163-596-850 T SERIAL MULISTY that 13107. 42 CARDBOARD BOXES WITH MISS GUN PARTS_&_ MISS TYPES OF -+++ Ammo - APPROX 12 BOUNDS_ + 17:02 POSSIBLE MACHINE GUN BARRELS - I NEW = | PLUGGER WITH + ++ WELD IN BBNL PAPER BAG — — + འ + TAM PROPERTY WAS BOOKED_AT_VENICE PROPERTY UNDER ABQUE DR + to 18/1 PAWN IKKEI - ARI'S JEWELRY AND LOAN CO2-328 SO BROADWAY SANIA MONICA - ITEM LUGER HAND GUN. FL -Ticker #21787_. RECEIPT FROM 8/3 X 13 JABLET LINER PAPER BEARING THE FOLLOWING + -12-14-63. -+· RECEIVED FROM ROGER DIER 3823_3/4_DUNN DRING+. _-_Two IWENTY DOLLARS BILLS_SERIAL NUMBERS‒‒‒÷_____533682166 156432536 VINCENT WHUGHES. REMOVED FROM CARDBOARD ROL ITEM 100 Date stemp Oct 6, 1958 of ENVELOPE - WINFIELD ARMS CORR-1006-1008 SO OLIVE SE LAIS, SALIE. ++ POAI REF ID NP ++230 MAYAIIO IIPAÑB + вание КАЛИФОРНИЯ. КРАСИБАР. RODGER DIER + Los Angeles Police Department ITEM PAGE NO. TYPE OF REPORT 3 Property - Evidence 163-596 850 SERIAL NUMBER 1+ box containing (57 bounds 30 cal carbune amme) & rounds 30 rifle amme w/ black painted tip of bollett in--+++ maclip_=_&runds 306 Lufle ammo in m2 clip = + 13_boxes 9mm 6WL cartridges Lot1= 19£3 (50__+. + cartridges each box)= 7 boxes_45_cal_ball_smine + +(50 contribes each lok) Jate of rounds/D23.. + 1 Above items taken into custody 12-28-63-+ + + + + + + +++ Mr. GONZALEZ. Incidentally, this young man, even though he was not skilled, had no trouble activating these guns. His arrest followed a disturbance at the place of residence caused when he stepped outside his front door and fired off the Austrian machinegun. Although he was not a felon at the time of purchase of the guns just before I left Los Angeles I spoke to the officer who investigated the case, and he told me that Dier cut down more than a score of banana trees in a Venice neighborhood with his bowie knife. So it indicates that this individual was not mentally stable. During the last year, we have made several arrests in Los Angeles of persons in the possession of full automatic weapons and destructive devices similar to those advertised for sale by mail. We have come to refer to these arrests as paramilitary cases, because the weapons involved are suitable only for combat. A case in point is that of Robert R. Romero (LA No. 650 009R), whose residence in the middle-class suburb in the San Fernando Valley could most accurately be described as an arsenal. I believe Captain Howe has introduced some exhibits indicating the number and quantity of these weapons that were found in his home. It included everything necessary to train an army. He was convicted of the illegal possession of automatic weapons, explosives, and tear gas grenades, and was fined and placed on probation. Romero was the business partner of Keith D. Gilbert, now a fugitive from a charge of assault with intent to commit murder. This charge arose from alleged unprovoked attack with a .380 automatic pistol on a Negro motorist. While on bail awaiting trial, he fled after police sought to question him in the theft of three-quarters of a ton of dynamite from a powder magazine in the foothills of Los Angeles. A court-authorized search of Gilbert's apartment and garage in a Glendale residential area revealed the stolen dynamite. As Attorney General Lynch indicated, he is now a fugitive for assault and intent to commit murder on a Negro motorist in an unprovoked attack. The committee also has been given photos of the armaments seized when another Los Angeles resident, Harold A. Schlapia, was arrested on a mountain road in the remote areas of adjacent Ventura County. With the photos is an inventory of his weapons and equipment, which can only be described as suitable for warfare. He was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon, a .45 caliber semiautomatic weapon, but his conviction was reversed on appeal. He successfully contended he was a gun salesman and therefore exempt from regulations on concealable weapons. (The documents referred to were marked "Exhibits Nos. 49, 50, 51, and 52" and are as follows:) The following articles removed from inside and trunk of Suspect's 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Winchester U. S. Rifle Cal 30 M-1 Springfield Chez-Brno bolt action Mag Fed 30 Cal (approx) U. S. Military 12 gauge Auto shotgun (Rem.) 10. Winchester 30-30 #94 Lever Carbine 11. Marlin 39-A 22 Cal Carbine Break down of property in metal ammunition carriers as booked into #7 through #19 Misc. Ammo #20 Books on survival, mines, gas, etc.. #21 Emergency Food rations, misc. articles #22 Misc. Ammo and articles #23 Packboard, sleepingbag, misc. personal gear and misc. hiking gear. 1 carton of misc. magazines for semi-auto weapons. One Texaco Road map of California and approx 40 Quad maps of Sequoia area found in vehicle. Dep. Terry Roth #15 |