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rs RE na RMA FAS ale tC y Hills Is My ‘Today in his biography Chief Anderson tell “* @tory of the gangland killing of Bugsy Siegel, iz Hills wansion. He calls-it “a perfectly staged execution” 1. Meith every prop and every actor in place at the proper aplit- By Clinton Anderson Chiet, Beverly ‘Bilis fice epartment : s; | Chapter IX. . , 2-7 At the end of the war, Las Vegas attracted Biege) away from Hollywood and into new ventures _ Which eventually led to his death. He decided to $ build the biggest and best gambling casino in the ‘United States, financing it with crime syndicate ;° Inoney put up by his eastern pals, and to expand j is “bootleg” racing wire service to take over the >. Business in the western part of the country. i’ '\" He launched construction of his big casino |. when materials were scarce and costs soaring. He | ‘had originally planned a $2 million investment, but Ff t rH cE , found the place costing $6 million, and running in ‘the red. He put the squeeze on his other activities Yor funds, particularly the racing wire service. © ‘4 “After the gangland murder in 1946 of James M. Ragen, 1? general manager in Chicago of the Trans-America News f 1 Service in which Biegel had a controlling interest, he ~ became western representative of the wire and attempted to force the bookies to take his service at a premium. fege!’s Hoodium Friends Unhappy — ‘As Slegél went deeper into debt, word got around i E Ee i ‘that his crime syndicate pals were unhappy. Let Six months before his killing I called him to police o-7-€0 ALL INFORMAT, ONTAINED REREV AR OLASSIF - U-2E 65 BY.