The Mystery Of The Murder Of The Mafia, Benjamin Bugsy Siegel, Who Was Brutally Disarmed

Benjamin Bugsy Siegel (Sumber: Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - Benjamin Bugsy Siegel, a well-known mafia in Las Vegas, was killed at his girlfriend's house today, June 20 73 last year or in 1947. He lost a lot of blood after being shot several times using a 30-caliber military M1 rifle by an assassin. What was terrifying was that one of the bullets hit Bugsy's left eye with a hole. And until now, the killer is still a mystery. What is the story of Siegel's life journey like?

Siegel was born on February 28, 1906 in Brooklyn, New York. Quoting History, his childhood was very similar to that of other mafia leaders: he grew up with a weak economic background and became a thug since he was a teenager.

With his best friend Meyer Lansky, Siegel terrorized local merchants and raised "security" money. Before long they had businesses covering piracy and gambling all over New York.

By the late 1930s Siegel had become one of Los Angeles' largest business mafia syndicates. He also entered Hollywood, and became close friends with Grant, Clark Gable and Jean Harlow.

In addition, Siegel also built a solid gambling and narcotics business network. His business is not far from the dark world. Just before World War II, he went to Italy to sell explosives to Mussolini, but the deal fell through on the way to being tested.

In 1945, he had the idea to build a gambling center, Flamingo, in Nevada and Casino. He poured the syndicate's joint venture money of six million US dollars to build a hotel in the middle of the desert. In this way Siegel, Lansky and other members of the mafia created the casino that paved the way for the Las Vegas we know today.

But this time Siegel's business instincts missed. The flamingos he built were not profitable. This place was closed and reopened but changed its name. The development of this business created problems for Siegel because he was also suspected of embezzling hotel construction money.

At the same time that the problem unfolded, Siegel was shot to death. Who the killer is until now has never been revealed. But it is rumored that the killer was a man on the order of Meyer Lansky, Bugsy's business rival and former partner.

The rumors emerged because less than 24 hours after Bugsy's death, Lansky immediately took over the victim's Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Another theory says that Bugsy was killed by the girlfriend of his best friend's wife, Mathew Moose Pandza.