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COA eta we: * aget Ff Serr sae Nos mil» ina eee: Siegel’ 5 Death Cheated FBI tot Seizing 1 By ALEXANDER KAHN a nee = eae ta ey pet United Press Staff Correspondent + agents as one o f the worl world’ F) Narcotics agen disclosed Siegel was Shot. rd death Friday night just as he was about to be arrested for dope . activities. Siegel's Hollywood playboy front in which he hob- nobbed with film celebrities and was photographed with stars like his pal, ‘George Raft, was just a ‘means of covering up his par- tieipating in an _ International narcotics ring, Craig said. “We have a heavy file on Sie- gel,” the narcotics agent said, “and we were just about about toc close LOS ANGELES——Gangland murder victim Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel foday was identified by federal narcotics biggest: dope ring operators. 2 oer in on him when he was slain.” “Siegel participated in big in- ternational narcotics deals,” he added, Reports from other sources said the fact that narcotics agents|° knew of Siegel’s connection with the international ring probably led to his death to keep him from revealing the workings of the ring. ‘The west coast section of the ting, with headquarters here, was on the verge of being! ; ae Toecied open by the . federal agents. It wag reported that the machine-gunning to death of Po- lice Chief Juan Menesen of Mex- fealj last Sunday night was due to his investigating narcotics bonne 8 across the Mexican ri Siegel's part in the ting” was pass: to. have been learned ank Orbe, 57, a prisoner Tijuana, Mexico, jail on a murder The disclosure of Slegel’s. nae: cotics connections came as his friend, film star’ Raft, agreed to supply information be had on the a ies af the gangland leader. ons ; oe REPORTER ADg— beeps