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Bugsy Siegel — Part 21

95 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Nov 15, 1946 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Bugsy Siegel · 94 pages OCR'd
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vd a ae ray Jaan o EK: pat ti - case ew Jeracy, Waere | r ove “ 4% ta ¢ sagt the gambling zyndicate supposedly ’ as looking for income ta#"FVibions, a Ee 4 oF favorite government device f08 urns to o $s manage to evade local convictians. ee Tee Po The investigation wes spiced on prize fight yerterday by questioning of vari NEW YORE, Dec. 20.-(UP-The ‘urn! . district aitemeys office, trying to book found in the apartment of blow the lid off the big town's young Paris. - : sporte gambling, today sought to t He ty maid te bave entertained rmin xyndica uently, tectives wan! mantpuisted the adds on eet ~ to determine whether } he suppiled day night's Madison Square Ger- party girls for foot Playera in den fight in addition to trying to order to win their friendship and fix the Giant-Bears championship confidence. football game. - - The telephone conversation which Sources close -to Dist. Atty. linked Paria and “Fete” to the study was being made of the way by the district attorney's oftice to ‘the ons bounced up and down dur- have gone like this: , ing the few days before the welter- Paris: “You are my partner anc weight fight between Charley Y'm looking to protect the office.” Fusari of Irvington, N. J. and Pete: “He claims you are trying Charley Taylor of Coalport, Pa. to throw the market id The investigation centered on a] Paris: “What's he yelping! about? man known as “Pete,” mentioned Be won $10,000 on the fijht last in telephone ersations on &- night.” aa teed would: eres toe eased The talk took place the nlorning | ‘ot trying to bribe two Giants play- the week Fuserl was Zito j Era to throw the National oothal favorite. The odda dipped ta even The trial of Paris, who was de- money, and went back up to & to 5 nied bail despite the attempts of a by ring time. Fusari won by @ powerful legal battery to get him technical knockout, t out of a Tomba jail cell, was acheduled to begin today in Gen- eral Sessions Court here, In their search for “Pete,” police | Were checking om, Se ee banes | :@ Bronx gambler with a police rec-' ford dating back 26 years and in-' cluding convictions for arson and counterfeiting. Krakauer was said: ‘to be in a New York hospital =| | ‘The cast of characters in the, great football fix grew more bi-, farre by the moment, It already: | included five of young Paris’ clos- | eat relatives, all with police rec- | oras of one sort or another; a parade of Eroadway party girls who allegedly were used to enter- | tain professional football players; a high-powered criminal lawyer, Caesar B. F. Barra: and the most fabulous characters of ali, the: anonymous big-money gamblers of tate the eundiratea for ‘wi mat Jae BFEEELS 50h Bewercs 6 tae mem ilegedly was a front... _ a a ae Se en alee ‘e Iw vee een pata i let ae aaa nee eee teens pn ean es ne
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