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Coeneral Burean of Investigation Rnited States Department of Justice Salt Lake City, Utah August 14, 1946 , DECLASS Sere eT wd ne aie a amen PERSONAL & Mr. A, EB, Ostholthoff Federal Bureau of Investigation 900 Security Building Los Angeles, California ENT LAL Re: BENJAMIN "BUGS" SIEGEL MISCELLANEOUS; INFORMATION CONCERN ING; CRIME SURVEY Dear Sir: Reference is mde to your letter of August 9, 1946, requesting information concerning the divorce reportedly obtained by ESTEKR SIEGEL from BENJAMIN SIEGEL at Eeno, Nevada, The divorce records of the Washoe Cou c ts 0 e, Reno, under #105261, as made available reflect the following information: | On August 3, 194 BENJAMIN SIEGEL. ‘STELLE Le SIEGEL was granted a divorce from The complaint recited that they were married in New York City, New York, on Janua 928 d_ tha mi ohi en ms _“ isi niin: The complaint also recite % a property settle- la ment had been agreed upon per a contract made June 20, 1946, and the plaintiff pit offered this as exhibit "A" in the proceedings, and asked that the terms thereof be adopted in the divorce decree. The somphint alleged that the defendant had been guilty of extreme cruelty, mental in nature, and the prayer of the complaint was that an absolute divorce be granted, with the oustody of the children given to the plaintiff, but with a right of visite- tion by the defendant "at a11 reasonable and seasonable times." Mre. SIEGEL was represented by DONNELL RICHARDS, a Reno attorney. The file contained an "Appearance and Waiver” signed by BEN JAMIN SISGEL and acknowledged at Los Angeles, California, July 2, 1946, before ANNA TAYLOR, Notary Public, in which he in effeot consented to a default decree. ; The decree granted an absolute divorce, gave the custody of the children to the mother, with a right of visitation as set out in the complaints The property agreement was approved and fully adopted by the courte ¢ \omenee Tha ABA eat el ee