Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: CONKLIN
To: DE
Document date: 08/19/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Date:

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Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10342-10145

RECORD SERIES: DE

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ELSUR 92-228-945

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: CONKLIN

TO : DE

TITLE :

DATE :

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

08/19/1963

8

ANTHONY GIACALONE (ELSUR)

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

11/30/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

V9.1

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FD-209

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

MEMORANDUM

TO :

FROM:

SAC, DETROIT (137-2885)

SA BARRON T. CONKLIN

SUBJECT: DE 868-C-TE

DATE: 8/19/63

7X7 CI

17 SI

[7 PCI

I7 PSI

Dates of Contact:

August 8,

1963

Titles and File #s on which contacted:

MIKE PARONE; AR

DE. 92-New

DOMINIC CORRADO; AR (ARNETT)

DE 92-448

DOMINIC "SPARKY" CORRADO ;AR

(MOORE)

DE: 92-590

JACK TOCCO; AR (SHIRLEY)

DE 92-574

JOE MASSEI; AR

DE. 92-258

JIMMY QUASSARANO; AR (MOORE)

DE 92-441

ANTHONY WHITEY BESASE; AR

DE 92-369

MICHAEL POLIZZI; AR (BICKFORD) •

DE 92-219

ANTHONY TONY GIACALONE; AR (LUNT)

- DE: 92-228

ANTHONY ZERILLI; AR (CHURCHILL)

DE 92-568

LEO MOCERI; AR (CONKLIN)

DE 92-1106

PETER LICAVOLI; AR (MONTEFIORE)

DE 92-217

VITO GIACALONE; AR (SHELBURNE)

DE 92-438

HAZEL PARK RACING ASSOCIATION; AR (CHURCHILL)DE 92-998

ANTHONY TONY SCAGLIONE; AR

DE :92-New

CRIME CONDITIONS

IN MICHIGAN;AR (CHURCHILL)

DE 92-876

ALBERT BETTI; AR

DE

92-1075

(SHELBURNE)

DE: 92-860

AMERICAN ITALIAN DELEGATES CLUB;AR

DE 92-Dead

Purpose and results of contact

Negative

/X/ Positive

TT Informant certified that he has

furnished all information obtained

by him since last contact

Persona1 data: Intormant Is emotionally

stable.: He is not known to have

furnished any false information.

2 - MIKE PARONE (92-NEW)

2 - ANTHONY TONY SCAGLIONE. (92-NEW)

1

BTC/rlk

¿Fuch 8f rest of above

Rating:

Coverage:

Excellent

Same

Searched.

92-2220 945)

Indexed.

Serialized in led im

FBI-Detroit

• DAugust 19,

1963

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DE 137-2885

The following information was furnished by DE 868-C-TE

on August 8,:

1963:

AMERICAN ITALIAN DELEGATES

GROUP PARTY AT THE HILLCREST

GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB IN

MT. CLEMENS,

MICHIGAN, JUNE, 1963

The American Italian Delegates Club had their big

party at the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club in Mt. Clemens,

Michigan, in June, 1963.

Another party is planned for

August

19, 1963.

The group was advised that there could be

no crap games early in the morning as the State Police were

going to raid

the

place that afternoon

However, about

3:00 p.m. they were notified that the raid was called off

and so there was a big crap game, as well as a big

pinochle game.

Everybody played golf that morning and then started

drinking and playing cards.

He said there were a lot of guests

at this party from Ohio and included were ANTHONY WHITEY

BESASE from Toledo, LEQ MOCERI from Cleveland, TONY PAUL from

Toledo, BIFF (LNU)

from Toledo, 4 men from Columbus, Ohio,

one from New York

and two or three others, names unknown,

from

Cleveland.

LEO MOCERI and WHITEY BESASE stayed about three

days.

They stayed in a motel in the area, but he does not

know the name.

ANTHONY TONY SCAGLIONE won $20,000. 00 playing

pinochle.

The pinochle game

and lasted until Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. They played all

night and did not even stop to eat.

Gate 5600 p.m. TOR

started Monday afternoon

TONY PAUL from Toledo,

I@st $7,500.00. TONY PAUL did not have this amount of

money with him

and on Tuesday night returned to Töledo and

sent a messenger

back with the $7,500.00 with instructions

to pay this money to ScaGLione.

VITO GIACALONE and MIKE

POLIZZI lost $13,500.00 between them. The pinochle game was

played for $50.00

& hand with double

bets 35, the game goes to $150.00 a hard, doable on spades.

If a person

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MIKE POLIZZI and TONY GIACALONE dropped another

$10,000.00 playing gin. Informant stated that this is the

largest game he has ever seen.

TONY SCAGLIONE used

to have

used car lots, one on Gratiot near Beaufait and one in

Hazel Park,

Michigan

SCAGLIONE has a reputation of being

a thief and a cheat and one not to be trusted; however, he

stated he did not dare cheat with these people, as he would

be killed instantly.

TONY SCAGLIONE was formerly very close to JIMMY

QUASARANO and now does nothing.

Years ago SCAGLIONE won $120,000.00 from a man

called TONY FISH (TONY VENTIMIGLIA). He stated TONY FISH

runs a fish market in the old Italian neighborhood and he

is back working in the fish market.

In connection with the LICAVOLI activity in Toledo,

Ohio, Informant stated that originally PETER CORRADO,

now deceased, and YONNY LICAVOLI were partners in certain

operations

in the Toledo area. PETER CORRADO was also a

partner of JOE MASSEI, who went to Florida. Before PETER

CORRADO died, he took DOMINIC CORRADO with him on the

полосой те сот.

last two years of his life and explained to DOMINIC his

operation and his interests.

CORRADO makes a trip to Toledo every Monday or Tuesday to

check his interests.

If DOMINIC is up north at his cottage

or in Miani, he sends his younger brother, TONY CORRADO, and

several times he has sent his cousin DOMINIC "SPARKY" CORRADO.

On at least two occasions this spring, DOMINIC "SPARKY"

CORRADO had to go to Toledo and did not get back in time to

play golf on Wednesday when all of them play at Hillcrest.

DOMINIC CORRADO goes to Biff's Restaurant or

night club, which is located on the outskirts of Toledo.

He stated Biff's Restaurant or night club burned down

a year

or so ago, but has been rebuilt

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TONY PAUL, of Toledo, was a partner of JOE FRETTI,

now deceased; and that JOE FRETTI's dying wish was

TONY PAUL'S

son or daughter would marry JOE FRETTI's son

or daughter. This marriage was consummated after FRETTI's

death.

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LEO MOCERI

TONY WHITEY BESASE served a term in the Ohio State

Prison and was released.

After his release, he came to

Toledo,

Ohio,

and became the head man. When LEO MOCKRI was

released from prison in 1958,

he went to WHITEY BESASE's place,

was given money, and then he

came to Detroit.

In Detroft,

"BLACK BILL" TOCCO made the statement that LEO MOCERI was

going to Cleveland and would handle things in Cleveland.

Another man, from either Cleveland or Toledo,

."1s

named COHEN (CARL COHEN) .

COKEN, according to Informant,

is a close friend of WHITEY BESASE, and he was

an important

man in

Cleveland before he and MOE DALITZ went to LasVegas.

COHEN is now the floor man at the Stardust and whenever

TONY BESASE is in Las Vegas, they always get together.

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MICHAEL POLIZZI

and

ALBERT BETTI

MIKE POLIZZI is playing

a lot of golf this year

at the Hillerest Golf and Country Clüb.

He is playing a

lot of golf with ALBERT BETTI, a Hamtranck bookie

and

gambler.

These persons play golf and bet very heavy.

They

play for $2,000.00 for nine holes. On one occasion, ALBERT

BETTI wOn $15,000 from POLIZZI and MIKE POLIZZI won

$8,000.00

from BETTI the

following day. Informant stated that ALBERT

BETTI runs a crap game in a pool hall in Hantranck and it

allegedly goes on most of the day.

ALBERT BETTI has several

trotters and had these at the Hazel Park Race Track this

spring.

BETTI's trainer is known as DOC GIBSON.

He is now at the MRA

in Livonia.

ALBERT BETTI on one night bet $5,000.00 on one race;

$1,000.00 to win, $2,000.00 to place, and $2,000.00 to

BETTI was described

show.

as a

young man about 38 to 40 years of age.

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JACK TOCCO;

HAZEL PARK RACING ASSOCIATION

and

MIKE PARONE

JACK TOCCO was playing golf almost every day

"at

the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club until the runners

started

running at Hazel Park. Since then he has not been out.

JACK TOCCO and his group are really making, & cleaning at

Hazel Park.

On Monday August 5, 1963, the "Dago!s" had three

horses.

Informant stated he knows that two of these won,

but he did not know how the third race came out. On Sunday

night JACK TOCCO went to Utica to see MIKE PARONE.

PARONE also has race horses at the Hazel Park Race Track.

When

JACK TOCCO came back from seeing PARONE, he had the names

of three horses which were going to run on Monday.

JACK TOCCO

gave these to MIKE POLIZZI.

Two of these horses

won and

all of the Italians were on it.

Informant concluded by stating

that the Italians are having another big party on Monday,

August 18, 1963, at the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club.

There will be visitors from several states and there will

be

the usual big gambling. The gambling takes place in the

main dining room at the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club.

He states this is a private party and will not be bothered

in any way.

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ANTHONY. TONY GIACALONE

Informant stated that TONY GIACALONE is now

working with his same contacts.

back

He stated this means

he is

bribing police officers and arranging for protection.

Informant was questioned about specific information.

He stated TONY GIACALONE is the man whose job is arranging

for and paying protection. When he was caught by the

Detroit Police Department, he dropped his daily activity

and had the witnesses hide out. GIACALONE, according to

his associates, thinks the case against him will be dropped

if the witnesses can't be produced. In the last

two or three

weeks, GIACALONE has resumed his normal activities.

Informant many times has stated that the

"Italians

depend on police protection. They make no move

without

protection and for years have controlled the

Detroit City

Police,

the Sheriff's Office, have a contact high up

the

Michigan state Police, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office

and

I the State of Michigan. ART CAPLAN was

the only name

mentioned as being hidden by GIACALONE. He, according to the

Informant, was somewhere around Harsens Island.

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