Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC
To: MEEKINS, M. W.
Document date: 12/3/63
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JEK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

Released under the

John F.

Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of

1992

144 USC

2107

Notel.

Cased : NU

53025 Date: 05-18-201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10100-10235

RECORD SERIES: MI

AGENCY FILE_NUMBER: 44-173-44

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: MEEKINS, M. W.

TO:

SAC

TITLE:

DATE: 12/03/1963

PAGES: 3

SUBJECT: JR, BKG, GAMBLING, ASSOC

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

REVIEW DATE:

09/24/1996

STATUS

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

01/22/2001

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

HH 53025

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TO

FD-209 (Rev.

2-1-63)

OPTIONAL PORM NO. IO

MAY 1962 EDITION

3010-106-

OSA GEN. REG. NO. 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

: SAC

(137-1242)

DATE:

FROM:

SA

SUBJECT:

M.. W. MEEKINS

DAVID KOHLER

12-3-63

CI

A pa

UPSI

Dates of Contact

11-29-63

Titles and File #s on which contacted

JACK LEON RUBY, aka; LEE HARVEY

OSWALD - VICTIM - Deceased, CR

44-173

Purpose and results of contact

_NEGATIVE.

EEl POSITIVE

The memo to all agents dated 11-25-63 concerning JACK

LEON RUBY, aka; LEE HARVEY OSWALD, aka - VICTIM - Deceased,

Civil Rights"

, in part, relates to the arrest of one JOE

KRASNO and LOU SIMON at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, bookmakers

during the mid 1930's. PCI is known to haye been engaged

in bookmaking himself during that period, operating from

Krasno's Bar located at 732 North Water Street, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin.

In view of the background information furnished concerning

JOE KRASNO and LOU SIMON, PCI was contacted for purposes

of developing information concerning KRASNO and especially

SIMON.

PCI stated that he knows both JOE KRASNO and LOU SIMON, for

Informant certified that he has

Rating

Coverage

furnished all information obtained

by him since last. contact.

Personal Data

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_INDEXED.

S RIALIZESS FILED

DEC 4 - 1963

> FBI - MILWAUKEE

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MI 137-1242

many years; that KRASNO was:

married to a madam,

who,

for years,

operated in the vicinity of

Cudahy, Wisconsin,

but that KRASNO never

operated from her establishment;

that KRASNO had been a bookmaker and gambling operator,

probably dice, In the Milwaukee area for many years and 1s.

known to have been arrested innumerable times by local

authorities but not mown to have ever been convicted or

at least sentenced to physical incarceration, He stated

KRASNO's establishment has now been torn down, but was

located at approximately 740 North 3rd Street, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin, in a one or two story building, He utilized

the second floor,

the first floor now being recalled as

having been occupled by some clothing establishment.

further Identifled the establishment as being located

directly across the street from the Miller Hotel.

PCI stated it was his recollection that during part of

KRASNO! gambling activities, he was in some type of

partnership with LOU SIMON; that rollowing the arrest,

possibly In 1935 or 1936 for both of these men, they spent

up but not because of any personal differences, and

afterwards LOU SIMON eventually moved to Las Vegas, Nevada

where he is now operating a "short card game" at the

Freemont. Hotel, where SIMON 1s how thought to reside, or

for which he can be located

Regarding JÄCK LEON RUBY and LEE HARVEY OSWALD, PCI

stated that he had never heard of either of these names

until the newspaper publicity arising from the assassination:

of President KENNEDY In Dallas on 11-22-63, that he 18

positive neither KRASNO "or SIMON had any "young punk!.?

at the age RUBY would have been during 1932, employed or

associated

with them; that to begin with, the "punk" would

have been too young and inexperienced in the game to have

been accepted by local Milwaukee gamblers who have

alwaysebeen elderly and experienced and again that the

gamoling element

at that time played area from Chicago

characters, wanted no part of the criminal conditions then

existing in the Chicago area.

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MI" 137-1242

PCI further stated that he is satisfied in his own

mune of tube relay ves or croquented thunder the

Milwaukee area

Er:.

tier

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