Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DODGE, HAROLD F.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 03/28/1958
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

4/30/201

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-10211-10280

HQ

92-3267-10, 11

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM: DODGE, HAROLD F.

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 03/28/1958

PAGES:

90

SUBJECTS :

JRO, ASSOC, REL, ACT, TRA, BKG, CRIMINAL ACT,

FINANCES, LEGITIMATE ENTERPRISES

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 04/16/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES 1b, Ic, INDEX PAGES 75-77, INC MEMO, 2 ADMIN

PAGES

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Office Memo dum • UNITED STO

GOVERNMENT

TO

DIRECTOR, FSI

DATE:

3/28/58

DA JEROMe

SAC, LOS ANGELES (92-113)

SUBJECT:

51-1

00:

JOHN ROSELLI, Was.

ANTI-RACKETEERING

LOS ANGELES

Attached hereto for. the Bureau are two copies of the

report of SA HAROLD F. DODGE dated as above at Los Angeles,.

California.

The records of Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. in Los Angeles,

set out in this report, were obtained by IC JOHN E. SANTOS.

The records of the Retail Merchants Credit Associa

tion of Los Angeles were obtained by SE JAMES I. MAHAN.

The records of the Los Angeles Police Department and

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office were obtained by SE LLOYD

H. DUDLEY.

Records of the Illinois State Bureau of Vital

Statistics,

chicago, Illinois, were checked by IC FRANCIS G.

KAHL on 1/6/58.

The identities of the Special Agents who conducted

physical

surveillances on ROSELLI in Los Angeles on 2/17;

3/5,0/58, are located in the lA section of this file.

MrS. DILLARD WILLIAMS, ROSELLI's maid, will not be

recontacted in view of her expressed loyalty to ROSELLI..

RODELLI SHOULD SE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS,

BECAUSE HE HAS CARRIED A GUN

IN

THE PAST.

2-Bureau (Encls.<)

2-Chicago (92-399) (Encls.2)

2-Cincinnati (92-140) (Encls.2)

2-Indianapolis (92-152) (Encls.2)

2-New York (92-721 (Encls.2)

REC- 13

2-Salt Lake City (94-252) (Encls.2)

92-3267-11

82 APR 4 1958

3-IOs Angeles (2 -92-113)1-94-2506 file

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5- 11-58 RA

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LA 92-113

LOS ANGELES OFFICE

AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Will maintain contact with the California Bank,

Santa Monica - Highland Branch, for the purpose of monitoring

ROSELLI's bank account.

(2) Will maintain contact with the Bank of America,

Sunset - wetherly Branch, for the purpose of monitoring

the account of Nevada Concessions,

Inc.

(3) Will maintain contact with the Bank of America,

Wilshire - Vermont Branch, for the purpose of monisoring

the account of Monte Proser Productions.

(4) W111 maintain contact with PAUL A. BREITLING, PCI,

telephone ER 2-6828, for Information concerning ROSELLI'S

activity.

Will maintain contact with Mrs. RALPH GORMAN,

Manager, Crescent Heights Apartments, 1251 North Crescent

Heights Boulevard, for Information concerning ROSELLI'S

activities.

Will maintain contact with JOSEPH I. BREEN, JR.,

c/o Family Theater, 7201 Sunset Boulevard, for Information

concerning ROSELLI's activity.

WIll Interview JUNE LANG, 7927% Norton Avenue,

Los Angeles, California, telephone OL 6-4874, former wife

Of ROSELLI,

to determine if she can furnish any pertinent

information concerning ROSELLI's activities.

(8)

Will interview ISADORE A. RUMAN, Insurance broker,

3222 West Oth Street, Los Angeles,

who has known ROSELLI

for many years concerning ROSELLI's activities.

(9)

Will consider interviewing HERMAN SPITZEL, 5211

Olympic Boulevard, a real estate broker, a long-time acquaintance

Of ROSELLI, for information he might furnish concerning ROSELLI'S

current activity.

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

NO, ONE N90 UPON II

IS ANGELES

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

LOS ANGELES

"I COCAI

CAGED: JOHN ROSELLI, waS.

Jorm rosselll, John Rasselli,

Jcha Ruggelll, John F. Stewart,

Rand Field, Glovanni Roselli

DATE

3/28/58

1/20-30,273-7,10-14,17-

21,24-20;3/3-7,10-14

REPORT MADE BY

17-21/58.

HAROLD F. DODGE

pac

CHARACTER OF CASE

ANTI-RACKETEERING

APRONIO

LORIES MADE

Mrs. HELEN WOODS JOHONS, 430à West Fifth, Dayton, Ohio, an

authorized correspondent of ROSELLI in 1944 and described

sister, not locate.. HELEN WOODS JONES, a Negro,

resided at this address in 1944. She denied knowing ROSELLI.

ROSELLI continues to spend most of time in Las Vegas, Nevada.

je visited Los Angeles,

California, 2/13-17/58, and attended

a Catholic retreat from 2/13/50 through 2/16/50.

He also

visited Los

Angeles from 3/3/58 to 3/5/53, when

he was endeavor

1ng to obtain contract for Monte Proser Productions, Inc. to

put on floor show at Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Cali-

fornia.

ROSELLI receives weekly galary of just under $300.00

from both Nevada Concessions, Inc. and Monte Proser Productions,

Informant T-l stated ROSELLI was individual who obtained

contract with Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Nevada

Opt cana Ho 20, 143

Concessions to act as its reservation agent and'also for Monte

Proser Productions,

Inc. to put on its floor shows.

ALEXANDER

-PERINO stated ROSELLI made arrangements in 1957 for PERINO to

manage restaurants in Tropicana Hotel at salary of $3,000.00.

per month.

ROSELLI has been promised a commission of several

thousand dollars by Ajax West Coast Corporation if he can get

1 Bureau

X. Gigantie

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

Chicago (92-399)

92+3267-10

12 APR 4 1958

MCT - 24

REC- 13

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59 Balt Lake City (94-252)

Los Angeles (2 - 92-113)

(1-94-250)

Flaresunle

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TR OF FEl. -This report is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside the agengy to wich loan?

PRONMENT PRINTIMi, OPPICE

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IA 92-113

It is noted that HARRY COHN has denied that ROSELLI

was ever employed by him.

MUIR stated that BRYAN FOY (a movie producer) was

ROSELII'S sponsor when he came out of the penitentiary, and

FOY and ROSELLI produced several pictures together and

quite a bit of morey.

She added that ROSELLI is no longer in the picture

business and now has several concessions at las Vegas casinos.

She said he has had io give these concessions up since the

shake up of the Tropicana Hotel following the finding of a

casino

"taise" on a slip of paper on FRANK COSTELLO when he was

shot.

MUIR could furnish no information as to why ROSELLI

could lose these concessions.

She said ROSELLI used to be mixed

up in a lot of things but had "gone straight" since his release

from prison.

Informant T-l advised on

February 26, 1958 that he

first met ROSELLI In the office of WILLIE SHEAN at Twentieth

Century-Fox Studios in about 1932; that he was impressed at

the time because ROSELLI then had

the reputation for being

a gangster and it was the informant's first impression of

meeting a gangster.

He knew nothing about ROSELLI'S

activities at that

time and knew him only very casually until

after the war, when he met ROSELLI again at Eagle Lion Studios

where informant,

who was a writer, worked on some filus in

which ROSEILI had an interest.

Informant said that ROSELLI has frequently mentioned

what a terrible thing it was to have to be incarcerated in a

prison and has stated that he never wants to go to prison

again.

Informant stated that in his opinion, ROSELLI is

"sex crazy"

, that women play a very important part in his

life, and he is

"always looking for women".

Informant said that he honestly believes that

ROSELLI has reformed in recent years; that he, informant,

knows nothing wrong concerning ROSELLI'S activities at the

He has never heard any information which

would indicate to him that ROSELLI is engaged in gambling

or bookmaking activities in the Los Angeles area.

He said

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LA 92-113

HFD: pas

INFORMANIS

Careful consideration has been given to each source

concealed, and I-symbols were utilized in this report only in

those instances where the identity of the source must be

concealed.

Agent to

whom

Furnished

Filé Number

where

Located

HAROLD F. DODGE

This report

Identity of Source

T-1:

• JOSEPH I. BREEN, JR.,

5953 Lubao Avenue,

Woodland Hills, Calif.

T-2:

PAUL A. BREITLING,

Pel, care of Ajax

West Coast corpora-

tion, 9453 Santa

Monica B.vd.,

Beverly Hifts, CallI.

T-3:

ROBERT WESLEY,

Assistant Operations

"Officer, Main Branch,

Bank of America, i

Beverly Hills, Calif.

T-4:

0.

G. MAMPELL,

Operations Officer,

Bank of America,

Sunset-Wetherly

Branch, Los Angeles,

Calif.

T-5:

Mr. J. ECKLES,

Clerk,

U. S. Post

Office, Terminal

Annex,

Los Angeles,

Calif.

"

11.

• HAROLD F. DODGE

This report

11

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11

HAROLD F. DODGE

This report

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LA 92-113

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CRIMINAL INFORMANT COVERAGE

INFORMANTS UTILIZED TO DATE

LA 4004-C

LA 3445-0

POTENTIAL CRIMINAL INFORMANTS USED

PAUL A. BREITLING

CONTEMPLATED ADDITIONAL INFORMANT COVERAGE

JOSEPH I. BREEN, JR. -who has known ROSELLI for many

years and is presently associated with ROSELLI in two firms,

namely, Nevada Concessions, Inc. and Monte Proser Productions.

Contact with BREEN will be

continued to obtain information

regarding ROSELLI'S activities. Efforts will

be made to

develop him into a PCI.

Mrs. RALPH GORMAN - manager of the Crescent Park

Apartments, 1251-61 North Crescent Heights Boulevard, LOS

Angeles, where ROSELLI maintains an apartment.

Contact with BREITLING will be maintained. He is

personally acquainted with ROSELLI and also has knowledge

of business dealings between JOHN ROSELLI, representing

Nevada Concessions, Inc. and'Ajax West Coast Corporation.

The latter firm sell ice-making and beverage-cooling machines.

PAT N. LACKEY - named

as Secretary in the articles

of Incorporation of Nevada Concessions, Inc. and now a legal

secretary in the law firm of Cantillon and Cantilion, who

reportedly represent the Tropicana Hotel.

The CANTILLONS are

friends of ROSELLI.

It has been recently learned that LACKEY

is personally acquainted with an agent of the Los Angeles

Office and has expressed

a willingness to assist the Bureau.

It is hoped that she may be able to furnish information of

value concerning ROSELLI and the activities of Nevada

Concessions, Inc.

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