CR 137-9247-1
Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DL
To: HQ
Document date: 6/5/63
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/3/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90025-10020

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR SEE TITLE

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

DL

TO: HQ

TITLE: [Restricted]

DATE:

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SUBJECTS :

06/05/1963

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ISADORE MILLER

[Restricted]

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Unclassified

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DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

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FBI.

Date:

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6/5/631

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Via

AIRTEL

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(Priority or Method of Mailing)

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

SACS,

CHICAGO

MILWAUKEE

LAS VEGAS

FROM :

SAC, DALLAS

(331-1287) (₽)

WILLIAM LEE FOLSE

CONF. INFT. PL, 185-PC

CRIMINAL INFORMANT

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4/26/63, captioned "TOP ECHELON

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being designated as a potential Top Echelon Criminal Inforuant,

with captioned symbol number.

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D6 137-1367

LAS VSGAS DIVISION

AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

Other leads are set forth for Las Vegas later in this

airtel in connection with another matter.

Tens

*

In addition to the above information, FOLSE furnished

the following which may be of value to the Las

Vegas Office

and

some of which concerns Dallas area gamblers.

1.

JERKY ROSENBERG (Dallas 166-82) collects gambling

debts in Dallas for the Flamingo Casino in Las Vegas and about

a month ago one SAIMBILKINS (phonetic) of the Flamingo was in

Dallas making collections with ROSENBERG from persons who had

been on the junket to Las Vegas in January, 1963.

2. FRED MERRILL (Dallas 166-81) was fired by the

Sahara Casino in Las Vegas because he stole $50,000 from the

Sahara.

The card room at the Stardust Hotel is used as

the country.

4-20.

One of the lines on athletic events is made up by

one JACI SAWRECKI (phonetic) who resides in Chicago, but who..

was recently in Las Vegas and is supposed to go to Palm Springs,

california, this week to meet with RAY RYAN, a former "mechanic".

PONESIAS

Informant claims he is a personal friend of NICK

BONDULUS,

JOE DREW, CECIL BERNARD) SIMMONS and BENNY BINION.

Informant identified the following Dallas area people

as operating as bookmakers:

JOE CAMPISI (Dallas 92-339) will finance the book

of BOBBY IDE CHAPVAN (Dallas 162-107) and PETE PICCOLA and

possibly others.

(CHAPMAN recently took one KENNAUL SMITH of

Dallas for over $12,000 during a month's period by means of a

rigged poker game at the Redman Club, 3109 West Davis, Dallas.)

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(JOS NASIER, in addition to being a "mechanic" also

Tine ol golt tournaments and wild possibly be in Dallas

for the PGA in July, 1963.

PHIL

STEIN (Dallas 165-37) is operating a book over

telephone numbers AD 1-1173 and EM 8-7789.

JOHN ELT STONE (Dallas 162-37) has over 80 percent

of the booking business in Dallas and has used telephone numbers

TA 7-6022 and TA 6-7290. In addition, he has working for him

(Dallas 162-95). According to informant, STONE gets the line

in Dallas first over various pay telephones and then disseminates

it to other bookmakers in the Dallas area.

RALPH MARSHALL and RILEY

BAUCUM (Dallas 162-227)

continue to operate over telephone TA 7-3841. MARSHALL books

baseball bets until 2:15 PM each day, while BAUCUM handles

horse bets.

SHERMAN FRANKLIN LITTLE (Dallas 162-129) is operating

a book in one of the Dallas suburbs.

PHILABOSCO (Dallas 165-92) is operating a book at his

service station (2701 Ross Avenue, Dallas) over telephones

TA 7-9811 and TA 4-2359.

someone over his pay phone at the station, never says a word

phone a ho station,

Every morning at 10:00 AM he calls

and just listens.

BILL "JET" ROGERS (unknown to the Dallas Office) is

operating a small book in Dallas.

JIMMY /VOURHAS, owner of the Chateaubriand Restaurant

in Dallas, bookS bets from his customers and then turns these

bets over

of the winnings.

ve minter ront and

to JOHN ELI STONE, for which he receives 10 percent

VOURIAS and STONE are putting up the money

to operate a private Dallas dinner club, the Club Montmartrie,

and this club will be used to set up suckers for rigged games,

place and receive pertinent telephone calls, and as a meeting

place for STONE's group.

Gamblers in the area use Sgt. JOHN MCALOGIO (phonetic)

of the Department of Public Safety License Sureau to make con-

tacts for pay-offs to stata officials (names unknown to FOLSE) •

BOSCO has a contact within the Dallas PD, name of which 1s

unknown to informant, but which is believed by the Dallas Office

to be Dallas PD Detective CHARLES SANSONS.

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DL 137-1387

ALREADOWS (Dallas 166-84) is operating a "square

game" in thelballas area and because he has made enough money

from crooked games, is able to do this.

FOLSE stated that he desires to cooperate fully with

the FBI on a confidential basis and for money.

He stated he

is willing and when he makes one of his frequent trips to Las

Vegas, he will obtain information concerning activities in Las

Vegas as well as the activities of the Las Vegas group and

furnish same to the Dallas Office.

FOLSE stated there is no syndicate contact in the

Dallas

area, to the best of his knowledge, and that the Dallas

group, specifically WILLIAM RAY DAVIS, does not need any syn-

dicate contacts.

FOLSE indicated he was well acquainted with numerous

people in Las Vegas and that he had knowledge of the gambling

operations there.

It was noted by interviewing Agents that

FOLSE at this point of the interview had decided he would furnish

his information after he had possibly been remunerated for what

he had already furnished.

He had been previously advised that

he would be paid on a c.o.l. basis for pertinent and productive

Intormation and only aiter it had been evaluated by the Agents.

He was agreeable to this. He was also advised that the Bureau

in no way would pay for his gambling activities or expenses and

he was also agreeable to this.

Arrangements were made for future contacts with FOLSE

by SAs ROBERT M. BARRETT and IVAN D. LES. FOLSE was instructed

never to contact the Dallas Office personally, that he was not

an employee of the FBI, that he was to furnish information only

to the Bureau Agents, and that the relationship between himself

and the FBI must be strictly confidential.

UACE, further contacts will be made with FOLSE for

development as a Top Echelon Informant in view of the above

information furnished by him. It is believed such contacts can

be productive and it is the opinion of the contacting Agents

FOLSE is well acquainted with the gambling element in both

Dallas and Las Vegas. These contacts will be carefully planned

beforehand and efforts will be made by the Dallas Office to

assure that fOLSt is furnishing information for the reasons

he has stated and is not being used by the gambling element in

any manner.

It is the opinion of the contacting Agents that

FOLSE is in a position to penetrate the organized criminal

element in Dallas and Las Vegas.

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