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ROSECHERAME

Staf f Repor tof t he

Sel ect Commt t ee on Assassi nat i onsUS . House of Represent at i ves

N T i n e t y - f i f t h CongressSecond Sess i onMarch 1 ` 379

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ROSECHERAlME( 1) Accordi ng t o account s of assassi nat i ons researchers, a womanknownas Rose Cherame, a heroi n addi ct and prost i t ut e wi t h a l onghi st ory of a r r e s t s , was f ound on November 20, 1963, l yi ng on t he roadnear Euni ce, La , brui sed and di sori ent ed. ( 1) She was t aken t o t heLoui si ana State Hospi t al i n J ackson, La , t o recover fromher i n j u r i e sand what appeared t o be narcot i cs wi t hdr awal . ( 2) Cherame r e -port edl y to ld t he at t endi ng physi ci an that Pres i dent Kennedy wasgoi ng t o be k i l l ed dur i ng hi s f or t hcom ng v i s i t t o Dal l as . ( 3) Thedoct or di d not paymuch at t ent i on t o t he ravi ngs of a pat i ent goi ng"col d t urkey" unt i l af t er t he Pres i dent was assassi nat ed 2 daysl a t e r . ( . 4 ) State pol i ce were cal l ed i n and Cheram e was quest i oned a tl engt h . ( 5) She report edl y t ol dpol i ce o f f i c e r s she hadbeen a st r i pper i nl a c i ~ Ruby' s ni ght cr i b l a nd was t ransport i ng a quant i t y of heroi n fromFl ori da t oHoustonat Ruby' s i nsi st ence when she quarr el ed wi t h twomen al so part i ci pat i ng i n t he dope run ( 6) Cherame s a i d t he menpushed her out of amovi ngvehi cl e and l e f t her f or dead ( 7) Af t er t hea s s as s i na t i o n, Cheram e mai nt ai ned Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswal dhadknowneach ot her wel l . ( 8) She sai d she hadseenOswald a t Ruby' sni ght cl ub and cl ai med Oswald and Ruby had been homosexualpar t ners . ( 9)( 2) I roni cal l y, t he ci rcumst ances of Rose Cherame' s deat h arest r i ki ngl y si m l ar t o t he ci rcumst ances sur roundi ng her ori gi nal i n-vol vement i n t he assassi nat i on i nvest i gat i on . Cherame di ed of i n j u r i e srecei ved froman aut omobi l e acci dent on a s t r i p of hi ghway near Bi gSandy, Tex , i n t he ear l y morni ng of Sept ember 4 , 1965 . (10) Thedri ver stated Cherame hadbeen l yi ng i n t he roadwayandal t hough heat t empt ed t o avoi d hi t t i ng l e e r , he r an over t he t op of her s k u l l , causi ngf a t a l i nj uri es . (11) An i nvest i gat i on into t he acci dent and t he possi -b i l i t y of a rel at i onshi p bet ween t he v i c t imand t he dri ver produced noevi dence of f oul pl ay . ( 1 2 ) Thecase was cl osed . ( 1 3 )( 3)

Al t hough Cl i erame' s al l egat i ons were event ual l y di scount ed, herdeat h 2 years l a t e r prompted renewed specul at i on about her story . I twas not ed, f or exampl e, that over 50 i ndi vi dual s whohad been a s s o -ci at ed wi t h t he i nvest i gat i on of t he Kennedy assassi nat i on had di edwi t hi n 3 years of that event . (14) Thedeaths, bynat ural or ot her c a u s e s ,wer e l abel ed "myst er i ous" byWarrenComm ssi on c r i t i c s and t he newsmedi a ( 1 5 ) The skept i cs c l a imthat t he l aws of probabi l i t y woul d showt he number of deat hs i s s o unl i kel y as t o be hi ghl y suspect . ( 1 6 ) Asdetai l ed el sewhere, t he comm t t ee st udi ed such cl ai ms and det ermnedthey were erroneous . ( 1 i ) Nevert hel ess, al l egat i ons i nvol vi ng RoseCherame, often count edamongt he "myst er i ous" deat hs . wasof part i c-ul ar i n t e r e s t t o t he comm t t ee, s i n c e i t i ndi cat ed a possi bl e associ at i onof 1 , e e Harvey Oswald and J ack Ruby ; an associ at i on of t hese i n d i -v i d r n a l s wi t h mmbers of organi zed cr i me ; and possi bl e connect i onbet ween CheramCs conf i nement at t he State Hospi t al i n J ackson, La

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200and Oswal d' s search f or employmnt there i n the summer of 196" .( l ) The connni ttee set out t o obta na f u l l account of theCherame, al l egat i ons anddetermne , vl l et her her statemnts coul dbe at al l cor-roborated The commttee i ntervi ewed and deposed perti nent w t -nesses . Fi l es f romUS . Custon s andthe F111were requested I nfor-rnati on developedduri ng the i nvesti outi onbyNewOrl eans Di s t r i ctAttorney J imGarri son was examned Records of Cherame' s hos-pi t al i zat i on at the East Loui si anaStateHosp tal were stud ed( 5)

Hosp tal records i ndi cat e - 1 e l l ) a Chri sti ne - -arcades, al i as roseCherame, wasbrought t o the StateHosp tal i n J ackson, La bypol i cef romEuni ce on Novemer 21, 1963 and o f f i c i a l l y adi ni tted at 6a. m( 18) Shewas ori gi nal l y f romHouston, Tea , where her mother

s t i l l l i ved ( 19) Shewasapproximatel y31years ol di n 1063, hadusedmany al i ases throughout her l i f et i me andhad l i vedmany years i nLoui si anaandTexas. (?0)( 6) Accordi ng to the cl i ni cal notes, the deputy accompanyi ngCherame sai d the pat i ent - hadbeen "p ckedupon [ t l i e ] si de of [the]roadandhadbeengi vensomthi ngbythe coroner. "(21) Thecoroneri n Eun cewas contactedby doctors at the hospi t al andhe tol d thei rC i erame had been coherent when he spoke - w t h her at 10: 30 pan,Novemer 20, but l i e d dadmn ster a sedat i ve . (22) I l e further i ndi -catedthat Cheramewasa9-year mai n i n ngHeroi naddi ct . whose l asti nj ect i on hadbeenaround 2p.m, Novemer20 ( 23) Thedoctorsnotedthat Cherame' s cond ti onupon i n i t i a l examnati on i nd catedhero nwthdrawal andcl i ni cal sl i ock . (241)( i )

Rel evant t o Cherame' s cr edi bi l i t y was an assessi nent of hermntal s ta te . FromNovemer 22 t o Novemer 21 C i erame requi redcl ose attenti on andmd cati on ( 20) OnNovemer 25 shewas trans-ferred t o theward (2G) On\ovemer 21 shewas r el eased t o Loui si anaState Pol i ceLi eutenant Fruge . ( 27)( S)

Thehospi tal records aaye noreference as to al l eged statemntsmade by Cl i er ai ni c or w)y s l ) e was r el eased to Li eutenant Fruge onNovemer 27, 1963 These recordsdo i ndi cat e Cherame hadbeenhos-pi t al i zed f or al cohol i smandnarcoti cs add cti on on other occasi ons,i nclud ng commtmnt to the sam hospi t al i n March 1961 by thecrimnal court of NewOrl eans. ( 28) Duri ng thi s stay, thewomanwasd agnosed as " . . . wthout psychosi s . However, because of her pre-vious recordof drugadd cti onshe rnav have amld i ntegrati ve andp easure defect . " ( ; 2 9 ) Her recordwoul d show she has "i nterval s ofvery good behavi or" but at other tims she "presents epi sodi cal l ypsychopathi c behavi or" i ndi cat i ve i nher hi storyof drugand al coholabuse, pr o st i t ut i on . arrest onnumrous . i f mnor, cl i arges . ( 30)(9)

The commttee i ntervi ewedone of the doctors, on staff at EastLoui si anaStateHosp tal whohadseenCherameduri ngher stay thereat thetimof theKennedyassassi nati on ( .31) Thedoctor corroboratedaspects of theCherame al l egat i ons . Dr . Vi ctor AVei ' s ver i f i ed that l i ewas empl oyed as a r esi dent physi ci an at the hospi tal i n 1963 (32) Her ecal l ed that on -Monday Novemer 25, 1963, hewas askedby anotherphysi ci an, Dr . Borers . tosee a pati ent whohadbeencommttedNo-vemer 20or 21 ( 33) Dr . Bowers al l egedl y tol dAVei ss that the pat i ent ,rose Cherame, had stated before the assassi nati on that Presi dentKennedywasgoi ng t o bek i l l e d . (34) Wi ss questi onedCherame about


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20 1her st at ement s . ( 3 5 ) She t o l d himshe had wor l ~ed f or J ack Puny Shedi d not have any s p e c i f i c d e t a i l s of a part i cul ar assassi nat i on pl otagai nst Kennedy, but had stated t he "word i n t he under wor l d" -wasthat Kennedywoul d be assassi nat ed . ( 3 6 ) She further stated t hat shehad been t ravel i ng f r o i n Fl or i da t o her home i n Texaswhen t hemant ravel i ng wi t h her threw her fromt he aut omobi l e i n whi ch t hey werer i d i ng . (37)( 10)

Franci s Fruge, a l i eut enant wi t h t he Loui s i ana St at e Pol i ce i n1963, was t he pol i ce o f f i c e r who f i r s t came t o Cher am e' s assi st ance onNovember 20, 1963, hadher comm t t ed t o t he St at e Hospi t al , and l a t e rrel eased her i n t o hi s custody f ol l owi ng t he assassi nat i on t o i nvest i gat eher al l egat i ons . (38) As such, he pr ovi ded an account f ur t her detai l i ngher al l egat i ons and t he o f f i c i a l response t o her al l egat i ons .( 1 1 )

FrugeRas deposed by t hecomm t t ee on Apr i l 18, 1978 (39) Het o l d t he comm t t ee he was cal l ed onNovember 20, 1963 by an adm ni s -t rator at a pri vat e hospi t al i n Euni ce . La that a f emal e acci dent vi ct i mhadbeen t aken t here f or t r eat ment . ( 4 0 ) Shehadbeen t reat ed f or mnorabrasi ons, andal t hough she appeared t o be under t he i nf l uenceof drugssi nce she had"no f i nanc i a l basi s" shewas t o be rel eased . (41) Frugedi dwhat he normal l y di d i n such i nst ances . As t he woman requi r ed nofurther medi cal at t ent i on, he put her i n a j a i l c e l l t o sober up ( 42) Thi sar r angement di d not l a s t l ong Thewoman began t o di spl ay severesymptom of wi t hdrawal . (43) Fruge s a i d he c a l l e d adoctor, who s e d a t -ed Cher am e and Fruge transported Cher am e t o t he Statehospi t al i nJ ackson, La ( 4 4 )

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Fruge sai d that dur i ng t he "1 t o 2 hour" r i d e t o J ackson, heasked Cher am e some "rout i ne" quest i ons . ( 4 5 ) Fruge t o l d t he comm t -t e e She rel at ed t o me t hat shewas com ng fromFl or i da t o Dal -l as wi t h twomen who were I t al i ans or r esembl ed I t al i ans .They had st opped at t h i s l ounge . . . and t hey' d had a f ewdr i nks and had gotten i n t o an ar gument or somet hi ng. Themanager of t he l ounge t h r ew , her out and she got on t he roadandhi t chhi ked t o catch a r i d e , and t h i s i s when she got hi t bya vehi cl e . (416)Fruge sai d t he l ounge was a house of prost i tut i on cal l ed t he Si l verSl i pper . ( 4 7 ) Fruge asked Cher am e what , she was goi ng t o do i n Dal -l as : "She s a i d she \ v a s goi ng t o , number o n e , pi ck up some money, pi ckup l e e r baby, and t o k i l l Ken"ecl v . " ( 4 8 ) Frugecl ai med dur i ng t hese i n -t erval s t hat Cher am e rel at ed t he story she appeared t o be qui t e l uci d .(~ Fruge had C l i e r a i n i e adi ni t t ed t o t he hospi t al l a t e on November 20 . ( 5 0 )(13)

OnNovember 22, whenhe heard t he Presi dent hadbeen as s as s i -nat ed . Frugesai d l i e i mmedi at el y cal l ed t he hospi t al and t o l d themnott o rel ease Cher am e u n t i l l i e bad spoken t o her . ( 5 1 ) The hospi t al ad-mni s trat ors assented but sai d Frugewoul d have t o wai t unt i l t he f o l -l owi ng Monday bef ore Cher am e woul d be we l l enough t o speak t oanyone . ( 5 2 ) Fruge wai t ed . T`nder quest i oni ng, Cher am e t o l d Fruget hat t he twoment ravel i ng wi t h her f r omMam were goi ng t o Dal l ast o k i l l t he Presi dent . (53) For her par t . Cher am e was t o obt ai n $8, 000f roman uni dent i f i ed source i n Dal l as andproceed t o Houstonwi t h t hetwomen t o compl et e a drug deal . ( 5 . f ) Cher am e was a l s o supposed t o


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202pi ckupher l i t t l e boyfrom r i ends whohadbeen l ooki ng after him( 5 5 )( 1 4 ) Cherame f ur t her suppl i ed det ai l ed account s of t he arrange-ment f or t he drug t ransact i on i n Houston ( 5 6 ) She sai d reservat i onshad been made at t he Ri ceHot el i nHouston (57) The t r i o was t o meeta seamanwho was bri ngi ng i n 8 k i l o s of heroi n t o Gal vest on byboat . ( 5 8 ) Cherame had t he name of t he seaman and t he boat hewas ar r i vi ng on . ( 5 9 ) Once t he deal was compl et ed, t he t r i o woul dproceed t oMexi co (60)( 1 5 ) Fruge t o l d t he commt t ee t hat he r epeat ed Cher ame' s st or y t ohi s supervi sor s and asked f or i nst ruct i ons . ( 6 1 ) He was t o l d t o f o l l owup on i t . (62) Fruge prompt l y took Cherame i n t o cust ody- as i n d i -cat ed i n hospi t al r ecor ds- and s e t out t o check her s tory. ( 6 - 1 ) Hecont act ed t hechi ef custom agent i n Gal vest on whorepor t edl y v e r i f i e dt he schedul ed docki ng of t he boat and t he name of t he seaman . ( 64 )Fruge bel i eved t he custom agent was a l s o abl e t o ver i f y t hename oft heman i n Dal l as whowas hol di ngCher ame' s son . (65) Fruge recal l edt hat t he cust om agent had t a i l e d t he seaman as he di sembar ked fromt he boat , but t hen l o s t t he man' s t r a i l . ( 7 0 ) Customs cl osed t he c a s e . ( 7 1 )( 1 6 ) Fruge had a l s o hoped t o cor roborat e ot her st at ement s madebyCherame . Duri ng a f l i g h t from Houst on, accor di ng t o Fruge,Cherame not i ced a newspaper wi t h headl i nes i ndi cat i ng i nvest i gat orshad not been abl e t o e s t abl i s h a rel at i onshi p bet ween J a c k Ruby andLee Harvey Oswal d. ( 72) Cherame l aughed at t he headl i ne, Frugesai d . (73) Cherame t o l d himshe had worked f or Ruby, or " Pi nky, "as she knewhi m at hi s ni ght cl ub i n Dal l as and cl ai med Ruby andOswal d "had been shacki ng up f or years . (74) Fruge s ai d he cal l edCapt . W l l F r i t z of t he Dal l as Pol i ce Department wi t h t h i s i nf orma-t i o n . (75) F r i t z answered, he wasn' t i nt erest ed . ( 7 6 ) F r i t z and t heLoui si ana State Pol i ce dropped t he i nvest i gat i on i n t o t he mat t er . ( 7 7 )(17) Four years l a t e r , however , i nvest i gat ors from t he o f f i c e ofDi str i ct At t or ney Garr i son i n New Or l eans cont act ed Fruge. ( 7 8 )Fruge went on de t a i l t o Garr i son' s o f f i c e t o as s i s t i n t he i nvest i ga-t i o n i n t o t he Kennedy assassi nat i on . ( ' 79)(18) Duri ng t he course of t he _New Or l eans DA. ' s i nvest i gat i onFrugewas abl e t o pursue l eads i n t he Cherame case t hat hehad notchecked out i n t he or i gi nal i nvest i gat i on . Al t hough there appearedt o be di f f erent ver si ons as t o ho - %v Cherame ended up by t he si de oft he road, and t he number and i dent i t y of her compani ons, Frugeat t empt ed t o corroborate t he ver si on she hadgi ven hi mFruge spokewi t h t he owner of t he Si l ver Sl i pper Lounge ( 8 0 ) The bar owner , aM . MacManual s i n c e deceased, t o l d Fruge t hat Cherame hadcomei n wi t h twomenwho t he owner knewas pi mps engaged i n t he busi nessof haul i ng prost i t ut es i n fromFl or i da . ( 8 1 ) When Cherame becamei nt oxi cat ed and rowdy, one of t hemen"s l apped her around" and t hr ewher out si de (82)(19)

Frnge c l a im t h a t l i e showed t heowner of t he bar a "stack" ofphot ogr aphs andmng shot s t o i dent i f y . ( 8 .3 ) accor di ng t o Fruge, t hebar owner chose t l ) e phot os of a Cuban e x i l e . Sergi o Arcacha Smt h,and anot her CubanFrngebel i eved t o be namedOsant o . ( 8 4 ) ArcachaSmth vas known t o Kennedy assassi nat i on i nvest i gat ors as an a n t i -Cast r o Cuban ref ugee - %vho hadbeen ac t i ve i n 1 : 161 as t he head of t heNewOr l eans Cuban Revol ut i onary Front . (S5) at t hat t i me . he be-f r i ended ant i - Cast ro a c t i v i s t andcommerci al p i l o t Davi d Ferr i e, who


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203was named and di sm ssed as a suspect i n t he Kennedy assassi nat i onwi t hi n days of t he Pr esi dent ' s death . ( 8 6 ) Fer r i e and Arcacha Smt hwer e a l s o bel i eved t o have had t i e s wi t hNewOr l eans or gani zed cr i mef i gure Car l os Mar cel l o . ( 8 7 ) Ar cacha Smth moved fromt he NewOr l eans area i n 1962 t o go t o Mam and l a t e r t o s e t t l e i nHouston ( 8 8 )Theweekendf ol l owi ng t he as s as s i na t i on, Fer r i e took a t r i p t o Houst onand Gal vest on f or a l i t t l e " r e s t and r el axat i on, " whi l e pol i ce sear chedNewOr l eans f or himafter r ecei vi ng a t i p he had been i nvol ved i nt he assassi nat i on . ( 8 9 ) The comm t t ee has f ound cr edi bl e evi dence i n-di cat i ng Fer r i e and Oswal d wer e seen t ogether i n August 1963 i n t het own of Cl i nt on, La , 13 m l e s f r om t he hospi t al i n J ackson wher eCher am e was treated and wher e Oswal d r epor t edl y sought empl oy-ment . Al l egat i ons r egardi ng Arcacha Smt h and Fer r i e and t he com-m t t e e ' s i nvest i gat i on ar e s e t f o r t h i n de t a i l el sewhere i n t he Repor t .( C I O) Cl ear l y, evi dence of a l i nk bet ween Cher am e andArcacha Smt hwoul d be hi ghl y s i g n i f i c a n t , Ar cacha Sm t h, however , deni ed anyknowl edge of Cher am e and her al l egat i ons . Ot her avenues of corrobo-rat i on of Fr uge' s i d e n t i f i c a t i o n of Cher am e' s t r avel i ng compani on asSer gi o Ar cacha Smth and f ur t her subst ant i at i on of Cher am e' s e l l e -gat i ons r emai ned el usi ve( 20)

US . Cust oms was unabl e t o l ocat e document s and reports r e -l at ed t o i t s i nvol vement i n t he Cher am e i nvest i gat i on al t hough suchi nvol vement was not deni ed . ( 9 1 ) Nor coul d cus t oms o f f i c i a l s l o c a t ethose agent s namedby Fruge as havi ng par t i c i pat ed i n t he or i g i na li nvest i gat i on, as they had s i nc e l e f t t he empl oy of t he agency . ( 9 2 )

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Si nce t he FBI had never been n o t i f i e d by t he Loui s i ana StatePol i ce andUS . Cust oms of t hei r i nt e r e s t i n Cher am e, t he FBI f i l edi d not have any r ef er ence t o t he Cher am e al l egat i ons of November1963 . ( 9 3 ) FBI f i l e s di d gi ve r ef er ence t o t he i nvest i - at i on of a t i pf romMel ba Mer cades, act ual l y Rose Cher am e, i n Ar dmor e, Okl athat she was en route t o Dal l as t o del i ver $2, 600 wort hof her oi n t o aman i n Oak C l i f f , Tex ( 9 4 ) She was then t o proceed t o Gal vest on,Tex , t o pi ck up a l oad of nar cot i cs f r om a seaman on board a shi pdest i ned f or Gal vest on i n t he next f ewdays . ( 9 5 ) Shegave "det ai l eddescr i pt i ons as t o i ndi vi dual s, names , pl aces, and amount s d i s t r i b -

uted. " ( 96) I nvest i gat i ons wer e conduc ted by nar cot i cs bur eaus i nOkl ahoma andTexas and her i nf or mat i on was f ound t o be "erroneousi n al l r espect s . "( 97)( 22) As im l a r t a l e was t ol d i n 1965 : FBI agent s i nvest i gat ed at i p from Rozel l a Cl i nkscal es, a l i a s Mel ba Mar cades, a l i a s RoseCher am e . ( 9 8 ) Li ke t he s t or i e s t o l d i n 1963, Cher am e- Cl i nkscal escl ai med i ndi vi dual s associ ated wi t h t he syndi cat e wer e r unni ng p r o s t i -tut i on r i ngs i n several southern c i t i e s such as Houst onand Gal vest on,Tex , Okl ahoma Ci t y, Okl a . andMont gomery, Al a by t r anspor t i nghookers, i nc l udi ng Cher am e- Cl i nkscal es, f romt own t o t own ( 9 9 )Fur t hermor e, she cl ai med she had i nf or mat i on about a her oi n dealoper at i ng f romaNewOr l eans shi p . ( 100) Aal l t o t he Coast Guardv e r i f i e d an ongoi ng nar cot i cs i nvest i gat i on of t he shi p . ( 101) Ot heral l egat i ons made by Cher am e- Cl i nkscal es coul d not be v e r i f i e d .Fur t her i nvest i gat i on i n t o Cher am e- Cl i nkscal es r eveal ed she hadappar ent l y pr evi ousl y f ur ni shed t he FBI f a l s e i nf or mat i on concer ni ngher i nvol vement i n prost i t ut i on andnar cot i cs mat t er s and that she hadbeen conf i ned t o a ment al i n s t i t u t i o n i n Norman, Okl a . on three


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204occasi ons . ( 102) FBI agent s deci ded t o pursue t he c a s e no f ur t her . ( 10. 3 )TheFBI i ndi cat ed agent s di d not knowof t he deat h of t hei r i nf ormanton Sept ember 4 , 1965, occur r i ng j u s t 1 month after she had contactedt he FBI . Loui s i ana State Pol i ce i nvest i gat i ng Cher ame' s f a t a l ac c i -dent a l s o apparent l y di d not knowof t he FBI ' s i nt er e s t i n her .Submtted by,

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( 1) "The Bzarre Deaths Fol l owng J FK' s ' Mur der , " Argosy March 1977,Vol . 384, No 8 . p 5? (JFKDocument No002009) .( 2) I bi d .( 3) I bi d .( t ) I bi d .( 5) I bi d .( 6) I bi d .( 7) I bi d .( S) I bi d( 9) I bi d( 10) Lou si ana State Pol i c e J l emo, fromLt . Franci s Fruge, Pari sh of St .Landry, Apri l 4 , 1967, i n (JFKDocument No 013020) .( 11) I bi d .( 12) I bi d .(13) I bi d .( 1 1 , ) "The Bzarre Deaths . . . " See FNNo 1( 15) I bi d( 16) I bi d( 17) See Anti -CastroCuban sec t i on of the St af f Reports .( 18)

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MareadesAKARoseCherame, (J FKDocument No 006097) .( 19) I bi d( 20) I bi d . Note : FBI records l i s t Cherame' s (Mareades) bi rthdateas October14, 1932, i n Dal l as , Tex (See FBI f i l e No 166-1640 i n J FK Document No012979) .( 21) I bi d .( 22) I bi d .

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I bi d.( ;5) I d . at p S(i 6) I bi d .(-~7) I d at p 9


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205{ ; e ) I d at p 13 .q ; 9) I bi d(50) I bi d( 51) I d at p. 12( 5 . ? , ) I bi d{ , ; 3) I d at p 13{5i ) I d at p 14i 55) I bi d( 56) I bi d157) I bi d{a8) I bi d( 5 ' 9 ) I bi d160) I b i d .161) I b i d .(62) I d at p 15( 63) I d at p 17 ; East Loui si ana State Hospi t al , J ackson, La. , records forMel ba Chri sti ne \ I areadesAKARose Cherame (J FKDocument No . 006097) .(64) INCADeposi ti on of Franci s Loui s Fruge, Apri l 18, 1978, p 20 (J FKDocument No 014570) .( 6 . 5 ) I d at p 22( 66) I bi d .167) I d at p 18i 6S) I d a t p 22169) I d at p 23(70) I b i d .(71) I b i d .(72) I d at p 19( 7 : 3 ) I bi d74) I bi d Note : Fruge al so i ndi cated the C ub was cal l ed t he "Pi nk Door, "although Ruby i s not known t o have ever had a cl ub by thi s name See al so,Loui si ana St ate Pol i ceMem,pr i l 4, 1967, fromLt . Franci s Fruge, Pari sh of

St Landry . i n J FKDocument \ o . 013520) .i 7 . i )

I d . at p 20( 76) I bi d .i 77) I b i d .178) I d at p 24j 79) I d a t p 25i SO) I d at p 27-8181) I d a t p 27(82) I d at p 28 See al soHSCAContact Report, Apri l 7, 1978, Bob Buras(wth Franci s Loui s Fruge) (J FKDocument No . 0141414) .i 83) I d at p 28184) I d at p 28, 30( 85) See Staff Report onAnti -Castro Cubanact i vi ty .

( S6) I bi d .187) I bi d .i $S) I b i d .i 89) See Staff Report on Anti -Castro act i vi ty .190) I bi d .191) See Staff Memo, Rose Cherame Fi l e, contact wth Denni s Croni n, US.Custom (J FKDocument No 013520) .(92) HSCAContact Report, J une 26, 1978, Marty Dal y (wthUS . Custom),( J FK Document No . 009481) .( 93) See FB f i l e No . 166-1604 f or Mel ba Chri sti ne Marcades, Vol . 1 of 1,( J FKDocument . No . 012979) .( 94) I d at FBI 166- 1604- 3, February 11, 1966, Encl osureNo 1( 9 . 5 ) I d at FB 166-1604- 2, December 14 , 1965, Encl osure( 96) I bi d .( 97) I bi d .( 98) I d at FB 166-1604-1, November 2 ' 3 , 1965, p 1( 99) I d at p 3(100) I d at p 2(101) I d at p 4(102) I bi d(103) I bi d .( 104) East Loui sana State Hospi t al , J ackson, La. , records f or Mel ba Chri sti neMareades AKARoseCherame (J FKDocument No006097) .

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