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i e n dI-’seigide.ie□fliesS.igmryV.j.npadierases.‘We Have the Man,’ Reports L. A. Chief in Gang Killings(Continued from Page 1) the gangland execution, Parker I Parker said he came back to said: Lazes. The latter, a notorious“I believe we .have the man who gamblind figure, allegedly went to engineered the deal. \ Las Vegas gambling moguls andOne of his chief spokesmen j told about his trouble with Bran-said, “The chief means we ■ have cato. Fratianno was called in and the trigger man or the mastermind delivered a warning* to Branca to9iar-gyytIxKlf-r-rsasedrkbehind the shootings.Fratianno claims he spent last Monday night at a rCvStaurant in Burbank.Brancato gained recent notoriety when INS spotlighted him by a series oil'the FBI’s M1G most-wanted criminals.No charges have been filed but the police succeeded in obtaining a continuance of a hearing on writs of habeas corpus sought by Fratianno and his brother, Warren, 32.Chief Parker said the story of the double slaying began a year ago with#Sam Lazes, touched by Brancato and another man for a $3000 bet owed a bookmaker connected with the Guarantee Finance Co., a since-disclosed bookie empire. Lazes paid, although the money never reached Las Vegas, and then began the old game of paying and paying until he rebelled.According to police, Brancato and later Trombino received an underworld warning to stop putting the touch on Lazes, known by gangdom as “The Girl because he hates violence.But Brancato became involved in the robbery of a Las Vegas gambling casino, .the chief said, and needed $1500 for bond when he was arrested in San Francisco.and Trombino.Last Monday a conference was called in the apartment of Sam London, 41, also held by police, and that night Brancato ana Trombino were shot to death. Police said they have determined that Brancato and Trombino were seen in the company of Jimmy Fratianno during the day, and that they were shot by someone they trusted to sit In the back seat of their automobile.34,000 Votes Polled By Mental PatientFRANKFORT, Ky., Aug. 9.— (U£l A mental patient received the votes of 84,000 Kentucky Democrat^ In his bid for nodi-nation as secretary of state in Saturday’s primary election, It was disclosed today.The candidate, Joseph F. Gas-t right, 47, Ft. Thomas, Ky., was adjudged of unsound mind July 2-0 and ordered committed to Eastern State Hospital.Gaatrlght was the only ponent of Charles JL O'Connell, who won the nomination by a majority of more than 100,000 votes.
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