Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, NY
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 12/3/62
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/24/201

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10288-10147

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

HQ

92-2717-788

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, NY

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 12/03/1962

PAGES:

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RESTRICTIONS :

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SPFTIAL INVESTIGA VE DIVISIO

Dece

jer 4, 1962

Barbara Gandolfo, prostitute,

furnished details of her meeting with

Frank Sinatra and other entertainers

in New York during August, 1962.

claims she

had relations

with Sinatra

and received $200 from him. Several

days later she visited Sinatra's

suite in Claridge Hotel, Atlantic City,

and has identified Sam Giancana, Paul

"Skinny" D'Amato and other hoodlums in

attendance

at this location.

This informant is identical with

individual referred to in Newark tele-

type today who had reportedly committed

suicide or was killed in New York past

week end as a result of her involve-

ment with Newark hoodlums. New York

Office determindd that Gandolfo is

living and they will interview her

today..

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PD 56(REN. 15-19-56)

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Mr. Tolson

Mr. Belmont

Mr. Mohr.

Mr. Casper..

FBI

Mr. Callahan..

Mr. Conrad

Mr. DeLoach

Date: 12/3/62

Mr. Evans.

Mr. Gale

Transmit the following in

PLAIN TEXI

Mr. Rosen

Mr. Sullivan

(Type in plain text or code)

Mr. Tavel.

AIRTEL

Via

Mr. Trotter.

Tele. Room.

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

Miss Holmeg

Miss Gandy

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI (92-2717)

FROM:

SAC, NEW YORK (92-739)

matter

1lno1

SUBJECT:

ANGELO

BRUNC

AR ANTIRACKETEERI

OFFICE 0D URLY 00: PHILADELPHIA)

Re Newark airtel dated 9/5/62, and NYlet dated

10/2/620

BARBARA GANDOLFO located and interviewed at

on 11/30/62•

She appeared

st. Janes, Long Island, na' is being considered a Pga y

completely cooperative

the NYO.

She admitted being a prostitute.

Potential Criminal

Informant

PCI BARBARA GANDOLFO advised that early in

the week ending 8/25/62, she met JACK BENANTY, whom she :

described as a hanger-on

to FRANK SINATRA, at the Copacabana

Nightalub in NYC and she accompanied him to a party later.

a pertisht to tilly's Restaurant, NiC, where SINAIRA had

Bureau (92-2717)

Philadelphia (92-444)

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Newark (92-478) (Info)

New York 92-793

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York

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92-739

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NY 92-739

At this

party, she recalls, were SINATRA; JACK

E. LEONARD (comedian); TED STEELE and his wife (disc

jockey); BUDDY GRECO and his wife (entertainer); vibLy

RIZZO and his wife (restaurant owner); HENRY GENNA (connected

with Sands Hotel, Las Vegas; SAM FLETCHER (singer); SAMMY

who accompanied DAVIS; and a "DOC STINE"

DAVIS, JR. (entertainer); a Negro

name unrecalled,

been several other people there whom she does not recall.

Following this, a number of them, including SINATRA,

"DOC" STINE

Hotel, where SINATRA was staying.

slept with

SINATRA and engaged

in sexual intercourse with him. The

next day BENANTY said he put something in her purse for

her. She found two 100 dollar bills in her purse.

During the party at Jilly's, she was told they

were all going to be down at Atlantic City

at the end of

the week and she was told to come.

She said this was

general talk and nobody in particular invited or enticed

her to Atlantic City, it merely being a

general invitation.

SINATRA and several others left that day in his

plane for Atlantic City. A day or so later she went down,

alone, by bus which fare she paid for herself.

She arrived in Atlantic City about 7:30 p.m.

and went directly to the Claridge Hotel, but couldn't get

a room as it was full.

She checked her bags, changed in

the ladies room and went to the 500 Club.

There was a

long line-up outside the 500 Club waiting to.

get in.

BENANTY got her in without waiting and she went

to the bar by herself.

After a while, BENANLY came over

to her and invited her into DKINNY D'AMATO's office.

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JESTINA

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NY

92-739

SINATRA, DEAN MARTIN and SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

were using this office as their headquarters between

acts.

The office was very crowded with many people going in and

oute

In addition to SINATRA,

MARTIN

and DAVIS, she

remembers the following as being present:

SKINNY D'AMATO

"DOC" STINE

BENANTY

GENNA

JILLY RIZZO and his wife

JOHN J. MILLER (dart owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer)

SAMUEL

• GIANCANA

GIANCANA's bodyguard FRANK (LNU)

She did not see KEELEY SMITH here, but she said

JOHN J. MILLER used to go with her.

There was another

girl present, but she was drunk and sleeping on the couch

so she never

met her.

Following the show, the whole party went to the

Hotel Clariage, where they had taken over a whole floor

of rooms.

While here, she had intercourse with FRANK

foe ($50) for FRANK and "DOC" STINE paid $50 for himself.

DE GIANCANA, and "DOC" STINE BIANCANA paid the

then went to sleep by herself in a room off the living room

of the suite.

When she awoke the next afternoon, everybody

alse had left.

She does not remember the names of anyone else

that was present, but it was very crowded and many others

were at D'AMATO's office and the Hotel Claridge.

A photo

of ANGELO BRUNO was exhibited to her and she stated she

had never seen him.

A photograph of JOSEPH BONANNO

was shown to her and

she said he looked familiar and may

have been in D'AMATO's office, but she was not sure.

She then registered at the Hotel Claridge and

stayed there one week

following which she stayed one week

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NY 92-739

at the sea Isle Motel in Atlantic City.

She started

nustling out of the 500 Club. WILITA D'AMATA, brother of

SKINNY, tried to obtain $5 for every $25, and $10 for every

$50 she made, but she refused.

said the police had a convention in Atlantic

I City and she "entertained"

several policemen.

One of these

was a PAT VOLPE of the Newark PD and EMILIO DE LEO whom she

also knows as "THE COUNT"

, paid her for entertaining VOLPE.

"THE COUNT" later took her to Newark where she

Lived with another prostitute, DEBBIE YOUNG, 5I Clilton

Avenue, Apartment 2103, Newark, NJ,

Here she has met

many Italian hoodlums whom she thinks are in the "Mafia."

She said she has some of their names in her book which

is in her parents' home.

She will obtain this book and

furnish the

information

to the Agents in the near future.

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