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SA NEC prtirapee OO Pane ey “ate an oad OP AGE ese pgm ORES T~OM EMD et ager +,°. am ae Oe +, ay & “ eee ey ‘ 8 an 0-28 (Rev. 9-7-56) €: ? ." \ Anastasia Case Holds | ‘150 ‘Angles’ ‘Jigsaw Puzzle,’ ‘Says Detective = Detectives investigating the fnurder of Albert Anastasia are not overlooking the “cherchez $a femme” angie, Chief of De- tectives James B. Leggett dis- closed yesterday. Although the “lord high ex- ecutioner” of Murder, Inc., never had the reputation of being & Jadies' man, there could be & woman involved “somewhere in the background.” the chief con- ceded. Ostensibly the gangster, was devoted to his wife and fam- ' fly and he enjoyed playing par-" ches! in his Fort Lee, N. J., home. There are about 150 possifle argles to this case,” the chief; gai. “It could have been apy; on. possibly some one who h@d. a grudge ageinst him or even 8; slight grievance in the past.” | Coppola Still Held , Anthony Coppola, Anastasia’s “coffee sergeant” or, ‘1. messenger, was questioned for | fifth day yesterday by police.| He was held late Monday fn, $50,000 bail as a material wit! ness. Iie was across the street from the Park Sheraton Hotel barber shop at Seventh Ave. and 85th St. when the gangster was shot down there by two gun- men at 10:20 a. m. Friday. -Coppola’s lawyer had said on Monday that his client would raise the bail within two days. : :*I ain’t got no money for ball.” Coppols complained yes- terday, “It's all a farce.” - \ * Chief Leggett indicated this’ would be a “Jong exhaustive pursuit of little pieces of infor- mation that would have to be put painstakingly together _jike - & jigsaw puzzle.” OS ‘ No One Big Enough” ‘Anastasia apparently had no idea any one was gunning for him and probably felt that “no one was big enough to take him,” the chief said, adding the. mobster probably felt his fear- some reputation was all the’ ' protection he needed. t _ .At a press conference in i Trenton, Gov. Meyner said he , was certain that Anastasia had ‘not been operating in New . Jersey. The Governor said he : knew nothing of reports that : New. Jersey authorities were checking a possible lnk be- tween Anastasia’s murder and the still unsolved October, 1951, slaying of Willle Morett!, an- other gangster, in Cliffside Park, N. J. Attorney General Grover C. t Richman fr. of NesJoreesealso eextt-Te knows nothing of such “an investigation, _ oe Ro TT a Sat i VS be ded Belmont Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter Wash, Post and Times Herald Wash, News ——__.._ Wash. Star N. Y. Herald L2=— Tribune N. Y. Journal- American 2 N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News —___ N. Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader ia Date