OCR transcription — Page 101
BU 92-61
On March 27, 1958, [REDACTED], Town of Thorold, Ontario, Canada Police Department, advised that he has known FRANK GUALTIERI, was, Pete Walters, for a number of years and WALTERS has been a resident of Thorold for the past 20 or 25 years. He said that WALTERS is approximately 60 years of age, has no feasible means of support, but always dresses well and appears to have a great deal of money. [REDACTED] stated WALTERS has no record at the Thorold, Ontario Police Department and he has never known WALTERS to be in any kind of trouble. He further advised he knows of no contacts that WALTERS has ever had with the subject and he could furnish no information as to how often WALTERS visited in the United States.
On April 16, 1958, [REDACTED], Ontario, Canada, furnished the following information:
He was [REDACTED] in Thorold, Ontario, for 18 years, and during the past six years has been employed [REDACTED] in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. He has known WALTERS for a number of years and described him as a gambler and an individual who is associated with the "black hand." He was unable to further describe the "black hand" but said in general terminology it meant that WALTERS was well connected with the hoodlum element in Canada, and he was a good person to stay away from if you did not want to get in trouble. He said that WALTERS is generally considered as one of the top men in Canada insofar as criminal activities are concerned, but he was unable to furnish any specific information as to what type of criminal activities WALTERS is engaged in at the present time or has been engaged in in the past.
He said that WALTERS is generally looked upon as a gambler who travels extensively through the Province of Ontario and although he has no feasible means of support, he is always well dressed, drives a late model automobile and always appears to have [REDACTED] of money.
[REDACTED] he knew WALTERS [REDACTED] Thorold, Ontario, area for [REDACTED] at a time and he never learned where WALTERS went. At times he suspected WALTERS as being a "fence" but he never was able to obtain any information to substantiate this belief. He further advised that he has known WALTERS to make frequent trips to the United States, particularly Buffalo and Niagara Falls, New York.
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