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Bugsy Siegel — Part 23

84 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Bugsy Siegel · 83 pages OCR'd
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Police, the FRY and attorney's Office,” he} - He admitted be: cod? friend of Mr Steeat tidhood are in Hell's Kitchen in New a Names were ex; the roiling bac! fame ‘here to try to borroy money to cover ‘his checks’ me H the name of7George! i Raft, who ts alwa: & eucumber when he talk oo tne Cops in the movies, got retty ex-; cited when he was asked about | and denied the story violently, “T haven't seen Hegel since thi opening ef the Flamingo Cup,” 6 LOS ANGELES DAILY MHS DARED 7/2/47 Posalbly tm Beverly put him §2,500,000 i 7 Put him §2.500,000 in the hole to the slaying. ee fied in with this’ disclosure ‘was a new picture of the gang- a overlord painted by an un- jentified friend—that the notort- us Bugsy died a pauper ing A rate rum! ails of his empire. Bugsy, said Chief Dist. Atty! vestigator H. Leo Stanley, may Shave been as much es $1,500,000 {Sin on the basis of this new in- Zormation. Siegel had said a week before is death that he “had to raise $1,500,000—or hide out some- Lwhere,” the informant told Stan- ey. But, the friend added, Bugsy “didn't Know where to hide. | Besides that, the friend con- ued, Sfegel thought he had jays to raise the cash. “But may: someone considered some spose notes came due the night o! june 20," Stanley theorizes. 4.5 a ie goppeg Hi | 3 er checks,’ according to Waiter tz, chief investigator for the lifornia attormey-general, “We have reason to believe eof these checks are out,” id Lentz as he'prepared to leave r. San Francisco today to press hp investigation.” © PO tee
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