Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, NY
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 07/26/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act o1 1992 (14 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/14/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10278-10284

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 92-6054-370

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, NY

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 07/26/1963

' PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS :

LCN, SOBELLA, GUS, CRIMINAL CONSPR, CREW

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS : 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/29/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotej.

DATE: 11-14-2017

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

5010-106

MMY 1862 EIFION

SEA GEN. REG. NO. 27

UNITED STATES G

i RNMENT

Memorandum

TO

DATE: July 26,1963

DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM :

SAC, NEW YORK (92-2695) (C)

SUBJECT:

GUS SOBELLA

AR

(00:NEW YORK)

"THE CRIMINAL COMMISSION, ET AI; AR-CONSPIRACY":

Re Bureau letter dated 1/28/63, captioned

Investigation in this case was conducted

to determine if GUS

SOBELLA is a member of "La

Cosa Nostra."

A possibility that SOBELLA was a member

of "Ia Cosa Nostra" was based on information furnished

by NY 1894-C, who in January, 1958, advised of the

existence of a criminal conspiracy. In describing one

of the "crews" in this conspiracy, which/waWlocated

on the lower east side of New York City, he mentioned

the name of GUS SOBELLA, among others.

GUS SOBELLA,

the informant stated, was part of the original "crew"

formed by

• the notorious LUCKY LUCIANO.

The informant

said that SOBELLA had no particular position although

he retained a certain amount of respect since he was

close to LUCIANO in the old days.

Bureau

New York

(92-630Sub B)

1- New York

(92-2695)

REC- 57

EX. 115.

RGO: pm

(4)

91-6054-370

• JUL 29 1963

2 AUG

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released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 743 USC 2107 Rotey.

DATE: 11-14-2017

NY 92-2695

NY 1894-C was recontacted on 4/14 and

5/23/63, by SA WARREN J. DONOVAN, at which time the

informant stated that he has not

seen SOBELLA in

several years.

He believed that SOBELLA was still

alive and in the New York City area, but he could

furnish no information regarding SOBELLA's activities,

whereabouts,

or any identifying information.

Informant

could only state that SOBELLA was an older man.

NY Indices are negative regarding GUS,

SOBELLA, but do contain information regarding one

GUS SABELLA which is as follows:

The "New York Daily News"

, January 13,

1961 edition, a New York City newspaper, reflected

that one GERALD STRAVELLI was killed in a gangland-

in NYC.

type shootine on then aisy, had shot and tilled

The article pointed

DECENSED

s/E/63, secondiet a date of birth as 1572, Nyc.

By report dated 6/7/63, the Identification

Division of the FBI furnished the record for one GUS

SABELLA, FBI # 955328, NYCPD # B1 36075.

FD-9 which

requested this record was returned reflecting that

there was no record for the following names:

GUS SOBELLA, AUGUST SOBELLA and AUGUST

SABELLA.

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 191 U5C 2107 notey.

DATE: 11-14-2017

NY 92-2695

on 6/15/63, SA AUGUST J. MICEK reviewed

the records of the NYCPD regarding GUS SABELLA, NYCPD

# B136075,

at which time he determined that GUS SABELLA

died on 3/6/37, after being shot in Brooklyn on

3/1/37.

The records of the Bureau of Criminal

Identification and The Central Investigations Bureau,

NYCPP,

as reviewed on 5/14/63, by SA AUGUST J. MICEK

reflect no record identifiable with the subject.

On 4/8/63, Miss PAULINE DE FIORE, Clerk,

Credit Bureau of Greater New York, advised IC THOMAS D.

MULLARKEY that she could locate no record for GUS SOBELLA

or SABELLA.

During" April and May, 1963, the following

criminal informants familiar with organized crime in

the NYC area were contacted regarding the

subject with

negative results:

Informant

NY 169-C

NY 3864-C-TE (Former)

NY 2151-C

NY 3461-C-TE

JOSEPH VALACHI

Contacting Agent

SA WILLIAM W. TERRY

SA BENJAMIN F. GRAVES

SA WARREN J. DONOVAN

SA MAX R. FRITSCHEL

SA JAMES P. FLYNN

(conceal identity)

Inasmuch as investigation by NY has not

identified subject and

since NY 1894-C can furnish

no additional information to

identify him or to definitely

establish his membership in "La Cosa Nostra"

, this case

is being closed by NY.

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