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Smiley was still crouched on the floor, <=" aepcerceeee A neighbor, Lou Shane, who was visiting at the home of Dr. Lyn Whiteman, 807 North Lin- iden drive, reported he heard the| |shots and ran out into the street in time to hear a high-powered ;car roar away into the darkness. Shane said the shots were fired so rapidly that it sounded like |machine gun fire. . KILLERS IMPORTED, BELIEF Police believe that the job was’ pulled off by imported killers, who “knew their business.” Within 20 minutes of the shoot. ing the word of Siegel's death| had spread throughout the length| of Sunset Strip. The slaying] quickly became the topic of the| |moment at the Las Vegas gambling casinos. Reports from Las Vegas were! that the Flamingo lost over $200,- 000 in one night recently, and ;that the backers of the multi- | million-dollar venture took a dim View of the red ink column in the ledgers. Siegel's body was taken to the county morgue, and when police went through his clothes they: found two l4-carat gold keys, # -|Mexican gpldplege fagtdesed tnt MYSTERY CAR SEEN said. “He would park there all day sometimes, and often stayed there until very late at night.” Siegel, who had been active in the sporting world in California. and Nevada for the past decade, was once designated = “public enemy” by Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, during the latter's term as district attorney there. Long an eastern gangland fig. ure, Siegel was charged in 1942) with being the* West Coast chief jof Murder, Inc. ‘ He was indicted by a Los Ange les Grand Jury in 1941 for the underworld killing of Harry “Big Greeny” Schachter here, but he was later cleared of the charge. During his colorful career, “Bugsy” was arrested, tried and of “everything in the book— m. misdemeanors to murder— Martin Belousoff, of 808 North Linden drive, told detectives that for the past several months he had noticed a small sedan parked/f across the street from the estate where “Bugsy” was shot to death. ALL IWFOR The murder was the fourth|| at ON CONTATRED HATTON CORTE § UNCLASS HERETS 15 Oy SP 20rht (BC parE ¢-7- LOS ANGELES HERALD & EXPRESS DATED JUN 21 1y4/ » OL wnat ae 6 é