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iy iy. _— Baty “a en —) wee - hos a o> of PRE GH Eon ror, "The possible connection is that Scotty Gow was connected with the Purple Gang, because the Gang could dispose of this pro- perty, and it is possible that Scotty Gow obtained some of this property and had it disposed of by the Purple Gang. "Gow put a man on each crib to watch it, that is cribs of babbitt, virgin tin and copper, which was in ingots of 100 pounds each. The man that is put on that crib to watch it is a favored man, a8 it is an easy job. Gow calla him off, and tells him to go on 4& beat or come to the office. While he ia away from the crib, that gives Gow time to take a truck over and load it, or have it loaded, These trucks invariably go out of the Oakland Street gate. The trucks belong to the Ford Motor Company, with the tags taken off. These tegs, which identify the trucks as Ford Notor Company vehicles, could be taken off by the garage man, or Gow could unscrew the tags himself. The truck would then take this merchandise down to one of the junk dealers that keep their big kettles hot waiting for it to come in. "These trucks taks these ingots, etc., to the junk dealera, and immediately when the load arrives there the junk dealer's smelting pot is ready, the merchandise is poured in, and melted immediately, in order to eliminate the marking "F.M.C." which initials are stamped on everything in the Ford Motor Company. The detectives on this beat are in on this deal. "One “facody, possibly living on California Street, waa in the Purple Gang. He is 4 heavy set, Jewish fellow. "Joe rocco, his brother and a third person whom I could locate right now at a blind pig, being an Italian or Sicilian, whose name I cannot remember, were all three called in by Chester fia Marr, from Zcorse, which is a suburb of Detroit, and told that he, La Marr, wanted JackieKNichols, who had been kidnepped, re- semvyat tn wean hraueh+ hack richt WAY. turned vo oOo K Figat Away. ae Wa ’ 46 home. Hs was orougot bac In addition to the above information, Mr. Candler stated that previous to the death of Chester La Marr, the letter occupied BM SS a ee te me ee ADT enn a RTA mE Phen pee et eee ee mT Ee eee