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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FREEDOM OF INFORIVIATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
SUBJECT: CHARLES "SONNY" LISTON
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.SIXTYONE AND PHILADELPHIA CRIMDEL LETTER SEVEN NINETEEN
*SIXTYONE. RELET SETS OUT CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING LISTON-S!x "', §
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ARREST SIX TUELVE SIXTYONE. AT SUBSEQUENT HEARING CHARGES.
AGAINST LISTON OF DRIVING UITHOUT LIGHTS AND IMPERSONATING
OFFICER DISMISSED HHEN LISTON DISCHARGED BY MAGISTRATE.
REARREST HARRANT OBTAINED BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY-S OFFICE
ON IMPERSONATION OF OFFICER CHARGES AND ON NINE TUENTYEIGHT
SIXTYONE_LISTON DISCHARGED BY JUDGE JOSEPH E. GOLD, COMMON
PLEAS COURT, PHILADELPHIA. LISTON TESTIFIED THOUGHT ARRESTING
OFFICER TOLD HIM TO QUOTE MOVE ON UNQUOTE AND IN RELEASING
EMERGENCY BRAKE ACCIDENTALLY TURNED OFF LIGHTS. PHILADELPHIA
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plead guilty A 5 years"
robbery tirst 3 October 30.
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5UWEQR CHARLES "SONNY" LISTON
- The Director asked "What about this?" in connection with
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
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
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, ,,
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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.
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against I-'loyd'Patterson. With ntine sense oi fitness, the
mission proceeded to put the.
onus for rejecting the applica-tion on his shady backers, and:
associates whom they named,lest there be any mlsunder-5>
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as the records or -the cutthroats
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Ring the weikin, clan i the bell and vesubstantial yell! Igor whom? F5 thYork State zithletic Commissionwhichsingle act Fr|day,_was converted from al of April tools into a fine August bod .rejecting Sonny Llstons application torcense, the Commission struck a telling bioor decency in the festering fight racket, thahould have tar-reaching consequences. It isthe rst evidence produced in a long time thatTelevision, open and closed, and its ally, thMob, aren't -lling the shots tor boxing comissions, promoters and managers.The Commission's unanimous action tooin-act-lcaily everyone by surprise. When itowed the controversial challenger with thunsavory record to go ahead with his applitlon days aggé it was reasoned that every ob-stacie bad n cleared by interests, pressinIlstons cause, which could be more Oofrect.1! termed their own. The underworld elements1?$@<ionny since. he. mng from92.
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money into the city, let it be
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, O, Q , awn 3 .assault to .k1l_]_' l.l.I.G£DJL, §so4u:enitentiary in 950 deve oge a ility as boxer and with encourageiiéof Father Stevens, Prison C aplain, and Negro newspaperpublisher 5Mitchell was released onuparo e and followed career 1n Golden Gloves
tournaments. He became .5. Golden Gloves champion and later inter-!1at11z1a]_Chamgi0l1. Following this, he became a professional boxer andfell into t e hands of St. Louis hoodlums. He has continued to be OW]
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Vitale in testimony before congressional committe refused
to coment on his interest in Liston. Various individual ave beenlisted as his manager, the last one of record was Geor H atz as offq_March, 1962. Katz is an old-time fight_promoter from P iladelphia. a
Newspaper accounts during the past two years have indithe probability of a match between Liston and Floyd Patterson pheav e ht h ' ' h L beca ' ' yw 1g_ c ZIIIKIOII owever, iston, use of his cr1m1nal_associates, as been turned-down in York and othercit1
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RE: CHARLES QSONNY" LISTON92.
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, bothindicated they would recommend a license be issued. Captain Joseph V
Osterman police member of the Comission, indicated he wished toreview the findings of the New York Commission before deciding. TheDirector 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
Rock at the age of twelve to follow his mother to St. Louis, Missouri
where she had gone after she left her husband. He grew up in povert
and from allindications had to fight for an existence.
Liston has a long arrest record, having been charged with
violations such as assault to kill, larceny strong-arming, and in1950 was sentenced to serve five years in the Missouri State Peni-
tentiary for first degree robbery, At one time he very severelybeat a police officer who was ticketing a car near the residence ofListon. While in the penitentiary at efferson City, Missouri,Reverend Alois Stevens, Prison Chaplain Frank Mitc ell, publisherof a wellknown Negro newspaper in St. Louis; and others took an
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 asuccessful amateur boxer and this earee brought him the Heavyweight
Golden Gloves Championship in the United States. Thereafter e
defeated the European champion for the International Golden Gloves
and subsequently turned professional.
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RE: CHARLES "SONNY" LIQTON
a peared before the McClellan Comittee in 1958 and before theKgfauver Committee in 1960 in connection with his boxing interests
but on bo
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Liston, who was ttempting to obtain a match with HeavyweChmPi°_ElQi.,W§$1grson, purchased his own contract
the lentown hoodl
Newspaper accounts during the past two years have contained
much information concerning Liston s attempt to secure a fight withFlogd Patterson. Liston has been barred from fighting in New Yorkalt ough it was indicated that a gate and television and radio rights
would bring approximately $4,000,000 for such a match. Recent news
items indicate that Liston, through his various owners and managers,
has been exploring the possibility of promoting a fight between him
and Patterson in the Chicago area or possibly even Washington, D C
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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
or never fight a ain and named Chicago as a likely site for themultimillion-do1%ar fight. Jack Nilon, noted as Liston'sPhiladelphia adviser, said he was happg to hear that Patterson was
going to actually fight Liston before eptember of this year.
A f"f ' d L't f 'hd summary 0 1n ormation regar 1 1S on was urnis eto the then Deputy Attorney General, - ' e on 5-5-61.
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Former Olympic light heavy-;:.. Jocko Miller, chainnan of;nie District of Columbia Box-a
yeight champion Norvel Lee,
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would vote to license Liston.
tional work for the past 10YCEPI. _
Capt. Joseph V. Osterman,.
police member of the boxingi
commission, said he didnot
want to comment until he has
a chance to review the find-
ings of the New York commis-
bsion in denying Liston a*
lbelaeeu-
. I have a very open r'nind,"§
Miller said, commenting on,
e report that the New .York_
had rejected Listons applica-1itionjor a license to ght,
Floyd Patterson in Gotham Q
Of course, there would be;
the formality of an investiga-Igtion before our three-member;
board," Miller said, but per-Q
sonally I think Liston has ai
-right to rehabilitate himself?
no matter what his policei
record might be. I
As for his alleged manage-1
associations, we couldl"
ny a manager a license if he}d not satisfy our standardsut still license Liston. " I ggift think 92u.d.__dggya chance to fight here. jl
Ji[Lee has been in youth correc-
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tion. In tact; I'm one of Judge
Scall.eys.'ihest_probat.ion offi-
cers.'_I_always lhave three or
mm-' young iellows here I'm
helping to keep straightened
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Congressional Country Club,-twas referring to Judge, Thom-
ias C. Scalley of the District
Municipal Court, "who fre-
quently assigns youths who
_come beforehim to _work for
,Jocko at the golf course. 1 »
_So New York turns down
Liston," __Mi1ler continued.
3fThe bout will go somewhere
|else and the theater-television
-still will go baoktoNewYork
where they will accept taxes
ptrom the theaters." e-_.§
Norvel Lee is a teacher at
the. Lox-ton, Va., Youth Center.
where he helps rehabilitate;
young men trom the ages of-
18 to 26 who have been sen-
tenced under the youth cor-
' Previously he was a cor-,
rectional officer, then a teach-
er, for boys irom 12 to 18 at
the National Trainin School E -1"I believe Liston could ad-|just, Lee said. I would bei
{willing to vote a license for;
jhim from what I know now.
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fw and 1-tam: afight such
_ mightbe at ii-eat help Y
him. - l'=1lont', know, what
New_'York knows about_'d like thread the transcript i
Ii-3of the investigation there
"l don't know anything
about his managerial setup
_ I wrote I-0 Promoter Tan
|Bola_n and I-1oyd_Patterson's
manager, Cus DAmato, sug-
gesting Liston ~_sh_ould befought here. That was Just_around the time -they signed
for a New York bout.
DAmato telephoned me
and pointed out that New
York City had Just about
guaranteed a million to a mil-
lion and a half dollars '-for the
bout but he would be agree-Iable to a bout here i£_ someone
would match that sort of
guarantee." --
Liston. pointed out in his
iletters that Patterson would
not have to worry about crim-
inal elements i.t the bout was
held here because Washington
-is the headquarters for the
_ederai Bureau of Investiga-
masses; in his 'adaustmg' qt. Z 5 2 1" You he hasn't had muc_ , -"",;/'4 _.e u
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. After the big !ght ends inChicago tonighg_¬aex-convict,les iston, could
we e e hea eight box-
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In view of this --
sslbility. andthe fact that};
the youth of gAmerica are "*3; *_i n c 1 i n e d tojhero worship,it may be well 3to examine __the background *
of the chal-:~l'earson
longer. * "
. Much oi it was spelled out
gwhen Sen. Estes Kefauver,
-the Tennessee investigator,iprobed underworld control oi
boxing. . .
"Howmuch education did
you get?" asked Kefauver.
"I didn't get any."
'_ "You didn't go to school at
lall?" - - ~
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27-year-old boxer, too many
mkids. , ' - »
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there?" 1 .
Well, my lather had 25. 92 I N
' Twenty-ve children! Te
about your early back-
ound," Keiauver continued.
Were you born on _a farm?
"YES sir,1'was." ' -
Did you have to work to
port_these other _24
dren?" .
- That's right." -
What did you do?"
Pick cotton." .u Testimony then: developed ear sentence tor armed rob-I that night? g - T 2 5 be
fTlO=i commm' pi Z -92 L:"'927!"l U.! ~ immio .....oDATEKBD $88? .nit Liston iért Little Rock,
rk., st the age oi 18 with his
other to go to St. Louis. His
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"What did you do when you
got to St. Louis?" Kefauver
ked. . - _ . ~
"Well, my mother put me in
chool, and then after I got
tarted going to school, other
'ds seen me coming out oi-
was such a large boy-other
ds would see me coming out
t such small kids room. So
hey would make tun oi me
d start laughing and I
arted ghting. -
Then -I started playing
ookey, continued Liston,
and from hookey I led to an-
ther thing so 1 wound up in
he wrong school.
"What school did you wind
P mp:
Well, the house oi deten-ion." -
"How old were you then?
"I was about 14."
"How long did you stay
there? .
My mother, she got me out,
and then, well I gure-she
got me out and I went right
back for the same things."
"You did what?" asked
efauver. '
"I went hack In the same
thing and wound up in a big-
er house this time." - ' *
Sleeping on Cold Steel
Liston referred to the Mis-
souri Stats . Penitentiary,
where he served part oi a five-. lg . ' I
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is/ton s.,Li fe "F ugl I of Wild Puncihf bery. Whén he got out on. M; in I
parole, Liston took up boxing
as a profession but fell into
the hands oi the underworld.
Referring to this, Keiauver
asked him: I
Do you know Frank Paler-
mol"' | .- . .
When-the answer was ai-
iirmative, Keiauver continuedr,
Do you think that people like
this ought to remain in the
sport oi boxing?" ~ 1 --
- Well, I wouldn't pass judg-
ment on no one, was the re-p
ply, I haven: been perfect
myself." ' ~
"Do you recall that you
were arrested in St. Louis on
Aug. 12, 1959, and questioned
by some police officers con-
cerning your relations with-
Mr. Sarkis? A labor leader.
pfor whom Liston served as a1
goon.! " j
I don't recall the date. I
was arrested sometimes there.
I don't carry s pencil around
to see how many times I was
picked up. - 1
All in all, Liston was picked
up tor questioning more than
100 times and gave this de-
scription to Kefauverz -
I may have said anything,
because they ~just kept grab-;
hing me, picking me up and
holding me overnight. If no-1body coma down to make al
squawk to get me out, they
keep me; then they finally let
ms go. Next day, back in. So
what am I supposed to do? I
said what they wanted me to
say, because who wanted to
sleep on that cold steel all/ Q; ___ ___ 'é92_%n:éeoet-l?Z/
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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*
Who would write the let-5;
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Bone that bad." - ~
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Liston has bought out his?
contract with his ght man-itIager, Joseph P013! Ba:-one 011:
Allentown, Pa., for $75,000.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.
3 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 Ikind. I 5"He has s long way to go,i
but with guidance he could:
become a boxer of whom his?
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=;this is the chance I like best
prove that I mean what I
{nay about helping boys that
gneed help,_"Liston replied.
,f"Nothing can make me hap-
pier than to accept this offer.
; I only wish it was up to
me. My return-bout. contract
-with Floyd Patterson gives
him the right to say when it
svill he held and where it will
d: I hate to leave it up
If he is willing, I am
th him all the way. The
pooner this fight takes placepie -better I will like it, in-
doors or outdoors."-
Liston'| telegram was in re-
ply to a proposal I had made
as president of Big Brothers
in the Capital that the next
match be staged in the new
National Stadium in Washing-
ton in the presence of mem-.14?. Kr 92. N,_' 92 I _ - Casper __
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;List0nL we Big Brothersera -of Congress and otherslon!,but4because'oithe forth-l I ML
ashington notables, with
art of the proceeds going to
eeping boys out of trouble. '
As Liston pointed out, his
contract gives Floyd Patter-
ison certain rights in calling
the time and place of the next
fight. Big Brothers in the Cap-
ital, therefore, has now put
the proposition up to Floyd,
who has already done finework in establishing the Floyd§Pattez-son houses tn New, York
gfor boys just o_ut of reforma-
jtory. '
i Actually. Patterson is not
entirely a free agent since he
pionship Sports. Well report
on developments when and ii
they materialize.
Medical Double Cross
"The doctors of the USA may
not know it, but their trade
union". is getting them up to
their ears in politics. Most
doctors, having spent their
lives trying to heal ~mena
bodies, would be abhergasted
ssociation and kindred agen-
, les are doing in their name.
* Last week, just as the elec-
tion campaign began to warm
up, the AMA, Blue Cross and
Blue Shield began a wide-
spread publicity and advertis-
ing campaign on medical care
for the elderly; It was timedknot because any bill is now
,before Congress the hill_ isEtwhat the American Medicalis under obligation to Chem-Acoming elections. 3 ' A
The publicity campaign took
two forms: ' " Ye
1. Full-page ads in Time and
Life magazines by Blue Cross
and Blue Shield, the medical
insurance agencies which did
a great deal to defeat the med-
icare bill. ~ .
2. A -series of letters to
newspapers trying to deny
carefully documented -reports
in this column showing how
doctors had raised money for
key Congressmen who blocked
medicare, how they had
helped finance the Saskatche-
wan doctors strike, and how
one doctor in Lexington, Ky.,
had cut off medical attention
to a 78-year-old woman. A
The column regarding
money-raising for Congress-
men who played ball with the
doctors lobby and regarding
the 78-year-old woman was
published July 12. But the doc-
tors ldbby waited until Sept.
18,-two months later, to fire
the distorted and inaccurate
blast at newspapers-just as
the election campaign was
warming up. _ _92
Belated Denial _. __ '.
This is an old political trick,
-to_wait until near the elec-
tion to confuse the issue; so
the doctors lobby is really
learning political techniques.
One denial issued by the
AMA lobby was that Dr,
Graham Clarkson, medical.
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One inter sting aspect of
the world: heavyweight box-
ing match is that both Sonny
;Lis_ton and Floyd Patterson
ll!" 1199" in .-
t r o u b l e for ;.. ' g ,_
d e linquency
gm bow have .been trying to _ . E-ado something ° -
$10 help others-' avoid similar o l
lpitmls.Q: Patterson has ~ 1»
money to set e ' '
up the uivloyd PCUITQI
Patterson Houses ' in New
York, two homes on the East
ide where boys just out of
reform school can live during
the first difficult period of
adjustrt.
- Sonn i ton came to Wash-
ingt;o1i"¥or the last Big Broth-
ers dinner and among other
things spent some time at
Junior Village, a Government
orphanage where he tried »to
fill the vacuum in the lives
"-of children, some of whomgused his own * ,
"' have never seen, a mother.
_- Sonny was so occupied that
- he was late getting to the din-
ner. "- ' 2 -r
E At that dinner, in front of
800 people, including the Vice
President, I interviewed Lis-
fton on a lot of subjects rang-
ng from Cassius Clay to death1
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ther:ing.Beseispa:-tot;
ithe repartee:
Sonny, do you e r feel
nervous before a fi t?" ~Not as nervT{| I am ipt/ash =14.
now.--1~<aiwa57§ feel that the
other fellow should be nerv-
ous, so there aint no use in
both of us being nervous."
What do you think is the
future of Cassius Clay?" a
Well, I think hed better
stick to poetry." ' . '
Sonny, did you ever play
football?"
Noit was a little too rough
for me. I dont understand it
yet. Like when the football
gpiayer gets the ball, one man
will grab him and throw him
down. Then the other twelve
come pile up on him. What's
the use of doing that?
You think it's enough to
have one man against you?
Thats right." _
What about when you have
the referee against you?"
"Well, as long as he can
count up to ten he can't cheat
on you.
Boxing Caar?
What do you think of the
Kefauver bill to have a boxing
commissioner r e 4 u l a t e the
sport?" o
Well, I feel that if he could
find a man thats been in the
field, it would be fine, but
if he just got a man that
dont- know anything about
boxing, it would just be like
a truck driver running a jet
In other words, you
wouldn't want a politician be-
ing the boxing czar?
No, I wouldn't.
You were telling me a lit-
tle earlier that the:-eferee
doesn't always understand
the psychology of the boxer.92 .when he's knocked out. What's
your tactic when a man is
down in the ring?
Well, I tell the guy my
name in the center of the
ring, and if he can't remem-
ber it when he gets knocked
down, I feel that he's in trou-
ble. I-ie doesn't know that he's
done._ Sometimes, I hold up
four fingers-how many fin-
gers have I got up? And if he
says four, hes all right; but if
he says two, I know he cant
see. So I feel the fight should
be stopped." t o
Now, turning to the most
important question before us
this evening-the problems of
youthwhat do you think is
the most important factor in
helping boys keep out of trou-
ble?" - -
Well, I feel it's the home.
I feel that mothers and fa-
thers should know where the
child is at all times. And
should have a deadline to get
home at night." How many children were,;RE
there is your family?
My mother had 14, my fa-*2-
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w e ther was married twice, andl Lthere's 25 of us in all." . ° 3 ' k 11'"/421 u 1 You were born in Arkan-
sas, and I know your father
was a cotton farmer. Did you
work in the cotton fields?
When you moved to St. Louis,
about how old were you?
Well, that's when the trou-
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bright for my eye, so I would
find stuff before it got lost"
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"Well, yes they did. They ;;
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1and's all-powerful Commis-
mission settled ti squabble be-
tween mobsters er control ofCharles before
he won the world's heavyweight
championship, Justice Depart-
ment officials said Tuesday. _
~ . Federal prosecutors told The
-Times that an edict frail:
e Commission, the supremeuncil of organized
nded a 1961 quarrel betwe
Chicago and Eastern gangsters
over shares of Listons earnings.
The hoodlutns haggled over
the winnings of Liston when he
was a heavyweight contender
under the management of Jo-
seph Pep! Barone, of Phila-
delphia, the government of-
cials said. '
e Former Manager
Barone managed Liston from
1958 to 1961. At present,
Qggmq _Katz, of Phz]_adg]ph;'q,
and Jack Nilon, of_Chester, Pa.,Lliigm'c***:.~'r2.r*t_9m@!i!°" 3 ,"etjlefd ltd/ar /imonbGenesis;
,1 A spokesman for the Iustioi:gepartrnent emphasized thate government has no evidenci}
that Liston himself or Katz and
Nilon ever split purses with
gangsters. ,
The burgeoning federal in-
quiry into the Commission and
-its secret society, La Cosa Nos-
tra, revealed how the 12 gang-
sters on the crime cotmcii acted
in 1961 as the boxing -co 92-
'ssion of the underworld. rjT'_Ihe power of the O0 :-
-V ion over boxing was traced
ihe Federal Bureau of Investi-
vztiissszIgation in a probe of Barones
! " . " -...=By Sandy Smith are co-managers of Liston. 3 management of Liston
;while working on a Califo
pflextortion case, it was disci .
ls Right To Muscle In
The California thakedown
~ scheme developed after the
Commission granted Eastern
it mobsters the right to muscle
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;West Coast, according to the
3 Justice Department.
Both investigations, the gov-
iemment sources said, showed
1 tions to settle the everlasting
de id - un rwor wrangies over mon
y, jurisdiction and territory.1! The Federal Bureau of
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Chicago gang boss, Momo Sal-
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'dwest gangsters on thmrnission. . A '
The 1961 dispute over Lis-
ton: contract, federal investi-
gators said, brought Giancana
into conict with three other
members of the Commission -'-
Angelo Bnmo, of Philadelphia,
and two Brooklyn mobsters,
Tommy Three-Finger Brown!
Pucchese and Carlo Gambino.
Rule Against Giancana
The hassle reached the Coimission, which eventually rullriii
ainst _ Giancana, after simllering for months on a loweti
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VITALE CARBO_i Shun in tonfrld_ _
gures were involved in the
bickering over Liston'S ¬li'11
They were identrfiechsas Paul
John Frankie! Carbo, 9, one-
time underworld boxing czar;
Frank Blinky! Palermo, 58, a
shares of Listons contract fromi' $0,
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' Car-bos control over sco
For sh. at-._w.e. WE ° l
960 in testimony? before a
.S. Senate committee investi
ating boxing. ,
Palermos police record in
Philadelphia is part of the rec-
ord of the committee hearings.
It shows that Palermo served
a jail term for operating a lot-
tery and was arrested nine
times on charges including asl
sault and battery, operating a
disorderly club, and reckless
use of rearms. _
Vi.tales police dossier, also
in the committee record, dis-
closes that he served a rison
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1958 early 1961, Justice m am¢is1s"GZ""_. P
term for dope peddling. He was
ested 13 times by St.
lice92as a suspect in murders?bberies, thefts and _ gamblinjl
erations. ~
' All three -- Carbo, Palermo
and .Vitale appeared before
the "committee. All refused to
testify about their control of
Liston, citing fear of possible
self-incrimination.! 4 I -
. The first account "of the dis-
pute over Liston's contract, The
Sun-Times was told, came
from the network of informants
used by the FBI to infiltrate
and expose LaCosa Nostra.
. A source high in the Justice
Department reported that a sub-
sequent inquiry by FBI agents
revealed the full story of the
quarrel.
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T~~' " ;;;a,¢! < - -:51» om 1,wuM?m: n ' Glickman picke:'u1'a 5T$'§:ricase and is serving a 25-yearicent share of I,ist.on*3contract
.ps.on um In the same case,-m lS_l5_7. Then, L1stons92 career
a IS-year prison sentence wk!was m the doldrums. Promoters
showed no interest in him: He
went 21 months without a single
ght. __ .r___; , .,__.,,
hi the LaCosa Nostra
Vitale-is "itQ: .1 ,
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true owners of ,.Liston., Ihey
permitted Glickman to keep his
share of Listonfor a price.
During this period, Glickman
"loaned" $10,000 to Carbo and..
made other loans reportedly?
exceeding $35,000 toPalermo.5
The U.S. Senate committee
investigating boxing heard tes-
timony in 1960 that Listons
contract was cut up this way-
Carbo, 52 per cent; Palermo,t
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Object of gang warH
subservient to Giancana, whose
rackets authority as a Commis-
sion delegate covers Illinois and
eastern Missouri.
Glickman is a buddy of Gi-
ancana and Tony Accardo, the
predecessor of Giancana as the
Chicago mobs delegate on the
gangland Commission. In 1960,
Glickman was a_ defense wit-
ess at_ Accardos trial
barges of income tax frau .
lickman waswbserved by.
ce at Accardos lavish Ind
pendence Day lawn parties
from 1954 to 1956.!
In 1958, Listons contract
went to Barone, in Philadel-
phia.__ As part of the deal,
lickinan retained his interest
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offered by Liston's backers fori
92'12 per cent; Vitale, l2 per
-cent, and two other persons
; not identified," 12 per cent
fachp '. .-»
In his testimony before
a nate- committee, Glickm
escribed his bigimoney de s
with Carbo on a number f
fighters but did not "mention
Listbn. __
From the witness stand,
Glickman admitted pooling
fight bets with Carbo. He also
conceded that he had given a
total stranger $10,000 to de-
liver to Carbo. Glickman
called the $10,000 a "loan."
He confessed however, that the
transaction was strange, like
Carbos messenger.- ~ _
Has His Regrets
At another point in his com-
mittee testimony, Glickman
said he regretted ever getting
to boxing where, he said, l'
robably am wrong and I pa .or it." ._ Boxing, he added, h I
ruined his awning manufac -
ing business in Chicago.
"My reputation is gone,"
Glickman testified. Everybody
thinks I am a thief and a hood-
lum and a croolr."! _
The dispute over Liston;
flared late in 1960 when the?
Palermo-Carbo combine" sud-
denly stripped Gltclrman of his
interest in the heavyweight con-1tender. ,
This action provoked a quick
protest from Giancana.
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teaching and his interpretation of the "Koran" believe
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to the arrest oi Liston, former heavyweight champion, by the Denver Police
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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,
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.
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June 9, 1964, in Denver Municipal Court. Liston was permitted to
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drivi and carrying a concealed received fines
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afternoon but your ~
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sentence and l.Ianted to be sure you understand your rights."According to the news article, after Diamond assessed the fines he
made the following additional comment to Liston: "Hr. Liston, Godlove you and bless you in your future. I'm sorry this had to happen.the judge as making the"Y %
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