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You will be advised by the FBI as to the releasability of this information following our consultation with the other agency ies!. ___i-_ Page s! withheld for the following reason s!: :3 For your information: ll P9 The following number is to be used for reference regarding these pages: 67/ F01! V XXXXXX DELETED PAGE S! x XXXXXX NO DUPLICATION FEE x "- < ..-- ,,,____ ,,_. W ">- ~ ~» ~- e-~-92-u - ~-*§ ~-we-_;.._A. ... y _;__ _ x _ _ I _ 7 V _~..a _ _ A ___ - . _;AW __;_;%, _ ' ~~ -- 3,1..; s - 0 W m * " t '' ' " *" -' ~ --=»-0311-a.,-1-__»1_»ea... -1:-,.,;.:...-.;;,é4g:,;_<;_,,;..3";--'=,»,* F » ___ _._ ,f 7 ' V - l V "p" 3 . ' '"'* " *"-"~ ~* "4 -:1! ~ ~' ~>5 »__ .. » _-',,A Q2 . _ -7 . 4. 1' .~ F £ l »O S. §- 5| _i 0. 3 - .g ¬ r" 2 January 12, 1953 AIR oouyfnslrnnma 11. i -snag... I.I__ Dear _ Q Reference is made to your letter dated 92> " e December 13, 1952, your reference No. 10/16597, ,2 wherein you requested the criminal record and identification data concerning Albert Anastasia. Transmitted herewith is the identification record of Albert Anastasia, FBI No. 171579, who appears to be identical dith the individual about whom you inquired. Included in this identification record is a page setting forth identification data concerning this individual. Please be assured of my desire to cooperate in all matters of mutual interest. Sincerely yours, 9. 8 /*1 <4 ""4, John Edgar Hoover Director au b luau blunt ¢Im____ ""1: 3 llu1.a______Service nesr:_ _, _j>_8_oz;;q1;e§rL! _%__ - . , _,l '. . W bun ''.,;:,, 5 9 "pi ii?-= Ike] ' " 7 UM - n-na~ _~92> ~l92;_»»h---_n ,.n,n,-.i.-.. A7».~ .»,i._..- :7! ~ O iceMemorandum - UNITED ASTATES GOVERNMENT' 7° i Mr . Tolson V I 1>ATH= January so, 1953 . ' ' 92° 1 H . r 2 ._ ~'= mom' L; A B. Nichols F' l mm: hLsEnr®ANAsrAsmuL R b A HuhI ' .1 I At 9:45 a.m. this morning, of the Tax hugIlin_. Division of the Department, Extension 4 lg called in my absence. He statedthat formerAttorney Gener c r a ery n lair instructed the Tax Division to work up a possible tax violation Iinenool .- Tele. ll.- caseagainst Albert Anastasia ofNew YorkCity, who was Balloon connected withMurder, Incorporated. Mr. McGra.neryhad Gndy_- suggested theTax Divisionkeep inclose touchwith theFBI a';s possibly theBureau in its inquiries inthe waterfrontinvestigation in New York might turn up something of interest on Anastasia which the Tax Divisionshould knowabout. Q _stated hewas readyto submit his recommendations ~ on the tax casenow and wanted totalk to whoever inthe Bureaii was handlinthe waterfrontmatter insofar as Anastasia wascon- , _,¢..-- cerned. hwasadvised a check would be made heand would " .~II.-'=*'t'-"'-'-'.-' '7 J or be called. "1 _ 3-,v -11-'.-"3~"-<92 :'. ~1' L4. _ .t_ _ In of the vestiga' t ive D'vision1 been advisedhas and is checking bothin the Investigative Division,as well as with the DomesticIntelligence Divisionas to the status of the waterfront e. a.¢~>-*";"92"f_1Z"';..92.-" *1. .~. vestigation insofaras Anastasiais concerned in order that ."~P§921.4. §'¢Ar'-.». ,l .-. -; :92 921_""'1-.-92,*__. JTI 8" +1 , M/ rartinentif any,. data,. "can correlatedbe -of and the Department "'v-~ 5E'=3'~E.=.51}, J/1given whateveradvice deemeddesirable. My :§;'Z»'" / 1/Y v ~a~"'5%. 6 9 cc: 5° Mr. Ladd I M =2 ._92 > '. . . __. - - 1,:- Mr. Rosen V J "1', Mr. Belmont f RECORDED'2 - _ 5 F51 -!":§__¥ fax.-g "V_'_§ ,'?d//is5 ' §5E§_ 20%? ».¢ |.4¢|_92¢'l. ».' 1' ;.»1.i-_~ _-_ ~ , _ Al < '_ .,.., _ ~ '~~~- ~~ '> ~»'»» '. ~ J -- ' M-1 "7 " *4* ' M < ' . ' ._ * . 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ALBBRT %NA§Ie§I° FBI Number l7l§79 _ L -_'--31> 9 -'_ This summary memorandum has been prepared from a complete review of the files of this office and the infor- ?§§$ a mation from all references as set forth as follows: §%$r. BACKGROUND_INFORNnTION V :2.-~ ; therg gr infamousThe ANASIASIAabove captioned subject,"the brothers,claims haveeldest toof> beenborn Q ii in 2 at Tropea, Calabria, Italy. He further claims to have attained United States citizenship in the year 19h} in the 92,~ § §~;-'*'*..<:Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, while in the service of tne United states Army. The subject in testimony given before the New York State Crime Commission stated his residence -qr -.2-viaddressCliffside was 6-23MB. 75 Bluff Road,_Palisades,' * New' ' Jersey, phone ¬ *i"1"£. ~- Further in testimony before the New York State ,»em»*_.:_. '_-»:»,_.-_ Crime Commission the subject admitted to be a dress contractor *1-:-2-'=-1: _ andy connected. s with theMadiso essCom anHazleton the Penn- follow- *~~ - » 4 "- v . '" " 'H »--,...... >.., ...,__,__.,_._ ______> _,___-,,_ __<,_,_ ___._,_;k__-;v_~,.,,_,_'_»_ Hg _,_ A, _____,,4 ".___-.»-1:-urn-*- _92 ~ . Ag ~. {H-.5 ~ .-.;92m-§h3 | 'h+;. - ;,,,_ - aw. i~ c_,,,_____-__;,_=_; ._;_-_-__ __. ~ -=.._-.=.~:;>_~_;-~-_- -»;92_-:..1-h__¢:¢,-lee...-.....~ _-__4___-.-'_- _.._- ai__ g__.'>_-->4-_p...»~_-._-.4 -6.»-__¢~ ..uni£_AA r§,~,q ;,$'» f-.- d_- ..'|>N,. V;-1 "4.-ix~ .... . _ . _ . _ . _ _. _ -. ,- _;'91..--:~_ - sq -'n$aJ¢~L-.~-» 1 <1».-< ~ ------,':'_~ . . . 1:.. .-2:-92 ~-a--~. '..-, . ' ---: ~-4»-1 ' -. .-L-_" ' 4 1.? _:; ; >- ,:~ .-.1. .:.~,__ -1. l - m cwl -V7_~_ .k _> i7V V_ -"~*'~"~lJ~'-'n~ -AL's"sLF'* >---+ ; ~~-'1~ ~--~-- - 92.----~=- - 92~.>,--A" - 92 . n G Q 92 I 0 ~ 0 Q Q ~ Q19 92,.1> On January 26, 195k the New York Office verified that ANASTASIA was presently residing at 75 Bluff Road, Palisades, New Jersey. According to the Newark Offi ce the telephone listedfor thesubject isCliffside 6- This telephone is listed' ' under the subgec ' t'swi e S BARNASI . 92p > The New York Office is presently attempting -- verifyto the date and place of birth as well as a record of service in the armed forces by the subject. The "New York Times" for December 2h, 1952 in an article on ALBERT AEASTASIA advised that the biography of the Brothers ANASTASIA began in Tropea, a fishing village in Calabria, Italy. The family name was ANASTASIQ. The Iatner of the AuHSTASIA brothers was a ral roa worker wno_ died before World War I. By that time the family consisted of nine sons and three daughters. Une son and two daughters died young. Another son ;emigrated to Australia. All the remaining boys had to go to work at an boats, anfreighters, onfarms; onesucceeded early age, nis onfather fishing onthe ml ma ' =;.-.="-.-'>. sTes:e_ . - - .* ~*--Y.-TF92~:>'e - msmzro,1 §% §i~° <§a11ed no e'a1'-§"'l'"_.---_-~ 1 ALBERT, / Y old, GUISEPPI J03EPH!,{now_§9rty-sev§n,_and TQNQ, now or ty- five, s ipped as deck ahds on tramp steamers as_Ehildren 5f ' eleven and twelve and knocked about the toughest ports in the world. At various times during the Twenties they jumped ship in the United States and merged into the gangs of longshoreme 1'1. ALBERT, the oldest and most sinister of the ANA$TASIA brothers got involved as far back as 1921 with the _ f -2. W _ ' > v ' -I V--. .»{. ~_. . >v 1;. ;', ,.-<.'_.,..1i.__ .i-i.a...,-_._._..; .1 ->_r_i;,~ _ __. ._»..7,» .'...,_.,.,_-=_ ..-tr,z.-. ii-,..,_ _.__n.1. » 'A-A»- ';"*->_|q_.u-...._ *~»_i~..->.-~-.=A~Q-12'-- ' _-~f-~<-~+-» _ ' F .w ». _., - . ._ . _ _ _ ._;___-._-_.__,___-_4-;=| . - »-,=_-----~- - . ~--V- ~- ~~ , _- '._~.'-'_';;4:.: ¢ 1 I _>- »__; j_i_ __92 A _ __ '.__ _--_,92_-__-i_-..:'_.: Z_'|;'i_ 92.4Q -. in--_-- - -- ~. T'- ii ~ #- § - - . - _ . .. ' '. ="~' 1";- '1 i_ __ _>______>______ ___ ,_.,____;____.__, _,.._,..__,._,__ __,__,_ _...-_-_.-...__------~»--~-9---*-"--' - -"* >~- ~*~""~<- :--*- *--<--- _ = . y 5 s l ' I -' K { " . _..,_--__.,_.i,.~..I_'.'.1..'.;->-,1-54-2-!.'1-Q4-.-:.:!a.e.. 'r91 - U § Q '. - ' ', - l. , a- ..".:..-:.".._...i-..1;~...zL-...-:z ;.'.....-.._'...... -.,'..-..-- -...- - .4» .,_____ ta , _ . g J I .92 ~-~- - ~ . J _ - ; 0 ° ~= -.R. 92 92 1;.7; . ,3 ! Y. ' "- -' :1. *7 -."= = <- $496016 criminal element as he was among several men convicted v-15.9-qy-0- of killing a fellow countryman in a quarrel. After months ;:3.if.:j'K4- in the death house at Sing Sing Prison ANASTASIA Won 8 "'; .92.. retrial on a technical plea. - -=1:- a f7I._' 3~Av . Meanwhile the State's best witness in this I ~.> . ? case was frightened back to Italy. On the retrial, ALBERT - .;=---. 7' _' was acquitted. He wasarrested for assult in 1923 but _ 3' won a discharge by the same technique of intimidating witnesses. . The same year he was convicted of possessing a gun. He - - faagg served two years in the penitentiary. _ " -*'l~:§ In 1928 the subject was charged with another ir ; murder and in 1932 with stabbing a man to death with an ice-pick, but was dismissed for lack of evidence both times. In 1933 he was tried for the killing of a Brooklyn laundryman but the State's witnessessomehow changedtheir story and 5 he got off again. I %- '. :'.":7¢.:$:~'.-..- By this time the subject was rising to power .. .- .. .on a Brooklyn waterfront. He became a pier superintendent . ;¢_F,7_ ¥-w-=3-,~. * 'I67 .._ '-Q .-"-." nd dominated six locals of the International Longshoremen's . -~_1-,__-':._. :43 ssociation,.A.F.L. In additibn, ALBERT hadbecome a friend, he admitted in l9Sl to th Aefauver Commit ee, of JOE 2.TI??? . . 1 .»._..- ..- , aD_g1_-gs, iaILLI'n;5-IJRETTI, 1- IT-ozNo_f_§g:_ andAUGI ISANO, important >P thugs gwi '_ ' . " ' , %se¥§* ' with ADONIS andABE REIES,ALBERT formedMurder, Ino., the famous racket syndicate that slew sixty-three men gg g, in the New York area between 1931 and l9h0. RELES later Iv.-3....I .-_- testified that ALBEET was the fingerman and ordered all of the !?H?4'!;f{§~ quasw-/£- killings. Z:. £=§:,:-T3; 5';-;vuv1| 5 . In 1939 PETER PANTO,the longshoreman who i_vdiv-§4_'-- $3? organized a rank-and-file revolt to rid the union of racketeers aaaagl was strangled and his body wasburied in a lime pit. RELES, F...» »-.'0- ~'»,t " accused of several other murders, told all to save his life. He implicated the subject in this and thirty more murders. Then RELES plunged to his death from his room in the Half _,»;_;.; -; Moon Hotelin Coney Island in l9hl and WILLIAMO'DHYER, then mugs»..921>_- ._ _._3 ' :.. - Brooklyn District Attorney, said his "perfect case" against . , l 92 4! ' 1 92i *~ 0 ed - u 4f- .. L:-I:-¥q~ " 4 ~- --l=l~:r ¢ , '0 -'.'YX. /3. .5- .:'-.~:~<"§:;aI 1- Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania for the next two years- .::r,1;*. !~f -~..I.92t~u92§'. Before he was discharged as over age in 19HH e éii he took advantage of"a law granting quick citizenship to servicemen. After he quit the waterfront and the rough stuff {-5.tar-vj; he beganoperating a dress factory inEgglgggg, §§QQ§IlZ%£$2e V -5* The subject bought a $75,000.00 yellow stucco house of p ony Spanish style overlooking the Hudson atj gjgégg, E§§_£§£§22_ around the corner from.the home of his old friend ADONIS. ft" There he lives behind a steel fence guarded b y t we ogs, d an pd s urns sub enas po of the State Grime T .-P Commission. H has two Lincolns his son oes to collggg, t_ ." 11. *"=" -sis 33?a omehehandhis?n arg rognerse g, gvel a 1 WLETG oug ahahe 1;___I_G,réggga overnmenngg_ag% has begun proceedings tc enaturalize and depo - him. CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES .7; -.-s 0' "~*. :.-.:~- T5 In the book entitled, "Murder, Inc." by SID ¬ *1was :5 9 : '.'- ELDER and E>Ul{ I92'.1I E.ToREUS concerning the subject the follow- ing is reflected: . r l"92 . - 92'2:-..."'.. <1 .. ALbLRT ANASTASIAhas been getting away with -=_-92., murder for thirty years now, and a lot of people have been gent helping him. Since l920, three years after he jumped ship and smuggled his way into the United States, AHASTASIA has :;'; ..~2¢i¬3 1 beenclose to some thirt @assas§inations ¥}th_gun4 icepick gasses =3?'5 .. JIQ: .L -92 and stranglingropE'¬TfH%F person 6? by"direct16HT"' in 5?U 92". .'.1' P ' '.?92__92_- __ The New York City Police Department has linked ANASTASIA to t intyldiffegentlslgyinggg. ALBERT ANA3TASIA's e ka only jail penalty was for carrying a gun in 1923. Fbr five .-.151 "~. murders he was arrested, for two he was tried in a court of --4-.- ..- ME. .,..,_. .> ..;'- 51* law, for one he even went to the death house, for the remainder .. he was discharged. His activity in Murder, Inc. left bodies 4. all over America and after the ibrmation of the syndicate underwQ~ld law decreed they could not murder without his i 1 approval. _ sazs.' __ .'1==Z':=~1 '7 According to police reports in connection with the.kidnapping of ISIDOR JUFFEin 1932 for which JOE ADONIS was indicted the subject was recognizedby JUFFEas being among his assailants in this kidnapping. The subject was never indicted or convicted for this crime. Y YL -q, . , _ 92,.~*_ ., _.~_,._,_-. . _ _ ,_ , ,1, 'C.>.r4i~>: .._ ,i .4... _'¢ . -- ~ ~ '*-'~'~ . '___» **_ _--- ,: A M ~~¢ » , -~~ .-7 __, ,, rt - ,.= _~..l_- ~ - a_92»~..~..:;. ;,-Ii».-.;-__._.._._._____.'...;___,.._...~_-...T . - ,_ .. _ ___._ _» -f' . .____.. ~ '4 -- ;.,;=__;.-_;<|g;--.- ,- . .- . y hog" ___,A_ _ _A I U _ _ -i_;__l_aa_:+;~0»1~~>:~ ~ _; . ~I i ,=-5 - t Q - .f~i"-,¢;i"-':"i$ 2'3 V. "* .,_1r_."_f,'_7;;;:'-T."-"' ""~- A . . . , ,.,. .. 3"!-Al'__..4_;_§z .,-. -,;,l*-"u' ~>~' ~ -"' r * " ' "1 g . .. % i . __- ~ a , _ ___ _;___ __ 1 _,-;_ ;{_L'--_;_._ .. - ..»r.ag._v= j'92;=-1 ~_.'.nl- .1 . _ .. .-.... R _ v _ A _ _ , , _ _ I ....-..i_..i'-- - _ _ 'Y " ' I "3' l E 1" --...92 -=+ _ - 92 . . Q I 92 Q _ _ --3,75. - . i *b=P92-- .--_ ¬JulY . a ~ - . . V9 *_'4:r" '2 -'*"" - Z-'3.'$i ¢=ex_..Q.E3313 .-;:.;:'-tux? L " _._ '= - '._ 4, -.25?-.3-Z"-. "rv< ergg _ - Q_ _ -I Q 5:"'92~ 92} 4 -' he der 'in; reason behind the dismissal of -725.25 ,"= : 5 75¢? - 1 '§his_indictmest in_this case was,~'e i il 2 = -- -- » . ,,_, _ <.;- - _ 1S case were oun; - F$n- V % y '-wspaper articles ___ ._-._ Sv.: _,=_. refer to this crime; one in particular dated December 10, 1952 1'1. 3 appeared in the "New York World Telegramesun." . . < ~_ ,5 ;.,_' x'~!§Q -5:. 92 !V x069 w _ :- l '~¢-¢:~ v~-- ;mre' - f> 2- e-- » On November 21, 1950 United States Attorney ~ FRANKLIN J. PARKER, Eastern District of New York, issued a press release announcement that he was opening an all out Q inquiry into the activity of the subject with a ship repair - Q " ~ 7;:'1 concern. Reference was made to the Sancor Corporation which filed bankruptcy papers in Brooklyn Federal Court in 1937. ,_3_~:..>--;;92..--The article emphasized the fact that ALBERT ANASTASIA resided Z%EF3 in a §lO0,000.00 Spanish type mansion surrounded by a high !7"4 ?* .*-"3: wire fence fitted with spotlights. =t*'::~ §¥§% The article recalled that ANASTASIA was a key witness in the Murder, Inc. investigation and that a murder -'5~'?r'!.-3-:1 ?-"charge naming him as the murderen of MORRISDIAMOND, union _~,1;_-__';'. -_'_>.!.L - official, was dismissed whenthe racketeering ABE RELES plunged : a -1 to his death on November 12, l9hl from the fifth floor window ,~* -.'-;. I of a Coney Island hotel RELES a memb f N y..;.->.~_ . , er o .urder, Inc;," " :4 had informed on the sub'ect J 0 and t ners in the murder of some . -2; . > :'Z.".' __.e:::-___ I fifty-six persons in New York City and Sullivan County. . _,_,. A - 4, .- " ->'j.. _ Considerable political capitol was made in the - 1- ,9.-. 1950 New York City election campaign of former Mayor WILLIAM -5- . . -_ _ ~.... ._._. ., _.______., . 4-.>-~ ~ a:-- -1-'~'_*.a.'...=-l-1 in- .. ..' ._ ._.. .s- d _...... ____ ;.._;~.-.,- _, _ __, _ A. a._..i-...._-_-my-._~-...'_ - __.-g~_ , __._;!_-,..; __< I _ . V. _,.., ,_,_~_v. r - ~= ~ .___ -_ - .~ -A -_.¢ _ .______ C =.=. ,";,_;g,_92..;_g.¢A-_ * .a-c ---Q1311-_-I-=:-1;-1,-9--_-ta:--4924'-' 92-ad~-'~' ~eiv z --»..;-_" -a..§,,_-~u4¢_»; ~e--1 e ~ ~ - ~ l, - _L @@4¥@$;;i§S&;&&;Q _ ~ see 92 ,' . »- '_§~.~~ ~ ~ '- . ~ . 24 4. - s I L c :?§m -4--o ~' E . .3 =_-' _u -. _ -_, -~.<=__ ,..1. ..-..~. ._._.- ;_~ ' e~____..__ e V --e " -'" ' E . as F!?s+ 1: '4. - §§%§ . - - 0 -:52; -''- xv;-..b'F'.'. ~_ £"":;v'<' 92-..' ii:-3j'1 .§_'>; > 75 , -@1"¢.»='5i FEE 0'DEYER'sto prosecute failure ANASTASIA whileO'DHYER was BrooklynDistrict Attorney. Allegations weremade by _ §§§ Republican mayor candidate EDHARDCORSI that 0'DWYER 2'-3 ' and the Brooklyn Prosecutor'sOffice were guilty of gross -~ '-err. laxity, inefficiency and mal-administration in a failure _V -41'. < ~¢.:_ 92- ...=, '1. to prosecute the subject. ?§§% Further allegations were madewhere ANASTASIA s police wantedcard wasremoved frompolice file on May.h, l9h2. 'It is to be further ndzed that BENE * B§RI, a long time associate of the subject and fbrier official of the Sancor Corporation, is currently co ined in New York City Jail awaiting trial for the garment district murder nw"F$ of union organizer WILLIAM LURGE inMay l9h9. Lew Farmer Mayor WILLIAM O'DHYERgave testimony in the 6th hearing of the Senate Crime Investigating Committee W e at United States Courthouse, Fbleyisquare, concerning his r w reasons for not prosecuting ALBERT AHASTASIA. These reasons all center asout the fact that RELES was the main State witness against ALASTASIA andas a result of his, RELES', death the indictment was dismissed. I I " E-1%-¬ . »-v ~?_c /92'*7.1 u According to B.B. TUHKOS,RELES, Murder, Inc. §1 92'Cg_'-.»..-.=- ~."; .e~- .92.. 92~_~.-5: : 5~4 92..4-rats i." -'3: inforsant, stated prior to his death at the Half Moon Hotel, that ALBERT AHASTASIA was the boss of Murder, Inc. and that u.-'~fa':?-.~-no murder could be committed without ALBERT ANASTASIA's emwew permission. -.;.'_ .*-.1 _-1:5Attorneyunder WILLIAM EDHAHD A. O'DWYER, HEFFERMAN, former Assistantbefore testified District theNew -1;-41%.~. ;: -,-,-' _. .-L. -, York Ci y Chime Commission racket investigation on December $7.1-1;-..> 17, 1952 that in the gang murder of longshoreman PETER PANTO, ...... ~___ aaeev he had received information from ALEEQT ANNENBAUN, one of ~ , " the informants of Murder, Inc. that MENDY WEISS admitted .»<._ .-... mugging PAHTO in'the homeof {§§§§JfQ;rty"f§ce QEERRACO in -7- ; New JeI $§Yin l9L|,9 in the company of the Subjec " *' " M §%%% -.44 -cw,-~- _,. ALBERT ANASTASIA has appeared before several ?*jg§ ,._.. 1 . 92.- -:4..j.'ll§-_J,_ §a} =». E 1 . __&.¢ ' 1 --~.,..-.__ .> .92 .~.._. , -_..."":., il I~ §r . b . Jar. _ W, _ . = ._,.,.-.-_. . - - O5 V gel .t% §%$> ==-.- e as _/ -7&5 and a review of testimony reflects that the subject furnished é z only negative information. An example of the fact of .v x negative information_may be seen in the subject's testimony before the New_York State Crime Commission where he was -J ~>.:~-'. accompanied by Counsel JAMES A. MAJOR, Zhl Main Street, . ''_'.~_'A -' _ Iv'. -{.0 "5 ._?£=-1:?! Hacksensack, New Jersey. , .5»-;1-=":.Y f - - _ tgt MAJOR immediately requested that he make a -4 5 snort statemet for record with the permission of the Com- '1! mission. The following is an exact quote from Mr. MAJOR's :75 statement: I .;-_.-c-_92,.1w»-.,_3 essrt "Mr. ANASTASIA at present is named defendant _'92-. . in suit instituted by the United States Attorney for the >a?$* District of New Jersey for the purpose of denaturalizing ' him and deporting him from the United States to Italy. He has been called as a witness before the Bergen Grand Jury which was investigating the death of WILLIAM MORETTI which took place in Bergen County. He is also under investigation :.::..;=.;5_e by the United States Treasury Department, we believe in connection with the Internal Revenue Act. V . kmmwr "This morning's "Times" indicates there has »"i '92 _..... been some suggestion that Mr.ANASTASIA might be involved in :2-.'; .;_.. I . . a killing which took place in l9h0. For that reason we :5;-. = 2,~ s.-'_92_have advised Mr. ANASTASIA that it is within his right to f=.92_~_ _»;92_;:.:_ decline to answer any questions which might tend to incriminate ..,-,-_ ,._.- him." 4"-'_ l32*f ." * r ' From this point on the subyzct refused to §_ v1w._y~-_e¢=_ . av-1.':' =-9;"__~~~ -' answer many questions concerning his associates, income, e. . . =.>-P background, etc. Concerning ANASTASIA's connection with 3- .. WILLIAM MORETTI the following is reported: 5.1.; :1; ' According to an article appearing in the - "5; "L2 -. "Brooklyn Eagle" on October 5, 1951, MORETTI met his death 0 ,7; typical gangster style at a restaurant, Cliffside Park, d-"*2 - New Jersey. The article indicated that four men had been 5-#'.=.. - ._....- waiting in'the restaurant and one had gone outside to look --- = ~ -': around just before EORETTI appeared. A moment later shots rang out and MORETTI was found dead on.the floor. There .,._ §A;[email protected] .~ , ,. ~ 1 . @@+¢¢' t . . -. ----~ _ 92--<4 - $.asI92. y;_ : -J:;" -> A- !k -I - . - -> * =-"**" " * *3 ' ' ' I . L_Q :. 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October 9, 1951, reflects that on October 8, 1951 ILLIAM MORETTI wasburied in St. Michael'sCemetary at Lodi, ~,...... ___ _ . *3 - "TC; New Jersey. The article described the funeral as a '.:'- :'..- §i:;typical gangster type in that floral tributes had come $2.».» - w -- .§'*.'¢=.., .. from FRANKCOSTELLO, JOEADONIS, ALBERTANASTASIA and . ~q -' i" VITO GENOVESE;however, noneof the individuals attended _ V . the funeral itself. 1 ' -. | 53* .T~.. _ ._ -.- £"' Y.-' On Octoberl0, 1951former SA- _a=¢~ " ?i 4t~ " :,_ who at thattime wasChief Investigatorfor the _ _.._..,., , Newwas rk made withState Anti-Crime'Gomission, convictedbookmaker advised GROSS HARRY thata contract involving $70 , " eighteen policemenin the recent trial in Brooklyn, New York. ' -u I * .4-sp-avg. l The abovecontract involved an agreement $~:"L-s 5 whereby forthe priceof $200,000.00 GROSS agreed toarrange his testimony so as to force Judge SAIULLLLIBOHITZ to dismiss theindictment againstthe eighteenpolice defendants. ta GROSS hadinsisted that third parties be '~.>fZ ,E}f::_{ ?: .brought into the contract in order to assure him that the t'.- _f;|~,;- police wouldcarry out part f the agreement,namely the '= ~.=. payment ofmoney to one 5Ei§m,"%QgITZ,proprietor of the .' -8- _ _ , . _ ._ ,0 .h_ 4 , t-_'_i_F;__92:__~q1__ _ .'.. s-a-Is!-kids:-a£.s:§nia~.v='~>< 92-||;A<'~, 4-..,.v '1-W h. .4. .: . _ i - in..-»-,-~ ~ an '--L .. . - .f| .: . '-~ I>-iwa at ,V ..._.~.- ..._...- __,__.....-.-. ..-....1.....-.»a~ » . .. .i. ".. * ~-'-. . ----~--~ ~~--;~~_ ' 7 -~~ __ f _;.=.._.:~...._...».._:_.,..;.._._.;._._ .. . >4 .~_-.._...=.._.___.,_ '. > -" . . 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'¬'*§?v . 92 5' of that group weresupposed tomeet MORETTIand ANASTASIA .c_~. t 4--;;-...- >>'- ,92 at the restaurant the morning MOREITI was shot. 3 ~- _.", C h , _I ~?S}'§ 49 O ~ I 1 I continued that although no one felt and ANASTASIAsince they ma broken their v-P $9.. MIi1s~I~'<~ .- sorry for _; lit~ . >_<.. -. agreement, neverthelessthe feared the outcomeof recent '. '-. '~ . evidence. Accordingto he felt sure thatIWASTASIA was g .._..-~: next on the list ' .-. _ '3?.-..v- L~ $5- §;?5%''3. ..~_ = §"-.- = -1'-~=. . 92._ _ -"'i": ¥ 3§%§ ::'-T-'-..1% :-:.-;-.-.='>;*.;-Q ~4"?E?;= ?="l-3" g. 40 -5 ...92-- -92£=e9 -.92s=l1'~=' .1--"1 -9- . '1-I-IlIf': f ~ _ *~'=-9 -" A'*"L" * --I*e>1.»,.., __ew;;u-n11-1-1*--¢>-*$-1 ~-vi-&ar-4--3_*=-u-v---l 92._..-. '. ;_-,_ _ -~ V -. ' ' 4_ _~~»-- ~,.._.. . _ __,._v,__._._./ a;.»;- --., ,,~~.l--La. ..»n,'a - ___.,._ ,1____._... . . 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'*"5;J"'. .-'1!'~92a?Y_~ .v- 3! - W "~r4*_-.':. ¢~ "". _ .0'-i'~=l ' . .__._1»;~; .. - .»- I. -"."»: - :.--- 92v-r éw é "V IF! ea.. _92- ea». 924q --.;,..'-3;-s: U " I ' In a clipping from the newspaper, Brooklyn Eagle" dated November 21, 1951 in an article entitled, ' W "Hot Springs Says No to ANASTQSIASojourner" the following '8-.v' is reflected: .._, "Gangster ALBERT ANASTASIA reported marked for death by the underworld was barricated today behind the " 1~-_-':.'*- high wire fence surrounding his Italian style villa at Fort -.:":: §:: Lee, New Jersey with no place to go. 15$ ~ .." ». -i'?-."-?-'- ' "The former lord high executioner of Murder; '~.. __,v_~,_,_..-'< ."' -" -.<. -_ _.._»._.__§__§. Inc. was told by the underworld to get out and face the Q.-'!.:_$r_sVlbV~f':¬.__ ' same fate as gangster WILLIE HORETTI who was shot down in a 5-. »=a -if ,.»,.,--,:1 Cliffside Park, New Jersey restaurant on Ogtober hth, the - "'*I "'_ t"*?.-14f-..._. 1_ u New Yqrk Anti-Crime Commission reported yesterday." , .,; _Y<.1- -.92.'.'' "MORETTI and ANASTASIA were accused of double- ta";3; , '' crossing underworld pals, the Committee said, but it was 7., .1:_ reported that the Mafia-led mobsters had told ANASTASIA they ,"_,,~1~:=e would spare him if he retired to Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is to be noted that the murder of WILLIE MORETTI to this day -10- $8