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Bugsy Siegel — Part 25

83 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Bugsy Siegel · 81 pages OCR'd
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| . + Implicated are a hoted Beverly Hills Chief of Police; Clinton H. Anderson's reconstruc- foster in San Francisco a tion af the crime. ? Heading theatrical boeking t iin Hollywood, once married to af ~ ‘Another count against Siegel, r derson says, was’ that he'Movie star. - is sought to monopolize vice and . : gambling in Las Vegas, Nev. - . > |" “He wasn't named ‘Bugay’ . ' for nothing,” the chief said. | “He had bitter arguments in Las Vegas and threatened to Start shooting.” Shooting just jsn’t good form! im Las Vegas. { . NEUTRAL WN— ; That town, in the syndicate’s! ‘book, is neutral territery, like Saratoga, Miami and Atlant: . City. aa Killing frightens tourists. So/ they don’t. want any Killings! there. { . | For that reason “Bugsy” was . set up for the kill in Beverly! Hills instead of Los Vegas. 1 Gunmen were planted behind, the hedges of an adjoining house. A living room drape was care-', fully drawn aside. Bugsy was steered to ‘the one, , ehair, in which he wowd make a perfect. target. ! ‘That was the way Chief An- \derson pictured it in the copy- tighted interview by Lee Mor- an _}timer in the New York Mirror. . QUICK ACTION— | Another pertinent point in ~ | Andedson’s reconstruction of the. . crime was that “30 minutes after is tae ‘Costello and Luciano, and him- ns : alt a King pin in the syndl- | a ZL
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