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Gradually, however, Bell got to know his way around and people started to talk. One afternoon he was talking to Costello's attorney in his office when Costello, who had been out of town, walked in. After the introduction the gambler said: "What's this TIME? It's the one with the red border...
Bell assured him it was. They talked for and hour and a half, then and there, and Bell saw Costello for several hours on two other occasions. Costello was friendly and talkative and expounded his own viewpoint about himself at length...
Meanwhile, TIME correspondents in Chicago, Los Angeles, Hot Springs, Ark., San Francisco, New Orleans and Naples (Gangster Lucky Luciano's current retreat), and Researcher Anne Lopatin were doing their own digging into the Costello past and present. Much of it was the business of tracking down rumors which often proved to be untrue, and triple-checking the facts. In the midst of his New Orleans investigation Correspondent Ed Ogle answered his telephone and the following conversation took place...
...asking questions about Mr. Costello...
...Johnson (June 6, 1949), Roy Roberts, of the Kansas City Star (April 12, 1948) Iowa Farmer Gus Kuester (April 29 1946), and President George Albert Smith of the Mormon church (July 21, 1947). Last summer Bell covered the Hiss-Chambers trial in New York City and, having completed his Costello research, he is now back covering the second trial...