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Frank Sinatra — Part 20

110 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Mar 12, 1956 · Broad topic: Public Figures · Topic: Frank Sinatra · 106 pages OCR'd
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bie 62,01 fad weno by LA ST, Charles ! ; Dora: Januy Tarantine, FlaNk gonetti: Wiseellaneous Interustis Cereers “Lis: yIDitew - cour ot flat an 3/1/59 had oseortzined the following int- ACurCe woiuhk he souls net cisel-se to. the writer: same info. as 62- 2469- ~G-10?, & 3E-1028-151. At this interview tris informant recailed that FRAUN SiiaAThA recides et 10051 Valles Spring Lane, we. nollyvoce, Calif., telephone No. Tex, 03311 and furnished the following hackground informatien conc, hur: On 11/26/33, in the criminal judicial district court of bergen county, Neds, FRANK SINATRa of noboken, Nad. was charged with seducing, on premise to marry, a young voman tof good renute for chastity!. SINATLA wes relcased on g1,50C bail and the compleint was witheraym on 12/7/28. Two wec'ss later GINATRA was arrested th raprale pwearwro thi tima trnuntyer the Sane ceayet nha woe agaia, we HOt - eb 2 Nene Cub py Ge Whew 15 Maden AW Oe Ra phe htt ty rs eee | thea described es ¢ married woman. This case was referred tc the grand fury, which returned a ro »ill cnd the case wes dismiccec. At that tine SINATRA was ebout 22 jears of age. Same as 35-1099-51. on ./9/h7 efter this escapade in Cuca, SINATRA was errested in Hollywood, calif. on a charge o2 essault end posted 2 g590. bail. SINATRA stated that Lee Mortimer, WY columnist and co-author of the best-seller 'Chicago Confidential', had called him a vile name, SINATRA saw red, and nit siortimer. Nortimer stated that SINATRA was 2 liar and that he did not even ‘mow that SINATRA was present at Circ's restaurant, where the fight tetween them took place. on 6/3/u7 iortimer anounced in court that he was willing that. the cece egainst SINATSA be dismissed subject to the epproval of the cudge. Mortimer stated that SINATRA had publicly acknowledged that the fignt between them was unprovekea, aortimer admitted that SIWAInA had vaid him $9,000. but explained that he felt obliged to accept this settlement because otherwise SINATRA might induce the court to grant many postnponements, Mortimer had already paid for ome. trip from NYC to Calif. because of the incident and considered that he might have to make several trips tefors 2 settlement would te mada. Soon after SINATRA's arrest in connection with this case, SINATRA's license to carry a pistol was revoked by local LA authorities, on 2/4/:6 SINATRA's name was signed to a telegram to Fred N. Howser, LA Dist. Atty., demanding 'big police protection’ for Jimy Tarantino and his wife and child, whe had been ‘threatened and harassed by political gangsters'. There was a false report that hrs. Tarantino had been kidnaned. SINATRA presumed that Dist. Atty. Howser would give attention to the telegram he sent and he went a \ , CONTINUED CN PAGE 28.
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