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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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LOS ANGELES EXAMINER ) DATED /~ #- 5-7 hy \Sarta Anita race signal” ‘plot nipped . | Scheme to retay Santa Anite * race results from the grandstand . broken up today, foiiowing the to a garage a mile away was i arrest of three men by district _ attorney's investigators. Booked on suspicion of criminal | conspiracy and iater released on: 4 bai} et $1500 each Were: yaelix Luezak, 82, Cicero, TL; ’ ack Moran, Ave. an * Pawtucket, R. 1. é Pipkerton detectives from the Ey. race track and district attorney cinvestigators found Luczak and j, Moran operating high power hDi-~ proculars from a garage at 452 = Huntington Dr., Arcadia. Through | the binoculars, trained . “2627 Monmouth 3 * on &, Bpot in the grandstand near ‘the finish line, officers said, they saw Sienktewicz. , Sienkiewicz, it was said, sig- bane the finish of each race to ' the two men at the garage by . either tipping his hat, rubbing his nose, straiching his ear, etc. tanley Sienkiewicz, 4 Each gesture, the raiding offi- cers said, specified a number of a — horse which was part of a pre- arranged cdge used by the trio. Telephones found in the garage, ~ attesting officers Said, Were used by the men to relay their in- - formation ta a downtown nerve ; The suspects denied that they | center. were part of a post betting syn- - dicate, explaining that they were . merely employes. of a scratch sheet publication which sought. rs. Ida Haynes, who owns the | i operty where the garage is jo- ‘| ‘tated, told officers she had rent- ed the quarters to the men two | Seems for $50 a the race resulta for ita clients. ? Imwe enone STisPram. = ieee ra ARRESTED IN RAIDS At Jeast two Las Angeles fol- ers of the ponies won't get the yott for winning bets they'll geek todoy—-their heta farm part ef ‘the vice squad's evidence inst bookie suspects. .. - “Renises Durie, a5, was ar- restéd on suspicion of. bookmak- ing at his home, 1823 Orchard St., where detectives seid be was re- etiving bets over the telephone. While making the arrest, a de- tective answered the phone, took at bet on Ike’s Glory and Darby D-Day to win and shew in .the sixth race at Santa Anita. The second horse won, paying $5.60 to the doliar for place beta. The second arreat occurred at $127 Berkeley Circle where de- tectives rang the bell, peeped in the window and reportedly SaW rs. Arthelia Reeve, 46, stuff me papers lnder fer sweater. Mrs. Reeve was arrested on suspicion of bookmaking when Policewoman G, W, Cagle, search- ed her and found betting forms. bet to win and place on the win- ner of the sixth race at Tropical Park which paid $3 and $2.80. : ‘oaiguumeei ig —__-_ - nent any QONTALNED Se —_
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