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Enclosed herewith is one copy of an article ~
appearing in the "Chicago Courier", 12/21/63.
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i Sammy Davis Jr. was kidnapped from Las Vegas several"years ago by a pair of tough Chicago gangster and quietelyreleased when he was told by them to "forget about any
plans you have to wed movie actress Kim Novak" with whom
he was carrying on a hot romance at the time. '
. e snatch of the top en-
te ainer was just disclosed
a days ago following the
ki napping oil9-year-old
Frank Sinatra Jr., from a
gambling resort at Lake Ta-
hoe in Nevada where he was
appearing with members of
the late Tommy Dorsey band.
The younger Sinatra: fat-
her, Frank, Sr., is one of
Davis closest friends. when
he was abducted from his
motel room atl-iarrah'sC1ub
in Statellne, Nev., by two
men, Frank Jr., was sing-
ing with the Dorsey band
that features well-known
trumpet player Charlie Sha-
vers. "
' Thoughit was known by a
f---in-» few oi his close associates
that he was grabbed by the
imported hoods while hewas
playing at a Las Vegas nite-
club, Davis never discyssed
it at the time and news-
papers shied away from the
story. A few columnists
carried items about the in-
cident but did not identify
the principals. "~
._ However, Broadway col-
umnist Frank Farrell leaked
the news a few days ago,
that could interest the FBI.
it was not known at Courier
press time what action the
federal authorities might
take or whether they would
probe into the case'-
" Reported to be92TTFfli"e blonde a' 2the time Davis had 1towedhéhe Pannedll
ywas learned that a movie
contract to play the role oi
Sporting Life in the "Porgy
and Bess" movie had been
~.-dangled before him if he
forgot about Kim. Even
though her friends had told
-her a marriage with Davis
-would wreck her career, she
2 elected to ignore them.
As a last resort, "certain
1390918" in show business hit
¢upon the idea of arranging a
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more than many hoursprolonged conversation atcaused him to change h
mind in a hurry.
Only lastweek when Davis,
Sinatra, Sr., and Dean Mar-
tin played 'a benefit show in
Santa Monica, Calif. , adeath
note was leftin Davisdress-
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informed source, this upset
him for a while, but his clan
__ _ friends..laughed shlm»,out»~of
any fright.
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, This is to advise that thé¬;icago Cburier
Illinois, newspaper on 12-21-63 carried an article
S§mmyDavis, Jr., the well-known entertainer and associate of
Frank Sinatra, Sr., was kidnaped in Las Vegas several years ago
by a pair of tough Chicago gangsters. Acc rding to this article _*
Davis was released when told by his kid ers to "forget about any I
plans you have to wed movie actress Ki Novak." The article went
on to state that this incident was Just disclosed a_few days ago
following the kidnaping of Frank Sinatra, Jr. JLGLL
The article states that this incident was known by a few
of Sammy Davis, Jr.'s close associates but that Davis did notdiscus it at the time. The article alleges that Broadway gglgmnist .Fran§!?:rrell leaked this item a few days ago and that it was not y__iknow what action Federal authorities might take in regard to this T -matter. It is reported that this kidnaping was arranged by certain //-
/SI' Lpeople in show business as a "friendly kidnaping" to convince Davis . ¢
not to marry Kim Novak. The article concluded by alleging that a |""death note" was left in Davis dressing room at a benefit show in }
ISanta Monica, California, within the past week.
No information was located in Bureau files concerning the .above-mentioned kidnaping or the recent "death note." This story A
may well be an attempt by Davis to obtain publicity similar to that
afforded the Sinatras in the recent kidnaping of Frank Sinatra, Jr. I
ACTION RECOMMENDED:
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likelihood of press inquiry,.it is recommended that we interview sSammy Davis, Jr. to determine if this alleged kidnaping or the "deathnote" recently received by him constitutes a Federal violation. If
approved, attached is a teletype instructing our Los Angeles Officeto -conduct this interview. t ", ~-,92'~ REC 21¢ Q . ¢-%
2. This teletype als6 instructs Los Angeles and;Las V gas to submit any information those Offices may_have receTvpd;9oncerniH8 _
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I do not think we should interview Sammy Davis, Jr., based on
information in the Chicago Courier, alleging Davis was kidnaped
"several years ago? nor concerning the alleged death note left in
his dressing room last week. If there is any substance to either
of these allegations, Davis had a responsibility to notify the FBI
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