Gus Greenbaum
Named in testimony before the Kefauver Committee in 1950 as one of the El Cortez Hotel owners about 1945 and as a member of the group that bought the Flamingo after Siegel's death. An FBI report records an informant's statement about him in 1946.
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- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 1946 — An FBI Los Angeles report records an informant's statement that "Gus Greenbaum is known to be Siegel's lieutenant, handling his bookmaking and gambling activities in the Luhrs Building in Phoenix, Arizona, and frequently contacts Siegel and Moe Sedway in Las Vegas." It is an informant's allegation, not a finding.
- 15 November 1950 — Moe Sedway testified that Greenbaum, of Phoenix, was among the owners of the El Cortez Hotel about 1945, and that after Siegel's death "I called Mr. Greenbaum" and the group that bought the Flamingo was formed (Part 10, pp. 85-89).
- 15 November 1950 — Louis Wiener named Greenbaum among those in the group that formed Flamingo Hotel, Inc., in a list including Moe Sedway and others (Part 10, p. 46). Beverly Hills police chief Clinton H. Anderson testified in 1951 that Sedway and Morris Rosen "stepped in with a fellow named Greenbaum from Phoenix, Ariz., as the operators of the Flamingo" (Part 10, p. 714), a secondhand account.
This page is limited to the records cited. No record opened for this page states a family or rank for Greenbaum, or ties him to a Las Vegas casino other than the El Cortez and the Flamingo. The statements about him in the hearing were made by other witnesses and are secondhand. The informant statement in the FBI report is an allegation recorded by the Bureau. The quotations from the hearing are from uncorrected OCR text.
Records
itemKefauver Committee, Las Vegas session (15 November 1950)The printed record of the Special Committee's Las Vegas session of November 15, 1950 (Part 10, pp. 1-104): testimony on the race-wire service, the Flamingo Hotel's ownership, the Desert Inn and Benjamin Siegel, by Nevada officials, Louis Wiener, Wilbur Clark and Moe Sedway.
itemFBI Los Angeles report with informant accounts of Siegel, Sedway and Greenbaum (1946)Pages of an FBI Los Angeles report (file L.A. 62-2837) recording informant statements about Benjamin Siegel and the Las Vegas race-wire service in 1946. The statements are informant allegations recorded by the Bureau, not findings.
itemFBI Los Angeles report with informant accounts of Siegel, Sedway and Greenbaum (1946)Pages of an FBI Los Angeles report (file L.A. 62-2837) recording informant statements about Benjamin Siegel and the Las Vegas race-wire service in 1946. The statements are informant allegations recorded by the Bureau, not findings.