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LOS ANGELES Trs DATED VRS 7 YIELDS NO MURDER CLUE SS ee rer Fee PVE ON be GN ‘Benjamin (Bugsie) Siegel's safety deposit box yesterday fafled to yield any clues to the late gangster’s murder June 390 but Atty. Gen, Howser said he now believes “sither the director or the actual perpetrator” of the shooting was a western rian. The safety deposit box, held Ijointly by the slain gambler and Beth Siegel of New York, de acribed as his sister, contained only bits of “not particularly val- able” personal jewelry ‘and a {small Insurance policy of which (Siegel's mother was beneficiary; ‘Howser digclased after searching the box personally, = « ; Regarding Siegel’s slaying, the Attorney General said: *} believe that we have isolat- ed a clear motive for the murder. ‘We delieve that either the direr or or the actual perpetrator of @ murder was a western man, ather than an eastern gunman,” Located in a Security-First Nb- tional Bank branch at 469 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, by §pecial agents of the Attorney ake General after weeks of search, the safety deposit box was ex- amined under a’ special order is- sued by Superior Judge New- comb Condee upon Howser's pe- The Attorney Generzl ex- pressed disappointment with the contents of the box, comment: ing that “there was absolutel nothing of any significance” ‘con- tained in it, After the contents were listed, the box was sealed and placed back in the ‘bank Siegel was shot to death as he sat reading in the home of a friend, Miss Virginia Hil, for- mer dancer, at 810 N. Linden Drive, Beverly Hills. His kille ; fired through a window of th mansion at almost point - bla range, with'an Army-type rifle, (69 137. | fo a te ee 8 JUL 24 (357 OG 3 / - io. —