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ils Is My ly H ata i oe a jst oie Today in dis biography Chief Anderson tells the inside “T @tory of the gangland killing of Bugsy Siegel, in 2 Beveriy Mills mansion. .Ne callsit “a perfectly staged execution” ~ eqith every prap and every actor in place at the proper split- a nes ‘ an 2 - coat - enn: By Glinton Anderson =~ who oa Chiel, ‘Beverly @ilis Po ice Department oe. =; | Chapter IX... >>" &t the end of the war, Las Vegas attracted Biege] away from Hollywood and into new ventures _ Which eventually led to his death. He decided to , build the biggest and best gambling casino in the _, ‘United States, financing it with crime syndicate -- Nnoney put up by his eastern pals, and to expand ’ . his “bootleg” racing wire service to take over the ‘business in the western part of the country. — |.” He launched construction of his big casino - ‘when materiels were scarce and costs soaring. He - had originally planned a $2 million investment, but _, found the place costing $6 million, and running in ; the red. He put the squeeze on his other activities i Yor funds, particularly the racing wire service. © E ". “After the gangland murder in 1946 of James M. Ragen, “— yoo We >" general manager in Chicago of the Trans-America News ¢: Service in which Siegel had a controlling interest, he Decame western representative of the wire and attempted to force the bookies to take his service at a premium. we : Fo bs 73 PT 4 . a7 "hat his crime syndicate pals were unhappy.: =~ | Six months before his killing I called him to poilce warters and reminded him pointedly that I did not causing any unpleasant happenings In Bev- . His answer was thet there was no need tb worry ge he was spending most of his time in Las Vegas. apevesw gy ase } million Siegel's Hoodlum Friends Unhappy” "As Slegel went deeper into debt, word got around - fice L4 f4 eva ld - Capers feu? Dp. ML. 2 series of Ving room window. Smiley dived to Wat Siegel did not_move. stantly by two bullets which struck éther bullets had lodged in his body. He davenport, his hands resting in his between his grotesquely sprawled legs...“ Execution Perfectly Staged — int we : J .., Nine shells were found in the driveway of the house | iiext t door. The killer had rested his high-caliber rifle i | ah .pergola a *Binlley sat. * Honen feet from where Slege! and sot ‘my prisoner staunchly mairit innocence, using Siegel as his alibi, He swore cat Sue had seen him et the Flamingo in Las Vegas on the day the Beverly Hills holdup was committed. = .- 7. | +, Pussy Siegel's killing was a perfectly staged gang- lg Seroet hparan ot yg te a ge rhe shooting tas timed to occur when a police patrol probably would not be near. Tt nad to be done qe because police cars were in the vicinity every $0 minutes. | Thé gunman at the window was hidden from the street by shrubbery, and the getaway car eruised the area until the appointed time, since a parked car might have drawn Siegel Case Never ‘Cracked': ate ve &. ' ‘We spent Many man-hours’ investigating ‘the ‘sie case and were convinced that he was killed by his own associates, but there was never sufficient evidence - point the identity of the assassina in court. t felt te aus t that Moe Bedway, a man with a ‘police record, walked into the Fiamingo to take over the operation for (Cont. on Page D-f, see Towle She ~ F a C-/-€0 ALL INFORMAT ed ee. PODALIVED eget FILED. eperere os ONTAINED = |=! JUN 11966 fan PBl-LOS ANGELES