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Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 1

59 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Mar 29, 1927 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang · 58 pages OCR'd
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Ts mM pea ee ee Kate ee ae a ae Post Offices Gox £118 Detroit - Michtimn ‘August 7, 1925 Special Agent in Charge — Trenton, New Jersey _ Dear Sixt ee ~ Reference is made to your letter of Auguat 2, 1935, relative to t men Women who Vere aeoking the release of e prisoner, held et the New Jersey State Prison, at Trenton. ( bY7 Ye) A thorough aeerch has been rade of typ file in the Detroit Office of all known members of Detroit's Purple Gang” end the nee does not uppear as a member of this Stete thit they do not mow of eny- one ever having b cted with the "Purple Gorge" by the neme mo CY rye From the descriptions of the four individual in WE cease, it ie imposss “Purple oneanes it is impossible to identify them with "¢ bye) Very truly yours / D,. L. Netolson HERS AN Special igent in Charge co-Bureau J RECORDED & INDE Hu. Ch 2963 8 2 ~ 7 thee ne boats AUG &. 1998 i! fy pearl boot 4 | a i I d | 7 1 ie OL PP DAE DSR QUES walees AUG 12 1939 rr ae ap Se eae ene sens sere Py | Pict De ma ee a pe tl drm a aa AE A he
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