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The IRS Auction of a Gangland Queen | Spokane News
Seventy-five years ago, thousands flocked to Spokane to witness the IRS auction off the lavish possessions of Virginia Hill Hauser—the glamorous “Gangland Queen” once Bugsy Siegel’s lover—after she couldn’t pay $160,000 in back taxes. Once a Senate-witnessed crime figure and newlywed to Austrian ski champ Hans Hauser, she was fleeing to Chile as her home and jewels were sold off amid public spectacle. Though she claimed innocence, her tax troubles deepened, leading to exile and tragedy—she died by suicide in Austria at 49. Today, her Spokane house still stands, a silent monument to a life of…
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