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zt. aed | bee or : ned “(The Mirror today begins | meniesn of the Reniamin i Ae | Stegel slaying, last | in the C Citizen Witness plan series on unsolved ‘Los Angeles murders} ' By HERB STINSON Benjamin (Bugsy). Siegel an _mounced, immediately on being freed of the charge of murdering a hoodlum named Harry {Big}, tation czar. Greenie) Greenberg, that he was becoming a gentleman. He was no longer to eel addressed as Bugsy. . Furthermore, he was going to go legitimate in his business activities. He had the looks, the Manner and the personality to “have done it. (id Twist) Reles. antl” en - BGG, | Bugsy’ took the hint aut here, 3000 miles to go legitimate as it was for him to lose the underworld-con- Yerred tag of Bugsy. There were too many years of }; | ite in his blood. Hotmbhy Hills, anthiny He His entire background has not been brought to light. It is “kriown that he’ grew up in New York and that one of his close boyhood friends was George Raft, | later to become the movie star. | . Qne of his earlier ventures was ‘@ trucking business and while us occupied he got married and thered two daughters. Became Run-Runaner ° From. trucking it was easy “enough for him to get into rum- uling and from that to graduate e flourishing New Zack. [zack ets 0! the late : twenties, The edifice crumbl LY MIRROR JUN 16 1949 His special niche, was Was a6 triggerman or “torpedo” for Charles (Lacky) Luciano, the New York prosti-. i RR RE ot generally known. His But it was as hard for him voubead. d-charm, his I looks and hand with money quickly ined him entree. He lived gally, occupying a 35-room home “well-known sportsman.” ¥that Bugsy wag operafing in big- narcotics and, very probably, tn the stolen-fewelry traffic. But after the trial he maniged _ {$0 stay pretty much out af the papers. He was arfested énce for For Bugsy $ jegel ons Sonar hin the rackets he was wn ae Ln of such il-famed celebritips Frankie Yale, Joe Adonis, Lo pke) Buchalter, Jacob (Gurrah) | Shapiro, Mendy Weiss and Abe, | In the late thirties the ‘then district attorney Thomas FE. Dew-. ey began sis rough-0n-rais war- | fare against New York racketeers. and moved away from wey, . To Hollywood and Beverly wall | . reles Burger's hackerogund & + gained the ' ALL INFORMATTO INED HSREIN I 8S IFIED 7 Daye 2745 BYoF Tae Zxon PODER A 7 U.& WPA Te. “WUN 17 1949 Los ANGELL S& RtELD OFFICE ROUTER TO [FUgErg, | 1 ‘¢ ; or ken ice tee Mmm be ap a RENT oo om fate ed