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sh mt ‘hes q rs. Siead! Te Tells of F : ails to. Shed | Lig ‘ht on Dark LOS ANGELES HERALD & EXPRESS paten 627447 Like with “Bu rails of Slain Ee H sband— They were bashful, giggling sweethearts in school on the east side of New York. - The boy left school and bought* a garage, continuing a timid court- ship of the girl he loved... Then they got married. That was 20 years ago. Today the boy—Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, the rubbed-out gangland ezar—was in his grave, dead from underworld bullets, and the tear- stained girl tremulously told the authorities of her life with “Ey sy. ” Auburnr-haired Mrs. Esther Sie- 4ccl, 38,\who divorced the slain, angster last August, submitt oluntarily to questioning by Dis ct Attorney William E. Simpso in a private conference at Sim -son’s offices here. MYSTERIES UNSOLVED . But Mrs, Siegel's answers dashed Simpson's hopes to pene- trate through shadowy mysteries cloaking “Bugsy’s” past life and associates, She disclaimed any knowledge of Siegel's associates in the limbo of the half-world...she knew of ne one who wished to do him harm...she knew nothing of his gangland pursuits and intrigues. “Bugsy,” she told District At- ' torney Simpson, was “a good husband, a good father te our , two daughters, and a splendid . ‘ALL T BRET LN Lo Dee ICE TBE eran! TION CONTAINED BY 9 -ZENLELO . 1ST amare “I never heard of ‘a single | al whe didn’t love him,” she} ally exclaimed, “Ev pier the divorca we remaine the best of terms, In fac i talked to him over the phone®: 4 the day he was killed, We dis- | , cussed a trip our daughters | were making to Los Angeles , from the east.” | Mrs, Siegel said she n never had heard of Virginia Hill, wealthy: heiress in whose Beverly Hills: home Siegel was killed, before! she read accounts of the murdey in the Tle wspapers. Shown two gold keys found te Siegel's possession after * the, shooting, Mrs. Siegel exclaimed, “I gave one of then—the Wank one—to him on his birth day. [ve never seen the other one.” (The other key to which she referred opened the door to Misa Hil? mansion.) Shortly before the confere got underway, Simpson issued statement in which he said: . 4 “T have today instructed Chief. Investigaior Leo Stanley to ae, sign one of his men to go to’ a: number of large castern cities: to obigin aH information” cou.’ cerning the asscciztes and c tivities of Benjamin ‘Siegel. <7 “Instantly Stanley wil ar range for the establishment of. fe permanent unit for the ex-. f change of information betweey: eastern cities cites and Tos Soen ey =: ’ ca pC eae ae a i gy” Acting on ‘instructions of At} rney General Fred N. Howser, ho has moved inte the Siege , Walter H. Lent, chief spe “agent of the State Depart! ‘Rhent of Justice, today revealed a ‘highly important meeting sched- fuled for next Tuesday to discuss gangster activities in California. _ Lentz said he had Tequested Sheriff Eugene W. Biscailuz, Un- dersheriff A. C., Jewell, Distria Attorney Simpsen and one. Simpson's assistants to. meet i the attorney general's office at am. Tuesday. :. “I intend to inquire into alt