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Bugsy Siegel — Part 22

93 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Dec 18, 1946 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Bugsy Siegel · 93 pages OCR'd
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ne Ne ata LOS ANGELES us 3 DATED /~ #-¥7 a 7 — ad reg he — Zhree Arrested. an Cinnalina of _ mre! Nanna Le | Racing Results . ‘Wlustrated on Page 3, Part I ‘ ‘Three tien were arrested -and booked on suspicion of criminal © ‘conspiracy yesterday by mem- bers of Dist. Atty. Simpson’s gangster squad in an investi- gation thal uncovered what was believed to be a scheme to sig- nal race results from the Santa Anita grandstand to a garage a mile distant. Two of the men were picked up in the garage, where one was using a pair of binoculars. The third suspect was seized in the grandstand while signaling, un- aware that his asserted associ- ates had been taken into CUE- tow. rng ee TS GEER GEE PREENBTS ES IS Could Detect ‘Signals Investigators Charles Hoy and Ellis Bowers reported they were able to detect the signaler from the garage and note his descrip- tion with the aid of the spectal binoculars, a foot and a half long, that were in the place. The men gave the names of Felix Luczak, 32, of Cicero, ILL, who was Stationed on the lower a oe wan een nnle Waar level of the BAlaee, VaR inwinl, 28, of 2627. Monmouth Ave., who was found at the binoculars, and Wtaniey Sienkiewicz, of Paw- tucket, R.L, who was stated to be in the top of the grand- stand, ° They were taken to the office ‘of Dep. Dist. Atty. Joseph Carr .for questioning. ! Could Beat Wires | Information transmitted’ by ‘the means uncovered could be used to beat booking agents, the’ investigators said, pointing out that unscrupulous persons armed with the signaled data could place bets on horses that had already won, | : The garage in which Luczak | , . = tatd Moran were found was on the premises of Mrs. Ida Haynes of 452 Huntington Drive, <Ar- ease - ~ . cadia. te © Seal ar asta Mrs. Haynes said that she h DEmaAL BUREAU G7! ented the quarters two weeks Gee. oreaniMes go at $50 a week to men who : teas rofessed to be working for a GRMN & oe ews service handling race re- sults. -; LOS ANGELES. CALIF, kX . wom f . FILE ain l pect co 15 | : te wae oct
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