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, ip fioente By GENE McLAEN | POLICE said they found’Vi nia 25-vear-old heiress and sweet t of the slain gang leader fenjamin (Bugsy) Siegel, recover4* in Good Samaritan Hospi ly yesterday from an overd sleeping powder. ‘She was located by the new reated police hoodlum detail, act- g on @ tip that November 24 she]: hecked into exclusive Paradise |’ hn, northeast of Phoenix, closely ‘ollowed by three men the officers scribed as “typical hoods.” A search for the trio was under Fey last night, THE WOMAN refused to admit r identity, but Earl O'Clair, ice chief, said it had been con- ed by photographs, he pretty brunette—in who: atial Beverly Hills, Calif. ho gel was shot to death, ganglan yle, last June 20—was fou meonscious on a fleor in the ank resort Wednesday after- oon and was taken to the hos- atal, police said. She was ad- pitted under another name. , She was reported recovering, lut extremely nervous yesterday. ' She refused to admit her identity newspapermen, but a check dis- osed her expensive automobile the inn was registered to pharies E. Hillof Miami Beach, er of the dead gang- rs sweetheart. Sheriff Cal Boies said Miss Hill itted her identity to one of his eputies in a hospital conference nd insisted she came to Phoenix scompanied only by “a girl Send.’ ‘DER THE influence of th ative, she reportedly said th ngsters” were, after her li that she intended to “be: m to it.” She also admitted her <5 acne t os ra wa Lit — oe es wa ht ce at (Continued On Page 4, Col. > Wt - [| Siegel’ s Girl ‘ ’ (Continued From Page One} _ this was the reason for locatin on A RR eo a RE ee tee a = ge [HE “INN, Miss ‘Hill and 8 grin who registered with he erred to remain alone, even t ¢ extent of taking their meals In ofr room. Her companion ha Found Her | urned to er Goieaga home be. seus Hil took the sleeping wders. Mentity, police sald they learned, | POT ner her recovery from the of the slain Siegel. sedative, Miss Hill deposited $1,200 But not only at the hospital, but, in the hospital safe. ‘also at the inn, she was registered) Meanwhile, whether the swag- _ wader a different name, | Sezing Siegel secreted a fortune - Chief O'Cialr said hunt for th ived from his underworld Oey. “three men will be pressed and that’ ons or died in comparative was & question worrying H. Brown, Log Angeles public ad ministrator, acco to the As- sociated Press. Although persistent rumers have given Siegel huge estates in Né- wada, New York and Cuba, Brown said, little of value has been un- covered Jn California. - TWO SAFETY deposit boxes bodyguards, rather than “guns” | | ylelded a $20 gold Piece, several gold x Mexican goid seeking the life of Miss Hill. | wold nuggets, - POLICE recalled, however, that. ¢oins, & watch, some rings and gangland rumors have said Miss cufflinks and a $2,000 insurance Hill would be slain. " Rolicy cy in favor of Siegel’s mother, Slegel, reputed to be the lord Jennie ue Siegel of Brooklyn, Brown of horte race bookmaking opera- tions in Arizona, California and e re dead gang: chief's hrothe Nevada, was shot as he sat on a fOr. Maurice Siegel of Los Angele couch in the Moorish;style gbtained letters of administratio ‘sion while Miss Hill was in Francf. Thursday for personal property She since reported, attempted! California, valued at approximatey galeide twice with sleeping pow- | by $10,000. rs. Hill. _ “We know there's an increasing influx of gangetera here and we want to know who they are and what they intend to do,” ©’Clair said. “We want to run them out, if possibie,’’ He said he believes the men are oe 430 ‘was established but Fred N. How- t,#er, California attorney general, said he was convinced it resulted| from an underworld battle over bookie wire services. Siegel sup- osedly was attempting to set up is own service. He had been the owner of th luxurious Flamingo Club in La egas, Nev., and was reputed 1 ave underworld connections alo! e Pacific cagsé—— F I I OE ABM ee “¢ 1 1947 LOS ANGELES FiL-Lo oD orFice: U SEs Tee etna ROUTED TO \f = Alan ) 4 4 4 4 ve oT ey