FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FREEDOM OF INFORIVIATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
SUBJECT: CHARLES "SONNY" LISTON
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- *'The followinFBI recordNUMBER 272 757 B , isfurnishedI- OR OFFICIALUSE ONLY. i. ° }§ ,Igg: , ,},?, , ,g" IAIE AID iwusn *":§¬Z§, }§' cans: ' DISPOSITION
. g . Charles Liston State Penitentiary .. .1 Jefferson City #3723 June 1, Missouri , 3§ 1950 L ié p . '-~_92,... laz-§,',,.._..______.___.._i_ .._.. .. A - - . _. 4. - . ;-E; plead guilty A 5 years" I robbery tirst 3 October 30. s? means deadly "
%§ dangerous -J. 35, . 1952 paroled ;;; VIap0R~ -~"~"#mf+~#~j~r---- .. - - Police Department Charles Liston charges! "J7 Saint Louis #68069 robberytirst Missouri January larceny from Police Department Charles Liston 28.1953 the person jg- Saint Louis #68069 charges! Missouri .1. May 5, investigation released January 29, 1956 1953
~, -Fwy. ,§_I. tr ,_..v_> assault to kill January 28, ',:£c..' ' A;-;1.5 1I, Police Department Charles Liston 1957 plead ¥%~Saint Louis #6806 guilty Missouri 92 %;= June 21, sentencedtc ar es Sonn Police Department 1956 9 months in :',,.Saint Louis Liston city Missouri workhouse _ .,,. '{'3 #68069 investigation '--rn 1%»October Al.LlNFO i'lATl'll'OUNTAlNED4. 43/$3-T1956 Z15 T investigating suspicion released on larceny charge of '92investigatii HEREIN,¢ 1;: 92su;e ;;92;s:;ia0 MC t WW TRE¢oR» == om Bi. 92 is 00117 1961 suspicion B&E§. stealing 9
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-1-".3 Police Department nu: sun Nussrs Saint Louis Al nzcemzo R ESTED OI muu DISPOSITION _792'§_Missouri Charles Liston 512 - #68069 u . _,;_ Police Department J71, Saint Louis_A___ . W » =~>~ " Missouri - :10 Charles Sonny V I -. Liston Sept Ir strong ;;f ? !51$3e §i¬i?tnent 28, 195 arming suspicion@511 .' ! #68069 Q August9m1?1i=9e.--.... .: . _. Philadelp is " Charles Liston - -41. . - -~51 Pennsylvania 12, 1959 .-.-1 #3u1+155 ._. ._.._:._..-..__._,-.,-¢_. . ._ *2. .._ . 7.-.an lass» 1! inperwmbins ' 1961 an officer I 92 A
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5UWEQR CHARLES "SONNY" LISTON
5%? - The Director asked "What about this?" in connection with - . iv:§'3=g@ use-> the statement made by columnist Dan Parker in the'New York Mirror" -' _.. newspaper of 4/28/62. Parker, in his column, stated "It is known ~»~v.p_ that only two days ago FBI men were in New York inquiring about certain Philadelphians who have been active in behalf of Liston." Our New York Office advises that no investigation has been 1-fl- =5? conducted concerning Liston,and no contacts*Eave been made by Agents of that office with the State Boxing Commission concerning this matter. The New York Office advised that the State Boxing Comission has been making inquiries, but no known investigation has been conducted on a Federal level in New York City. u, ,, ._ J 0 ...92 Our criminal intelligence microphone surveillaices Have: picked up considerable information regarding Liston, which we have furnished to the Department. A summary is being preparQ;on'Liston. ,! _ _ ' 'H I 7. , , . '<>// >.- C .- x.»
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DETALLS: The Washington Post and Times Herald" of 4-28-62 contained an article indicating that the three District of Columbia Boxing Comissioners were considering issuing a license for Sonny Liston to box here. Jocko Miller, Chairman and Norvel Lee, Member, both indicated they would recommenda license be issued. Captain JosephV ' 3%? Osterman police member of the Comission, indicated he wished to =§%@ review findingsthe the of NewYork Commissionbefore deciding. The 1 Director requeste that a summary be prepared on Liston and the other Liston was born in 1927 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was one of twenty-five children of a cotton-picking farmer. He left Litt x, m 11- V Rock at the age of twelve to follow his mother to St. Louis, Missouri -1" where she had gone after she left her husband. He grew up in povert and from allindications had to fight for an existence. .' '1'".<$I.'. _, 11"... -'" ' -4 _ ~- . Liston has a long arrest record, having been charged with .92- b violations such as assault to kill, larceny strong-arming, and in 1950 wassentenced to serve five years in the Missouri State Peni- beattentiary for apolice first officerdegree who robbery, wasticketing At oneacar time near he very severelytheresidence of '3?. _- Liston. Whilein thepenitentiary atefferson City,Missouri, %.w Reverend Alois Stevens, Prison Chaplain Frank Mitc ell, publisher '~§x *-3' l= of a well known Negronewspaper in St. Louis; and others took an -,_~1-11. ," 92.'. f interest in Liston realizing that he had g at potential as a boxer. Following his release from prison under p ole in 1952, he was guided by Father Stevens, Mitchell and a Monro y arrison. He became a ' .,-92"T. _ =" successful amateurboxer and this eareebrought himthe Heavyweight _,, _.,» Golden Gloves Championship in the United States. Thereafter e x. .. . , -:2, .. .-_;, defeated the European champion for the International Golden Gloves and subsequently turned professional. K II A0 - O O1 I1 U l92 __ .1- __ 1 __T'_n___ __:&. . . -1,-2 » -» -<.~ .,.;§~ §. ; r -242% .-. |!
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Memorandum to Mr. Rosen RE: CHARLES "SONNY" LIQTON
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5%., Newspaper accountsduring the past two years havecontained L? . -He» much information concerning Liston s attempt to secure a fight with ~... ~ Flogd Patterson.Liston hasbeen barredfrom fightingin NewYork 1"; Tr $2-I ; > :1 alt ough it was indicated that a gate and television and radio rights ;§_. would bring approximately $4,000,000 for such a match. Recent news 1 ; . items indicate that Liston, through his various owners and managers, IL has been exploring the possibility of promoting a fight between him . pf; I and Patterson in the Chicago area or possibly even Washington, D C. .
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Memorandum to Mr. Rosen RE: CHARLES "SONNY" LISTON "
The "Washington Post Times Herald" of 5-1-62 indicated that Floyd Patterson said he would fight Sonny Liston for the title multimillion-do1%aror never fight a ain and named fight.Jack Chicago Nilon, asnoted a likely siteasListon's for the % Philadelphia adviser,said hewas happgto hear that Pattersonwas going to actually fight Liston before eptember of this year. A f"fsummary 0 1n ormation' d regar 1 L't1S on was f urnis 'hd e :5 -92..J;-IQL;.' r ..':_ _to the then Deputy Attorney General, - ' e on 5-5-61. G v_ -,_- 2-9 42-l59- 163-1275; 92-2717-487' -I »'=.§=~.., > 4>?<_
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-v --.---1--. L _;-' ..J an "L {NZ _ . _...~ - °n_L¢_ if ______A_-Ev cxcin___- ...- _ my Of cii _ _"I |_:n_1_n_tavoe of rehabilita- ucation.E. ;..._rr.2*" 0e " On]- tion. In tact; I'mone of Judge e u Scall.ey s.'ihest_probat.ion offi-; "1-dea'l withAthis,typ_eof fel- Evans " eisernieeneelcers.'_I_always lhavethree or fw and 1-tam: afight such .,,_ mm-' youngiellows here I'm _ mightbe atii-eat helpY ' Malone-_ ._ ._ helping to keep straightened him. l'=1lon t',- what know, 0"?-" : .* 7"""- L! - ullivon ,;- Miller, assistant golf pro Itl New_'York knowsabout osen _'dthread like the transcript i 3;. . . ltd! l0¢n't¢r_'. Congressional-1 CountryClub,- of the investigation there twas referring to Judge, Thom- .- Trotter i_. " :.. Jocko Miller, chainnan of ; ias C. Scalley of the District "l don'tknow anything nie Districtof Columbia Box-aMunicipal Court, "who fre- about his managerial setup lpg.-_~jC0mmIssion, Slid; quently assigns youths who _ I wrote I-0 Promoter Tan ll Tele iihf that he would recom-~ _ come beforehimto _workfor |Bola_n andI- 1oyd_Patterson's ,Jocko at the golf course. 1 » manager, Cus D Amato, sug- ,.~ iirenda license for Sonny _ So New York turns down gesting Liston ~_sh_ould be ton ithe wantedto box he1 e._ Liston," __Mi1ler continued. fought here. That was Just 33;<.n1 _around thetime -theysigned Former Olympiclight heavy-; 3f The bout will go somewhere l yeight championNorvel Lee, |else and the theater-television for a New York bout. Ii-3 -,ln0thermember of the I!. C.¥ -still will go baoktoNewYork D Amato telephoned me -.0??? F where they will accept taxes and pointed out that New P 5.3015118 Commission,said he§iptrom the theaters." e-_.§ York City had Just about would vote to license Liston. l Norvel Lee is a teacher at guaranteed a million to a mil- l the. Lox-ton, Va., Youth Center. lion and a half dollars '-forthe --32.11 [Leetional workbeen forhas youththe past in 10 where correc- hehelps rehabilitate; bout but he would be agree- 3 YCEPI. _ l young men trom the ages of- Iable toa bouthere i£_someone l 18 to 26 who have been sen- ; .5. would match that sort of Capt. JosephV. Osterman,. tenced under the youth cor- guarantee." -- I > police memberof the boxingiwrections-' . ~ act.Liston. pointed out in his V i ' Previously he was a cor-, commission, said he didnot V iletters that Patterson would _¢- rectional officer, then a teach- not have to worry about crim- LB want to commentuntil he has er, for boys irom 12 to 18 at ~54: inal elements i.t the bout was -;. - a chance to review the find- the National Trainin SchoolE -1 held herebecause Washington ings of the New York commis- "I believe Liston could ad-| -is the headquarters for the bsion in denying Liston a* just, Lee said. I would bei J {willing to vote a license for; _ederai Bureauof Investiga- lbelaeeu- I -'- jhim from what I know now. 4 _. {Miller Has Open Mind The fellow has shownsome <-2 . I have a very open r'nind,"§ _,__ . masses;You hehasn'this muc_'adaustmg'qt. in ,had Z 5 -"",;/' 2 1" 1'? Miller said, commenting on, e report that the New .York_
ghtate Athletic- Commission- l had rejected Liston s applica-1 92 . itionjor a licenseto ght, ki . ' 6* Floyd Patterson in Gotham Q Of course, there would be; .92 , in1 '92 Lb eI . The hlnqtonPost cmd_____' the formality of an investiga-I . 1 92 Times Herald .-" A > gtion beforeour three-member; The Wuahinqton Dally News _ board," Miller said, but per-Q J sonally I think Liston has ai g TheEvening 1 Std? -right to rehabilitate himself? I i New YorkHerald Tribune_.__._ L: no matter what his policei -.- -H..-1- I record might be. I EA ,7, ¢ 1% _@ YorkNew Journal-American__ As for his alleged manage-1 I New York M1rror__.._.i___ associations, we couldl" * New DallyYork ..._._iNews .-3'"! ny a manager a license if he} W '; New York Poet _i-i-_ d notsatisfy standards our . The NewYork Timesii *~- :L'--ut still license Liston. " '2"? I ggiftthink 92u.d.__dggy _ do. _ 2, .| TL/ .- The we;-xei-___.___i a chanceto fighthere. j BEL! 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Pages containinformation furnishedby another Government agency ies!.You willbe advisedby theFBI as to thereleasability ofthis informationfollowing ourconsultation withthe otheragency ies!. Page s! withheld for the following reason s!: [I] For your information: % T ingn émfor u regardingreferencepages: these ' XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX DELETED PAGE S! XXXXXX NO DUPLICATION FEE X XXXXXX FOR THIS PAGE X XXXXXX XHXXX FBI/DOJ II I1 i" I I . ~ lg 92 . ' alio I on ._--- Con ~ De _ A Evunf r } 92 . Malone _% . Qy osen =Su1livon ____._._-__.._- K - Tove] Trotter___.___. Tele Room _... ' Holmes ._--- -=15- _ -. - -____-_--~___.-~-__» - Gcmdy ;,-'iTli'é* 1Vashington Merry-Go-RolIIIII""". "7 n.-7f 1 !-1 .'~~* is/ton s.,Li fe "F ugl I of Wild Puncih f f By Drew Pearsorgj gnit Liston iért Little Rock,bery. Whén he got out on. M; in I . After the big !ght ends in rk., st the age oi 18 with his parole, Liston took up boxing ».*_-sq" other to go to St. Louis. His as a profession but fell into Chicago les tonighg_¬a ex-convict,iston, could other apparently left his the hands oi the underworld. we e e hea eight box- ather, for reasons not de- Referring to this, Keiauver ing champion eloped. . - 92 - asked him: I / Q; ______of the "What did you do when you Do you know Frank Paler- _ 1' In view of this -- got to St. Louis?" Kefauver mo l" ' | .- . . 'é92_%n:éeoet-l ?Z/ .1 _"' ked. . - _ . ~ ,5 A23 sslbility. and When-the answer was ai- V .. ': the fact that}; "Well, my mother put me in iirmative, Keiauver continuedr, 149 OCT J. 1362 the youth of g chool, and then after I got Do you think that people like America are "*3; *_ tarted going to school, other 'ds seen me coming out oi- this ought to remain in the i n c 1 i n e d to sport oi boxing?" ~ 1 -- ' jhero worship, was such a large boy-other - Well, I wouldn't pass judg- it may be well 3 ds would see me coming out t such small kids room. So ment on no one, was the re-p the tobackground examine *__ ply, I haven : been perfect hey would make tun oi me myself." ' ~ of the chal-:~ l'earson d start laughing and I longer. * " arted ghting. - "Do you recall that you were arrested in St. Louis on . Much oi it was spelled out Then -I started playing ookey, continued Liston, Aug. 12, 1959, and questioned gwhen Sen. Estes Kefauver, by some police officers con- 4,... and from hookey I led to an- -the Tennessee investigator, cerning your relations with- iprobed underworld control oi ther thing so 1 wound up in Mr. Sarkis? A labor leader. -.4- boxing. . . he wrong school. s . v_ _,_ _ _ . pfor whom Liston served as a1 '.| g "Howmuch education did "What school did you wind goon.! " j The Washington Post and 133.5 - you get?" asked Kefauver. P mp: I don't recall the date. I "I didn't get any." Well, the house oi deten- Times Herold l..- ion." - was arrested sometimes there. ._-:1.-;:"..'_ "You didn't go to school at I don't carry s pencil around The Waahinqton Daily News - lall?" - - ~ "How old were you then? to see how many times I was The Eveninq St . i ' he ! out 3! St. Louis. -Well e captain, Captain 'Doherty,i ldme to my face, it I want-§ ed to stay alive for me to leave f St. Louis. So he said: '1! you , don't, they are going to find . you in the alley!" He moved ' to Philadelphia. Asked further about" his ; education, Liston said he still"-¢ could not write. 9'1! you writei. iletters, would you dictate; them to somebody?" - "Yes, I wpuld." 1 5* ' ,1 ; Who would write the let-5 ; ter for you, your wife, Ger- L. aldine?" ~ _ I ' P .~92.% iYes,~i! I wanted -to write > one that bad." - ~ B 4- J -2 Patterson Schools _, Z Liston has bought out his? contract with his ght man-it Iager, Joseph P013!Ba:-one 011: Allentown, Pa., for $75,000. /1 But his troubles with the po-_ lice-now in Philadelphia-V ihave continued-almost up to; §the signing of his contract to ; tight Patterson. Sen. Kefau-I ver, who has tried to helpj him, told me n short time ago I that in his opinion Liston had {not really cleaned himself up. I. v_4£t'-;:33 Floyd Patterson, who also 7 ,had juvenile trouble, has used § fhis winnings to establish two 2 _ homes for boys in trouble. Lis- Z ton has done nothing 0! this I kind. I 5 "He has s long way to go,i ."- J, but with guidance he could : become a boxer of whom his? fgrace and the profession would ; ;he proud. ~ ; Bell smucm. rs|,_ _$ -__a- . 4?. Kr 92. N Mohr __:___ ,_' .1 92I _ - Casper __ _ If _,I K Colldhpn - if Z Cohas ___ ~ vons Molon all irilroevmsrz c AiNEQ%ié i---i. EREHI as Tr tter --ii =13 : '__1 he'- Wu bin 1 Merr -Go-R0 na__...- DAT! -9.QlJ!:75iB '- _'.'2= . Gcmdjs 3 t1 D507 By - Drew . ffqrson' ;List0nL ¢i92é1.e s$ r=~ .__ - _ ,. .- . Ill ed ever El-Idntlpld ,-¢,.___-.. y__assoe!ate, Jack Anderson, J5- ~ .»; B.»-_~..» __ at the AMA naneially sup-Q nrted The doctors strike! - -.' hichclosed 91 hospitals and; .,____ Kr92_ ._ ; ""35- every doctor : office in Sas-§ katchewan in July. ' 92 Dr. _C1arkson was even '" quoted*es_. saying that Ande son had never phoned him. P. However; the long-distance =» ..-... - z ny records show that -Anderson did call him. And Anderson,=;'- who takes shorthand, took= down 7 Chrkson : definite ~» statement that the AMA had ~ helped to plan and " nance- the doctors strike. "After he '" thad ma um, Dr. Clarksong got cold feet and asked that he not be quoted directly. :§-1 f The recent _ads by Blue =1 -t» Cross and Blue Shield are in- teresting as to both timing_ .and content. lfhey offer am-;,; pli£ied" programs at reason-Y $ able rates" for f protection" oi » all persons over 65. Q}.;: . 4 No details were given an to -. ;__ 1._ what old folks would have to; pay for these ampli ed pro-Q; '. Tia? 92grams,_but the ads, which in- L _§7!'_.._.fcidentaliy cost a lot of money, ; said they would soon be op- _I erating one national scale and asked that senior citizens Q. phone their local offices for Q1.-. _-I full details. -' - f' .5:-. When these offices were /,_ called in 31 states, however, Tc. 1.24 of ces had no information ,on rates and benefits of the "0.---»°"- V '°g"§§'=.u. --155"; ' "=2. _.-'1' ¢t92~p. .; -_" 3 an-n_s~ Q <- .. :~ , , 92-92 A _ ~ 1;/' 1 0-20 ,- Rev. xo-1s-s2; . I ' B on .%___. I! ° _ %?'§Z6;; ~ C ahanI onrud DeLouch EvansGale iv0n en ______._.______.__. Tavel -N-ii» '-+1. Trotter ____i. . xx-4. Tele. Room __ Holmes _____ I DRTIIOSB. I I. A Iv A I £§7C; . .<.;v:°> *.'.~::- - g . LISTON! CONVINCED 92'ASHINGTON--SEN- ESTESHEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION KEFAUVER SONN%E¥%ON TENN" HAS SAID 'GOTTEN TODAY RID HEISOF THE 92.. TENTACLES OF THE UNDERUORLD" AN .51.-:-*_ ucn BETTER uwnzn Q-,_~..= :2, NEW rsmncx-mam. 5% Ilsusconnxrrzé .KEFAUVER CHAIRMAN nan: tn: or srarznxur was szuarz avrza ANTITRUST as AND LISTONAND MONOPOLYTALKED roa 1s nxwuwzs IN KEFAUVER' r S O RICE. IT PAS THEIR FIRST MEETING SINCE LISTON TESTIFIED THO YEARS AGOABOUT HIS UNDERWORLD LINKS AND HIS RECORD WHEN KEI- AUVER'S SUBCOMMITTEE HAS INVESTIGATING _.._.921 THE HULKING CHAMP WHO EARLIER VISITED VICE PRESIDENT JOHNSON, <-. 7 TOLD REPORTERS HE GENERALLY FAVORED KEFAUVER'S BILL TO PUT PROFESSIONAL BOXING UNDER A FEDERAL COMMISSIONER ¢¢- . 5 nowzvzn LISTON SAID IT wounn nzvznn 6n czrriwc T gggaggggrsélonsn--somzo z wno xusw aoxxus AND unnzasroon at nxcur azncMAN ,-Lrjj-._ i LISTON WAS HERE FOR A BIG BROTHERS DINNER TONIGHT I- OR WHICH . _ Q: 4 I 1'HE3/29--EQOIPESANDTHEVICEPRESIDENTHERETHEHEADLINEATTRACTIONS. , ~ ~1="-~"=_-1? -.. -;- . .- 1;; >_ ?7. ~ .5,-». 92<'?: 92-.,_ xi LITE?!" .F[ l'_;. ,-Q.-'?Z ;~:r-f-- Qg1 %§'F~9VQ 0-u/v IQ? Fm KR: .., _..1;.z_..K -, ~ ?.'.:- - '~ .% . b .-.,92>*~92 Q_1u ¢/ Z§£§_:;{;/;7:§, -- £?r V5 ""T e A". 1? ?-i3 : F73 "" - WASHINGTON CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE -___& .. .- "3-I-9 92i;l'ev.l0-I5-62! ~ * n - " ~ ~ - ~ ????????? - Olson / ~ ¢'_' e ; 2 I1 t 92 C Callahan rod Looch Tl iithtm is u , . f§,° .% _ .= onrz eb a - 4&1? "3.- :'!-" y :§4I.' ._'AT§|e-In 1 1mead_.-l-ll-'-l'hi g' elm ghgrei you've got crow ed condi- tions, in the way of helping youngsters? ' 92 _' > _1 :3; Kefauvex- s OK l _ D :'92. Well, I would recommend - :- 04; ~__~:_ more playgrounds. More . :'~ 92g92_A -0..._'sports and -activity. Give them something to do to keep their x. I. ea l minds occupied--whezfe they - ..'wouldn't be idle." l Did they have playgrounds in St. Louis?" - "Well, yes they did. They ;; had playgrounds -- but it .¢-- wasn't enough for all the kids,E so they let the good kids go .920? 0 ." oit and kept us . bad kids; It sometimes happens in the District of Columbia, too. It s like they say, one bad apple can spoil the whole bushel." - --< -'-_~- Here in the District oi Co- lumbia, we've had some de- bate that children when they are wayward should be pun-§ ished doby you think being of spanked. that? What Well, I feel they should be» spanked; in that way they; wou1dn t run over the teach-; 8§:L--0 '__-- -av ' Q 1963. Dell-llo luro lzndloato. Ian. : > :;;;- 4. < _: , i 0> ¢ I I » I >2<6 . _" VINITED _~_ I nsmzxtu. STATESBL REAU.0F'l..'92 V£STlGA DEPARTMENT or- *>=s'i*1 5*~§~*- - Y ' F1?" :'1 v ' _ _ _ J .. V ' 1".92suI.92'cT01~|zs.1>,'!=.t~-' F .1»e "J ' =9---1V ~ I ~'i '- " » __1,-t , i TH: y //»_ ,» e ;_ a~ I92 9 - » .~ ""- _' * . <3!.tebxyvv " Dbxwn 34wa~»~ The followingFBI record,NUMBER 272 _767 B , is furnishedFOR OFFICIALUSE ONLY. CONYIIBUYOI OI ARRESTED OR CHARGE ' . ' FIIIGEIPIXNTS _IAIE AND IIUIIIR RECEWED DISPOSITIDI 3 D . _ _._: .. i 0. I State Penitentiary:Charles Liston June 1, , . l Jefferson City #63723 1950 Missouri e _-»~@~ pleao guilty robbery first < means deadly 5 years dangerous October 30, weapon 1952 paroled charges!" -$3; f . robberyfirst larceny from Police Department Charles Liston 13* the person Saint Louis #68069 January charges! y92>M Missouri Q1: 28.195 3 rele ed Police Department Charles Liston investigation Saint Louis #68069 January 29, 1953 -_;~_-v Missouri inay 5| 1956 assault to kill: January 28, 1957 plead guilty 9 0 Police Department sentencedto Saint Louis , 9 months in £»= Missouri ,_ ~_g %Charlea..__._ _ .....__ _...- Liston _. - June 21 F#68069 11956 city I ,~invostigation workhouse Jr Rolice Department J. tn Saint Louis v Missouri Charle§_§gnny_M October _>~~ C7 iston 4, 1956 #68069 Q investigating suspicion _'t released on - .A,__,_~-.T larceny charge of ,§ince_ ngerpntntsnnor neither O¥_§92l 92 at :_<§."92'S 3___ZD/' investigatin - inxdentxfylng lesour wtnchaccompaniedyourIS and. number 92n 92 "3r et 92 b92" 92' ,_ 925 . "9292 92=-?* 'y92,_c NOT l,._...__ FlEC0RDED .....-t thatFBI thismaterialguarantee cannot anyconcernsthem . _ __, in U ff».-,_§_;l;;.»-;' I 1 - r ; suspicion192 fl-_ /ajfg ind'wi&sImomu areinter in -stealing 1/ -. I v , _ -; "" '; k 0 92 Q KM . I " 7' ._H; . _ ' 1 -1 NITF D STATES DEPARTME192T O 'STICE _ l lk.' - - , v R ' FEDERAL BUREAU 01- INVESTIG ~ 4" I _ ' __. _ 2 g WASHINGTON zs. n. c. Q, - D 2 I F i 92 _ Director. @ The following FBI record, NUMBER 272 757 B , is furnished FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. __7 _ 7 _ _ - COITIIIUYOI or " Annzsrzn on .' ' ' nuounnns KAI! ill! NUIIEI Rum cane: msrosmou :_,,| , Po1ice'Departnent 92-~¢ >¢ Saint Louie Missouri -"] Charles Liston Septemb Police Department #68069 Baint Louie r strong .x.- . Missouri 2B- 195; l1'*°1_!929 "______: ._ :=2" Charles Sonny e Liston L August l$1i3§'§igirtnent suspicion V- #68069 12. 1959 gembling .i ,,T__-3»:-:2 Philadelp in Charles Liaton Pennsylvania #341; 155 . impersonating 1961 an officer Zr; ,3:me_ em m n erprints nor an ,. r u1.»? "'?"T17J'7I1g number which is indgxgq '...1, our les accompanied ysur r_=~_ue _ -7- "0 ._{ 3 _ Carin $7-'3-'3 f28 In any -magma, 92 ~? <+i Hus materiai concerns the mm YOU are interestsd. ..:p<.~: . 3: I - =1E¢':;= Q-T4 § s .- A,4 y 0 ~ <- :1: ~.,r~- »-< - - ~ ~- - =-.-» q» » == '""1:_" .:'::..-r;:""i"::____""' __ _ _'_ _. . 1.1 ' ._ _ '* " _ _> h_H___;" __'___;" " _ _' U ff 9 1 .. ;t_ . _ _ __ _~_ L. _ _ ..t , _. . t ... -_. .._ , .- . _ ».' -.; ' .= _. -_. -_ ~ 1 ~- ~ -"~ _~,".¥ ~>,§ _ ~ ~ A _ .14 -.1 O .. .~si-1: v . ~ -- » - -' ' ' " 92'- ' , _.. .. - - _._. ._. 1. .._.. t . - fl ,__ an sures nzrmrmmrr or ma: ; _'_ j_"_; ' L'_";_1__ 4 _ __,'___, £47; _.-F -In ' ._..- -*1" t '..- --..-__... _ ' ' .... 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' ARRESTED on 1 " - 'f|Ng:Rpn?uf._°' > NAME ND NUHIER_ __ neczwzo . . ¢H".¢l.. ~»______§i8POlH'l9N_.,_._ _ . 4 _ _ . _J~ I-"121 1. __. . ,1 1 . ,1 ~ ~.._ ~ '. rv;o, ;"' 92 . .2." 1-1V, ~ - . _ . 1 . . ,1 1 _ ~__-1~>. , .~;-." .-.-' ..,'-_ _ - ,-_____;,_ _q~ -~._> ' ._ _ » . .. I 1 1 . _ ._ ''. . 1 ' ,_ ,3 _..__ . ._ 11 . , ._. . . .,. _ H...... '_---~ ~--_ 1 4 1 V '. 11: ~ 92:< »~.~ _> . 41 1 -- - ~ ; -~.- - -. - --;:-~v- .~. ..--W" .=.:7 'e ~=~~~~~~ ~' ~ Del?!-1-Ptlons " f 7' ' 1 ~ . . 1 lace: aegre> v1 J .- "--. > Sax: Male 1 - " ' "" d n 3 Height: 5- re: 1 undo inch i ''U 92 Weight: 230 . 0- Hair: Black lyea: Dark Bizwn 4' Complexion: D tk Brown 1 1 1 luildz Medium 1.- fingerprint tile shows date of birth aI: lay 8, 1933: Place of Bi: £2! LICCIQRock Arka nlaa 1 -. 2aaidence:_5 7 S Dunlap Street Philadelphia Pennsylvani in 1961 :l??f!92n . nurggtewhich in iS is 5° indexed 3" 1 . In our ft! 5 8°°°mPame.d - §92 ;{r:1anner'2"| :Jy 1~| _.aé.1 Fm am t g :ar a ;t'eci>r: ¢ X r > 4-» 1 92 1 Iniormation shown on this Identi cation Record represents data furnished FBI by nqB1 PY'§m ¢°n 'ib '°"" Where nal dhposition is not shown or further explanation of charge is desired. communicate with 6'19"? contributing these nqerprints. ' Notations indicated by ' are NOT based on ngerprints in FBI les but are listed only as investiGI¢ '° 19°55 . ,.: . ," 92 I 0 . Kl _, ~ 1mI'r 9 ' STA'I'BS~DEPAR'I'MEN'I ::RALBuRmuormv:sT1o""n-' o *~1.r's'r1cn ' - .. 'Q: wAs1~1mo'rouzs.n.c. .:._,_._. , R E _ " 3 " '1' 1:::';.. Y; - ' T; _ _ _ ' .. : . pf,-,¢ ,_ 1--Bureau W ' ~ %N"! RlIU 1 D OI ARRESTED X 'l !92¢i<>11vwirw! BI FINGBRFIIAI we. NUMBER NAME AND NUHIR272 767 C-EIVEDB .i-zummma CHARGE rota omcmussounv.MUPXITION ~.?p_y.~ 42¢ . f..'.f,:__ Civil print from Division of Identificatio Albany New Yo: th this record L d:;ret>u7x_-noa to .-T. #74-30-O1contributor Apri was idintified 24, 196gi ... . since ngerprints Pf '" ldenti7!*"8|92e92t92 992'number which 35 92"d°*ed . -1-.»;-* 92 5.1"; acwnpanied your request in our filer I FB92 cann guarantee in 8"! ' 8' e' that thisl'nateria92 concerto W individual-m hm you gm inwi d-A - . - 1 ¢ _1]; ¢ .;»__;.~-=2..._.,__-, + _._... 0 .,.,_,,,_. ._". : __.. *3'.'°. 7Jq< -. . >l~ s__; _-- . lnfonnation clxownon this ltlonti cation Rocord xopzosonts data furnished FBI by §i 9°YPYi l contributors. Whore nal disposition is not shown or further explanation of loharqa in desired. ¢°m' -.'1 I 92 xw; ,9 . -....s-- 1 - __,§__ . . . 92 FD'3 Rev. 12-13-56! ,_._~..-.-Raf . #4 _-_~ i-"'15.F " 1"1= 1; Lg ~_ _ .z '- Li-Q? _':..7 '5 3. :12.-:.:"?. ' &a92: ~ 2 ->3 EE Fa 7' _». it . Ts ..--.~,-1. £5 -4 -. -;5~ _=.{'§3 5 ~54! 5-? .~ J -$1 114.5.?='-- ' -' '/..+ . _._. . '- * ~:".'." :-E_-i'-'- 1.»- _:",,.:;5§.': - 4 :~- _~. .~. ->.! _4_ __ -:'@:?;t92 9292 9292" 5 I 1 I _ . I > -__. L _*'_-- __ . . 0 . _ ~ ' " umrsn srivrns nnmnrmnnr or JUSTICE rnnnnu. nnanwor xuvzsrrcnron : $"m R4' San Antonio, Texas _ -Q_ August 13, l963 ~ - as " -0- . -_». - ._ -. v- . . T..- . .... ,. NATION OF ISLAM, formerly L. .. ;--1; known as the Muslim Cult of Islam :: vzj? .. __=._. - '1. ,4» .>:=~'. .'....i' .-=.~*»I .-_Y - Y __ .4 A characterization of the Nation of Q-'~'-2 '-'1,' Islam is contained in the appendix hereto. . -A4 '-.~ .._ ' ' . This document contains neither reccmmenda tions nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the -r_¢¢ property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. &"g;,.!!'{.§_.1: f" = '05!' » ' ._ 5., -_.,:._.____,:_;t,- = _ .l__- ._,. .__l_-__ .._ ___._ _l . _. _ r, i I ,¢,_,_l_».__>,_- '*' P 92-I'~_ ¢. _ _ _, _,_ ___g ______ 92 ¢ 4 ~ ¢ ' 3 ;;;W_ 1 H NATION or ISLAM t , . __. .. L4... v' f =:" -Z ;»-- The NOI is én¢all-Negro organization which was ____. . _s~:'.i .:? origianlly organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. Muhammad ii - .=i* claims to have been seleqted by Allah, the1Supreme Being, to lkad the so~called Negro race out of slavery in the wilder- ness of North America by establishing an independent black nation in the United States. Members following Muhammad's teaching and his interpretation of the "Koran" believe there is no such thing as a Negro; that the so-called Negroes are slaves of the white race, referred to as "white is devils," in the United Statesg~and that the white race, because of its exploitation of the s called Negroes, must and will be destroyed in the approaching 9War of Armageddon." t gt In the past, officials and hembers of the NOI, including Muhammad, have refused to register under the provisions of the Selective Service Acts and have declared .v.,:, _: .1. that members owe no allegiance to the United States. L . .2 y. -. ._,.- . ? A-m » .;%+;-P 4 Riia _-1-- __ V 2 T?" 1-"W 0 ' 2 , . . _~ _. . c , I J C V 5- I ,3 ' UNITED QTQTES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE -.*",. '0._ .w;.1:_;~392 2"5. f FEDERAL BUB-EAIU O! INVESTIGATION >,,~ ' San Antonio, Texas Fih m August l3, l9B3"1; , . P2-.92_ ' ~ . v r-.-I Q 5 ~ ~/ >¢/~ .__ - .1 : 4 ; 3.3 >1 Title NATION OP ISLAM, formerly known as the Muslim Cult of Islam 33:33 --4 .. ¥§ 1 . _.». Character ' :* ,. i".-oi ! Reference San Antonio Memorandum dated and ._¢¢_;; 3 .-1I ' captioned as above § JJTZ1 .-J2;. 4 é .._-» 92 - All sources except any listed below! whose £7, identities are concealed in referenced communication .~.¢~ -2.=.~.¢< -.~1 have furnished reliable information in the past. .I .1 -51 ~ '1 no"*1 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. »; zr - ,_J "_.~ _ 8,. _~ n-- H ___ W ,_.¢-- . ,.__,._,.---... . ._- ~._, . . - 7 3...». ._ . . . ' 0' _ r. Q H _ v 92_ ! . 8/ 19/ 63 ~= 3 T.5 - $ ""_ ---- .45 _~- <. 1.. -- 92 - §§':1:'?"*':tr;=&.~. ;-.?:=e. .*:-."- > ?=, ! _ :".'I:'12. :-r:%:"" "J .:,T1'?2?!'!?.'tI"!;1*. rr;: -:':¬:-:,~,y ~~ < ~ . 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Each office ~ ,_ A infornanta and furniah the Bureauany information indicating ~- ' ~ o -.__..- .- whether there ia any truth to the atateaent made concerning _ - r '*,;_~_7_-_:_53.~I. - ?I»§R=_.'-_¥s';1'-_~ in -"j-7-i-in I . *~p4?_.'~.f*_92~" --'- - 4 :1"-u H ' : x 3': . .. /.1; -.I- .,_-;:.~ ='é: * L 1 fmn matter ahouldfba handled eitpedi y and, in 7 . ,~'»'- '-d'§'7' Y .. V the avent positive information ia determined, auch information .1 - ahould ba aubaitted in memorandum fora auitabla for diaeeminatio _ -»- _ 7:4- -~ ~.....:...,.- ... - .4, _;4,. - - - _ _ . ;_i1- ~.--_3,-__- _> _ H _ and Denver There a copy ia ptgae attached above-mentioned for the information LEM for of information.Philadelphia wi 'i:§ TE 4 ~ YELIUW; 394/! G13! I O - 110- 163-1275 Dissemination Char1es_fYSg_z_'g_n_y1'__Li_istQ;1_1_of the above reference LHM is being held 1" aBé'yance pending receipt of information requested above. ._ -_ -_-»»-~ ~ ~»»-~---»---~,; I; ~- ~ -- » -~~ »- J -~ _ 92. - 1t 92. 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Indicate pcqe, name of Lliigmcity and etote.! tw- Z- 'c***:.~'r2.r*tr.;_I92 _9m@!i!°" 3 ," --- . v , . -5- .2 F i-'92s .92 5'§. » etjlefd ltd/ar /imonb ¥:f-Q: 92 92 Genesis; 92! is By Sandy Smith are co-managers of Liston. 3 managementof Liston TV Sun-Times Correspondent ,1 A spokesman for the Iustioi:;while working on a Califo WASHINGTON - G a n g- gepartrnent emphasized thatpflextortion case, it was disci . egovernment has no evidenci}ls Right To Muscle In 1and's all-powerful Commis- that Liston himself or Katz and mission settled ti squabble be- The California thakedown Nilon ever split purses with tween mobsters er control of ~ scheme developed after the gangsters. , Commission granted Eastern Charles beforeThe burgeoning federal in- it mobsters the right to muscle §_s3_c11IcAe0 sun TIME 1 he won the world's heavyweightquiry into the Commission and on-lcaoo, ILLINOI championship, Justice Depart- , in" on purses of ghters on the -'-e. -its secret society, La Cosa Nos-;West Coast, according to the ment officials said Tuesday. _ tra, revealed how the 12 gang- ~ . Federal prosecutors told The 3 Justice Department. ». sters on the crime cotmcii acted or -Times that an edict frail: Both investigations, the gov- Date: -_...- in 1961 as the boxing -co 92-iemment sources said, showed "-'4- 1 . :.=. e Commission, the supreme 'ssion of the underworld. r Edition: 8-14-53 uncil of organized Author: nded a 1961 quarrel betwe j T'_I he power of the O0 :-1 tions to settle the everlasting ' t . the way the Commission func-J Editor: 5 STAR TURF .'.~.-1._-4 -V ion over boxing was traced un de rwor id - wrangies over mon Q I n- _ Chicago and Eastern gangsters ihe Federal Bureau of Investi- SANDY SMITH over shares of Liston s earnings. y, jurisdiction and territory. Title: Igation in a probe of Barone s J OIZN TREZEVA The hoodlutns haggled over ! " . " -... 1! The Federal Bureau of the winnings of Liston when he ! = " " ="f§ was a heavyweight contender . . - --~< 1-. under the management of Jo- {tl°° ° ivestigation has revealed ° F -Iii ~. seph Pep! Barone, of Phila-i Character: 3-"I":-1-. ._._,- _. _. .4 . -Y »s-.-W»--.1-."-.111. -.1 delphia, the government of- , v$M_ 111-=.:;::*.z= Q .'council of the crime brother- or cials said. ' 2 i ._»;-:»:-'-*-.~~-:-:.;:,~ aw> 1. e Former Manager =-.. --.-.-9. -.» 5" ---"112. .=,:-_v. .-.==- - . .. I- hood gangsters call La Cosa Classi cation: . Nostra-- our cause. e Barone managed Liston from , Submimnq Oiiice: CHICAGO 1958 to 1961. At present, The Commission has the fin- '" ac: , al say when hoodlums fall out i 1'. Qggmq _Katz, of Phz]_adg]ph;'q,, QALEBMQ GLIQKMAE and Jack Nilon, of_Chester, Pa., 92 _ financial doling: over which mob shall con- .trol what racket, the EQI 1 ound. . _ - ' ' 4 I/Zj,/L7."i92i -, 192*-0'1 '- F/. -.»RDED vztiisssz4_/ 3 . 191 nus 281-63O 5//s'/I-3 . ,1.----_-4-1»--1- - .s;.92 : DIRECTOR ,..~ 4- ' $0, P - ~ . Q: .1 , - ecording to the govern- Tné!,_Ul'!'C0mmissit!_r1_Ts_t:"5'm-92 92'92_ posed of mob chiefs from Chi- ~~' " ;;; a,¢! < - -:51» om 1,' S0oi|,'howe'ver,' Carbor U M ;.q_'e~cago and eight other cities. The wuM?m: ' n Glickmanpicke:'u1'a 5T$'§:ri 1 ~e Chicago gang boss, Momo Sal- Pl!!!'!;!U"Uere mvw W zvatore Moe! Giancana, has case and is serving a 25-yearicent share of I,ist.on*3 contracttrue owners of ,.Liston., Ihey Zr .~ I n identi ed as one of .p s.on um In the same case,-m lS_l5_7. Then, L1stons92 careerpermitted Glickman to keep his was m the doldrums. Promotersit -Q-ah, __. . .. -_._=.--_-; ___._ . a IS-year prison sentence wk! share of Liston for a price. .; - 'dwest gangsters on th 1 imposed upon Palermo: _ showed no interest in him: He During this period, Glickman 1» mrnission. . A ' ' Car-bo s control over sco went 21 months without a single .1 ght. __ .r___; , .,__.,, "loaned" $10,000 to Carbo and.. The 1961 dispute over Lis-For sh. at-._w.e. WE ° l made other loans reportedly? 4-.0 1* hi the LaCosa Nostra exceeding $35,000 to Palermo.5 '_ --1. ton : contract, federal investi- 960 in testimony? before a Vitale-is " gators said, brought Giancana .S. Senate committee investi The U.S. Senate committee into con ict with three other tinvestigating boxing heard tes- _ ml- -4"*" ating boxing. , I members of the Commission -'- Palermo spolice record in timony in 1960 that Liston s Angelo Bnmo, of Philadelphia,Philadelphia is part of the rec- contract was cut up this way- and two Brooklyn mobsters,ord of the committee hearings. Carbo, 52 per cent; Palermo, Tommy Three-FingerBrown!It shows that Palermo served Pucchese and Carlo Gambino. i a jail term for operating a lot- Rule Against Giancana tery and was arrested nine '12 per cent; Vitale, l2 per -at The hassle reached the Co times on charges including asl -cent, and two other persons imission, which eventually rullriiisault and battery, operating a ; not identified," 12 per cent ainst _ Giancana, after simlldisorderly club, and reckless fachp '. .-» ering for monthson a lowetiuse of rearms. _ In his testimony before vel of gangland, it was re- Vi.tale spolice dossier, also a nate- committee, Glickm in the committee record, dis-I escribed his bigimoney de s closes that he served a . Prison , with Carbo on a number f l ealed term for dope peddling. He was fighters but did not "mention l ested 13 times by St. Listbn. __ i lice92as a suspect in murders? From the witness stand, bberies, thefts and _ gamblinjl Glickman admitted pooling 1 'j.'iI%§%f1§%?s ix; erations. ~ 4fight bets with Carbo. He also I 'three All -- Carbo, Palermo conceded that he had given a and .Vitale appeared before total stranger $10,000 to de- *, 1'.-ea ;-I-1'1;-11* : a af.-'sl:%=l the "committee. All refused to liver to Carbo. Glickman ,,_;==' 55;. '- :,;s_;;;-55;;testify about their control of called the $10,000 a "loan." V F Pf Liston, citing fear of possible SONNY IJSTON He confessed however, that the self-incrimination.! 4 I - Object of gang war transaction was strange, like E72". . The first account "of the dis- H VITALE CARBO Carbo s messenger.- ~ _ £1-_-' _': l_i Shun in tonfrld_ _ pute over Liston's contract, The subservient to Giancana, whose Has His Regrets Atthe start, the govcmmliKISun-Times was told, came rackets authority as a Commis- At another point in his com- from the network of informants sion delegate covers Illinois and mittee testimony, Glickman ~22; und, four lesser gan_glaiid' eastern Missouri. gures were involved in the used by the FBI to infiltrate said he regretted ever getting Glickmanis a buddy of Gi- bickering over Liston'S ¬li'11 and expose LaCosa Nostra. to boxing where, he said, l' _., . A source high in the Justice ancana and Tony Accardo, the robably am wrong and I pa . Department reported that a sub- predecessor of Giancana as the or it." ._ They were identrfiechsas Paul Chicago mob s delegate on the John Frankie!Carbo, 9, one- sequent inquiry by FBI agents Boxing,he added, h I gangland Commission. In 1960, time underworld boxing czar; revealed the full story of the ruined his awning manufac - Glickman was a_ defense wit- Frank Blinky! Palermo, 58, a quarrel. i ing business in Chicago. Philadelphia ght manage _The government spokesmaness at_ Accardo s trial 92 "My reputation is gone," barges of income tax frau . Glickman testified. Everybody *> ah» we 5;, = 83,- g,;;92;i;= . i..§2§.*{ i§..l 1:?.,§2 § .°r i :;;lickman waswbserved by. thinks I am a thief and a hood- 8"18"° » Fm 9' k 11': 'a'ce at Accardo s lavish Ind lum and a croolr."! _ man, 42,3 Elk;-f-§§im1;°$§ '?°r§§..§ i§ 13§§ i ri., °1°. t lii. Iipendence Day lawn parties The dispute over Liston; from 1954 to 1956.! flared late in 1960 when the? 322:3 gain . Missouri prison ggn-'1 I In 1958, Liston s contract " Thee 8&1 investigation dis- Ce fox r°bbery"' - "T Palermo-Carbo combine" sud- closed um all four mg secret went to Barone, in Philadel- denly stripped Gltclrman of his shares of Liston s contract from I _. _ .. phia.__ As part of the deal,interest in the heavyweight con-1 1958 early 1961, Justice lickinan retained his interesttender. , m am¢is1s"GZ""_ 511 .1-ifwns _ . :' - This action provoked a quick ;' . At the time, the explanationprotest from Giancana. offered by Liston's backers for But the ouster of Glickman, Gui " ¢ '6 92 essence, the con ict was An FBI 'investi eerrtrunat For the Y f n sulta In . the trial of Cag _r o gangsters saw no reason to per- l alerr_no and three other box: mit Chicago influence in the mg figuresjor an attempt to affairs of Liston, then-fighting cut in on the earnings of Don t. tout of Philadelphia; - - Jordan, former world s wetter. -av, The three Commission big weight champion. 1 ~ ots had been in Carbo s cor- The defendants were accused 1% r for years, throwing th of threatening a ght promot. derworld power behind s er, Jackie Leonard, to extort 1 heme to control boxers a share of Jordan's earnings. Carbo and Palermo were con- 12.- presumably taking a slice of his end of the purses. victed in Los Angeles on May t ~_. t ..;' L Moreover, Carbo was al 3U, T967 member of the La Cosa Nostra '95 .v 1 family" or gang--headed by 'Pucchese in New York. , Giancana put on the pres- 5', sure to the accompaniment of _ -;,. V wails from Glickman that he was getting nothing for the ,$45,000 he loaned to Carbo * and Palermo. l But Bruno, Pucchese and , Gambino, at the risk of knock- ing heads with Giancana on ,1 the level of the Commission , stuck with Carbo in his d'ecisi _ kick out Glickman. 1 Asks For It At the insistence of Gia - ,» - , the deadlock over Lis- =2' .< ton s contract was laid before is-e - 2 the Commission at a conference m ,in Atlantic City early in 1961. .- _ In a conclave in which Gi- E-:1 ;ancana, Gambino, Bruno and , Pucchese participated with oth- _. _, . ii1 ._'-.1- _. ier Commission members, the -. I decision went against Giancana. ~.-a l The Commission ruled that ' *2 .---. the Chicago mob was out of s bounds with the Glickman~Lis- ton caper. Glickman, accord- ing to government informants, . ..-:3 never did recover his share of .-2: tr- §Liston s contract. 1 The victors in this dispute, ¥Carbo and Palermo, did not lstay out of trouble for long, ¥however. ' 92 ~ Later in 1961, both were con- 'victed in the boxing extortion conspiracy" in California- where the Commission had gjggighem au_th cl_itL_£o , musele" ght m'anagers._ A FD-36 R01. 12-I 3-56! "~ 'I 1. r- Q i 1! . FBI 9- 92 .92M I Dam: 3/20/63 Transmit the following in Type in plain text or code! - - Priority or Method of Hailing! -_------1-_-_-_--__-_- _-_.__-.-->--_.--__> ~{! .~ . _':;,§ iéé 1---_-_---__-.- !'.';-.'~.92'> TO:DIRECTOR,-FBI- _- ~~ -- ~<~-~- --~ C _ s-.., _ V/6FRom:éEGAT, 63-new! LONDON ~ P!- ,, m F 1 ~ . somw LISTONI ' ,l,3- /'27Q?/P ' I I. FPC £;r~,»~*JL --'-:vu&O t ,..- _ .1:' _:__ _ 57¢ .. .-5. ~_;" K1 J .:- been some newspaper publicity recent y _",_ :_._,: to make a trip here in the near future. J1 él, 1;-~_1 -. W he had read newspaper articles .,.;~:z record in the -""5"!.,-4 .r '?~'.- ."?',. -1';-§_;>92' as? .....l!_,pq Q5 . * v ~ =._; -~ .b.I. »-:'-- T -__--_ -_... r There has ~ * * .:¢92 xi --3 I -- ;92'P l ~ 92 Legal Attache London 3/35/53 _ -o» ~ .~- '' '2 - orig. um 1 ' - ,;~ " 1 'Director, FBI 63-127$! 1 - yellow 1. » e 17; ~ .Z , ». .'. ' som usr5§C'/53* o 8 8°? , ! » i_ 4.. ._._ * t ?'° EX-103 45' i/375'/ it 3-. xv L-.1 -- » 4 - Re your airtei a/20/63. o . I *%§# 92c : _" kw,' -*2. econ!-. Enclosed are two copies of subjee e Identification ,- . ___ Enclosures - 2 , » ~ o " ' 1.» ._.. 31:55 4-92.p,_.' 5i=g;;:1 @,ii 1 - Foreign Liaison Unit detaehed!92_ W92/ .» =:~r. .~.> _'.-1.5 I '@=@~::§' .2 HOTE: A .4 tha 2.3. . J; L1 :-;__. 'P. " *~ ::; >5 - _'_ < ' ~.; .:'7- 1 ET--= -i». 4 .-4L92._- 1 " =.-4=_-5 . -,-3&1-5 '~l *".-.2". _ _,.. J all ~11 I .i:_';-7: AU. 92NFURW92T92UY*§ CUNTNNED _ 7;,.,.l_ %i%2;;L%6:a§§®» z°__.<>1:x~9§=P},-3-i 5 .'92Q" H" ;:.J¢f4 1 maze as ' - £221??? 13$? ' 1:01 -me-I e Telson Belmont___._ ' 2 SF . 1' V - _ , » ;_ Mb C:s;>er_._---______kn =' .' u w "M1-'~ H / . p / -" Czllzhnn ___-_.. n Y DeLoach Conrad____.__- ._.__. -,- . . 1 _ "£I Evans __._.__- " _ _ . - 5; <;q1,______/-_ upctf, U 1 ._= ,1 Rosen i_____ g ; " ' . v Sullivan _.._____. 1 I/f :1 ...___i 92./ 1 L ""5 :* <,_,,§ i 92,. 92 . 92,_ _ v _e 1 1 _ f _ 1; l v' .* 92. /O Ir. I. ¢.lulliwan August 88, 1963 -1.. . _ > _; _, .._1_,.. _lelnont_ =~>_~¢ -:.=4.,=;»,.- -..-....1 _ -_ ;»- --*-. F . - . >- _ * » ~ ..~ =- .-.;;_;_ -.-,,_ . -,~ - __ '_ ... - - . -_~.~1-".1.>_ "' -a." 4 n-:"" I--- " .~ '21-' ,"*: -' . _. '-<7. .. .---2 --~-,1.-4;-¢_ ', . =.-'.1¢-- ..'- "";~'' ":7" Sullivan * * an-zou or mud -xlrrnnn. nammr - no: o-~ I2?" . ' "3 . - .92-__. -_; ' ¢ . $:' ' U ,1 -_ . - v Dy airtel dated I/18/68 Ian Antonie turniehed a to the E ~ .-§_q;'__:'.'; 3,,_,"* ,59'~ ~ _ I f..;~$1 I» 7. § ~--*.*- ,Iew ' ;5-Y" inetructed to determine {Q31-L-TL -::~ T-- ~ ~>§'in. p, . - - Io intonation has been received tron any other aourcee indicating1 that Lieton ie in any way connectedwith the I01. 92.¢._ ab he I0! ie an all-Iegro, antiwhite, aeaireligioue cult which I .;_ . -92' _-4...». . --' preaches hatredoi all white aen. It ia currently under investigation -1g. ' J with Chicago an ottice oi origin. .- - g In view oi the above, the intorntion regarding the alleged IO! neaberahip oi Lilton in not being diaaeminated. . *- . F ._ ' - . . I 1" n;,....l'* ICTIOII: Ior in£oraation._.- ~ "=11"-'I e» . ' '» _§_.»f;"'§i ._ >l_'; ".92:a=:sea-r1- » _ A d 0 -_ ~_ ' ' [+- 163-1215 Charles"Bonny" um.! /é3 j L-E b-7C , .-r:~~=-,r+="r" §*T:'*-,?¥1ED 191NOT _ R1f}:_ c_"s? ;I}§lU 301963AUG __$EP,5 -A-J~7 ii.;"?1.--.n;92'n1992§a.0;:&BfZ¬i55-"13Y°3<3 ]_%3¬Y: 5!5, ,&;'f".'§1TAHf§g§'g?;,3 ~---'~"-- " """" .- < r 5,3 R» ,' 1.,» f?;.f'- I-0- ---_---II-P ..... éf. -92 , . _92 :. v Mr. '1 :-lsrm___._. » O-36 < {non :--X3-Sal V» M oi!_ Mr. Br-lmont___ Mr. M-11!! ..__..._. Mr. Cnsr-r~1._.__._.. Mr. CnH.1h. 92n __.... Mr. .nr.r.'ul.__._ 92 F BI Mr. T'v!,'-av- Mr. I-Tv:1ns._._._ 2-10 24/ DMe= e/23/sa M 11! . ]§r!,<4-Q ______Mr. Sulliv:".n_.Q..4 Mr. Tavol Transmit the iollowinq in V Typein plain text or code! M r, '1 ,-¢,g¢,@,-_____ ae Vic _._____AlRZEL , ALE HAIL ;é§e P oritjor Iethod 0/ Hailing! K v-_ -#% o::~f%§ .' " K Tcle. Runrn ._....._.. 1+.» ' - 92-.'.~.".-T ! ?:é7oR, FBI %-eaae4a+ ' _ Miss Hr»1mcs..__.. Miss G:mdy.___.. FROM: SAC, SAP! A1 » T'.'P<'IO 00-9191! P! 361 ggég<§§ i Q RE: NATION or ISLAM, formerly 3? ? .5 . known as the Muslim . C ult of I S lam Ayn, gg @CQ5Tn§HED' *-; " aka . ; I IS NQI C- ~-"- I {SH - '!~. ! 00: Chicago Z Re San Antonio airtel dated 8/13/63 and Bureau ¬ airtel dated 8/19/63» ; Enclosed herewith for the Bureau are eight copies 31 j of a letterhead memorandum reflecting information received 92 the San Ant OX1io fice I» .4 __ W - ~"§-. v~'§¢*vl 1' @§w i I ave a Chicago F? 92 r '1 Denver, New York, and Philadelphia offices, , C: :-,_ .. 3 4 -:@!erz-.~..C -_ -u ._,-',;f:f£ . __< 92 {>17- 4*! E > l §:Bureau Enc, 8! AMRM! -92 - /"- 0 .". * 2-Chicago FEDERAL BUREAU UF |||VE$T|GAT|°|| FUIPA DELETED PAGE WFURMATIUN SHEET _L Page s! withheld entirely at this location in the file. One or more of the following statements, where indicated, explain this deletion. Deletedexemption under4 s! withsegregable no material available for release to you. D Information pertained only to a third party with no reference to you or the subject of your request. E] lnfomiation pertained only to a third party. Your name is listed in the title only. E] Documents originatedwith anotherGovernment agency ies!.These documentswere referredto that agency ies! forreview anddirect responseto you. Pages containinformation furnishedby another Government agency ies!'.You willbe advisedby theFBI as to thereleasability ofthis informationfollowing ourconsultation withthe otheragency ies!. Page s! withheld for the following reason s!: E] For your information: T f2owiis tobe r Er used referencerefrding pages: these mwm § DELETEDPAGE S! XXXXXX X NO DUPLICATION FEE XXXXXX X FOR THIS PAGE XXXXXX FSI/DO-J »'2 4 I - U13 92 92 Q Q _ - 92Q v ' £1 NATION or ISLAM - 1:'5':'~ ' =31 *1" T . :1: »,i..,. The N01 is an all-Negro organization which was origianlly organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. Muhammad claims to have been selected by Allah, the Supreme Being, to bad the so~called Negro race out of slavery in the wilder ness of North America by establishing an independent black nation in the United States. Members following Muhammad's teaching and his interpretation of the "Koran" believe there is no such thing as a Negro; that the so-called _ _,,., Negroes are slaves of the white race, referred to as "white devils," in the United States; and that the white race, because of its exploitation of the so=called Negroes, must and will be destroyed in the approaching "War of Armageddon." In the past, officials and members of the NOI, including Muhammad, have refused to register under the provisions of the Selective Service Acts and have declared that members owe no allegiance to the United States. Q'_ 92n -~"9292;_ » . »._-.> - "'__-vv V .-5 -3-pq t -~. _;/ 0 _ i .~-#1 _ . _ 4 92_>._ ,¢= »' a ,' " . 92j>92- - 1 I ' ll jv; r. . =7: .1" AFD W:-12* War" UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 8. 1llRep!y.Ple¢0eRd¢l0 u HIQNQ. San Antonio, Texas August 23, 1983 :.~ ~_ ;%- Title NATION OF ISLAM, formerly _-J. _ _'. A known as the Muslim Cult of »r ~- <_;:.,~ Islam __: ... Ln! . _. _,,_ Character 3 Reference San Antonio memorandum dated Ian and captioned as above. ..-.= All sources except any listed below! whose -vi.; v_ -. .-4 identities are concealed in referenced memorandum have '" =2 -4.1,-' P: furnished reliable information in the past. -as . -?§~'~T " .1 ::_ '__..:-< .3?, -. s so* .3 ._ 92 <~» .4'~A _ 1 .-. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions - of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency, . luv nah tumor: 3 I on aw. uc. no. :1 ';__ V L w -rolson UNITEDSTATESOVERNMENT , . 92 B° ° ' 0 C as Memorandum . ~ uhon A onrud To = MR. TROTTER .. DATE: 3/12/64 L De 53:5ouch Sullivan _..._.-- Tove! ___._.,- - Trotter ____._.--a A Tele. Room ..-v Hclmes .___- » _{/' FROM = R. C. Andersol Candy __..._._-» svBJE¢T= cgymnms gsfron FBI #272 '26? B IDENTIFICATION MATTER '_P92-a». _ {.395v. Local newspapers of recent date have devoted considerable space to the arrest oi Liston, former heavyweight champion, by the Denver Police Department. - lvb =2 -. -.. Liston's record indicates he was received in the State Penitentiary, l-Xni Jefferson City, Missouri, on 6/ 1/ 50 on charge of robbery with dangerous weapon to serve five years and wasgparoled 10/30/52. Additionally, he received nine months in the City Workhouse, St. Louis, Missouri, on 1/28/5'7 after plea of guilty to charge of assault to kill. Liston was also arrested on ve other occasions by the Police Department, St. Louis, on charges of investigation, *1: 4: :' AI_-. suspicion of larceny, gambling and strong arm. He did not receive any sentences '.'~ -- as result of these arrests. His last arrest was by the Police Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6/12/61 on charge of impersonating an officer--no _,_ disposition. ~ .¢ ._S .~. RECOMMENDATIOQT; -ALL MQN ;gNTA!tiED L §'_" . , r92 " K J F-. J"P _ -.R. Information. W .92 §L92§.. ;t.; %I " 7 9_ / '! ¢ -, . . ¢5MAR 18 1964 v Y, r"/- 4", I __'_:-- ~ _" . _ _.' I ,/W-._~. -,r_¢:: >- 6-. 1.- 1/ /,.-' - I. Y ' ;______-- - ._ 92 I,/*' 3 UNITED STATESc:q!v1:-:15"-;;,.1t'r " . / mn¢Hohr ____-- _L._-- Cos r - lahun Memoranz n Q Conrad 'ro- Mr.Belmony/éf May nun:8',1964 W-EvansDeL0uc K ll ulllvun __--- HOM = c . A. u Evans Tuvel _____._- Trotter ,__,__.__- 'I'-l-_ 4 4v92- ¢ ' 65 smqscn_ CAOSIUS CLAY SONNY LISTON /_[ nmvvwnxenw CHAMPIONSHIP nmwrcn INFORMATION CONCERNING -; r .. .3 .<':~;,=¢-~=~- -" 55 - ..;} ACTION: 5;. - Denver is attempting to determine if the information on the proposed "fix" of the charges against Liston can be disseminated Y!"I "1. discreetly to local authorities to forestall such a "fix" being_made. £.~._.~~ 1:' 1 . ;_e - K . ' ' . -. ~._»_v-- -_ | '3-uni ___.._ >-1. .;§="_§_~ v_.. NOT RF ED 2 MAY 1. 1954 ._:.;¢'_. 4 4. _- ..n is "X1.- 17° MAY 1964 -E » 7 331-. ALL l1 lF§*i~1 i;"J§ ??!CQPTAINED' --""""> L, 45;, -':1: :- .- K.Y, HERiii :":1l;5 BY"F n , ,_ _ ;,4 ; // 0*?! ._.>....-- .19-__-:-',- __. 21/ 92 I , $ 1gr . qh 1 COPY SENTTo MR.'l OLSON 92 *1 ¢ i I I 1 1 K I 92 .w 1" - »-.: -__ _,_-,._ emovuu.an nulemon " no. 92a I-cu_ some-we . .. / nu coo.no. no.11 _ Q T Q1son s ' Belmont ______UNITEDSTATES GOLKRNMENT » _ _ ,,* G5 , Mohr Memorandum » e » SI -as W? - "uni an-.Be nt 1>m==s, June 1954 AC &§k~ °M =c. A. xv3 1 / ALL lNFORW=T920NcormuwM 3J~;%:°°' $ 1 °T="soNNY'Q.1s-ro1PA caaanns I F22eve Cg. 5-7Q ' ..- D -as : 2 On the night of larch l0, 1964, former heavyweight champion 8onny_Liston.vas arrested by a Denver, Cblorado police patrolman and at 76 miles district. ._,.,,§ is weapon, reckless 1 '_;_ -: He entered a plea of not guilty and trial was set for -'.< June 9, 1964, in Denver Municipal Court. Liston was permitted to remain at liberty on bond pending trial. P ax: 92 On Hay 29,1964, Liston appeared before ;¥§ Dandrivi and D:éDiamond carryingand a concealed afterentering a plea receivedof guilty finesto s ; ¢v " *6: the judge as making the .:' following comments during the ou have been an idol of ~-is mine --- I know you have been "Y afternoon but your %~ ..,, presence herewas necessary. These could involve a Jail .. sentence and l.Ianted to be sure you understand your rights." - '"-12%; 1,4..- According to the news article, after Diamond assessed thefines he -.a|». 92 "iv made the following additional comment toListon: "Hr. Liston, God 1 . - *=-.-=1"-.. love you and bless you in your future. I'm sorrythis had to happen. _ -. 4. ~. -T-mumsen . y ,BEC-1/Q3,/;75 }¢! Hr. Belmont xiii,- " Hr. ' 11 JUN 25 Hfi W ,4 W Hemorandmn to Ir Belmont Be Charles "Bonny" Liston .§¬§ ~t; 92w. ..,.,_9r. ~*Z. :!»'.- -' é =1-:. § _-.-wdf -_., » W . .~._~, ~,r--.g £5: i fr :-'4:55 T .<¢.. ~_= "<'¢.:_~..-" 5 -'~ _-.- _ 92..g_- ,; x . _