Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, PG
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 02/27/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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(Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 US 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/28/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER :

FBI

124-10283-10078

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-2914-79

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC, PG

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 02/27/1961

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

GM, ASSOC, GAMBLING

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/15/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (11 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE ReV. 44-13967

Transmit the following in

Via

AIRTEL

FBI

Date: 2/27/61

(Type in plain text or code),

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (92-2914) (92-2918)

FROM : SAC, PITTSBURGH (92-236) (92-228),

SUBJECT:

GABRIEL MANNARINO, aka.

SAMUEL MANNARINO, aka.

on 2/21/61 former PG 580-C, who in the past has supplied reliable

Information, advised SA JOHN S. PORTELLA that Squirrel H111

bookmaker and gambler TOPSI, true name not known, on or about

the 20th of February, 1961, In front of the Beacon Club,

Murray Avenue, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa., was beaten up

by SONNY CIANCUITTI of New Kensington, Pa., in connection with

$18,000 which TOPSI owes the New Kensington group. According

to informant TOPSI lost about $3,000 shooting dice at the

Bachelor's Club a few days before the 20th of February and

this fact was brought to the attention of the New Kensington

group and CIANCUITTI came to Squirrel Hill and had a talk with

TOPSI.

After the talk several people saw CIANCUITII confiscate

TOPSI's Cadillac automobile and parked it a few blocks away

from the Beacon Club. Informant said the grapevine reports

that TOPSI had another set of keys for the Cadillac and he

reclaimed the Cadillac and CIANCUITTI and his associate, not

known to the informant, went looking for TOPSI, found him, beat

him up and took over the Cadillac again.

Informant stated

insofar as he knows this is about where

the situation stands

at the present time.

5) - Bureau

REG- 47

92-2911-74

2 - Pittsburgh

1233

MAR

1961

TGF: plc

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SOMAR O 1961

Approved:

BCRA

Special Agent in Charge

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