The Sinatra Files (44 page)

learned recently that the Villa Venice is financially in trouble, and for this reason, FRANK SINATRA and his associates are scheduled to entertain at this establishment. SINATRA, et al., are not going to receive the amount of money they reportedly were scheduled to receive in return for their services….

advised
that SAM GIANCANA has been at the Villa Venice on at least five occasions since the opening of that establishment on November 9, 1962.
stated that on the opening night, GIANCANA was present and was in a very expansive mood, and was in the lobby of the Villa Venice greeting everyone who came in. Among other persons observed at the Villa Venice on opening night by
were FELIX ALDERISIO, ROCCO POTENZO, MARSHALL CAIFANO, ANTHONY DE MONTE, and LEONARD GIANOLA.

During these appearances at the Villa Venice, GIANCANA was
normally accompanied by either BUTCH BLASI or an individual believed by
to be TONY SABONA (ph), who drives a 1963 dark blue Oldsmobile bearing 1962 Illinois license FG 8525. This is registered to CHRISTINE COSCIONI, 4840 North Neva, Chicago, Illinois, on an Oldsmobile.

A physical surveillance was conducted by SAs [Special Agents]
at the Villa Venice Club on November 27, 1962. FRANK SINATRA and DEAN MARTIN were observed entering the Villa Venice for the second show at approximately 12:30 a.m. on November 28, 1962, accompanied by JOSEPH FISCHETTI. JOSEPH FISCHETTI is a former Chicago member of the Chicago criminal organization, now residing in Miami, Florida, where he is part-owner of Puccini’s Restaurant in Miami.

advised
that FRANK SINATRA and EDDIE FISHER accompanied by SAM GIANCANA, recently flew from Los Angeles, California, to Reno, Nevada, en route to Lake Tahoe, Nevada, in FRANK SINATRA’s private plane.

advised that the appearance of FRANK SINATRA, SAMMY DAVIS, JR., and DEAN MARTIN at the Villa Venice [in] 1962 was set up to help the criminal organization. The money raised from this performance was to be used as a front to influence the State Legislature at Springfield, Illinois.
learned in the summer of 1963 that LES KRUSE, a Chicago hoodlum, had an interest in the New Villa Venice, Inc…. KRUSE apparently believed that FRANK SINATRA and DEAN MARTIN would appear again at the Villa Venice free of charge in the near future.