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FREEDOM OF
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PRIVACY
ACTS
SUBJECT: PURPLE
GANG
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les 0.! Detroit ; underworld boy!wantto seeruein actionjust
small. black hours.
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gang
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sme-lirst betore dawn yester- "He boxed Don Burchard at Harry St. Louis
ls 1, rumor which was soon Harris Falrview Club. Mack and merged with the Detroiterr. melC. Simob if is rlr
medvis the grapevine of the Fairview avenues, and the mob saw combination being strengthened by FederalJudgeCharles
M1
c world. The previous chief hlrn gel. decisively outpointecl in the addition of s dozen or so oi serve one year and .10 mob !-118
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accreditedtough ones from Ne r the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenin the l-loodlums delicatessen eight rounds.
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luarters- ~"they stuck up G01- It was from this ght, some say,
er or
l The new
gang
proceeded
to worli
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handbook and killed a guy"- that the name "Purple"
each.
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gang
origi- from the viewpoint that there is 1$5.o00
rnmedlately superseded.
natei
Fletcher roliowed the then
coumowoon sm_ss.92crm_
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gr and Fletcher, inseparable popular New York prize ring cus- more protlt in levying tribute thany
They
served
their
sentences
and?
in being paid for bodyguard;
tom of dressing the lighter and his
did not get into serious trouble ,
In'l.92T
Alxler and Fletcher occul
and killers, were "biggies"of, seconds in colored jerseys. The pied
if ..._.
a suite in the Mira oree Apartational
underworld:
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color of the jerseys. on thin occl- ments. 106 East Alexandria avenue. her. 1931. At that time the Purple hr
Detroit
theyhadearned
thatslon. ivas a bright purple.
1
In this building they and their
s reputations or Public Ene-,
l_._.
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Joe lji
gang reputedly wiped out Frank, the Colllngwood massacrl!.'f
No. 1 and '2,
respectively. MORE VICIOUS manna
CohenandJosephNigger! Lebovlts, Herman l-iymleli
were sawed-oil Napoleons of- Adler never was a pug. His nose Wright,Reuben
lnfqmous Purple Gang and. had not been knocked asitew ls Bloom, three opposing gangsters, in; Paul and Izzy Sullrer, members of
the rival "Navy"
gang.
had beenl
Fletcher's
was and his sizable
its rise te power in 1926 until
J
cauli what his become known as the}
dim with their shoes on, lead- ears had never been
massacre."
In
l
the trio, reputedly
Chicago
gang-disposing
owerlzed, but nonethelesshis was ptMlrallores
lctors in its criminal i"li!iOl"§'
mastory vicious enoughto cause the more sinister lace of the two 5islets. the Purplesintroduced
aert Asbury, historian of Amer- He had an acquiline nose, high chlne guns in Detroit gangster waryimr. to call it the molt Q-F.cheek bones, deep shadows under fare.
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, blamed.
his small eyes, simlien cheeks, and FORGED DYEBS TRIBUTE
ntly organizedgsng,,o1killer-all
Axlerand Fletcherwere_ques_--,"Axler and Fletcher, along with
he United States. . ~": 1. _'='-;
a thin Light mouth which turned
Ray BernBurke, were arrested itionedand released.
CH IN COlVD iOi92'
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r . .,i up-at the corners.g
~-Fred ='Klller"'stein,
Harry Keyweli and Irving ,
Rvrenuie he was a more vicious as suspects in the massacre. Police Miiberg were prosecuted. found
qqrlire, gunmen. had much tn
nine,-_-lioili were ngltivo !Q§_l_-5__
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_and I. rougher
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than_. Vgrilled them without result, and the guilty, and sent to Marquette Prison
Fletcher. It is said that once, when ll three were evnniunllv released. for life.
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ldiltord Jones, at no_torious- . . 1,.tsesaed
the aggressive
urge
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Louis gunman, was murdered '1-ii;
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Stork Club, 41 Rowena street.
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--.n bad dark, turtive, beady.
1June, 1932. and again Fletcher and
life_senl Burke is no?"serving-pa
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B th abnormal ears, Axlefs
l
Axler were brought inter grill- -us-_
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.;_ overgrownby na- Agxler purportedly came", here tence for murder at -'1iiaf-iquetle
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early rlnr career. And, above,
Phtecllbnf
m§uey:,§ ;-,nttern
§l- rdto reenterpro!ess:'or..}
and began contribut- rem
hotly
are larceny-minded
Lgot together-'
-.emers,'. killers with an ing major performances to the l e
lurid
history.
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veteran Morris $herrnan,
,
._ ,- $0 anoi er story porn ;- Iwue _1 _e
.ind..'nce
of what police and "Purples"'
his brbher, Jackie, a nO'éiC','rl°
1*0n:ur:n FOR DEFENSE
.vspEi.pQ:'l
call "crazy
B£l nerve."
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-.=1'=-.;-- ",2.- Mays; 4 Des Moines middleweight."
The time was 1926. Axler was 25, gang : nen-re. ...--...
ihorily after the close of the
were end zuzther boxerwho was linowri
_
junior, but a --Bo-calied purple irangs"'.
arid War Fletcher was a popu- three years Fletcher's
ago. some historians to iheboxlngfraternity as "thefor- ;'
~ 118/-pound
preliminary ghter at more experienced gangster, having R11DW1=_i0ng
champion;
D!'Ql'!.
they say, have been imgr rght.heavyweight
> old Military A. C. in Brooklyn. been e. consortoi "mobs" while Cill1'!lPrison."Other"lc5.:iil-i
- soon was taken into the stable Eddie was still a reputedly honest associated always with the purple for Jvclrson
.-_»,"
managers had better boxers
dye because it was the first dis- imp
.
a well-known manager, Silvey prizelighier.
l
.in=, who .-aldt
The Purple
gang
was organized covered hy the Phoenicia , whg en: Fletcher nally said, there :
and retired"
pposedly es a derensive organi- originated the art of dyeing_Pu.-p1¢_no dough here for me,'_'
"I tool; the kid l.il'ldci'
my wing
from the managerial end. Fletcher
myansohe's
willing lo ght four
atlon, employed by local gamblers therefore. has become the gyjnbr "ls
last seen in the ring at Arena
to defend their establishments from I oi the dyer. Thus. according in this
lnr-s a week if you'd
lct him
3ardens as a second tgr_ Louis
mi when he! gets plid OH he _being plliered by agang
oi in- explanation. the "purple" Ian: be. '
Mays.
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gang,
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rings his dough home to his vaders from St. Louis Known as comrs the "dye1"s"'
But
shortly
bwiore
he
Jwas
er,-I
CONTINUED
ACTIVITIES
1
ll-tilt-l'_"
Egan's
Rats."
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as a publtc enemy again. a
The lucrative cleaners and dyery 'ested
The St. Louis Rats were blamed
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RING IX 19'-33
.
Around Brooklyn, where Fletcher, for the kidnaping in March, 1926, protectionracketwas brokenup by rm weeks ago. Fletcher begsn_iswith
the arrest of 12 gurtg circulars to promoters anas known as a shy youth. i-he of Meyer Fish! Bloomfield, then A the police
nm . cinghlrnseit as the manager of
Besides
AxlerandFletcher,
"stick man" at Charles T. "Doc" iPu1-pies.
wring
fraternity
wastremendously}
Sherman and sec]-tingbouts
1:-prised.when he eventually broke Brady's
gambling place, 326 Grand those arrested were Abe Bernstein, 3=iFr: ~.
no print here as s notorious hood- River avenue, above the store reputed leader; his brother, Ray;
lm.
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manager"
at the tme_o'f
where Dr. Julius C. Harris was Abe Kaminsky, Abe Miller, Harry L "bozzlng
_
George his arrest as an "enemy."
Fletcher nallyreachedi_the
main shot and killed during an attempted Keywell. Irving llliilberg,
Alien several members, of_____the_
vent
class
in New YOIK, but was holdup oi "Golclle'|
handbook" Cordell, Joe ""l-loneyboy" Miller, gang
has been convicted on the
brother! and
--.er a great ghter. He quit in Saturday night.
'
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Public Enemy charge and were
E3. and shortly after moved to TURNED T0 BACKET
Irving Shapiro.
=
House
of CorrecThey were acquitted
after a sentenced to the
-The "snatching" or Bloom eld
tion tor 90-day sentences,Axler and
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was the rst of a lucrative series stormy trial.
Although the edge bed been Fletcher, awaiting trial and under
oi lrldnapings or rich gamblers for
Lhe a bond or $1.000each to appear be-i
ransom money, and it soon became taken off the proiection'r_s,cket,
doubtful as to whether thei Pur- Purples continued to operate as fore Judge John P. Scalien. lUmP@<i
bootleggers.rum runners. hijackers. their bond. They were "lemstcra f
lclrolt. He began fraternizing with llplcf
were
taking a defen vernr
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and
Mllber;-'
were
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north,
Kan,andto pg rgrlci-lr,;,.,<&
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until
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its own iwruiri.
it Jealousy
and greed
did theirv ori-1
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repeal prohi'hition
o
mined the
bootiegging and
alcohol
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says bi1.=ine.-.5,
Chief
oi Dcgqectives W.
Fred
Frahm.
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within. The
big shots
couldn't
stand
t
prosperity and eouldn t take o:riers.,'
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last fall
92vlion'i
5Abe Axler
and Eddie
Fletcher. iypi-;i
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were put on the spot in their own
ear."
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an-'5 l:=oc*tl -,_,,_Zn_._,
nintdereeail were written in
the n1nh's
record here, until the law and guns
in the hanzs of their own memilers
caught up with those around whom
the gang had been
built.
, "No
;rnt its
one is certain how the gang
name," said Frahm. "It
ihave started when
some
may
,§
s
merchants
gun the East side called ahunch of
'pctty thieves
Purple, rneaning oil-color. Anyway. this bunch of kids,
numbering 40 or 50, grew boirior as
they grew older, and in- I926 the
name Purple Gang had gained a
sinister aspect."
1In
July, 1930.
Jerry Buckley.
tradio commentator,
who had
waged
-a campaign against gambling, was
ishot to death in ahotel lobby. The ¬.
kcase still
is unsolved,'three
men
having been
tried and
acquitted,
tbut the police began
pushing the
gang so hard that quarrels among
its members were rumored, revenue
fell off, and many of the members
left town.
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,-, Bernstein withIrving Milhert: rind
I
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the C0i]i|u1'=u92'n0:i
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the
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were found only afew month; Ram é
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police
to
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the last or 11ie__c-Id-time rm-|m~.<,
who tried to remain in Detroit and
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clippings taken
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from The
Detroit
the murder
of two
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being tr
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newspaper
alleged
members
of
Times
of
November
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Detroit
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individuals
be noted
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For the
fingerprint information
,Police
number of
it ioolic
iminql records
Enemies Hos.
of the
l end
two
2.
these clippings.
Livision's
i
hxler is
out in
please be
advised that
1 Qetroit
29655 and
informetion with
regard
to
WL:MED
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Fletcher,
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and Eddie Fletcher, machine I
gun terroristso__f»the Purple
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andl
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Two, had di'ed'"toda§
as theylived-by the:
gun.
The
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Their bullebriddled bodies, returnedfrom their!
last ride inan
isolated road inOakland
County earl
yesterday, layin the Lewis Uncle:-taking
Parlors, 77
Times
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John R. street, awaiting shipment to New York s Eas ,
Side, their
former
home, for burial.
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11/27 /as
lllennwliile, policeof Oaklaml owl 9292'il,92'I1e
counties sought5
the motive oi Detroit ga:i;;laiicl's latest
slayings and girdedl
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t-liemseivcs to prevent reprisals [1-om the few surviving
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members oithe once powerful l urples. The doubleslaying
marks therst; timePnrples have
ll l"ll taken{or a ride. 1
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Pars
F Detectives
were ehcekinyr informalion today
that a gang;
of alcohol
distillcrs had
the two
lulled for
donolr.-crossiii l
l
them lastSummer. Thereport is[ll3l!'l1llB lhe_clistillcrs
were
l1
in jail "or hidingfrom poiice.* * "r'*
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Fletcher and
k --.r
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to contain petlers, at 2~
'Axler took
charge ilieving it
a. m.
_vestei-day.
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Several Detroit
homicide Sqll dl
detectives, Oakland
County dep i
utieg and
underworld cronies
of:
the gangsters
believe Axlrir
and!
Fl£!lICllf l' w
killed
re in reprisal for"an old debt."
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a great m:|.u_92'
had
enelllllti nudhyhnd
lieen accused of
numerous murders. inclildlnp; the "
mnchiue gun massacre of three l
of their distillerics but failed to
92 _ _2
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the
pro ts.
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I T-he two
gunmen. inseparable
. since their arrival from New York
when they
joined Fred
"Killer"
Burke and the lale"Gu.= Winl<ler in
92 iddnaping and hilaciaing, and who
have been clmrged with practically
every crime of record. were found
_ _
one claspinq the other ! hand. their
bodies riddled, in the rear seat of
a new car belonging to Mrs. Evelyn
Axler. wife_of Abe. .
-1, It was parked just off the Query
ton road. 100 yards east of Tellegraph road. facing. east, in the exclusive Blooinfield Hill section, and
powder burns convinced police the
death
guns;
were pressed against
the victims bodies.
Identification was
traced first
through the license number of Axlnr's
ear.
The identifications were
quickly corroborated by police, long
familiar with the pair, and later by
the widows.
Fred Lincoln,
Bloomfield Township residential
policeman. found
the bodies, still warm,
when he
opened the door of the sedan, be-
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men l_othe Mira or s Apartment |
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in"char'ge the:-special
o'l'
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gallon squad, said. "ll
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some friends or relatives "of murder 92-lctims
caught up
with
them."
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Intimates of the two revealed in
the Tlntes that both hoodlums had
been hack Ln, Detroit the last 10
days after
having jumped
their
$1,000 bondswhile awaiting trial as
public enemies.
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reason
they ll:-cl, the Times was told.
was
that they feared arrest inconnection with the 3~_year»old kidnapin:
of Ah» Ft-in. sportsman. for whose
ahdurlirm Joseph "Red" O'Rlordan.
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622 Women Arrested Here in
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in First Precinct Scored
Rumors that a white slave ring
operating out of Detroit. Mich,
controls a large portion 01'
Washington's
vice are being investigated
by Commissioner Melvin C. Haocn.
The District head today received
a. report Irom Captain William E.
Holmes. commander of the First
Policeprecinct.on the work of two
detectives assigned to the investi-
[gation of vice in the rlowntovrn
section
which
revealed
thatof n.
total of 1.453 arrests niacie offthe
pair in the last 20 months. 622
were women.
First Precinct Bad
Numerouscomplaintsabout the
evii in the First precinct have
been made
to Commissioner
Hazen, and police have been instructed to investigate the operations oi out-of-town persons engaged in white slave practices.
Police heacicuarters detectives
are tracing the rumor tliat the
Detroit gang is operating here by
investigating the records
of
each
person arrested on charges oi soliciting_
Most of those arrested are
found to some from other cities.
and it is said that there is a constant intlux of recruits for the :1licit trade.
The detective bureau is in constant communication by telegraph
with the police of other cities in
an attempt to_ get conciusive evidence of the local operations oi
the Purple Gang.
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; One of the deterents to stamp-
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Gang
Purple
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N.J.,April
, 4=. Vict
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Connelian.
35years
old,
of Detrot,
said to be our of the last surviv0.s
of the Purple Gang" of that ci .
was arrest:-d ']l uesda_v
in Hoboken
by police and Federal Secret Ser3vice men, iL was disclosed today at
l the Secret Service office here. The
1of e hoide
>- :1 warrant-for the reof Cnnneilan to Detroit,
imal
l w re he has been sought since
Mi-.|
la November on
a
counterfeit g
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being held at Hoboken Police He ciquarters.
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the driver
as
a
The Acting
Captain
of
the
two men
in an
automobile
claimed
to
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an
ex-policeman
woman. This
Guard t-1e
honed
me
this morning
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were at
the
Ninth itreet
ate; that
and the
man with
him was
dressed
ex policemon states
that thin
men with
him is
a nether
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Detroit's former
Purple Gang
and he
brought
bi.
to
the
Federal fureau
of
Investigation for
questioning by
our ggents.
mhe Loting
Captain
of
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Guard stated
that the
ex-policeman semned
to
Lniuk
he
had
a roui
thin? For
the Bureau.
I telephoned
Ir. Ladd
of
the
Taehinrton Field
Lfficc
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away
and received
instructions that
they mere
to
be
held at
the
Ninth Street
Taft
and that
he
would
have two
Lgents come
down ri*ht
away to
contact
then. I
transmitted this
information
to
the
Acting Cnykuir
of
the
Guard Jno
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that
he
would
have these
non
wait
until the
Aiouts showed
up.
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the Attorney
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o
which had been traced to Woodward and
Lothrop from someone stating that she possessed considerable
information
relative
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in
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in
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unless
it was
over
which
e
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know
down
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eoerul
Bureau
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the Bureau wee
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at
night
club between
and Claremore,OI<la,92_ Photographs
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alias of
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Harry Miller
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Thomas wantedfor murder by Detroit Police Department. -'
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information to the e1 i ect.that. two_,n1_eln1J>erB..,t :';t
;'.,--1-roit Purple
Gang are presently in Claremore, Oklahoma. He requested that in-T
$ ;.'m;".tion beobtained as to whether any of the outstanding
w;g,},_£_.','Lf;
t-.3,-ht bepresently
wanted. Aletter
was
directed
to
the
that there"wer'e"preaent1yj"'nofjge
stating
members of
this gang
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25, 1935 requesting infoznmtion concerning
memb6I _oi'_5
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was received from the Detro_itkofi _i
mi pie Gang whowere wanted_for any of fp es
F-,olioe Departman't, Pho
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the original
Bang, and
with the
Purple Gang,
but
are presently
wanted by
the
Detroit Police
Department in
murder of Frank Olsen on Septemher 25, 1935 at Detroit
tempted -holdup;
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Cleremore, Oklahoma
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not bee'n'able-to
thenfby
name 31otherwise . He
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the Sheridan
N1g,ht
andO1db'
are as dancinr'
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seaeral
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ago operated
gambling house
and th
Purple ang
t
had
3. come
to Tuls
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Tr he
they
stopped
at the
Mayo
Hbtel.
plhese
leased
men
Willow
Night
the
Club, QQRE
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located on
the main
highway between
Tulsa and
Claremore outside
stated that
not been
he
in dividual's
at
the
Night Club;
with some
that these
silent partner
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that they
taken in the operation of the
t
or three
Sheriff from
1"
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by
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p
or Claremore,
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and wt
foreclosure proceedings,
to force
the club
members fos
e1uuntil
they loaded all the
b
some unknowndestination. The
leased, and these have
-cm!-
of Tulsa
have obtain
aid not share with this partner
the pfOflZi
Willow Night Club ,peraand that after
0ti
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in order
Olaramore went
custody
supposed to
partner attempted
0 c l ose up the club,
taken into
men were
who was e resident
identit is
least
May: Horn]
acomplete gambling equipment
had beeninstalled ?
a
the Willow
about two
L
thi
asettlement;
to close
gang, who
that
it, whereupon
kept him
c"
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he wr-
confired at
gambling equipment inuatrucks and
took it
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club was than closed, the Deputy Sheriff re
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them
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he
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the purpose
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a
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Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma,dated 11/2':/55.
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Phil! P Browne r
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.urned
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::to"
1 cine:-1
in
the city of Detroit,
{strait
and was also involved
it is quite possible Browne rat
in the second murder, as t_ho_<1r1_1o1._'_
1,"car
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identifimi
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Identification
[AllegedManhers
Pu_r_p1e
iieng,
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9?-,I=1f=>I11>,__i£i_<=hie1- H11
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FACTSAll gambling
establishments
in Bile;County,
'O1_:le.
havebeen
I
closed
due
to
e G1-and
Iuryinvestigation
1n. ?_eenneetion
with
.
the death of two men occurringet
'I
or CriminalIdentification andImy_eetigetion"st'ete
that-1-"_
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the S:eride.n;01921inb the
early-pert or December,1915 -Ere
Q ficere oi--the'
SteteQueen'- I
therehasbeenno indicationthat }th_e
pe1"a'c§1e_Ianted
tor -Y"~ =
murder
atDetroit
have
been
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dated
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For the general informetitin oi the B11-ean;
and the Detroit or-
E1::-e,gambling
activities in Tulsa County,Oklehoxy
were suspended
in the early
1,e:L of December,
1935,
and ll
hubituesynot-hei
arrested have departed for
; :rrfsunknown. Eneee
ectiv ties were suepen due to
e
QrendJury investiga- '_92-.
11I.-{'1
in connectionwith
t
I murderof Geor
tewart, 1 omer_poiioe_}_;oi ticer
at .!O.
,
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T-nee, Oklahoma;
endLani
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ppen, special-=amp1oyeeIot+the
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-may
_92I "'Interna
1. ..
Fiwenue
Bureau,occurring
e. the 3heride.n-_C1ub.Three'_'
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have been indicted
by the
GrandJury -.wr
1'01";mureem;
these~92angl
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ed closing of the SheridanClub and all similar
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Browne
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report orthietagecnt
or
ALL
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27,
l935. ere
actively
engaged
intheDL
the information
which
he had obtained previously
gem;-&3_ invest 18
time
to
gambling
informants
:a1:11vities
io
Bu
secure
t1l1
to the
of Stewart
activities,
and they
and others connected
in Tulsa County.
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or T:mr.'n
alias
Harry
relative
Miller
to
have
contacted
oeaible
and I- appan re1a-
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many many confidential
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with the underworld and particularly
gambling
stated that
they
had exhibited
the
photograph
many or these informants,
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but had not been able
1
any information indicating that Brownenae in the vicinity
or Tulsa,
,3Ill .
retains
-the
photographmland
stated
that11'
Browne
should,:.:__-
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in '1
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Detroit, and
possession
he might
be given
a prison
was
at
sentence
to
keep the Purple
Gang from
putting him
on thespot.
Silverthorn
was later
paroled
about December,
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That in
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Silverthorn was
the driver
of
getawq; oarsfor the Purple Gongand that Kennethl hompson and
a
men by
the nameo£]1ShaJ_qr" 1grere members
of the Purpang
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also, and
are presently living at
2021414 Keating Ave., Detroit, Mich.
That
161*: Sioux Falls on a.bus April ,
193.5, for his mother :
S11 vs
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Midway,
in
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a negro
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former inmate of the South Dakota
510 Stockton Street East,
ison, is
. ° memberof the Purple Gang and isas
F3;
Jy
Chins.
at
present
San Franq soc, Calif.
residing at
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so for this
gang,
a
smuggling dope,
guns,
jewelxI iiooi
bilet vestsi
steel helmets
etc-,Ds._v
to
and bena
from_/b3 &#
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Q; Beach, Flas, iss. cou owe
_ |f *'ohemist,
who makesexplosive pills
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s.
that kill
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siting ringat
602 Monroe Street,
Minneapolis QMimi
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there isat
the present time
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P
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wor th
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in s. stolech Chevrolet
where a 19 year old girl was kidneped and transported.
to Canada, later
Silverthom
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came to
coupe and abandoned the automobile at Beulah,
Wyo.,
and he was
returned to Deadwood, S. Dak., and sent to prison.
According to this
inf Ornnnt Silverthorn
was supposed to be connected with a kidneping
~s>
N
being released
on teh
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pa1_nne
_000r, _, to
and other membersoi the Purple Gang. That Silverthorn
was apprehended and brought to trial
However, the t the Victim had fallen
on this kidnaping charge.
in love with him during the time
that she was held, and would not identify
accordingly Silverthorn was released.
presem
s wit e,
him es the kidxmpor, and
_,
That
three
days
after
Silverthorn
married
his
n, amedBertha.
his fe.th.er-in-law was slain,
of insurance was paid to Bertha.
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and $16,000
.
was questioned
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at }92C{J,I.I.TIi92y
re.
nonever,
having e. perfect
alibi,
T ti
is at
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he was released.
, 117Forest
Street,Lead,
S. Da.1c.,
o be a member of the Purple Gang also,
present time at Midway, Pa.., vi.sit.'u:1g
Silverthorn.
Silverthorn
that
he is supposed to be an expert
gun buried
shot.
has
and
s. machine
at Midway, Ps.., and
That Silverthom
is
practicing
shooting
every
day, and
is supposed
t9_92be
e.killerofthe
worst
type.
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27'
1956.
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Falls,S.Dodo.
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abullet
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man's
heed
had
been
fonvarded
bytheSioux
Falls
Police Department to the Technical: Laboratory in Washington, and that,
9
it being knownthat Silverthorn had e. .32 automatic, if the fatal
3
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NO; 3
bullset is
found to
be from a gun of such
will be
brought against
Department.
being enclosed
Silverthorn by
calibre,
the Sioux
murder
charges
Falls Police
Photographa oi
Silverthoni and
of William
Lee are
with this
letter to
-the Director.
The numbers on
photographs are
South
Dakota Penitentiary
This information
whatever action
it deems
numbers.
is conveyed
to the
Bureau for
advisable.
.
Very
truly
yours,
4
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Special Agent
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source to
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acounter-
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formerly operated at 602 Ilonroc Street,
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have
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reason of the
tact that
the party living at
this ndiroaa
is, at
tho present
tine,
incarcerated
in92the Lcnrunvorth Penitentiary, thera
is
supposed to be sons counterfeit Rv tj
buried in tna basement
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at this
address.
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to
IQ view
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at 510Stockton
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renewal from the murdered no-n'c
had no torrarded by tho Bioux Falls Police Departmentto t-he
Technical Laboratory of hia Bureau to clatcrninc whether somewas
a .32 caliber automatic bullet.
You are advised that a chock zawio
in the Technical
bullet
L8-boratory tails
aver baing received the:
to reflect
any rucord of this
for oxmninction.
The Bureau there?
Ioro
desire:
that
vrricaz-iv»re-cun'0-1-ctc-d
in
regard
tothis
nutter.
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It in
further desired that your office make an 8pp2 O;JI'1kteffort to ascertain chetlmr any process may be outzstanding for tho
arrest oi Silverthorn
in
connection with the nu:-dcr of Joe Kluthe,
with a view to instituting
an appropriato invantigntion
under the
Unlnuhil Flight
to Avoid Proaacution trituto.
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re
Reference
ans
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dated
August 10, 1956,
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advised that Special Agent A!
at her home loc
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at
lorida.
stat
or a number
of years, a hough she would not
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state
where
she
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re
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evious
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stated
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and
hose occupation she ='_-.'ave
as beinw :1 Jrinter;
estimated their ages to be approximately five an sx
that
ears, respectiv»=~-
ly.
stated
who
that
she had no immediate
relatives
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occupants
other
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and her mother,
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inforEach searched their files
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results.
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no
Silverthorn and that
process had beenissued for the arrest of Bil
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tn»
concerning the
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the
letter or
October so, loan,
test bullets
Bureau for
reported
examination in
to
have
its
Technical
laboratory
by
n former
r.cmbar£{H}fEL
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,ond presently residinr
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at Fort
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been made
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S111, Oklahoma, you are advised that
additional
Bureau's record» upon the
oi . the intonation turniahed
in your
letter, but
not appear
that thin
evidence was ever rooeive-1
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a_
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to
the
d-.- sired that
Sioux Fnlla,
cc --
bah"i
it would
in the
this information
South nukota
be furninhcd
Yolice epnrtmcnt.
Very truly
yours,
John lid;-or
Director.
Hoover,
Oklahoma City.
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FOR
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Re: Unknown
}i
Subjects;
Alleged I.-ZembersPurple Gang,
Detroit,
Michigan!
Identification -
Fingerprints!
- Bureau file #62-29632.
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is
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Office relative
to aquestioned bullet removed from the heed of one Joe
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Kluthe, whichs ted
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to
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ar tn
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nap
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B
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in the
laboratory
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August for
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bullet with
negative results, upon
receipt of
the
instant
letterhad
I eke sure
f the
search inan fort
laboratory a
conduct
second
specimen. gain reports
that bullet
this
is notthe
in Tech:.1
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correspondence
whatever from
_;submitting
such evidenc
to
the
Bureau, theFiles Sectionhavinga v"sat
they havesearched under
ev'"1
we werenot overlookingthe questic-'.-H1
Laboratory ammunr.
on iles. 1'-"oreover,
search.2:
ofboth the laboratory s»-1
Iinvestigative files on the aveled matter fails to reveal any
possible reference
available. Accordingly,
itwould appear that
the quesl-#1:-ne_
bullet referred
to has never been received by
this Bureau.
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Federal
Bureau
ofInvestigation,
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D. C.
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Sir:
RE:
I.T}'?1II'IU¥'
SUBJECTS
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Alleged Members
Purple Gang,
Detroit, Michigan!
s
Identification
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letter
Office
dated
October
7,1,36.
from the Aberdeen B1'.rc::=.:'
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ceived from the Oklahoma.
City Bureau0i fice'
a letter signed by
of Fort Sill,
Oklahoma, who was formerly
t member of the sioux Falls,
out:
1
which
was
removed
from
the
head
ofJo oWmrded
totheBallDakota Police Department.
In this let
advises that the» ullct
istic Department of the Technical Laboratory, Federal Bureau of Investiga
bion, T:'as11ington,
D. C.! last spring, exact date not furnished.
J
That the bullet was forwardedin a small box, and that
this box else contained two test bullets v-'}~.:1c}-1
had been red from
a
.52
caliber revolver,
found-on an outlying street,
the day after Kluthe s
body was found in the river.
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letter
further
advises
that
the
bullet
fl'f.
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removed
Kluthe's
head was apparently identical
with
a
number of cartridges
found in
Kluthe's
overcoat pocket, and that five of these cartridges were missing
from the
box of bullets
in the
the pocket were so water
pocket.
soaked that
Further
it
that
the
bullets
If
further
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information
is
bullets
forwarded
totheBureau,
has
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as
Box
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Oklahoma.
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Investigation,
of
Director,
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Dear Sir:
Re: UNKNOWN
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SUBJECTS, -
Manners Purple
Gang,
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ifi cat ion 3S Fi§1_gerpr:i}ij;B
L.
Reference is
August 10
Q
1956
_e,
made to
ter date
e= n-erven
a
yenereen
-
anished informationthe
to effect
that one
1- WiI|_lianT"Lee,'
allegedly e. member
of,
and a"fence" for the Purple
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Gang, engagedin smuggling dope, guns, jewelry, bullet-proof
vests,
and steel
helmets, to
Stockton Street
and from China, was allegedly living
East, San
This
.0
I
Street in
San Francisco,
Direction, and
East nvestigation
of this
at 510
Francisco, California.
will
advise
which street
that there
runs in
aNorth
is
aStockton
and South
there is no street designated as Stockton Stree
at~5l0 Stockton
office rev
sled that
Qapartment
house.
Qwe
Street by
same is
Special Agent
arather
respec
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amen Agent_
~-
hat she has been
emanager or over aperiod
of
two
years,
....a...... that she can recall no one by the name of
William
Lee hav-
ing resided
at that
place during
that period.
was determined
that that
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At the San Francisco
Police Department
Department has arecord
of
more
than
it
twenty William Leos, and it was impossible, on the information
furnished the San Francisco Bureau Office, to determine any further information
regarding this
particular individual-
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ion: ldentific tion
npril 15,
Division
Piw~~rnrint
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sol:-_.' A_EJ._naP1so
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Ni-~T*om.L STOLEN
P.".OP?JR'TY ACT
According to
following individuals
PURPLE GANG:
information rcocfved
are presently
by the
Kiami Office,
members o?the notorious SLTROIE
the
.
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Herrykflaisk, Harnywlcish,
Hen1'y92F:Lr11~:;
Michigan State
Detroit PD
No.
FLEJ srum,
Semlfleish;
Michigan State
Police No.
16151
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wa. .99//PUZ7
Police No.
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mo?-.'ii;z,
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Detroit
PD No.
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Kichigan State
Police No.
Detroit PD
No. 3256A
9312?
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Detroit PD
No. 2lhS3
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Maurice92Raider;
Michigan
State Police
No. 69610
Detroit PD
No. 10320
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Director, FBI
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Michi;an State
Poiice No.
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No.
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Detroit PD
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Henny tuks,
Leo¥lokes;
lolice No.
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Detroit PD
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JOSEPH 92sor.::-m1To,
wa.5.9 9% y/
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Police No.
Detroit PD
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Police No.
Detroit PD
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Hollywood, Florida,
also reported
to have
No.
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I~:1lK1Jl
257J69
;3-~11 111
are r3g'920rt-"ad
to Ixavc
during the l9L6 h7 winter
been in
Kiami Beach
sognon. Hnnil
with two
b»,-on 1:
FLLIQJHMR "
associates durinf
Lh:
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92,
Director, FBI
' RPPi1
15, l9h8
Miami area in recent years. However,
in view sf their
reputations as
etick=up men and burglars,
itis
requeeten that
their
fingerprints be
pared with the unidentified
latent fingerprints
in the various jewel
con»
theft
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GE JUSTICE
Date recorded:
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Single FingerprintReport
Case: RE: DETROIT PVHPLE
GANG
Number:éQ"
HATlOi~IAL SIULFJ-i
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/N FEDERAL
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?-Tiami area:
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INVESTIGATION
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in the variolm
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