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LOS ANGELES TIMES gt — paren 7/1/¢7 Siegel Murder Clue Seen in ‘Race Wire War ‘Benjamin (Bugsie) Siege! may |' have met death as the result of! I a@ tug-of-war between rival racing |. ls a Se aad wire interests in the San Fran- tisco Bay area, Chjef Atty. Gen. : Investigator Walter Lentz said “here yesterday on his arrival from a clue search in the north-! ern city. } ; Leniz confirmed reports that! Siegel, who was murdered in! everly Hills last June 20, i: ued a virtual ultimatum t sers of race track wire report nly 10 days before his slaying. The racketeer, according to in- formation given Lentz by a “re Viable” underworld tipster, told | the Bay area betting interests: ; that they must take his service on “or else.” é San Francisco Inquiry i Although Lentz interviewed in San Francisco the head of the, ‘rival wire service, with little’ positive results, the State’s in-| vestigator declared that he still isn’t convinced “my information isn’t true.” | Lentz said, “7 have good rea- ) g0n. to beHeve that Siegel talked! ' ta several people in San Fran: gcisco 106 days before. he was ‘fkilled, and instructed them . feubsceribe to his service.” Mayb [Lentz agreed, somebody object to » the ex-gangster's technique wine mee ae . ‘Another San. Franciscan su sediy contacted by Siegel, th perator of a chain of cig. lores, denied knowledge of th cketeer’s asserted “or else’ ultimatum, Lentz said. This in- terview also Jeft Lentz unshaken in his latest lead on the Siegel. murder ' OF “eight possible motives,” ; ranging from love to dope ped-! ‘dling, the probability that Sie! gel was alain in such a race track wire service row is the “hot- test,” Lentz declared. He said he had also learned that Siegel sought te channel his racing. “news” across San Francisco Bay into Contra Costa County. '- Meantime Beverly Hills Po- lice Chief C. H, Anderson, who ealier notified Paris authorities of a rumore sassination at- éropt against/Miss Virginia Hill, jegel's onetime girl fiend, said has received no acknowle ent of his air-mailed warnin He added that he has heard th the mysteriously wealthy | | Vorcee had left her Paris hotei. Allen Smiley Missing Als6é among the -temporarily ‘missing was-Allen Smiley, Sie. gel's intimate churii who sat be- Fan Another Denies It -=*- __ side him the night he was mur. dered in Miss Hill's mansion. Smiley, too, has been . :™marked” for death, according ‘to information received by Chief : Anderson from an unidentified : source, - The Beverly Hills police of- , ficial said he personally isn’t, F concerned with reports that Sie. ; gel’s murder may have origh: hnated {n a bookmaker-tipsted; ispute. “We don’t have any Dookieg H here in Beverly Hills,” he sai | “Our investigation is p ' Loo beens yise 4 og em ene wh — jen i _along i * AES | IS. r. ?