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Jail on a charge of falling to teg- a oo : ister as a former convict yester. ae os - day was being questioned -by ‘In. ‘vestigators from the District At- ; - J 7 4 LL . torney's office about the slaying : te of Benjamin {Bugsie) Siegel . 4 ae . last June 20 in Beverly Hills; .. 2 H. Leo Stanley, chief investi. ; ind } ator for the District Atto "s | Office, said the man is fony | Brancato, who arrive ester- ¥ from Omaha and registerdd a Santa Monica hotel. Stah- Y said he had been seek rancato for some time because his appearance is similar in sev. eral respects to the description of a man sought In the Siegel in. vestigation, . eee 8, : ‘ Brancato was picked up hy two - District Attorney's investigators ; . while on the way to the Santa: “4 Anita ‘race track and is being | i heid, Stanley said, pending jn.: ° : quiry by several Of his aldes tow. Tin Nevada, He indicated that acquaint J @nces of Siegel in Las Vegas a eno- were being interrogat: . ut detaiis of the deseriptio d connections of the hom Brancato, resembles. - mos. oe FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION GOS ANGELES TIMES: Mot ; a U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE oe JAN 17 1948 AN 1 § 1O4R a = Los ANGELES FIELD OFFICE