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M, A, Jones memo to Mr, Nichols January 28, 1957 The records of the Identification Division under FBI #3794610 contain a fingerprint card submitted by the sheriff's office of Bergen County, Hackensack, New Jersey, indicating arrest of Frank Sinatra on November 26, 1938, on a charge of seduction. His address was given as 841 Garden Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, Pegier's reference to this incident is set out above under "Alleged Association With Known Criminals and Hoodlums." 2. That Sinatra was arrested and convicted of assault around the same time (presumably the 1930's). GOMMENT: There is no information in Bufiles or the records of ™ fhe Identification Division to substantiate such an arrest. News articles, however, reflect that Sinatra was arrested on April 9, 1947, in Hollywood on a battery warrant based upon a complaint by Lee Mortimer, New York columnist. Sinatra entered a plea of not guilty and was released on a $500 bail. No disposition of this case appears in the file. (62-83219-17) 3. That Mrs. Natalie Sinatra, his mother, was arrested 6 or 7 times for operating an abortion mill in Hoboken between the years 1930 and 1950 and that she might have been convicted once, COMMENT: ''Timet magazing mentioned above, a copy of which is attached, reported that Sinatra's mother, known generally as Dolly Sinatra, started out as a practical nurse and helped her husband run a little barroom at the corner of Jefferson and Fourth in Hoboken, She allegedly was active in Democratic ward politics and acted as a midwife at a number of neighborhood births. According te the article, she was a "power" in her part of town, and in 1909 was made a district leader. In 1926, the Mayor of Hoboken appointed her husband to a captaincy in the fire department. The records of the Identification Division contain a single card reflecting | a criminal arrest on November 15, 1937, of Mrs, Natalie Sinatra, with alias Dolly Sinatra,on a charge of abortion. Her residence was was given as 841 Garden Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, and the card was received from the Hoboken, New Jersey, Police Department. No disposition of the case is given, and the incident is not mentioned in bie Bufiles, \ revi aterial i ijes identifiable with Mrs, Sinatra reflects that had invented a kidnaping hoax but admitted h ry was ficticious after being interviewed by mielise STO Tee eR Se ey See er st FBI Agents and the New Yo ork police. (7-7858) 35°