◆ SpookStack

Declassified Document Archive & Reader
Log In Register
Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 2

97 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang · 95 pages OCR'd
← Back to feed
ab %. nM that Scotty Gow had been an employee of the Ford Botor Company at ‘o b the Highland Park plent, and had worked in the Commissary Depart~ ment, and that by reamon of his connactiona in the Comnissary, he obteined copper fittings and other material made of copper, and turned these materials over to the manbers of the Purple Gang. ay tte a ae pace Subsequen} to my telephone conversation with you yesterday I arranged to heve Mr, Candler again call at this office, and he did so late yesterday afternoon, and furnished the following information: eS + ee wok . : PA ela ee a A ante eens a ETS Betty Gow was in Detroit between eighteen and twenty months ago, looking for work, tir. Candler hes never seen her before or since that time, Ths manner in which Mr. Candler learned that Betty Gow was Scotty Gow's sister, is that at the time when Candler went to Scotty Gow's house, lirs, Gow, the wife of Scotty, said "I hope thers is nothing wrong with Scotty. We are haying lota of trouble now. He has been pretty sick lately, and we've got his sister here with us now." Candler saw the girl who waa designated as Betty, and asked her how she liked Detroit. She stated she didn't like it at all. Candler is unable to rem-mber where Betty said she was from. He cannot be sure whether it was from Scotland or Irelend, but she gave him the impression that she was from one of these Fe countries, or from a small town, due to the fact that she was not : 4 apparently a wide awake or flapper type of girl. She did not have Pe a Water onnaaornnnan shot har. . L- wih WT OP POs Va & ri we 4k CE yee ats Wryee In addition to the description above given, Mr. Candler atated that he could not definitely state the color of Betty Gow's hair, adding that it was not black, and neither was it blond. It was not of a atriking color either way, although it might have been dark brown, He did not state as to the color of her eyes. She was of medium build, and he thinks she did not wear glasses. ae Set . ak alle a NE gl Pe deser iption of Scotty Gow is as follows: Dark, curly hair, sharp face, shrewd eyes, color unknown, height 5*9" or 8", ‘ weight between 140 and 145 pounds, clean shaven. His actions are quick and nervous. Candler's impression is that Scotty cow's eyes r ut cannot say definitely. He always keeps .] ore er inted, vecotty Gow weually carries a Parker Pen end pencil set in his pocket, and is supposed to be an insurance salesman. He is said to be between the ages of 33 and 35 years. He has a nice appearence, and a dark complexion. A deserintion toe Aled AARC So eet eg. a TF ae ato TMNT TERE om gn OmE a trea gO ye eres a am en ne A Re I mn nn nee gape Ce Ona RED Ee pepe re eS RR pe ene TI Sn Se ene
OCR quality for this page
Community corrections
First editor: none yet Last editor: none yet
No user corrections yet.
Comments
Document-wide discussion. Follow the Community Standards.
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Continue Exploring

Use the strongest next step for this document: continue reading, jump to the topic hub, or move into the matching agency collection.
Continue Reading at Page 12
Jump straight to page 12 of 97.
Reader
Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 4
Stay inside Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang with another closely related document.
Topic
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the FBI agency landing page for stronger archive context.
FBI
Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang Topic Hub
See the topic overview, related documents, and linked subtopics.
Hub

Agency Collection

This document also belongs in the FBI Documents & FOIA Archive landing page, which is the stronger starting point for agency-level browsing and for searches focused on FBI records.
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the agency landing page for introduction text, topic links, and more FBI documents.
FBI

Explore This Archive Cluster

This document belongs to the Organized Crime archive hub and the more specific Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang topic page. Use these hub pages when you want the broader collection context, linked subtopics, and more documents around the same archive thread.
bureau
Related subtopics
Al Capone
37 documents · 2449 known pages
Subtopic
Bugsy Siegel
32 documents · 2877 known pages
Subtopic
Carlo Gambino
14 documents · 1532 known pages
Subtopic
Carmine Galante
12 documents · 1245 known pages
Subtopic
Abner Zwillman
7 documents · 600 known pages
Subtopic
Arthur Flegenheimer Dutch Schultz
6 documents · 166 known pages
Subtopic