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Bugsy Siegel — Part 23

84 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Bugsy Siegel · 83 pages OCR'd
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to ee . | DATED a -9- a7 Sieg el Bad Checks Sought by Associates ~ Business associates of si. gangster Bugsy Siewel are seek- - ing to buy up some of his bad i checks. That was the disclosure made yesterday in San Francisco by Walter H. Lentz, chief investi- gator for Attorney General Fred N. Howser’s office. - Lentz was there to meet Ed- mund G. Brown, San Francisco District Attorny, and Chief éf P@lice Charles Dulles “on™ cisco angles of Siegel's dea gangster activities in ge : 1, Lentz said he has been ad- ised that Siegel’s worthless lchecks are being honored “at B discount” by former associates toe conceal dealings they had with “Persons holding such checks , ®pparently are willing to turn ' them over to the associates in the hope of salvaging some money out of them,” Lentz was quoted as saying. “Apparently Siegel's associ tes are anxious to put the! nds on the checks to hus - ngs up.” @ @ ata 7 ar __ FE LANE ERLE Oye = ee BES) 787 £ fers: biulbs* U.S De PAR went oF - , . Wh fs ssa fone etme 4 C
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