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A ei te aumeus! thas it + ‘p | Spurio ious s Bills j - *B Sy Rubout | | “Counterfeiting The Los Angeles office of ‘the Secret Service today was investi- gating | the : possibility that a cathe of 31,006,000 in counterfeit $16 bills, found hidden in a tree near St. George, Utah, might be con- pected with the gangland slay- ing ‘of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel. - Authorities in Las Vegas, Nev., advanced the theory that the bogus bills may have been dhan- doned by a counterfeiting ring because of the “heat” generated iby Siegel’s rubout, if The fake money was found by a Loc Angeles truck driver, 7, B. fence. who said he stopped : _ pick up one bill lodged in a tree | and discovered 12 large bundles He turned over approximately $100,000 In the counterfeit money to Las Vegas authorities. The rest of the bills were = over a 20-mile area by the wind. Sheriff's deputies recovered most of it. . Although Las Vegas police said they experimented with some of the bills and successfully passed hem on six out of seven gam- ling casino cashiers in La egas, the local Secret Servi ftice said the bills were “cru nd unfinished,” . - 2 i et