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LOS ANGELES parap 7/7 RAD & ExeRess ‘Y¥7 } Spurious Bills Link ‘Bugsy’ Rubout ¢ ' Counterfeiting _ The Los Angeles office of the Secret Service today was Investi- gating the possibility that a cathe, of $1,000,000 in counterfeit $10 bills, found hidden in a tree near| St. George, Utah, might be con- nected with the gangland slay- ing'of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel. ~Authorities in Las Vegas, Nev.,. advanced the theory that the bogus bills may have been dban-| by Siegel's rubout, 4 The fake money was found by} fa Los Angeles truck driver, J. R.} Bracken, who said he stopped to] pick up one bill lodged in a tree}! | and discovered 12 large bundles.|* He turned over approximately| $100,000 In the counterfeit money, to Las Vegas authorities. The! rest of the bills were scattered| over a 20-mile area by the wind.| Sheriff's deputies recovered most} of it. Although Las Vegas police said; they experimented with some of] the bills and successfully passed! them on six out of seven gam-| ling casino cashiers in egas, the local Secret Sel ffice said the bills were “ nd unfinished.” bre