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LOS ANGLLIS yers D & EXPRE DATED ZR A = fae — ee Murder V} | | Howser Sees Wire Service Motive Gangland slaying of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, gambling czar, : probably was motivated because! he “muscled his racetrack wire’ . ervice into Nevada and was at- empting to take over northern nd Southern California.” ! This was the theory advanced today by Attorney General Fred N. Howser after he and other officials broke open Siegel’s safe- ty deposit vault box and found assorted men’s jewelry and an in- surance policy to the reputed gangster’s mother. 7 8 Although the box yielded no ue to the murder, Howser said:|------ A “We think we know who had | business after the last race of |. the best motive. Either the di- | June 14.” rector or the actual perpetra- | Howser intimated: that thi | tor of the shooting was a west- [Wire followed a direct threat tqf ti erm man.” . Siegel, A complete investigatio: Investigations showed Siege! to}Of all racetrack wire services|. be the representative of Trans-|Wwere called for by the circum-|; america Wire Service, the attor-[stances, It was said. s—--—-0- ney general stated, adding that on June 13, seven days before Siegel’s death, the wire service ent the following telegram to ookmakers it serviced: “Due to elrcumstances be- yond our control eS | compelled te discontinue our