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> a Director, FBI July 1, 1947 Re: THE KILLING OF BENJAMIN *BUGSY" SIEGEL MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING CRIME SURVEY telephonically advised Special Agent in Charge R. B. HOOD that he had been i on the murder case of SIEGEL constantly and requested to know if the FBI was interested in the case. He had learned that SIRGEL had flown into the bre — 8 morning of June 20, 1! ie | was expected to keep an appointment with 7 3 his attorney,’ in Beverly Hills, California. a Arh been in VIRGINIA HILL's house and said seven cartridges br were fo outside of the window. These cartridges were of 30 caliber size, b The bullets were copper jacketed, which were no doubt shot froma U. S. Army Carbine Rifle. ~ The victim SIEGEL was seated four feet from the window which was ~ salad fourteen feet from the spot where the carbine was rested on a lattice between VIRGINIA HILL's residence and the neighbor's driveway. Nine shots were evidently fired. Two bullets had entered SIEGEL's body through the head — one bullet came out through an eye, and a portion of an eyelid was found ten feet from him. There were five holes in the wall about as tig as a silver dollar, and other bullets hit other objects in the room. The couch on which SIEGEL and SMILEY were sitting was at right-angles to the window, with the back in line with the right side of the nearby window. SMILEY was believed to have been next to the window with his left arm resting along the back of the couch. SIEGEL was at the far end of the couch, leaning over a little and reading a Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. Apparently the first two bullets just singed SMILEY's coat at his left arm. according | the killer almost had to shoot around the corner and _ obviously was a very good shot. . Baal