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Bugsy Siegel — Part 24

85 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Bugsy Siegel · 85 pages OCR'd
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-~ Seon Hh es Hitt algo tock the wtand]* as 8 complete brielic, AEN Polatine the same story and I have we |litcld by theothens. “~~ |" : was behind 1. [| after the inquest, District -At- A few minutes before taking||/torney Wiliam E. Simpson “in-|| 1 Where Sfegel's|Joffice, where they were inierro- body has lain unclaimed on aligated st greater Jeneth. ‘gee before & corona tare. 4 2lab, and identified the body. Wistrict attorney's investiga- MS at, geaydeted Suiley’||, He looked at the body for all tore revealed that Mae Masoa, |° ‘iio barety' escaped death him: : few seconds and said laconieaily: who once was personal hair |! a thre blast that kilied Sigel, tes-||| “TM's him.” Gresser to Marie “The Body” Me 5 "9fied that" be wan pin RIG TOE TAGGED | ald, was engaged to Mill and ee bomen of Vir : The body was unclad, save for shat they Planned to marry T « . finde Ail, Alabama hefreas, with ||/a sheet, and a tag attached to the r ,, Hegel, when ‘he heard a series off{big toe of the right foot marked! Ettorts wore being made tol sharp explosions. , ie the aahgoter's epitaph, - nt a large -Chicago-style out ‘I thought tt was fire Tt rea gangster funeral, and kee _ qqackers—-anaybe a gig of some || “June 21, 1647, Homicide. [{ eT Vices private for the sake of Tater we goroner's office was day. notified by Groman’s Mortuary 830 West Washington boulevard. trot ves tht” bee tat they had an order signed by Hill, who had Jeft for Paria |’ Dr. Meurice Siegel, the slsir a week before the slaying, be- | came fll from an overdose of sleeping tablets when she vis- ited the Nevada resort town with the gang chief last month, according to Clark County | Physician Jack Cherry. Siegel brought her to the doe- tor’s office on May § to have her stomach pumped out, Dr. Cherry srid. “When I asked them whether it was an accident or a sal elde attempt, they would give neither reason nor mollve,” he eee * fee Hl cere Slegel, S16 North (fis¢ “and Millicent, 16, who arrived " a umged un te ane | Linden drive.” hert from New ‘York last Sun: = 7 _¢ “In tess time than anit tes takes $0 (man’s brother, to remove the bod: tell it, I déve to the floor and j/for funeral services and burial Yelled to the people mpstairs |! Arrangements were being gom {Chaties Ti Milas aon ‘Metrcea’ pleted today, ther, and Jorel Msaon, A second witness, the flaming’ “her'secretary). ~ - red-haired Miss Mason, corrobo ac shouted, ‘Lights ont! Cal ated Smiley’s story. before thr > ri Call the police! ; jury which returned a verdiet “They wanted to know whatlinat the underworld czar's death iad happened, and I yelled backitwas caused by a cerebral hemor “Siegel's been aoe Marry {rhage “as a result of sunshot eo minute 88] persons unknown.” ! ; ason son eae downstairs. ts © the Tivsy” «y was upstairs with Mr. mut |" ¢. Peroom, an : a and s a ' r+ pulling tacks out of a carpet a eatast ao ae t becnuse we were going to said. ‘ Rrra ors ree ‘i? move to Florids. — RETURNED TO CASINO fo weet Continuing her teatimeny, Miss He added that Siegel waited pig "pet pty ty pie and told me’that « ductor ad the police had been called.’ ‘He said he had been siti Ra TP ae Oe * We Tholsted” they had not had «a row,” the doctor sald. It was also reported that Siegel). kept a Hat of the enemies hel! collected while operating one of t ithe world’s largest narcotic rings. || nearest the window, directly in!‘ the windows, he was yelling, “Douse all the lHghta’.” the line of fire, and that one ofl) 7, answer to Chief District At Vt a o the .30 caliber carbine shots had orney S, Ernest Roll's query as t "ripped through his sleeve. io whether Siegel maintalned a t “ didn't even notice H in all |°00m regularly at the Hin home,|? | the excitement,” he said, “until |'P*, Said: “There was « guest room somebody pointed at my coat |'inere, ang many guests used {° | 4 GOnT Know,” ghe replied. " PARIS CABLE. _ Miss Mason also testified that i telegram to Charles Hi? from t Is sister was received from Paris), nm dune 20, which read: - ; | “Arrived ©. K. Send all ot | re mate, tare of Nicholas eullia Rk et ue x ie Pastigilone, elated with “Bugsy” as a stock holder in the ganglord’s fabulous $5,000,000 Flamingo gambling oe casino in Las Vegas, but added: “} don’t know of any trouble ; that could have ‘eaused this - i shooting, and I have wo ties sleeve when I got to the Bev- (it. Tj! erly Hills police station.” “Did Mr. Sleget have « key i f to the door?” - ; ‘ He admitted that he was a580}) us 903 - 4 . . - a | i who could have fired the shots.” _ Coed ow, OT 1] 3
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