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& LOS ANGELES EXAMINER DATED 7/ Pas 7 SIEGEL SLAIN T LAD 10 if Gangster Bugsy Siegel was! slain jn a dispute with two ex- ‘Capone men over the horse race wire service which he represented] —Trans- America. Chief of Police Clinton H. An: derson of Beverly Hilis disclosed, that his office, and that: of the Attorney General, nave been in-| vestigating information to that effect since receiving Jetters two weeks ago. Describing the lead as “a good! jone,” Anderson said the letters came from Dlinois. The one to his office was 10; pages in length and said that, Siegel, who “muscled” the serv-| ice into Nevada, owed the two! other gangsters $25,000. ~ “According to the letter, Sle- gel was handed cown a threat! a week before his death. He’ was told to ‘pay up or else,’”' Ls \]l the chief of police atated. Anderson declined ta name the: two ex-Capone men listed, but! aid that Ray McCarthy has been assigned by Walter H. Lentz,’ chief investigator for ihe Attor- ney General, to work with his’ office in _checking out_the Tead.! yi pean JUL ei 1947