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Pee en ye - 0 Q _ OnBugsy Rub-Out | - Seek to Link 5. F. Extortion Suspect In L. A. Murder | | * My International News Service : CLEVELAND, June 19.~—Cleve. land Federal Bureau of Investiga- tien agents today questionea Elmer 8. Whiting, San Francisco AMtingn whet ween eo ~_s | extortion plot suspect, in con- nection with the 1547 slaying of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel. Whiting, 43, arrested yesterday in Canton, Ohio, on an extortion charge, was believed by i B. I. agents to be connected with the slaying June 20 last year in Beverly Hills, Cal,, of the notori- ous gambling figure. a ‘Whiting, an ex-convict, was arrested by the F. B. I on a charge of extorting money from Joseph Julius Cohen, prominent §n San Fran racing circles. His bail set at $50,000 last. night by Uni States Commis. sioner Charleg M. Ball in Canton, Whiting was brought to the Cuya- hogs County Jail in Cleveland when he failed to make bond. |. ‘The commissioner ordered him!: freturned to San Francisco to face trial. oA exes Whiting is dgecused by San Francisco police of shaking down Cohen for a total of $25,000 over # 10-year period. Cohen reported- ly turned over to San Francisco police 20 extortion letters writ- ten by Whiting, the last post- marked Canton, D, K. Brown, special agent fn charge of the Cleveland F, B, 1 office, said, however, that F. B.Y " /mgenté were looking for Where Prior to the time Cohen filed , . : his complaint June 9. 4 Be SO ee ea geet eer A Pe LSS ANGELES HERALD & EXPRESS an ol me JUN 1.9 1948 ie os et Le a er.