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Bugsy Siegel — Part 23
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“Will Be Tried on
“Doors i in LIA.
finitiais “B. 'S."—belleved to stand jf
Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel—
was found today on the
ewalk at the civic center wasfy
; which * Herbert
5 Michel, of 346 South Vermont
avenue, picked up at Broadway
:” and Temple street, will be tried
‘on various doors both in Bev-
i erly Hills and in Las Vogas,
a where Siegel operated the
: $5,000,000 Flamingo gambling
; casino, sheriff's officers said.
| Among the slain racket chief
‘ain’ r" personal effects were found
ur keys, one of which fitted th
‘loor at the home of Virginia Hill)
‘weajthy ! heiress, at 810 North Lin-
‘den drive, Beverly Hills, where he
in a hail of carbine
* GANGSTER CLEANUP. 7 |
" Meanwhile, a state-wide cam-|'
gn to “clean out all racketeers
a
” Gold Key, ‘Engraved With Initials B. &., Found Eee
. .. Believed Owned by, Slain Gang Chief
a
_
'
LOS ROBLES HERA & EXPRE
an international - narcotics ring
running dope from, Mexico to the
; United. States. ~
. LUCKY ‘LUCIANG a
“District Attorney Wiliam =
* Simpson aise announced th
| has appointed Investiga
' Thomas 0, Slack to check Siegel's
. mobster activities in the east.
| gThe meeting at Lentz’s office
presentatives, the sheriff's .
,. dice, district attorney's office
' gome federal agencies. :
Meanwhile, in Rome, Charles
+ Luciano jeeringly
' eiaimed he was willing to “take
- the rap” for any crime commit-
, fed in the United States, includ-.
ing the Slegel rubout. .— . :
SARCasTic: : ry
Gyr
The former New ‘York racket
‘ , boss, who was deported to Italy,
, told reporters in a sarcastic in
terview: ;
; “So they say I gave lt to Ste
gel, huh? Why not? I am king
| of them all, all the rackets.. I
.. am king of vice, king of dope,
: public enemy No. 1, anything
you want to pin on me, I did
Hh”
:
"Somebody mentioned a report
? that Luciano, Siegel and Frank
‘ Costello Were organizing a Euro-
pean dope ring.
“That toot” sald Luciano.
“Sure, sure, I don’t know about |
stelio-and Siegel but I
right. Sure, my territory
be Europe ‘and the midd
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ast—Russla, too, if I can gd
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