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Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 2
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Ta =: Casey was sup2osed te be » member of the
Purple gang, whose headquarters were in Detroit, but that mst of the gang
were now serving time at Marquette, ilichigan. She stated that Casey was
not mentally right, and thet he talked too much and none of the other
Bushouse boys would let hin in on anything, and would not truat him. ‘She
said that when Casey became intoxicated, he would tell all he knew, end
ancifui stories end relate thincs th
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or did happen.
» and never hed | the 0
gang, but thet he was thebest one cf the bootleggers of the boys; thet he
was an ex-soldier; thet when he was in jail he mission to get
out due to a tubercular condition which he Sots
that sometime during Decenab 95 just about two weeks aiter he had been
released fron “mC and had been drinkig just enough
to make him want to Stns 4 T anone other things hestated he was a as
maaber of the Purple gang; thet soreone was then waiting outside in a car
for him; that whenever he went any plece + would always follow
him in order to give hin protection. dvised that in her
honest opinion that these things never existed, and that they were mere
rother,
etories made up by Casey. stated that when cose, Ue
- that he was :
" ny; s bringing alcohol f
rom Chic
to Kalamazoo, and that all he re a8 8 $2 OO for the o>
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Detective informed - that Casey was now driving ~
a beer wagon Kalamazoo. lb yc Vp)
b ae sae am that Al Bushouse used to be a mtorcycle police-
man; at De 6 good business sometime ago; that about five years ago
Al began going downhil}; that he sold his stores at Canstock anc went to
Florida; that he remained there about three months, and returned to ilichigan;
that be started a plumbing business, about which he knew nothing, and failed;
that he hed gone through all of his money and had borrowed thousand of dollars
from anyone who would lend it to 1 RR advised thet
Al has a couple of loaded guns in his hou ime; that she does not
believe Al is exactly mentally sound; that she believed that Al was dangerous;
that he wuld tell some of the wlldsst stories; 4nd that instead of any oC
gang being after Al, she believed it was who lived south of
Kalamazoo, who had Al acared to death, and t would occasionally hide -
out in the wods to gat away from him;
that thia was two years ago when a is since that time she
haz not heard anythiig more about 1 + Ovi 508 that Al has
never threatened her nor is she scare any gang, but she added that she
4s somewhat frightened of al, due to his peculisr actions of late, and
she does not know what he might do, and does not believe that he is responsible
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