Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Very well. You may proceed. Mr. ADLERMAN. Are you commanding officer of the racket squad of the Michigan State Police for the Detroit section! Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir; for the whole State. Mr. ADLERMAN. Did you have cause to investigate a complaint concerning an alleged bribery of a key member of the Oregon University football team? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. Mr. ADLERMAN. That is, your squad had that investigation? Mr. ADLERMAN. In the course of the investigation, did you examine the register of room 35 of the Guffie House of the Dearborn Inn? Lieutenant ROBINSON. I did. Mr. ADLERMAN. Who was registered there in that room? Lieutenant ROBINSON. There were two gentlemen registered, one under the name of Grosscup and the other under the name of Petrone. The CHAIRMAN. What are those names? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Grosscup and Petrone. The CHAIRMAN. Frank Grosscup? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. And the other one was Petrone, B. Petrone; is that correct? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir; those names were used. The CHAIRMAN. Very well. I hand you here what purports to be the original registration slips, apparently, or cards. Will you examine these and state whether you identify them? (The documents were handed to the witness.) Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir; those are the ones. The CHAIRMAN. Are those on the dates of the alleged complaint about the attempted bribe? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir; September 23, 1960. The CHAIRMAN. The date of those registrations and the date of the attempted bribe are the same? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. And these are the registrations for the room as indicated there where the bribe effort was made? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. How soon after the incident did you make this check? Lieutenant ROBINSON. These were obtained the same night. Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. So there would be no doubt about its being the same date and these being the parties that were registered? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Right. The CHAIRMAN. There can be no question about it. It was not something that happened afterwards. It was the same night. Lieutenant ROBINSON. It was the same night; yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Was that the night before this what's-his-name was arrested the next day? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Budin was arrested in this room the next day. However, Budin was registered in another room. The CHAIRMAN. He was registered in another room? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Under what name? Lieutenant ROBINSON. I would have to check my report. Mr. ADLERMAN. He was registered under the name of Darren Pal mer. Was it Darren Palmer? Was that the name? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Darren Palmer? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Palmer; yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Very well. Who was the third man? Did you ever identify him? We have one of them identified as Budin and the other one as Rosenthal. Who was the other man? Lieutenant ROBINSON. I don't know, sir. In fact, until today I didn't know it was The CHAIRMAN. You never did know who these two men were? The CHAIRMAN. Not until today did you know that one of them was Rosenthal ? Lieutenant ROBINSON. That is right. The CHAIRMAN. You did not, although you made the investigation, know that one of these names was registered in the room that Rosenthal occupied? Lieutenant ROBINSON. That is correct. The CHAIRMAN. Or that Rosenthal was the man that occupied one of the rooms? Lieutenant ROBINSON. That is right. The CHAIRMAN. Let those registrations be printed in the record at this point, and the originals may be retained as an exhibit, exhibit 66. (The documents referred to were marked exhibit No. 66 and may be found in the files of the subcommittee.) Mr. ADLERMAN. I might state for the record, Senator, that I understand it is common practice for gamblers who are involved in the fixing of games to use the names of prominent athletes when they register, the last names, rather. Grosscup is, I think, a rather famous quarterback for the New York Giants, Lee Grosscup, and Petrone, I think, is with North Carolina, a basketball player. You can see the coincidence, Grosscup and Petrone, both registering there. It is a common practice, as I understand it from people who know, that gamblers involved in the fixing of games very frequently register in that fashion. The CHAIRMAN. Do you have any information along that line? The CHAIRMAN. Do you have any information to that effect, that these fixers frequently register Lieutenant ROBINSON. I have heard that; yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. You do not know it. That is a general understanding? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Right. The CHAIRMAN. General information? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Right. In fact, I wrote later, figuring those were phony names, to different police departments to see if I could learn the identity. The CHAIRMAN. You tried to learn the identity. You never have been able to find out the identity of these two men until today, when it was disclosed that one of them was Frank Rosenthal? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Right. Mr. ADLERMAN. Lieutenant Robinson, did you check the telephone calls and the toll tickets in room 35 of the Guffie House for September 23, when Grosscup was registered there? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. Mr. ADLERMAN. What did you find by way of the calls that were made from those numbers? Lieutenant ROBINSON. There were two calls made to Miami. Then I wrote to the authorities down there to determine what those phones were registered to. Mr. ADLERMAN. Is this the letter that you wrote? The CHAIRMAN. I hand you here what purports to be a photostatic copy of your letter of September 30, 1960, to the chief of police, Miami City Police Department, Miami, Fla. Examine it and state if that is a photostatic copy of the letter that you referred to. (The document was handed to the witness.) Lieutenant ROBINSON. That is a carbon copy of the letter; yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. The letter may be printed in full in the record at this point. (The letter referred to is as follows:) STATE OF MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN STATE POLICE, Detroit, Mich., September 30, 1960. CHIEF OF POLICE, Miami City Police Department, Miami, Fla. DEAR SIR: Attached is an investigation report of attempted bribery of a University of Oregon football player, prior to the University of Michigan football game. We would request that your department check the listings of two phone numbers called in Miami by one of the gamblers: PL 7-8695. PL 8-5162. Also David Budin used the address of 2417 Northwest 124th Street, Miami, Fla., a false registration at the hotel. A background check on Budin and this address would also be appreciated. If any additional information is requested, please advise. (S) CARL W. ROBINSON, Detective Lieutenant, Rackets Squad. Mr. ADLERMAN. Is this the reply that you received from the city of Miami? The CHAIRMAN. I hand you what purports to be the reply that you received to that letter. I present you the letter, the original reply that you received, and ask you if you identify it. (The document was handed to the witness.) Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. You do identify it? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Thank you. It may be printed in the record at this point in full. (The letter referred to is as follows:) Re Miami phone Nos. PL 7-8695, PL 8-5162. Lt. CARL W. ROBINSON, CITY OF MIAMI, FLA., October 7, 1960. DEAR SIR: With reference to your inquiry concerning the above two phone numbers on September 30, the following information was obtained. Phone No. PL 7-8695 is listed to Roberto Feiner of 8020 West Drive, Harbor Island. (A list of his toll calls are attached.) Phone No. PL 8-5162 is listed to Frank Carpentier of 8000 West Drive, Harbor Island. These tolls are a Verifaxed copy; please note the various phone numbers listed to Carpentier not only PL 8-5162, but various others. Carpentier's real name is Louis Rosenthal, a.k.a. "Lefty"; he is from the Chicago area, and has a reputation of being a gambler. Feiner has a reputation also of being a gambler. Both of these men have been under investigation for gambling by Federal authorities. Their operations were so similar it was thought for a while that they were the same person. If we can be of further service, please let us know. Sincerely yours, /s/ H. SWILLEY, Detective Sergeant, Intelligence Unit, Police Department. David Budin is not known to this unit at the present time, however, we will advise if information is obtained concerning him. He is being investigated at the present time by this unit. Mr. ADLERMAN. This shows that No. PL 7-8695 was listed to Roberto Feiner, is that correct? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. Mr. ADLERMAN. And phone No. PL 8-5162 was listed to Frank Carpentier; is that correct? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Correct. Mr. ADLERMAN. These were the two numbers that were called from the Dearborn Inn, from room 35? Lieutenant ROBINSON. Yes, sir. |