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Director, FHI daly 1, 1947 __THE KILLING OF BENJAMIN emus SIEGEL a +7, A ae: ane 5 telephonically advised on J a, 19h7 gait he was 3 Sg BS the killing of SIEGEL. Jip stated that seicinereattel os ; telephonically volunteered on the same date B3, that SIEGEL was fighting a big force, meaning “The Unione Sicillione He _., Synticate®, - and that he didn't deserve this because he hadn't done then ” EY a! From June 21, 197 through June 26, 191,7S[EGEL's death received newspaper headline publicity in Los angeles. Many proposed reasons for the killing were set out, including gang warfare and dope smuggling; the fact that Las Vegas gambling clubs were losing money because of the Flamingo. Club; that SIEGEL's interest in the Flamingo Club and Hotel drained his resources to the extent that he was applying pressure to the Los Angeles bookmakers who subscribe to the Trans-America Wire Service; that a patron . of the Flamingo lost heavily betting and had undertaken reprisals; etc. etc. . Copies of these articles were forwarded to the Bureau by confidential letter Significantly, one article related that VIRGINIA HILL had had a quarrel with SISGEL in Las Vegas and that she had departed for Paris, France. On June 21, 1 ois t) endly with hx