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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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Federal Rurear of Huoestiyation xt. S, Hepartincut uf Fustire 610 Alonzo Ward Hotel Building Aberdeen, South Dalota wl | ‘October 7, 1936 Director Federal Bureau of Investigation l Washington, De Ce- Dear Sir: RE; UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; 9 — 7) ; {Alleged Members Purple Ganz, 0 ; Detroit, Michigan) Identification - (Fingerprints! Bureau file 627296327 Referonce is made to Bureau letter dated August 10, 1936 \ Special acon I storvicnes ori cor AP f the Sioux Falls, Sou 0 olice Deparment and was ad- vised by Office at he did not forward the\pullet himself but was of \the + the bullet had been forwarded to the Bureau by ormerly an officer of the alls /} Police De er interviewin; Agen inter (5 County Prosecuting ey, and Deputy Sheriff 8, South Dakota and neither could furnish infor- on as to the location of the bullet. Each searched their files and each inquired of the coroner without results. Office further advised process had been issued for the arrest of Bil he now doubts that the information furnished b as of value a had recently furnished information to the Folica which, upon be ~ i m hat no Silverthorn and that / n eoked, bad been found to be false and merely a NY mental whim i (iOYe D Oklahoma, and a letter is being addr d to the ahoma orries requesting that office to interview gl soortasning whether he forwarded the bullet to the Bureau or Imows its location. ‘ ct Very truly yours, Special Agent in Charge : YW 1 TN iy fet yan. se . 4 id ‘AOS A GT
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