Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: VERICA, JOSEPH A.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 12/31/1962
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/24/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10225-10352

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 92-2717-815

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

VERICA, JOSEPH A.

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 12/31/1962

PAGES:

114

SUBJECTS :

ABR, ASSOC, REL, ILLEGAL ACT, BKG, B/F INT, GAMBLING

ACT, LCN, POLICE PROTECTION, POLIT

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

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CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

03/10/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES la-Ib, INDEX PAGES 1c-10

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Leads

ANNALORO, pp. 19 and 34.

AT BROOKLYN, N. Y.

GAZIO, page 2 Furiah photograph and identity of De. FRANK

AT NEW YORK, N. Y.

1.

Furhish photograph and identity 'of BENNIE

MARTINI, page 24, and MARIO PAPOLINA, page 25.

SAN FRANCISCO:

AT SAN CARLOS, CALIF

Interview ANTHONY MAGGIO, 140 Hillerest Avenue;

page 23,

to determine his business interest and relationship

to ANGELO BRUNO and MICHAEL MASCIO's family in Philadelphia.*

Determine if ANGELO BRUNO has a proprietary

interest in any enterprise known to him.

Determine 1f BRUNO

ever visited the Weat Coast of the United States.

Obtain photograph and background of ANTHONY

MAGGIO

PHILADELPHIA:

AT: PHILADELPHIA, PA.

1: Maintain contact with:

PH 614-0 - TE

PH 623 - C*

PH 591

C*

PH 637 - C*

to keep abreast of BRUNO's daily activities, associates, and

his legal and illegal networks, and conduct

nepessary investi

gation:

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Administrative Data

This 1s a joint report of SAs EDWARD D. HEGARTY,

ROBERT W. HOLMES, J. ROBERT PEARCE, and JOSEPH VERICA.

Over sixty days have elapsed between the period of

this report and its date. In order to obtain better continuity,

previty, and to coincide the reporting period with BRUNO's activities,

this report covers the period June 30 - September 30, 1962.

BRUNO's principal activity during this perlod centered around

his daughter's wedding.

A report covering the months of October, November,

January 18,

Philadelphia, Pa., and his involvement with the FBI in Miami, Fla.

The following Information 1s set out in the administrative

section because the source is directly Involved and could be

1dentified:

on 7/30/62, BRUNO collected $750 from numbers

writer WILLIAM AVERONE, 2830 South Eighth Street, which

was witnessed only by PH 614-C-TE. This 1s an unusual practice

for BRUNO:

The same source on 8/9/62 reported FRANK IANNARELIA

brought $2,000 in a paper bag to Penn Jersey Vending, Inc.s

in $1.00 denominations. He had the source go to the bank and

change the bills to $100 and $50.00 denominations.

This 1s

done by racket element to "sink"

or "bury" funds.

on 8/15/62, source reported BRUNO desired services

of a photographer to cover his daughter's wedding.

„Source and

Agents In Philadelphia decided on and did obtain REUBEN ROBINOVITZ,

315 East Sheldon Street, telephone

DA 9-8008.

ROBINOVITZ was cooperative and furnished FBI Office

the pictures he had taken for review.

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Informants

Multiple "T" symbols were used to afford better

concept ment

In the cases of PH 623-C* (PH T-5, 6, and T); PH 614-C-TE (PH T-2, 3,

and 4) and PH 591-C*PH 789)

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T-17

Postal Inspector MC NABB, Philadelphia

614-C-TE

614-C-TE

614-C-TE

PH 623-C*

PH 623-C*

PH 623-C*

PH 591-C*

PH 591-C*

BU-82-C*

Former NK

: 2155-C

MM 837-0*

(Confidential source abroad!

*"Legat Roure

KEN BENJAMIN PCI SJO

NY 3368-6-TE SA WARREN J. DONAVAN

9/18/62

"NK: 2251-C*

Former PH 542-6 9/11/62 SA DAVID E

WALKER

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TRAVEL

T-7 furnished Information that ANGELO BRUNO's cousin,

CALOGERO SINATRA, visiting the United States, would go to

Buffalo, N.Y., to visit during July 1962.

By communication

September 25, 1902, the Buffalo Division advised of efforts

to observe BRUNO visiting the Buffalo area with negative

results.

On July 25, 1962, WILLIAM O. TEXTER, 44 Park

Street, Buffalo, N.Y. advised SA LEON F• ANDREWS, JR.

that he, TEXTER,

employed as a desk clerk at the Peace

Bridge Motel, Buffalo, working from 4:00 p.m. to midnight.

TEXTER was questioned as to the possibility that BRUNO or

CALOGERO SINATRA had registered at this motel on or about

July 13, 1962.

TEXTER advised that the name BRUNO was

vaguely familiar to him; however, he could not identify

photographs of BRUNO or CALOGERO. TEXTER related that

HERMAN WEINSTEIN, owner of the Peace Bridge Motel, frequently

registers guests at the motel under WEINSTEIN's name and

the guests' cards are thereafter not maintained

in the

file.

I-10 during July 1962 stated that HERMAN WEINSTEIN,

according to information he had learned, informed JAMES V.

LA DUCA, son-in-law of STEVE MAGADDINO,

associate of ANGELO

BRUNO, that the FBI had made inquiry at the Peace Bridge

Motel regarding registrations of BRUNO and one "SAM."

Informant stated that he had learned from MAGADDINO

that

ANGELO BRUNO had actually signed the registration card at

the motel but that either WEINSTEIN or an employee on duty

had

renoved this card from the motel files.

T-2 on August 3, 1962, advised that ANGELO BRUNO

had left Philadelphia on

the evening of August 2, 1962.

This informant had learned from BEN GOLOB, business associate

of BRUNO, that BRUNO was

probably in the Mami, Fla,, area.

T-2 on August 6, 1962, advised that BRUNO was still away

from Philadelphia

and

expected to return on August 7, 1962.

On August 7, 1962, I-2 advised that BRUNO returned to Phila-

delphia and was at the Penn Jersey Vending Company that day.

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Preparation and Summation of Daughter's Wedding:

T-5 reported that BRUNO apparently confides with

PETER MAGGIO and is the only individual from whom he accepts

advice.

On July 11, 1962, PETER and BRUNQ discussed the

coming wedding Of BRUNO's daughter, JEANNE, BRUNO indicating

that both he and his wife disliked

law, RALPH PUPPO.

BRUNO reasoned his disapproval of the

wedding was

based on the fact that his daughter is mature

and PUPPO 1s not. PUPPO, as a student, has no income and

his plans for the future are not known

to BRUNO. BRUNO also

indicated' he did not approve his son MIKE's marriage to

ZARIA because ZARIA 1s his wife SUE BRUNO's first cousine.

She came from Venezuela as a student and met MICHAEL in the

United States.

T-4 on July 16, 1962, Indicated IGNATIUS DENARO,

BRUNO's underboss in the family of "La Causa Nostra" dis-

cussed the identities of

wedding.

persons to be invited to JEANNE'S

There were to be 500 wedding Invitations purchased

would be self-addressed and 250 would not:

Pater banks and blade, Philadelpht mis in soupee

on August 7, 1962, reported that MAX WEISBERG and SAM

HOFFMAN, whom BRUNO has referred to as the Jewish faction

of the racket element in Philadelphia in the pasts would

attend BRUNO's wedding.

T-3 on August 13, 1962, reported that on that date

BRUNO conferred with one of his messengers to determine if

the messenger had delivered to CARLO CAMBINO, New York Com-- PA

mission member of

"Ia Causa Nostra,

a wedding Invitation

$O JEANNE BRUNO'S

wedding

Following the wedding on August 29, 1962, T-2:

outlined JEANNE BRUNO's Itinerary for her honeymoon, leaving

Philadelphia by plane for Miami, Fla, where she would spend

four to five days, thereafter visiting Jamaica,

the Dominican

Republe, Puerto Rico, Nassau,

'Bermuda, and returning by

plane to New York where she would remain three to cow days

to await the opening of school, then return to Philadelphia.

BRUNo indicated he desired to keep the guest list

down to 300 individuals but to include ali his friends ther

numbered 600. He remarked that only 65 of the 600 invited

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were from the groom's side of the family.

The others were

BRUNO's friends.

BRUNO made comments as to the gifts

received,

stating that you could count on a relative giving

between $25.00 and $50.00 and from your friends you could

expect between $50.00 to $100.00. Further, he said, that

he sorted all the envelopes bearing the money gifts

arranged

them alphabetically by name of the giver, and listed the

collected in a hatbox at the wedding reception; however, it

was too large to do this and he had to resort to using

empty whiskey case.

He indicated he also received 200

envelopes from people invited who could not attend, each

bearing a sum of money. Inthis regard, it is noted, according

to the source, that ChARLES DELMONICO, aka Chuck weiss, the

son of CHARLES TOURIND of NiamI,

wedding and carried from Florida several envelopes bearing

gifts from

"friends" of BRUNO's from that area.

I-4 on July 24, 1962, reported that BRUNO had

mailed 150 wedding Invitations that date and had several

others handcarried.

to distribute to certain friends; FRANK NICOLETTI also hand-

carried several of them to deliver to selected friends;

JOHN CAPPELLO also received six wedding invitations to

distribute to the members of the PETE CASELLA group in

Philadelphia. It 1s to be noted that both NICOLETTI and

T-3 on July 30, 1902, Indicated that BEN GOLOE

handcarried a wedding invitation to JOSEPH TANITSKY; RALPH

SCHWARTZ handcarried one to MITCHELL COHEN and LOU LALLI

handearried one to MANNY OXMAN.

It is to be noted that

MANNY OXMAN made a remark to SAM HOFFMAN and MAX WEISBERG

that BRUNO did nọt

send him an invitation to his daughter's-

wedding

They relaved the message to BRUNO, BRUNO indicating

that one would be extended.

according to this same source,,

all of the above people attended this wedding.

T-8 on August 30, 1962, reported that BRUNO had

given JEANNE BRUNO $500 at the time she departed on her,

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IGNATIUS DENARO,

BRUNO's underbod

"La

Causa Nostra";

JOSEPH RUGNETTA;

ANTONIO POLLINA;

PHILIP TESTA,

BRUNO's prinelpal lieutenant in his 11legal

activities in Philadelphia:

JAMES GATTO,

reputed bodyguard of JOSEPH RuSTerTA.

Individuals of lesser stature connected with

BRUNO In gambling sctivities, principally number writers,

were also present.

In addition, weethe foLLowns Jewish

members BRUNO had

referred to as

the Jewish feetion of the

mob in Philadelphia: MAX WEISBERG, SAMUEL: HORFMAN, and

| TANITSKY, ANGELO MARINO of San Francisco,

Calif

was present; FELIX JOHN DE TULLIO,

Camdeny N.J.; SAM

DI CAVALCANTE and CARL IPPOLICO, both of Trenton, N.J.;

PAUL EMILIO DIAMATO of Atlantio City, N.J.; AUGUSTINO ANATO

of Miami, Fla.; SAM RANGATORE of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and

RUSSELL BUFALINO of Pittstone

were also present.

is to be noted that BUFALINO

attended the Appalachten

meeting in 1957 In New York State and is In frequent contact

with BRUNo during the reporting period.

On August 26, 1962, ANGELO BRUNOle daughter,

JEAN VINCENZINA BRUNO,

was married.

Priot to the marriage,

BRUNO told I4 that it is no longer considered necessary

to invite the Commission members to the wedding or

child

of an area Boss. However, BRUNQ told informant

tHat he would

invite CARLO GAMBINO, SANTO TRANICANTE, and STEVE MACADDINO,

but that it would be necessary for

bin to recommend chat

they did not come.

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make sure that the lease was signed,

not operate on a verbal

agreement.

MARTORANO would have a total of 15 machines in the

market, each of which he estimated would pay him $20 per week.

PH T-3 reported that on August 13, 1962, possibly In

preparation for the deal with HOFFMAN,

BRUNg met wIth HOrMaN,

PH T-I reported that on August 29, 1962, BRUNO; his

cousin, CALOGERO SINATRA; and FRANK NICOLETTI went in the latter's

car to inspect HOFFMAN's market In New Jersey.

PH T-3 advised that on september T. 190, BRUNO and BEN

GoLds were going to the Cherry H11l Mart to look ever HOFFMANTS

location regarding the installation of machines and were to meet

MARIORANO and MARIO RICCOBENE there.

On Sepcember 10, 1962, PH T-3 said that MARTORANO tola

him that HOFFMAN wanted to borrow a large sum of money in return

for using MARTORANO's machines.

on the alth, PH f-3 learned that

a few days earlier MARTORANO had made application at the Broad

Street Trust Company for a loan which he intended

to use as a loan

to HOFFMAN in return for installing his machines.

PH T-8 advised that on September 7, 1962, he, BRUNO, and

PETER MAGGIO discussed HOFFMAN's market in New Jersey

and the

question of loaning him money. MACGIO was interested in having

products of the Magglo Cheese Company sold there.

It was mentioned

that HOFFMAN's store

would be open sever days a week; from 20

to 10 p.m. Monday

through saturday, and from 10 am to 6p.m. on

Sunday..

BRUNO said that the operators of the Mart wanted to borrow

money from him and that HOFFMAN would be

personally responsible

for it.

BRUNO Indicated

that he trusted HOFFMAN whether HOFFMAN

used BRUNO's machines or not.

On September 11, 19623.

according to PH T-9, PETER MAGGIO

agreea to loan HerMaN and his associates $10,000 and it was

PH I-9's Impression that BRUNO was advising MACGIO on the matter.

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About the middle of 1952, FINCKE advised that he had lined

up a MILTON STERN of Toronto,

Canada,

as a financial backer in the

purchase of land in Ceiba, Puerto Rieo.

PH T-14 also said that

a partner in

Company 1s a Mr.

MANGONE makes frequent trips to San Juan to oversee a

business which he established called the Inter-American All Coin

Operated Amusement Company.

PH T-14 described RICHARD F. FINCKE as a "typical con

artist and promoter.

500 Club, Atlantic City, N. J

PH T-2 advised on August 16, 1962, that, ANGELO BRUNO hao

been contacted by HERBIE FREEMAN of the 500 club in Atlantic City,

N. J

On August 21, 1962, PH T-4 said It was his beller that

ANGELO BRUNO has

an interests either manageriad or proprietary,

In the 500 Club, and that FREEMAN, who replaced ALFRED IEZZI, is

actually Ironting for BRune

PH T-4 based this beller on the fact

that BRUNO and FREEMAN are in regular contact and that BRUNO aLways

insists that FREEMAN not call him from the phone at the 500 club.

In addition, PH T-4 said that whenever BRUNO requests reservations

at the 500 club, as he does for acquaintances, he gets exactly what

he wants without any question, even though the attraction at the

club may be one that is filling the house.

Garden State Vending Company

PH T-2, PH T-4 and PH T-7 have

an reported regulary

during the period covered by this report

that BRUNo has continuea

to maintain an interest in the Garden State Vending Company whose

headquarters are on Wright Avenue, Camden, N. J.

The day to day

operation of Garden State is In the hands of BEN GOLOB.

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out to JOE that in addition to the elgarette vending business

he is engaged in, he is also required to nake frequent

trips to varlous parts of the country

T-4 advised on July 30, 1962, that ANGELO BRUNO

on that date received a sum of money, amount unknown to

Informant, from WILLIE AVERONA Incoment was of the opinion

that this money had something to do with BRUNO's numbers

operation.

T-6 advised on August 1, 1962, that ANGELO BRUNO

reminded PHILIP TESTA that TIIIE A. (AVERONA) had given

BRUNO all of the money and that because BRUNO was going

to Atlantie City he did not desire to leave it In the house.

BRUNO instructed TESTA to stop by the house and pick it up

for him.

Informant conpluded from the above that AVERONA's

payment to BRUNO must have been concerning BRUNO's numbers

operation because TESTA Is BRUNO principal lieutenant in

the numbers operation.

T-6 advised on August 16, 1962, that ANGELO BRUNO

and BENNY (INU) discussed the numbers business. BENNY

appeared to be interested in obtaining backing for numbers,

BRUNo told him to figure out what he had on the street and

that when he does, he should advise BRUNO and BRUNO would

then give him $10,000.

T-7 advised on August 29 1962 that BRUNO had a

discussion with one MIKE (INU) /

MIKB narrated to BRUNO the

type of numbers business he was formerly engaged in and

told BRUNO that he had seven or eight men working in his,

office and they were making fron $10,000 to $12,000 a day.

MIKE at first indicated that he was making $10,000 to

$12,000 a week and BRUNO told him that this was not very

much because the take then would only come to one-half miilion

dollars a year.

After MIKE conneoted his statement and

stated that he was making actually: $10,000 to $12,000 a

day, BRUNO commented that that would be a little, better

because it would come to about three million dollars a year.

BRUNO went on to tell MIKE and the informant that if he

, went into his numbers operation, he could tross 15 million

dollars a year:

BRUNQ pointed out that just one of the

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game and that SNUFFY IANNARidA was lending money to players

at loan shark rates.

IANNARELGA IS BRUNO's middle man in

his, BRUNO's, loan sharking activities.

T-2 advised on July 26, 1962, that FRANK SINDONE

had told him that FRANK MONTE is

LULU ESPOSITO's ziganette game.

K MONTE, 18 nO 1

no longer working at

Informant stated. that

-BENITO TEDESCO, aka Benny Rubin, and JOSEPH LAZZARO, aka

Joe Gibbons, were at that time working the game. T-5 has

identified all these persons,

with the exception of SINDONE,

as members of the Philadelphia Family of La Causa Nostra:

T-5 advised on August 13, 1962, that PHILIP TESTA

and two unknown persons

they were having in the disoussed with BRUNO the trouble

'operation of LULU ESPOSITO's ziganette

told them on this occasion that he had straightened out

the problem with GUSSIE GIDDENS (AUGUSTINE MAZZIO) •

3.

Loan Sharking'

T-3 and I-6 have continuously advised that ANGELO

BRUNO is lending money at ex bitant loan shark Interest rates

to numerous persons in the Philadelphia area.

Informants

advise that BRUNO passes judgment on whether or not a

particular loan is to be granted and that the actual debivery,

of the money to the interested person and the subsequent

collection of the loan is handled by SNUFFY IANTARELLA.

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7-4 further advised that on September 6, 1962,

ANTHONY FERRANTE,

then manager of Middlewelght JOEY. 'CIARDELLO

and an

associate

Of PALERMO and CARBO, was looking for BRUNO

at the Penn Jersey Vending Conpany to deliver a "very Important

' message."

ERUNO was not there and FERRANTE left without seeing

him.

Alcohol

- On September 1, 1962, according to PH T-7, BRUNO

was contacted by one JIMMY, not further identified by i-?,

who tried to entist BRUNe's help in lining up somebody in

the

Philadelphia area that could handle some

"stuff from Carolina."

It was T-7's Impression that JIMMY was referring to alcohol.

BRUNO told JIMMY that he knows one man on South llth Street

in

Philadelphia that might be able to help JIMMY but BRUNo was not

sure, explaining that it has been fifteen years since he, himself,

has had anything to do with it and he is not sure what help he

could be.

JINVY said he appreciated the offer and Inquired whether

he himself could see the man but was told by BRUNo it would be

better If BRUNO handled the contact since the man was not

acquainted with JIMMY. JIMMY remarked that he had been

considering getting in touch with a couple of men he-met in

prison but

BRUNO told him this was

not advisable

person wet in prison a new to and one t

BRUNO promised to

"peach out"'

for the man on 1lth

-Street

and let JIMY know what the man's answer was.

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