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se eae a A en nae Director, FBI July 1, 1947 Res THE KILLING OF BENJAMIN "BUGSY" SIEGEL MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING CRIME SURVEY Vi telephonically advised Special Agent in Charge R. B. HOOD that he had been on the murder case of SIEGEL constantly and requested to know if the FBI was interested in the casé. He had learned that SIRGEL had fiown into the 8 * Pak Ye 8 ye J e ‘ to keep an appointment with his attorney, in Beverly Hillis, California. Brae been in VIRGINIA HILL's house and said seven cartridges were fo outside of the window. These cartridges were of 30 caliber size, The bullets were copper jacketed, which were no doubt shot from a U. S. Amy Carbine Rifle. 40 The victim SISGEL was seated four feet from the window which was al fourteen feet from the spot where the carbine was rested on a lattice between VIRGIIIA HILL's residence and the neighbor's driveway. Nine shots were evidently fired. Two bullets had entered SIEGEL's body through the head — one bullet came out through an eye, and a portion of an eyelid was found ten feet from him. There were five holes in the wall about as big as a silver dollar, and other bullets hit other objects in the room. ae The couch on which SIEGEL and SUTIEY were sitting was at right-angles F to the window, with the back in line with the right side of the nearby window, SMILEY was believed to have been next to the window with his left arm resting th bheanle o2Pf 2h 2m bk To Td as along the back of the couche STEGEL was at the far end of the couch, } Con leaning over a little ami reading a Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. aM Apparently the a two bullets just singed SMILEY's coat at his left arn. According ¢ the killer almost had to shoot around the corner and | obviously was a very good shot.