Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, DL
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 09/17/1962
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 62-9-12-367

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FROM:

SAC, DL

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

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DATE :

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09/17/1962

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CIP, GAMBLING ACT, BOOKMAKING ACT, TOP CRIMINAL

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PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

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Date: 9/17/62

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FROM:

SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-9-12)

SAC, DALLAS (94-55A-SUB)

CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

WEEKLY SUMMARY

DALLAS DIVISION

Re Dallas airtel to Bureau, 9/10/62.

Re:

WILLIAM HOWARD COOPER

IGA

(DL 162-208)

On 9/6/62, information received from the Grand

Prairie, Texas PD that about 8 months ago the subject

moved into the Grand Prairie area from Houston, Texas

and opened up a private club called the Canopy Club at

2309 West Jefferson, Grand Prairie,

but which is located

in Tarrant County.

PD had information that subiect had

a reputation in Houston as a "big-time gambler and policy

operator". The subject was fingerprinted by the Grand

- Bureau

1 - Dallas

1 - Dallas

(162-208)

(92-35)

1 - Dallas. (92-393)

Dallas

(162-36)

Dallas

(94-52)

Dallas

(48-0)

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(137-514)

(162-129)

160 Da Tlas

(162-24)

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DL 94-55A - SUB

It is noted that HEATON has been interviewed previously

about her contact with known gamblers.

Further HEATON allegedly

rented her house to two men on different occasions who were

known to have been in contact with

known gamblers.

Re: JAMES WALTER CHERRY

POSTAL VIOLATION

(DL 48-0)

On 9/10/62, DL-95-C advised he had received informa-

tion that CHERRY, a well-known Dallas police character who

was recently released from prison, was in possession of a

large amount of money orders and had recently made a trip to

Phoenix, Ariz. and Kansas City, Mo. where he disposed of

some

of these.

On 9/11/62, while discussing this information with

Det: STRINGFELLOW, Dallas PD, he advised that in late July

a postal sub-station in the Cockrell Hill section of Dallas

had been burglarized and a large amount of postal money orders

stolen.

ROY ARMSTRONG, Postal Inspector, Dallas, was immediately

contacted and furnished the above information.

ARMSTRONG

advised that the Harris Food Store, 4131 West

Jefferson, wherein

a postal sub-station is located, was burglarized the night of

7/20-21/62 and 1550 blank money orders were stolen.

Subsequently

some of these money orders were cashed at Colorado

Springs,

Colo., Topeka, Kansas, and Atlanta and Decatur, Ga., by a

tall

slender individual.

It should be noted that CHERRY is

tall and slender and meets the description as furnished by

ARMSTRONG.

ARMSTRONG requested that the CI be contacted for

further details if possible and this was done on 9/12 and 13/62.

At that time CI advised that he was receiving his information

frOm JOE HOWARD LINTICUM, Dallas PD #32599. LINTHICUM had

told CI that approximately 4 weeks previously CHERRY had left

Dallas with the money orders and had stolen LINTHICUM's girl

friend, HAZEL IVY. IVY had accompanied CHERRY to Phoenix and

Tv nare

then to Kansas City where she ran away from him and returned

to Dallas. LINTHICUM also told CI that he had taken IVY to

Atlanta, Ga. six or seven weeks ago to visit JOE HERBERT HOSKINS

at the Federal penitentiary.

Informant also advised that one

of CHERRY's close associates who also had some of the money

orders, was a man named GUINN REED. Above information furnished

to ARMSTRONG on 9/12 and 13/62 and ARMSTRONG stated it fit in

perfectly with the informationthe postal inspectors had developed

to date.

ARMSTRONG stated he was most grateful for the infor-

mation and was of the opinion that a case could possibly be

made against CHERRY and REED based on the above information.

Above information was furnished to Det. STRINGFELLOW and Dep.

MORGAN on 9/13/62.

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DL 94-55A-SUB

Re :

SHERMAN FRANKLIN LITTLE, aka.

IGA: (DL 162-129)

ALBERT MEADOWS;

aka.

IGA (DL 162-109)

On 9/11/62, DL-95-C advised that WAYNE MARX, Grand

Prairie, Texas, was

booking bets for LITTLE.

He also stated

he heard LITTLE was getting ready to operate more extensively

during the coming football season. On 9/11/62 LITTLE and his

automobile wass observed by Bureau Agents at the Tanglewood

Trailer Park in Irving. Also there was a semi-truck with a

sign on it "National. Trailer Convoy Company, Dallas". The

truck had Texas license J14716. The truck was previously

taking LITTLE's trailer from this trailer park to the Glenhaven

Dallas, where it was met

Trailer Park, 5500 So. Becklene trailer was then parked in a

at the entrance by LITTLE.

space on Bonkirk Lane in the trailer park.

Above information was furnished to Det. STRINGFELLOW

and Dep. MORGAN on 9/11/62, and through a check of PD Intelli-.

gence Section records it was ascertained that the owner of

this trailer park is JOHN'T. WORSHAM.

WORSHAM was arrested

9/13/50 by the PD for investigation of operating a gaming

house. On 9/12/62 WORSHAM and his wife were interviewed under

pretext for information concerning top ten fugitive.JOHN

GIBSON DILLON (they had been contacted previously by Bureau

Agents during a time when all trailer parks in the Dallas area

were checked for information concerning DILLON) : The WORSHAMS

were

asked specifically for information concerning recent

arrivals in the

trailer parks and they stated the last arrival

they had was 8/12/62. They commented that a trailer had been

brought back to the park on 9/11/62 after some repair work.

On 9/11/62, BILL CAROTHERS, Southwestern Bell Telephone

Co., Dallas (protect identity), advised that the telephone

located in Apartment 208 at 1836 Stevens Forest, Dallas is

WH 6-4458 and is listed to VANNIE WEYGANDT since 6/20/62:

WEYGANDT is the mother of HELEN LOUISE CARTER, MEADOWS'

girl

friend.

On 9/11/62, DL-141-C advised SA ROBERT P. GEMBERLING

that MEADOWS is carrying on bookmaking activities through

Dallas telephone FR 4-5786.

Informant stated an individual

named NICK, a Greek, had been passing the word among bettors

that bets would be

accepted by MEADOWS at this telephone.

(On

9/13/62 an article in THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS stated that

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DL. 94-55A - SUB

NICK JACKSON, a white, male, age 58, residence 6202 Gaston

Avenue, had been arrested by IRS Agents 9/12/62 for accepting

bets on horse racing without a Federal Wagering Tax Stamp).

On 9/13/62, R. A. BURROW, Chief Special Agent,

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Dallas, Texas (protect identity);

advised that FR 4-5786 1s listed to A. J. WINGATE, 103 Dunrobin,

Lot 68,

a trailer court in Dallas.. On 9/13/62, Buagents ascertained

that Dunrobin Street is located in the Glenhaven Trailer Park

approximately 3 blocks from the location of LITTLE's trailer.

also noted that the trailer at 103 Dunrobin is a Spartan

trailer and an exact duplicate of the trailer owned and used

by LITTLE.

On 9/14/62, BILL CAROTHERS (protect identity)

advised that the only telephone service installed in this

trailer park since 9/11/62 was at 113 Dunrobin for an EDITH

LIGHT.

CAROTHERS is keeping check for any service installed

at LITTLE's trailer.

Above information was furnished to Det. D. N. BOYD

and Det. DON STRINGFELLOW, Intelligence Section, Dallas PD and

Deputy BOB MORGAN, Dallas

• SO on 9/13/62.

Re: T. A. AVARELLO, SR.

IGA (DL 162-24)

On 9/11/62, DL-141-C advised that T. A. AVARELLO, SR.

has offered to take informant to meet a fellow in Fort Worth by

the name of GENE (LNU) who will furnish the football line to

interested individuals for a fee, and that GENE is supposedly

getting his football line out of

Las Vegas. Informant stated

he contemplated going to Fort Worth in the near future for the

purpose of meeting GENE through AVARELLO and will endeavor to

obtain his identity and further information concerning his

obtaining the football line and the charge GENE is making for

furnishing same to bookmakers.

Re: CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

DALLAS DIVISION

(DL 94-55A)

On 9/11/62, Lt. JACK REVILL, Intelligence Section,

Dallas PD, advised that his

section has set up a list of 20

"Top Criminals" for intensified intelligence investigation and

coverage.

Lt. REVILL explained that 15 of the men named are

known burglars, thieves and hijackers in the Dallas area, five

are gamblers, and one was JOSEPH FRANCIS CIVELLO. The PD's

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