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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
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. yer we am coy? fay’ _ilemorendum re telephone call to Col. Schrartzkopt. _ : . , Ee mp, Hoover celled regarding the Gow matter and some Othérs. Check at Detroit developed that original informant wes investigator in Detroit end his reputetion is good for integrity and veracity; Scottyiow, according to informetion in Detroit, is now in Scotland and according to Detroit inforuwstion was not at any time arrested nor to txreir imowledge ever connected with the Arurple Gang; nor did he have a sister but his wife had a sister by the name of Betty{Burrel. After getting that the informant in Chicago was confronted With this information ana he stated he etill miinteins tnuet the woman whon he sew in Scotty Gow's home was Scotty Gow's sister because he was introduced to her by Scotty Gow's wife as BettygGor and also claims taat he knows that Scotty Gow was tied in with the Purple Gang and wes acting more or less as a fence for stolen property in Detroit. le, Hoover asked if the Colonel had a photograph of the nurse in the Lind- berzh home end whether he could send it on so the Bureau could send it to Chicero in order to see if the man could identify the picture. The Colonel seid he could ao that. Another enzle is this. There resides in Wasaington a fanily named Suter, tney are tae perents of Suter, an actress, who is rather well known ectress has been playing on Broedway at times and is st present in Eneland; sometime ago she gotinto the hands of some blackmailers end among the blakmailers was a man namegyY.anael, tae same neane of tne men who claims to own the csr you found there ~ in Jersey; the signiticant thing about it is that the papers down here printed the rensom note and tae Suters hed some papers in their possession from a man wnom tis ann Suter imew, a steward on the boat coming over from Eurove‘yith her and with whom she becane involwed ana who introduced her later to Wiese blackmzilers anong whom was Mandel; the printing on the photograph ofpilillar \ which they have corresponds in some degree to the printing on one of these ransom notes, the one that was mailed from Newerk that said "baby safe"; one of the Government expertshas examined the newspaper reproduction and the original which the Suters gave the Bureau and there is some marked similarity found and he elso found some differences. Mr. Hoover asked if the N. J. authorities had photographic copy of the note that was mailed from Newark a5 it would be better for the expert to look that over. No photographs have been taken of that. The Colonel asked if a photostatic copy would be sent of what the Bureau had. mob ROORDE \ZTTASL Ee ee O62: Ahhh 4S INDE Po Boack ca i Bal MAR 8 ~ 1932 pigment i er er ge i=? “S “= aT f ce tg ele Laie
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