Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LENIHAN, JOHN P.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 8/2/63
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/11/201

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

FBI

124-10213-10008

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 87-66742-1ST NR 122, 123, 124

Released under the John

Assassination Records

Collection Aet of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 45966 Date:

11-20-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM: LENIHAN, JOHN P.

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE:

08/02/1963

' PAGES:

40

SUBJECTS :

CWB, ASSOC, TRA, ALIASES, NUMEROUS INTV,

PROSECUTION

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:. 4; 10(a)2

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 11/13/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: INC 2 A/T

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Chicago airtel to Miami,

Miami airtel to Chicago,

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LEADS

7/5/6

120/63

JEK Act 6 (4)

CHICAGO

At Chicago, Illinois:

Will maintain contact with PCI

CG6656-PC-TE as well as any other informants or sources

who know of ALDERISIO's activity for indications of

reaction on his part since he apparently suspects the

Investigation is under way and also for any indicationg

of his method of interstate travel to or from Miami about

May or June, 1962.

DENVER

t.

At Denver, Colorado:

W1ll re-Interview EGAN, who Departmental Attorney

HARRINGTON

states appears to be considerably more relaxed

now that he feels confident he will not be indicted on

this matter. However, because of EGAN's severe heart con-

dition, he should not be interviewed extensively, and all

reasonable consideration should be given him since it appears

he is now cooperative, and, therefore, anything that might

oy anything that

excite him of tax his health should be avoided. EGAN should

be interviewed for all data he might possess to establish

the date of the meeting in KAY's office at Miami Beach,

which meeting BRAY indicated was probably in late May, 1962,

or sometime in early June, 1962.

In the

event EGAN was a

guest at the Nautilus Hotel on any dates later than those

listed in this report, the approximate dates should be

ascertained. If EGAN is able to recall the hotel where he

was staying when he met ALDERISIO 1n KAY's office, it might

be possible to establish the date of this meeting. Also,

EGAN mentioned he would search his records at home since

he might have check stubs or travel coupons to show the date

of his travel to Miami Beach about late May or early June,

1962. Since BRAY has apparently been in contact with EGAN

since EGAN returned from the Miami Grand Jury, EGAN should

be interviewed to determine what data he learned from BRAY.

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2. Will maintain close contact with Depart-

mental Attorneys PELOQUIN and HARRINGTON to determine

the results of their interviews with BRAY in New Orleans

and other places.

At Miam1 Beach, Florida:

W11l re-interview SAM KAY in an effort to

determine from him the exact date ALDERISIO threatened

EGAN In KAY's office.

At North Miami, Florida:

Will re-interview HARRY BROOK and exhibit

photograph. of EGAN to him to determine if he recalls

seeing EGAN in KAY's office when ALDERISIO was there.

ADMINISTRATIVE

When Departmental Attorney HARRINGTON tele-

phonically advised SA LENIHAN on 7/26/63 of the fact

that he and PELOQUIN had interviewed BRAY, SA LENIHAN

was engaged full time in a lengthy trial on case cap-

tioned

"MICHAEL ROSA, aka. et al, ITSP; CONSPIRACY,

Bureau file No. 87-69249.

Therefore, there was no

opportunity to immediately interview

HARRINGTON to

determine the results of his interview with BRAY.

INFORMANTS

On 7/8/03, former MM 722-C advised SA PRUE C.

CLINKSCALES he had

just learned of a severe fire at the

Fireside Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, In which

that restaurant was completely burned.

Source advised that

he had been in Chicago during the period from mid June to

July 2, 1903, and while there was

in almost dally contact

with Bureau Agents of the Chicago Office.

He said that he

learned of an Intensified investigation being made by the

Chicago FBI Office believed to be at the specific request

of the Department of Justice, concerning the fires at

several large restaurants in

the Chicago area in which

arson was suspected. Such restaurants in Chicago are

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reportedly owned by numerous "syndicate" or "outfit"

boys who are suspected of burning such restaurants

because of business failure.

Source advised that as best he can learn

"Milwaukee Phil," whose correct name he could not furnish

Immediately but

who is well-known to various FBI Offices,

reportedly had a financial interest in one or more of the

restaurants in Chicago which had burned and acording to

Information he had received, "Milwaukee Phil" also had

a financial interest in the Fireside Restaurant, at

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which burned either the night

of 7/6 or 7/7/63.

Source continued that it is entirely

possible that

"Milwaukee Phil" is not the owner or partner

'of record" but is merely a

the

silent or hidden partner in

Fireside Restaurant which burned.

PCI

and CG6656-PC-TE both advised

that they are

familiar with ALDERISIO's current activities.

Both of these individuals stated that it is Impossible

to determine as to whether ALDERISIO was In Miami, Florida,

In March or April, 1962, because in dealing with ALDERISIO

no one asks him any questions or delves into his business.

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UPTED STATES DEPARTMENT O

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

USTICE

Copy to:

Report of:

Date:

1 - United States Attorney, Miami, Florida

Attention:

Departnental Attorney

ROBERT D. PELOQUIN

JOHN P. LENIHAN

Ofice: Miami, Florida

August 2, 1963

87-16480

Field Office File #:

Title:

Bureau File #: 87-66742

CHARLES WILLIAM BRAY; FELIX ANTHONY

ALDERISIO; SANTO TRAFFICANTE, Jr.;

PAN AMERICAN BANK OF MIAMI, FLORIDA - VICTIM

Character:

INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY;

MAIL FRAUD; INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION IN AID

OF RACKETEERING (ACCOUNTING AND FRAUD SECTION)

Synopsis:

JAMES WILLIAM EGAN and SAM KAY no longer carried as subjects

as: Departmental Attorney declined prosecution on 7/6/63 and

EK Law 10(a)2

ITAR prosecution considered against ALDERISIO

and: TRAFFICANTE.

ALDERISTO SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND

DANGEROUS SINCE HE IS ARPEGED TO CARRY A GUN IN A SHOULDER

HOLSTER.

TRAFFTCANTE SHOUAD BE CONSIDERED ARMED ANNI

DANGEROUS DUE TO HIS PAST ASSOCIATIONS IN CRIMINAL

ACTIVITIES.

DETAILS

On July 6, 1963, Departmental Attorneys ROBERT D.

PELOQUIN and EDWARD HARRINGTON stated that on July 2, 1963,

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they journeyed to Denver,

after making a telephonic

appointment

with EGAN, who agredd to meet them at the

Denver Airport.

their plan was

They related that ther advised EGAN that

to present the

case

before the

Federal Grand Jury sitting atl

on

and desired to find out if it might be possible to have

EGAN testify beföre this

Grand Jury.

They related

EGAN provided detailed data regarding the $125,000.00

loan made in July 1961 in his name at the Pan

Bank, Miami, Florida. EGAN stated he also still had the

envelope BRAY mailed the forged $125,000.00 bond in. EGAN

added that KAY's Brazillan deal related to buying

commodities in Brazil and paying for them with pre-Castro

pesos, however, EGAN stated KAY's deal had not yet been

consummated.

EGAN related that about April 1962, or possibly

some time between March and July 1962, he was in SAM

KAY's office at Miami Beach when he met FELIX ANTHONY

ALDERISIO

ALDERISIO put EGAN on notice he was cutting

himself In for one-third of EGAN's expected profit

on KAY's deal and when EGAN was not agreeable to this

ALDERISIO Implied threats on EGAN's teenage daughter.

. Mr.

PELOQUIN and Mr. HARRINGTON stated at their discussions with

SAM KAY at Miami Beach they had also advised him of their

plan to present the case

to the Federal Grand

Jury on

KAY was agreeable to

testifying

KAY related that he has been contacted by SANTO

TRAFFICANTE a few times on behalf of ALDERISIO to determine

what the status was of KAY's Brazilian deal.

Mr. PELOQUIN pointed out that if EGAN and others

testified to the details of ALDERISIO's threatening EGAN

unless he was given either thirty per cent or one-third of

EGAN's profit on KAY's deal and interstate transportation

could be shown on the part of ALDERISIO, It might be possible

to charge him with, Interstate Transportation in Aid of

Racketeering, In that he was attempting to extort money from

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"their mortgage, in reality their money would be coming out

first.

EGAN stated that the mortgage company acceeded to

ALDERISIO's request. It should be noted that FBI, Miami

Intelligence reports indicate the possibility of an undis-

closed ownership interest in the motel by ALDERISIO at the

present time:

EGAN stated that at the present time he has in his

possession:

2.

1. The go BOO checka laaued by

CHARLES

The envelope in which the two United

Benefit Surety Bonds were received by

him on July 11, 1961, In Miami having

been mailed in Chicago by BRAY

and;

3.

The united Benefit Surety Bond in the

amount of $115,000.

JEK Law 10(a)2

f.

An anonymous letter post marked April 30, 1962,

at 2:00 P.M. in Chicago, Illinois. addressed to Honorable

ROBERT F. KENNEDY, United States

Attorney General, Department

of Justice, Washington, D.C. was received in the Department

of Justice, Washington, D.C. This envelope bore the return'

address, Moore, Case,

Lyman, and Hubbard, 175 West Jackson

directories do not

Are ordes do not at this farmeyernis letter and eove

This letter and envelope

were both typed and contained the

following data:

"The Irwin Weiner-American Bonding Agency-

Teamsters Bond-Guaranty Bank-Bray-Central

Casualty-Crime Syndicate tieups

officials

In 1959 the bond required of the Teamsters Union

and employees under the terms of the Magnum-Griffin

REVIEWED

Actewas writtency the Summitt Insurance Company.

DOS

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(For example, WEINER has boasted, and those who were

In the know in Cuba have confirmed, that for his services

to PHIL ALDERISIO--SANTOS TRAFFICANTE, etc. he was given

a substantial interest in the Deauville Gambling Casino and

the Capri Gambling Casino In Havana.

When WEINER last talked

about this he was crying about his loss of a vast fortune

occasioned by CASTRO.)

The lard business in Chicago, which had such unusual

methods of forcing males on restaurants, was apparently a

similar payoff.

There certainly seems to be tie-ins of importance

to the Kefaufer Committee, the McClellen Committee,

Department of Justice and the Treasury Department."

the

On the morning of L

JEK Law 10(a) 2

before the Federal Grand Jury

satting at

He was

agreeable to having his photograph taken and was transported

from the Federal Building to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Office, where his photograph was taken.

Immediately thereafter

he was

i taken to the Moulin Rouge Hotel where he stated he

was staying with his wife and daughter,

and they expected to

vacation in Miami for a few days.

added he was taking

1t very easy because of!

was trying to work one half day each day and possibly would

t.

occasionally work one entire day in a week.

added that

he had met HARRY BROOK many times and he presumed

BROOK would

recall him very well.

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On July 11, 1963, a discussion was had

with the Departmental Attorneys ROBERT D. PELOQUIN and

EDWARD HARRINGTON in their office in Room 1604 In the Congress

Building.

Mr. PELOQUIN stated that he was havine the

transcript of the Grand Jury proceedings on

_typed up and had made arrangements with the Grand

Jury that the transcript would be available to the

Federal Bureau of Investigation since he desired additional

investigation conducted on this matter. Mr. PELOQUIN

conducted on this

stated this same Grand Jury will meet again on about

By that date PELOQUIN hopes that sufficient

evidence might have been located that possibly an

Indictment might be returned

stated that it 1s quite unsely that surralent evidence

PELOQUIN

might be obtained through investigation between now and

August

6, 1963, to consider returning an indictment

against ALDERISIO and/or TRAFFICANTE but that if an

Interstate Transportation in Ald of Racketeering violation

1s developed ultimately an indictment might be returned

against either or both.

Mr.. PELOQUIN stated that

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Mr. PELOQUIN stated he desired, 1f possible,

that the record of BRAY's travel

to and from Chicago at

the time he made the trip

and changed the Central Casualty

stock so that it appeared in EGAN's name rather than his

name be determined.

He also requested that, if possible,

the public stenographer BRAY and EGAN contacted about June

of I961, to have the bond typed up, be contacted. It was

pointed

out to Mr. PELOQUIN that the record of Central

Casualty Company public stenographic bill in the amount of

$6.00 for stenographic services rendered on May 11, 1961,

from an address of 69 N. W. 26th Avenue, was found. Mr.

PELOQUIN advised it is quite possible that this is the

contact with the public stenographer that EGAN said might

have occurred in June of 1961.

subtie to rapher that

Mr. PELOQUIN stated that if the travel date

BRAY made this trip to Chicago and back could be determined,

it is his plan to prepare an indictment against BRAY and

possibly present it to the next session of this Grand Jury

which is expected to meet on or about

in

Mr. PELOQUIN stated that an Interstate Transporta-

tion in Aid of Racketeering violation against ALDERISIO

and TRAFFICANtE would require considerably more work and,

therefore, he did not expect to be able to have an indictment

returned against either or both of these individuals in the

next session of this Grand Jury. : Mr. PELOQUIN pointed out

that it would be necessary to prove the interstate travel

on the part of ALDERISIO and/or TRAFFICANTE in connection

with the threats ALDERISIO made to EGAN. Mr. PELOQUIN

stated since the exact dates of these threats have not

yet been ascertained it is his hope, through recontact

with EGAN and BRAY, contact with the Fontainebleau Hotel

and possibly a check of ALDERISIO's travels about June of

1962, to be able to show ALDERISIO making interstate travel

prior to the time he threatened EGAN.

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EGAN seemed quite confident that on the morning

he went to Miami International Airport to meet BRAY on

Associates firm in Glenview, Illinois. EGAN's recollection

was that MELVIN BOLDT stated he had been in Miami to attend

a convention of Zenith dealers and EGAN understood from

BOLDT that he had been staying at the Diplomat Hotel in

Hallandale, Florida.

he related to EGAN that he had some trouble getting into

Contra case a hat a dog one you

the Central Casualty Company office when he tried to get

in there about midnight.

EGAN's recollection is that BRAY

mentioned that either CELESTE RUDDY or some other Central

Casualty Company employee was contacted by BRAY and in some

way assisted BRAY to get into the company office. EGAN

presumed BRAY was talking about getting into the main

Office of Central Casualty Company, which he believed was

then located at 208 South Lasalle Street, Chicago, Illinois.

EGAN added that at the time he met ALDERISIO in

KAY's office he estimated it was probably in the spring of

1962 and although he could not recall the date, he believed

at the time he was

staying at the Nautilus Hotel on Miami

Beach. EGAN added that just about all the travel and hotel

expenses EGAN as well as BRAY incurred during the period

when Central Casualty Company was operating were charged

to the central Casualty Company. EGAN stated he might have

some records at his residence in Denver that would show

the dates of his travel to Miami after Central Casualty

went out of business since his recollection is he paid for

these trips himself.

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On July 26, 1963, Departmental Attorney EDWARD

HARRINGTON advised that he and Mr. PELOQUIN had recently

been in contact with BRAY who related that his best

estimate is that EGAN's meeting with ALDERISIO In KAY'&

Miami Beach office probably occurred about the first week

in June, 1962.

Mr. HARRINGTON also advised that ALDERISIO

sometimes uses the name Mr. PHILLIPS when he travels.

On July 30, 1963, the Greater Miami, Florida,

Numerical Telephone Directories dated September, 1960,

September, 1961, and September, 1962, were checked to

determine who had service at the phone numbers called

from the room that BRAY and EGAN had at the Airport Hotel

in May, 1901. It appears that FRanklin 3-0441 was ser-

vice

for Delta Air Lines, NEwton 4-3511 was

service for Eastern Air

lines, NEwton 3-6411 was service for Northeast Air Lines,

and

NEwton 3-6501 was service for Northwest Air Lines.

HIghland 8-1771 was apparently service for Traurig

Insurance Agency of 3031 Coral Way, Miami. Through a

check of these directories It was not possible to

determine who had phone service at HIghland 4-0781 in

May, 1961.

On August 1, 1963, Departmental Attorney EDWARD

HARRINCTON advised that when

JFK Law 10(a)2

Grand Jury,

he indicated he

was in periodic contact with BRAY. EGAN Indicated that

BRAY might be agreeable to talking to Government repre-

sentatives since he apparently was not too closely asso-

ciated with ALDERISIO and some of ALDERISIO's cronies.

Mr. HARRINGTON stated several days after EGAN returned

to Denver, he phoned their office to say that BRAY might

contact them, and some several days. later BRAY did phone

them and an appointment was made to meet them at a Miami

motel during the week of July 22, 1963. BRAY indicated

that he did not desire to discuss the Pan American Bank

$125,000 loan but that he would be willing to discuss

some

parts of his dealings with ALDERISIO and others.

BRAY related that soon after EGAN was threatened

by ALDERISIO in KAY's office on Miami Beach about late May

or early June, 1962, EGAN phoned BRAY to tell him about

recollection 1s that ALDERISIO had contacted

him about two weeks earlier and asked BRAY if he wanted

ALDERISIO to go to Miami Beach to try to collect on the

deal BRAY had with KAY.

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"JEK Law 10(a)2

Mr. HARRINGTON related that their original plan

was to present a three count indictment

before the Grand

Jury meeting in

on

Since there 1s

some chance of BRAY cooperating on matters relating to

ALDERISIO and others, Mr. HARRINGTON stated they do not

plan on presenting this indictment to the Grand Jury on

Mr. HARRINGTON stated the three counts

they were considering indictment of

Mr. HARRINGTON stated when he and Mr. PELOQUIN

had the interview with BRAY they made arrangements to

HARRINGTON stated fe

meet BRAY in various cities where he would go in the course

of his business.

Mr. HARRINGTON stated they made an appoint-

ment to meet BRAY in New Orleans on August 7, 1963, and Mr.

HARRINGTON expected that WALTER J. SHERIDAN, Special Con-

sultant to the Attorney General, as well as an Internal

Revenue Service Investigator who has been investigating

ALLEN DORFMAN'S tax returns

for some time, would be there.

ALDERISIO SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND

DANGEROUS SINCE HE IS ALLEGED TO CARRY A GUN IN A SHOULDER

HOLSTER.

TRAFFICANTE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND

DANGEROUS DUE TO HIS PAST ASSOCIATIONS IN CRIMINAL ACTIV-

ITIES.

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