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Bugsy Siegel — Part 25
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was covered with newspapers,
local and Los Angeles,
gin friend at the by too' “private detectives” who]. Guards were posted over the
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Warned the chief]
persons to visit Mre. Hail.
dicated that Mrs. Hall had bera
in n hiding” in the. valley area since
iami Beach, Fla, and Bev i
Hills, Calit., heiress.
It’ was in her Beverly Hilts |
home that Siegel was shot to
nn = irel oan
| death by rival gangsters.
a City police” admitted that they
ircumstantial evidence, inciuding
cenge plates on her car
red in the name of (Charles BR.
“brother ot Virginia Bi,
. B,.
The auicide attempt. paral
tion taken twice before by
had been investigating the possi-
bility that “Mrs. Hall” was Vit-
ginia Hill, but had hoped to keep
such information from the public
until positive.
Hospital officials ° aaid = that
three special nurses had been -re-
tained to care for “Mrs. Hall.”
The nurse on duty last night re- ‘
ported that “Mrs. Hall’ was vig-
ibly upset when the two men
identifying themselves as private
detectives calied to warn the ataff j
of her danger.
The two private detectives told at
fi chief nurse that j
riend” of Mrs. Hall's had
Ned recently. They added thm |
| rs. Hall was in a “highly 3 ne
us state.” very |
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wat Resed” “
, virginia Bill had been the victim
en ee
of nimerous previous overdoses
Rurse under no condition to allow! of sleeping pills both in En:
and this country since Siegel's
A check of Phoenix resorts in-| death.
On two occasions while she
France, Miss Hill was hospi
a for too many of
eeping pills and when she
rned to the United States
August she also took an overdose. |
Since Siegel's death there have: ©
peen numerous reports that Miss" ' ey
Hill's life was in er. poo. s Tt
While she was in France, Po. 7
Ha. M™hieae (1 EF ee ed aA
uce SUIT L &, £2, FAUT IB Ga Bev- }
erly Hills disclosed he had re-i _
ceived underworld information] “1
that two gunmen were going there
to assassinate her.
The reason for Siegel's slay-
ge has never been establish
ficially although California’s a
mey gereral, Fred N. Howse
id he was convinced an und
orld battle over bookmaker wird |
services was the cause. i
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