.

According to the informant

the subject worked as a bartender for HARRY RUBENSTEIN In a bar at the

Banker's Building in Chicago-X 100p

The informant advised that in

1942 or 1943, JACK RUBENSTEL attempted to entist In the united states

Navy but was rejected when he failed to pass the physical examination.

The Informant described JACK RUBENSTEIN as exuremely patriotic but

moody. This informant was usable to furnish aoy Information concerning

HARRY RUBENSTEIN'S present

whereabouts or actimities.

BERNARD /GLICKMAN (Protect Identity) advised SA JOHN R. BASSETT

on November 24, 1963, that he does not know the subject.

GLICKMAN

advised that he had contacted a person known to him, whose identity he

would not reveal, who recalled the subject as a friend many years ago

in the area around Independence Boulevard and Roosevelt Road In Chicago.

According to GLICKMAN, this source stated that the subject was not

connected with the criminal element, Chicago.

This source indicated

that RUBENSTEIN was good natured but on occasion was extremely hot

that cod bu, the

tempered According to this source, the subject had left chicago In

the late

1940's for ballas, Texas, where he operated

to his sister.

GLICKMAN advised that he had made an unsuecessful

so that ne

a club belonging

attempt to contact ANTHONY ACCARDO in an effort to obtain information

concerning the subjeet.

It should be noted that ANTHON

ACCARDO is a high ranking

member of Chicago's criminal element.

BERNARD GLICKMAN 18 known to

be a close associate of many of chicago's top' echelon criminals and

has, in recent years, been active In the management of several ranking

prize lighters.

All other Chicago Informants

negative and chicago files

reflect no intornation pertaining to

subject's Involvement with Chicago

criminal element.

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DI 44-1639

WER: eah.

CG 6498-PC was contacted by SA WILLIAM I. ROMER, on

11/25/63, but at that time had no personal knowledge of RUBY.

On

11/26/63, CG 6498-PC advised that he had

solicited information from

politicians of the 24th ward, the former voting residence of RUBY.

PC advised that he talked to two persons who appeared to know RUBY

"rom many years ago.

They advised that RUBY was never anything but

"a punk" and never had any hoodlum connections or associations. One

person advised that he recalls that RUBY attempted to sneak into a

prize fight in Chicago, believed to be the second DEMPSEY - TUNNEY

fight, and was caught by a police officer who beat him over the head

with his night stick. As a result of this beating; RUBy now has a

plate in his head.

Apparently this causes pressure when RUBY becomes

excited and causes RUBY to act emotionally.

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ADMENISTRATIVE

DN 249-C frequented Clover Bar next door to Sherman Hotel,

Chicago, Illinois, 1940 to 1949.

He described this bar as a hengout

for the hoodlum element. At that time it was operated by IRA/COLITZ

who was described as a personal friend of Colonel JACOBRARVEY, a well

ILL.

known Chicago political figure.

COLITZ possibly was recently a

candidate for Alderman in Chicago and resides in penthouse apartment

on Michigan Boulevara.

The informant related JACK RUBY, whom he identified from

newspaper photographs, frequented the Clover Bar in about 1946 or

1947 and was an acquaintance of IRA COLITZ and possibly was a former

school mate of COLITZ on the west side of Chicago.. He does not know

the nature of RUBY's activities in Chicago.

The informant stated that in about December, 1949, he was

in Dalias, Texas, at which time RUBY was operating a night club,

name unknown, with western band and western motif. The informant

visited this club and chatted briefly with RUBY who requested that

he convey RUBY's regards to COLITZ when the informant returned to

chicago.

The informant has not seen or heard from RUBY since 1949

and has never had any specific information concerning RUBY's back-

ground or ectivities but has never had any reason to suspect him

of being involved in subversive activities.

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DN 44-387

DI 44-1639

ADMINISTRAIIVE

DN 295-C, who fumished reliable information in the past,

furnished the following Novenber 25, 1963:

OF "PAPPY ENDS ONE MONEY DEO JACK REEL WAR Kaa to be an aRcelate

extent of association unlon.

"rappy"s showland" in Dallas who are cogni

DN 200-S and DN 215-S

zant of comminist Party, Socialist Workers Farty, Freedom for Cuba

and related

comitted ap not know JACK LEON RUSY

organizations

advised on November 25, 1963,

thạt they

or JACK RUBENSTEI. These

sources have furnished reliable information in the past. All other

logical Informants and PCI'& Denver Division unable to fumish any

positive information re JACK RUBY.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ON This

MERLIN 15 UIULASSIFIED

pg. oNly

DATE 3- 10-93 BY 9803 RDBYISR

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HO 44-939

DL 44-1639

LAB. eah

Houston 1125-C advised SA LEVERETTE A. BAKER

on 11/25/63, he met JACK RUBY a number of years ago

through ABE. WEINSTEIN (PHIS

owner of colony Club, Dallas,

Texas, but knows nothing further concerning rust.

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LA 44-895

FHT : JMF

Gambling Informants

Los Angeles Office

CALIFORAUA

PCI NORMAN SIMON, on 11/25/63, could grovide no

personal

information about JACK LEON RUBY, aka, but he did

make avatlable for Interview by SA FRANK H. TOWNSEND one

MORRIS BLOCK, 5510 Edgewood Place, Los Angeles. Information

from BLOCK of potential value, including the idencity of a

knowledgeable Chicago friend, has been submitted separately

by FD 302 and by teletype contalning lead for Chicago.

Other informants

who could provide no information

are:

IA 3445-C on 11/26/63; to SA JOHN R. BARRON.

LA 3948-0 on 11/25/63, to SA FRANK H. TOWNSEND.

LA 4400-PC on 11/26/63 to SA JOHN R. BARRON.

IA 4410-C-TE on 11/25/63 to SA GEORGE E. BLAND.

LA 4448-PC-on 11/26/63 to SA JOHN R. BARRON.

PCI JACK IRVING FOX on 11/25/63 to SA AMEDEE O.

RICHARDS, JR.

PCI SAM FARKAS on 11/26/63 to SA WILLIAM J, NOLAN.

PCI COSSIETT PALMER on 11/26/63 to SA TOWNSEND.

The following informants were contacted by SA

HOMER E. YOUNG on 11/26/63 with negative results:.

LA 3596-6

PCI THERESA JEAN CUNDALI

LA 4218-C

LA 4221-C

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LA 44-895

FHT : JME

PCI GEORGE COSTELLO

PCI WESLEY A. RUSELL

• PCI RAY SOUTHCOTT.

MRS EARLEN ORMAN

LA 4135-C advised that she had been contacted by letter

Informant stated that she is aware that EARL NORMAN left

Dallas on 11/21/63 for a booking into The Largo, a night club

located on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Informant stated she

would imagine that NORMAN's wife accompanied him. Informant said

she did not book this team since she did not have an opportunity

to audition them.

LA 4135-0 advised that the only bookings she handles

in the Dallas area for strip tease dancers is through ABE WEINSTOCK

and his brother for their two places and has never had any business

dealings with RUBY nor has she ever met him.

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INFORMANTS

NO 1238-PC who is a known associate of JOSEPH and

CARLOS

as well as JOSEPH PORETTO and who has

a manager of the

MARCELL Town and Country Restaurant up until October

of 1963, advised SA REED W. JENSEN on November 27, 1963, that

he had never heard of a JACK LEON RUBY Or a LEE HARVEY OSWALD

prior to their notariety in the connection

with the assassina-

tion of President JOHN F. KENNEDY.

The PC stated on examining

a photograph of LEE HARVEY OSWALD, NOPD number 112723, that he

had never seen this individual in person before.

He said

he could not recall anyone who may have frequented the Town

and Country Motel who resembled this individual enough to

cause anyone to think

this person might be OSWALD.

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INFORMANTS CONTINUED -

On November 25, 1963,

SA LESTER G. DAVIS contacted

NO 1153 C, a homosexual who operates a restaurant in the New

Orleans French Quarter.

This informant advised he had never

known RUBY•

NO 1205 C, operator of a

Louisiana®

This informant, who travels widely, had never net.

or heard of RUBY until he saw RUBY on television on November

24, 1963.

On November 25, 1963, SA FURMAN G. BOGGAN contacted

NO 1227 PC, a former tavern operator, who is presently a pimp

and fencer

of stolen property.

This

informant, who is originally

from the Chicago, Illinois area, advised that he did not know

RUBY and had never heard of him until he heard about RUBY on

television since November 24, 1963.

On November 25, 1963, SA RICHARD BUCARO contacted

NO 1209 C, a bartender and strip tease club manager, in the

New Orleans French Quarter.

This informant advised he had

never known RUBY or heard of him until he saw RUBY on television

since November 24, 1963.

On November 25, 1963, SA FURMAN G. BOGGAN contacted

PCI ANTHONY W. FREDO, a sports handicapper,

who has traveled

widely throughout the United States. FREDO stated he had

never heard of RUBY until he saw the shooting of OSWALD by

RUBY on television on November 24, 1963.

On November 25, 1963, SA KEVIN J. HARRIGAN contacted

NO 1189 C, a New Orleans French Quarter barroom operator, who

advised that he did not know RUBY and had never heard of him

until November 24, 1963, when RUBY shot OSWALD.

On November 25, 1963, SA J. DAWSON VAN EPS contacted

PCI HOWARD D. BAUTSCH, a bookmaker in Jefferson Parish, and

PCI JOSEPH A. KUSS, a former bookmaker, who frequents gambling

establishments, and both advised they did not know RubY and

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INFORMANTS CONTINUED -

had never heard of him prior to November 24, 1963.

SA JOHN V. HANLON contacted

advised he did not know RUBY and had never heard of him

before November 24,

1963.

On November 25, 1963 SA JAMES FRANCIS WRIGHT contacted

PCI HARVEY MILLER, Sulphur, Louisiana, who frequents gambling

establishments. MILLER had never heard of RUDY prior to November

24, 1963:

On November 25, 1963, SA RICHARD A. SMALLWOOD

contacted PCIS MARCELLE DUHON y a professional

gambler, MILTON

PONTIER, a bookmaker, THOMAS/SKRNICH,

agambling club operator,

-and JOSEPH DAVID an employee' of SKRNICH's, all of Lafayette,

Louisiana

These individuals advised they

had never heard

of RUBY-prior to November 24, 1963, when they observed him on

network television.

NO 1229 C, a professional bookmaker, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,

advised SA EARL R. PETERSEN on November 25, 1963, that he had

never heard of RUBY prior to November 24, 1963, when he had

seen the shooting of OSWALD by RUBY on television. Subsequently

on this same date, this informant advised that he had contacted

bookmakers ANTHONY EUGENE,NOLAN, TAFITA HANIE Of Baton Rouge,

SA PETERSEN also contacted PCI

JOHN SERIO On November 25, 1963, SERIO being an employee of

FRANK LEOX VUCCI, another Baton Rouge bookmaker. SERIO had not

heard of RUBY prior to November 24, 1963. La

SA PETERSEN also contacted GEORGESLA RUSSA and CHARLES

/G. WALKER, bookmakers at the Candlelight Club in West Baton

Rouge Parish, Louisiana and these bookmakers had not heard

of RUBY prior to November 24, 1963•

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DL 44-1639

AT SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

The following informant, Pots,

and sources of information

in san duan, who have furnished reliable information in the past

and who are acquainted with gambling activities,

advised SA LA VERNE

I. MoORE on November 26, 1963; that they did not know RUBY or

OSWALD:

So 514-C (croupier;

PEDRO DEFILLO, POL, gambler;

gambling casino inspector;

FUMBERTO BETANCOURT, ambler and restaurant owner

HARVEY GORDON, anbiing casino manager, Caribe Hilton Hotel;

MIGUEL AMATO,

PAUL GUNTA, Resident Manager, Caribe Hilton Hotel,

formerly with Hilton Hotel

at Dallas;

RANDALL L. DAVIS, General Manager, Sheraton Hotel,

formerly with Sheraton Hotel, Dallas.

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DL 44-1639

The tollowing Investigation by tampa office:

IP 91-C adrised ho tacated address bock dated from

1945-48, and noted name NATE GROSSMAN, 5046-N TrOy St=Chicago,

Ill.

source stated be is certain NATE GROSSMAN is identical

to TINY GROSSMAN mentioned previously.

Source now recalls meeting GROSSMAN in Chicago in

1948 or 1949, and GROSSMAN told him he had spent some time in

prison and in same conversation mentioned Flagstaff, Ariz.

Informant has hazy recollection that GROSSMAN arrested Flagstaff

for Illinois authorities and probably did time in Statesville

Prison, outside Chicago.

Source now recalls GROSSMAN tended bar and lived in

hotel above bar, located across the street from Croydan

Hotel, Croydan

located near Black Orchid Lounge, Chicago.

Same source recalls RUBY at one time ran errands

for one RAy LEWIS, a furrier, State Lake Building,190-North

state St., Chicago.W.LEWIS had

'a, bookie operation on the side

and resided Maryland Hotel, Rush and Delaware Streets, Chicago.

Same source also recalls RUBY loitered about a barber

shop run by one AL INDES at the corner, or near the corner

of Clark Street, and Lake

Street, Chicago.

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TP 94-C advised 11/25/63 he knew RUBY in Chicago by

reputation as ticket scalper along Rush Street and RUBY would

do anything for a buck.. Source states RUBY not known to hang

around racketeers but recalls one TINY GROSSMAN, a cab driver

or bartender, Chicago, also a ticket scalper, was close friend of

RUBY •

Souce's knowledge of RUBY dates from 1945 to 1948. Later,

source beard GROSSMAN did time at Flagstaff, Ariz, for ticket

scalping. Source also recalls one time RUBY badly beaten trying

to crash a light program Comiskey Park.

RUBY dropped out of

sight in Chicago, 1948, no one missing him.

TP 11-C advised three years ago AGVA female entertainer

complained to AGVA it was rough working in clubs in Dallas.

couet,

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The following informants who have access to gambling

information in the Dallas area were contacted by SAs ROBERT M.

BARRETT and IVAN D. LEE on the dates indicated:

DL 170-C

PCI BILLY H. MARTIN

PCI SAL DALY

PCI MIKE LESCHETSKO

PCI FRED MERRILL

DI 185-C-TE

PCI PHILLIP STEIN

PCI JAMES SMITH SALE

DL 181-C-TE

November

25,.

1963

November

24,

1963

November 26, 1963

November

25,

1963

November

26,

1963

November

24, 25, 26,1963

November

' 25,

1963

November 25, 1963

November 25,

1963

None of the above informants had any information

that Jack ruby, aka. was involved in any gambling activities

either as

a player,

bookmaker or gambler, during the time he

has resided in Dallas area approximately fifteen years. RUBY

was known to the above informants as the operator of the Carousel

Club or Vegas Club, in Dallas.

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