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ee ‘bills, cach containing $200,000. _ Authorities said the bills were . qf 3. H. Bracken, driver who fo . Bugsy Siegel's gangland rubout mere was credited today with enwarting a cleanout of Las Ve~ ee3 Eambling casinos by a $1,000,- ; D0 counterfeit: ring. - fF Discovery of a $1,000,000 cache P phony $10 bills near the Utah- evada line, ted to the belief the oney was abandoned when Sie-. el'a death brought a awarm ef lice to Las Vegas, “es . ecret service men gaid the 20 miles west of St. George, Utah, wy & Los Angeles bus driver. _ There were 16 bundiea of the an unfinished state, being im ts of two bills each. How- r, they said they would : en easily passable after the d been cut and put through - ffee-grounds aging process. cache, Said he firet no’ t nt bus, got out and : Be found the cache in @ gilvert beaide the road. | ote ” $e later walked into Las Vegas - lice headquartera and turned ipver a sack containing $160,000 Chiet of Detectives Ollie Slark wet as Vegas said, “It is quite possible that the heat generated From Bugsy’s rubout may have @elayed the operations of the terfeiters.” -- oo He pointed cut that the bun ay have been broken and a f ilis scattered by a heavy wind e Utah area shortly after ‘as murder. - |. F.C. Wasson, Los Angeles se- feret s@rvice agent, said a $60,000 i packet of the counterfeit money is ing sent here for investigation. | The investigation will center In {Salt Lake City, Utah, however, since the find was made within the Denver, Colc., federal district. Because of Bugsy Siegel’s con- nections in Las Vegas, where he operated the Javish Flamingo Club, the heat was on fhe gam- bling city during investigation of his death, ; - It was believed the counterfeit Thoney was brought into the a by a national ring which inten to work a $1,000,000 swindle the Las Vegas clubs until. Siegel scandal scared them off. tf ' 2 ‘ 5 & . i Se tian ty seated A Ape ee HFED-hah Bee”: f | U.S DEPARTEws coo ! f ~ JUL 16 15:27 Ne en ee eae aetediii. teil Ie | ., athdnaneheaeEeaneinale