OCR transcription — Page 63
BU 92-61
[Continuation] visits his dining room frequently for lunch. A restaurant is operated in conjunction with the motel. [REDACTED] stated that the subject is not known to frequent any bars or taverns and is considered a reputable businessman on the Niagara Frontier. [REDACTED] furnished this information on January [date partly obscured], 1958.
D. CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
GAMBLING
On January 16, 1958, T-12, who has never furnished any information to this office in the past, furnished the following information:
Approximately 15 years ago GEORGE HARDY, [REDACTED] and individuals by the name [REDACTED] had a gambling establishment and a “bookie” at 33 Thomas Street in Niagara Falls, New York. The informant stated that GEORGE HARDY operated the horseroom and bookie and the other three individuals operated the “crap game.” He stated that at first the subject was permitted to come into the gambling establishment and was given a piece of the “crap game” but later took control of the “crap game” and also wanted to take over control of the horseroom.
GEORGE HARDY, who is now deceased, once had control of the wire service in Niagara Falls, New York and was generally considered as the individual who controlled gambling in Niagara Falls, New York. Informant stated that somehow the “mob” got control of the wire service and once they got control of the wire service in Niagara Falls and throughout the country, it was difficult to get the service from them unless you complied with their terms. Informant recalls that the “mob” refused to give GEORGE HARDY any service unless he gave them 75% of his horseroom. He stated that HARDY refused to do this therefore the horseroom and gambling establishment was closed sometime during 1951 and has never reopened since that time. He recalls that GEORGE HARDY died soon after that and no attempts have ever been made to reopen the gambling establishment at 33 Thomas Street.
This informant was unable to furnish any information as to how the “mob” got control of the wire service at that time but said in his opinion they are very “powerful” and have connections with individuals highly placed in political life. The informant referred to the subject as the “top man” of the “mob” in Niagara Falls, New York but stated that subject always remains in the background and no specific information has ever come to his—
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