CR 137-8106-8
Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: RH
To: HQ
Document date: 05/29/1962
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

4/15/201

Agency Information

AGENCY :

FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10328-10034.

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RH

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05/29/1962

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JOSEPH SHIMON

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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• ED-36 Rev. 12-13-56)

FBI

Date:

5/29/62

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Regular Mail

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

Transmit the following in

Via

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Mina Tolmea_

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TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM:

SAC, RICHMOND (137-1083)

P.

RECA 16.

EDWARD LYONDHINKLE, JR.,

aka.

PCI

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

EREIN IS UNCLASSINIEL

DATE 3-9-95 BY 5668 SLD/KSK

Re Richmond airted to the Directos dated 5/28/62.

F3-717

THE FACT THAT THIS PCI HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED SHOULD

, VOT BE DISSEMINATED OUTSIDE THE BUREAU. HE FEELS HIS LIFE

AND THAT OF HIS FAMILY WOULD BE PLACED IN JEOPARDY IF KNOW-

LEDGE OF HIS INTERVIEWS AND COOPERATION WITH THE FBI WERE

EVEN SUSPICIONED BY THE VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE ASHINGTON,

D. C: AREA GAMBLING ELEMENT.

Because these interviews are continuing and information

is now being received

as volunteered at this

state ofthe interviews,

no

dissemination being made at this time, pending completion

of the interviews of HINKLE.

The captioned PCI was interviewed on May 28, 1962,

by SAS HOWARD E. RICHARDSON AND PAUL A. CAVIGAS.

was asked

Ito discuss gambling activities in the District of Columbia and

furnished the following information:

No gambler operates in the Washington, D. Ç., area unless

he obtains protection from the Metropolitan Police Department.

This is true in all precincts of that department.

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RH 137-1083

The numbers writers normally pay a minor amount for

protection to the "beat"

officers which usually consists of a

bottle of whiskey now and then or similar small gifts and is for

their own personal protection.

The gambling "backers" having writers working in the

various precincts must deal with one or more of the detectives

assigned to that precinct and in many instances must deal

directly with the Captain of the particular precinct.

If the

gambler operates his office anywhere in the District of columbia

he must further pay one of the

"bag men" who work out of the

Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters.

HINKLE worked in the William "Snags" Lewis Numbers

Organization tor about three

and one half years prior to 1951.

He was a sub-control man and handled the Alexandria, "controla,

area for _JOHN RALPH "Billy! MITCHELL who was then a

nan" for LEWISTLE also worked in the numbers office of bl

LEWIS which was then located in Maryland.

BILLY MITCHELE handled all of the "ica" (protection

he had to put out

money) for LEWIS: "ice" for protection in connection with

He also paid for his own protection, that is

the operations which he personally handled.

MICHELL paid BOBBY"

nones of the Alexandria, virginia,

Police Department $300 per month for protection. He also paid

approximately $1700 per month to the Metropolitan Police Depart-

ment for protection of his own operations which he operated in

Washington, D. C. He paid over $2000 per month during this

period of time to Metropolitan police officers in behalf of "SNAGS"

LEWIS.

HINKLE was a close associate and personal friend of

MITCHELL prior to the time he went to the Maryland House of

Corrections in 1951 as a result of a gambling raid on LEWIS's

organization in 1949.

He noted that

there was a considerable

delay between the time of his charge and imprisonment due to

various appeals.

He often went with MITCHELL when pay-offs were made

and personally witnessed pay-offs to the following Metropolitan

Police Department officials:

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POLICE

I./ (RNUSULLIVAN, presently a high ranking

official, possibly an inspector.

(FNUS MC CARTHY, Vice Squad Official, now

retired

1(3)

CENT

1(4)

Sand Is now on the Robbery Squad.

repural, who was then on the Vice Squad

15) Inspector

• (ENU) ASHIMON, Who Is still on the

Metropolitan Police Department and is currently

involved in an illegal "bugging" case in

Washington, D. C.

HINKLE stated that he was

He has been recently advised that "SNAGS" LEWIS,

MITCHELL and JOE NESLINE are currently doing business with BLICK.

HINKLE, started his own work (gambling operation)

in Washington, D. C., during January of 1950 "FLUFFY"

His first business

was with a control man whom he knows only as

"FLUFFY"

is a Negro male about 60 years of age who has operated as a

"control man" in the vicinity of First and H Streets, NE, for

many years.

This is

within the Metropolitan Police Department

Number One precinct.

"FLUFFY" was then working for JOE CHASE a notorious

Negro gambling figure of the Washington, D. C., northern

Virginia area

and had been paying protection money for CHASE

"bag man" of the Number One precinct.

"bag man"

at that time was (FNU) MC CARTHY, a plain clothes detective.

"FLUFFY" introduced HINKLE to MC CARTHY and arrange-

ments were made whereby. MC CARTHY would provide protection in

precincts one, two and three.

This protection cost HINKLE

"FLuFFy "nonth and was paid by HINKLE in cash.

Sometimes

would take care of the actual payment.

HINKLE made monthly payments of $350 to MC CARTHY from

about January of 1958 until mid summer of 1959.

the payments

were in turn reportedly turned over by MC CARTHY to JOHN CLINE

D.

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Officer in Charge of Detectives in the Number one precinct; reflat

Sgt. FNU. LOCKHART of Precinct, Number two and ROBERT DE MILT

Orficer in Charge of Detectives in Precinct Number three.

During the Summer of 1959 (FNU) MC CARTHY was

transferred or for some other unrecalled

continue acting as "bag man".

réason could not

• MC CARTHY thereafter made

arrangements for Sgt. MARK GRAY of the Robbery Squad to take

over as the "bag man"

HINKLE then started paying GRAY $350 a month for

protection as he had previously done with MC CARTHY.

GRAY shortly thereaiter obtained ROY MILES, Who

operates a florist shop in Washington, D. C.,

as a

"minor"

packer or control man or HiNdue.

HINKLE paid GRAY an additional

$50 per month while he' was able to keep the work of MILES..

One of ROY MILES men, BERNARD ALPHONSE, WIERZBOWSKI,

aka "BERNIE" went to work for HINKLE at that time.

"BERNIE"

handled the work HINKLE had obtained from MILES.

This work was

done at a gambling. office operated by HINKUE on Glebe Road in

Arlington,

Virginia.

This office was raided by the Arlington

county Police department in February of 1900.

"BERNIE" was

arrested during this raid and HINKLE shortly thereafter stopped

handling the business of ROY MILES.

(HINKLE had been tipped off

concerning this raid by the Arlington Police Department but

allowed "BERNIE" to be arrested as he thought "BERNIE" was

stealing from him.)

ROY MILES 1s still active in Washington, D. C., and

is currently associated in some way with

FRANCIS A.

"JIGGS"

SIMPSON, who is still operating in Washington, D. C.

ROY MILES has paid Inspectot ENU FELBER of the Washington,

D. C., Police Department for protection for many years.

At approximately the sane time that HINKLE quit

handling the work of ROy MILES, "FLUFFY" started taking a

little

"off the top" when he was given payments to furnish to

MARK GRAY.

GRAY became angry about this and shortly thereafter

HINKLE started dealing with other police officials.

HINKLE

was put in touch by GRAY with SGT. ROBERT DE MILT of the

Precinct Number three and subsequently HINKLE started paying

DE MILT $200 per month for protection in that precinct. HINKLE

became acquainted with and could also deal with Detectives

MINOR and wANNAMAKER of Precinct Number three.

He was told by

DE MILT that these detectives each received a part of the $200

he was paid each month by HINKLE.

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until he quit the sunbers business during January of 1962.

HINKLE continued paying the $200 per month to DE MILT

After MARK GRAY discontinued acting as

"bag man"

HINKLE did not have any work in the Number two precinct as he

had let ROY MILES work go at approximately the same time.

Therefore he did not have to make any further payments in

that

precinct.

He continued to pay for protection in precinct number

This amount was paid.

Uricer in Charge of detectives in the Number one precinct.

These payments continued until January of 1902 when HINKLE quit

the numbers business completely.

Prio,- to

During the Summer of 1960 HINKLE opened a numbers office

in Washington, D. C. Part oil that time the work which he had.

in Washington,

D. C., was handled in numbers offices in Virginia.

This office was located in the territory of the Number three

precinct at 23rd and I Streets, NW, Washington, D. C. It was

located over a small independent drug store, name presently

unrecalied.

Prior to opening this office LANCHORNE RORER made

arrangements for HINKLE to meet to with WARD OULks of the

Metropolitan vice

Squad. FOULKS was assigned at the Metropolitan

Police Department Headquarters as opposed to the precinct

headquarters.

An agreement was reached whereby HINKLE would

pay FOULKS $300 per month.

This was the minimum amount that

a gambler can pay if he wants to operate a gambling office in

washington;

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This price allowed HINKLE to operate anywhere

In Washington, D. C., except one precinct presently unrecalled.

Prior to the actual start of this operation in

Washington, D. C., it was necessary to tell FOULKS where the

office would be located and the telephone number at this office.

This was necessary so that the police department could check

and determine if it was likely that there would be trouble

in the vicinity and also so that the backer could be warned

if necessary.,

HINKLE stated that as long as there was no trouble

one could stay in the same office almost indefinitely.

He

stated that in his case he never had any trouble while

working there as he paid the stipulated amount.

He worked

there for a few months only as he had other offices in

Arlington, Virginia, which he used most of the time.

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HINKLE stated that he was not able to discontinue

his payments to FOULKS until he had definitely quit backing

the

numbers during January of 1962.

He continued to pay FOULKS

even after this official received an inter-department transfer.

After being transferred to the squad on which he is probably now

working and away from the squad where he would have direct contact

with gambling investigations, FOULKS told HINKLE that he was

then collecting for HEMPTON MOYER, the head of the gambling squad

and that his protection

would be the same.

Jantain

(was formerly a "bag man" for the vice squad. This

LENKLE advised that another detestive, Anarvidual

MTT IS

was being paid by LANGHORNE RORER and FRANCIS A.

""JIGGS"

SIMPSON.

MILLS is no longer with the Metropolitan Police

Department and is now backing a numbers operation in Washington,

D. C.

Prior to leaving the Metropolitan Police

Department

during the Fall of 1961, MILLS was the partner of BILLY CULP,

a numbers backer in washington. D. C. LANGHORNE RORER and

"JIGGS" SIMPSON have both given numbers books to that partnership.

JOHN COMMINGS, a current gambling figure in Washington, D..C.,

is a close friend of MILLS and formerly turred in a large

numbers book to the MILLS and CULP partnership.

MILLS is also a close friend of ROY BLICK who

formerly headed the Vice Squad of the Metropolitan Police Depart-

nent.

HINKLE stated that he has been told by both LANGHORNE

RORER and "JIGGS" SIMPSON that they have also paid WILLIAM

FORAN, Who until recently was a lieutenant assigned to the

Gambling Squad.

Lt. FORAN and Sgt. BURNETTE of the Arlington County

Police Department, Arlington, Virginia, are close personal

friends.

WARD FOULKS is in a position to check automobile license

for various gambling figures when they believe they are being

survelled by various investigating officers. HINKLE is of the

opinion that this includes cars of the FBI.

During the first of the year, 1962, FOULKS called

HINKLE via telephone and told him that

the FBI would probably be

surveilling him and thereafter gave HINKLE

about seven or eight

license numbers which he stated might be used on automobiles

in this surveillance work.

These numbers were all either

Washington, D. C., or Maryland license plates.

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together on that squad. These men were reportedly on the take

primarily from the Negro backers of the washington, C., area.

They also reportedly owned a share of the numbers business

operated by JOE CHASE, previously mentioned as a prominent

Negro backer. in the Washington, D. C., northern Virginia area.

HINKLE was told by WARD FOULKS that the arrest of

"SNAGS" LEWIS was the fault of LEWIS.

He stated that LEWIS

was warned three days before the raid that it would happen

and that LEWIS refused to move.

This was in about 1960 when

"SNAGS"

LEWIS was operating "wide open" in Washington, D. C.

HINKLE stated that LANGHORNE CARTER RORER, JR., is

roperating a telephone office in Washington, DoC. in which

NELITE DAVIS and FEDORA FLANIGAN are now working.

This office is

the apartment of a gambler known to HINKLE

O/GUE TANO (ph).

This individual is a

cousin of ANTHONY CELANI who is a friend and gambling associate

Of LANGHORNE RORER.

CELANI is the boy friend of FEDORA FLANIGAN

and both CELANI and FLANIGAN reside in Arlington, Virginia.

This telephone numbers office is located on 16th Street, NW.

It is approximately one or two blocks'from 17th and

Corcoran Streets, as NELLIE DAVIS parks her car at a parking lot

located at 17th and Corcoran Streets

and thereafter walks to the

numbers office from that parking lot.

HINKLE stated that this telephone office of RORER was

a short time ago being handled from the apartment of MAriMurray

KRAFT, who resides in the Woodner Hotel Apartments in Washington,

D. C.

HINKLE stated that the Washington, D. C., Metropolitan

area numbers backers are now obtaining the number from the

fourth, sixth and eighth races at the Acqueduct Race Track in

New York City.

He stated that "SNAGS" LEWIS continues to be the numbers

backer who designate the track and races from which the number

will be determined.

HINKLE stated that LANGHORNE CARTER RORER during the

day can usually be contacted in the apartment of an individual

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who is sometimes called "CRIS"

and at other times known as

"GEORGE", address unknown but whose telephone number is North

7-5709.

He uses this number because he feels that it would

be unsafe to use his own home telephone number.

HINKLE stated that he is sure that "JIGGS" SIMPSON

is currently operating a successful numbers operation in

Washington, D. C., and that he is being assisted in this

operation by an individual known as SKINNER.

Fe advised that the numbers operation of fans was

handied for a time at an office which he and WILLIAM H..

FIELDS had in Washington, D. C. This office was known

as the

Andrew C. Doukas Company, Inc., Financial Consultants, and

offices were located in Washington, D. C., at 917 15th Street,

NW, Washington 5,

D. C., where the listed telephone number was

ME 8-1398.

He stated that Andrew C. Doukas is an individual

from New York City where he has offices at 25 Broad Street,

New York 4, New York.

HINKLE stated that SIMPSON told him that they had

several telephones in this office, however, they had now been

discontinued because of non-payment of telephone bills.

HInKLE

stated that he feels that they still have the office space

rented at that address.

He stated that he is of the impression

that BILLY FIELDS was not aware that SIMPSON had operated his

numbers business at that office.

The interview of HINKLE will be continued on May 29,

1962. He advised that he has made arrangements to visit

relatives on May 30, 1962, and therefore will not be contacted

on that date.

developments.

The Bureau will be kept advised of pertinent

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