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Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 3

98 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Apr 23, 1974 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang · 98 pages OCR'd
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e oad - _ he vr do exactly as he air ct ‘spot the officers and organization of the + 4ng.at the Longfellow Apartments at the time. While . . 9 " 68-107 «) In the latter part of 1952 in the plumbinz pusinesg in Toledo, Ohio. However, thia busin sailed during the 8 - jaivor part of 1952. Kropp was in need of a J to secure one in“foledo; Ohio*and Detrort? Michi gan. getting employment he was referred Detroit, Michigan, to hat he would_be able to secure employment arranged eng secure employment as an | at. the Detroit rring af this” dab’ few’ days, inspector or gua eee eee told. bim that: eam as much it ” prast Company aS =" he could. He int rodue od to an officer of the Detenitpolice Department; sammy ft e Detroit prrurpie Sang"; nm ex-police officer, who s Wendell guard; also a henchman of When w:---: eport conditions in the bank, ecame suspic wae:: of : intentions and, by neglecting his work, succeeded in getting discharged from his position with the Detroit Trust Company, eg? ' ning an ‘$3 Sian ar “ne more to do.4 ne That evening, eee was Varch 4, 1233, forced their way into apartment Re taking him for a te. ie liv- Vve-named | to dress, he succeeded in escaping cer, woo returne persons were waiting fo from them and located_an ment. By this time, ‘ stationed near b who sccompanie to leave, a5 } aid not know what he was talking atout. then informe to get out of town nent took tne train to Toledo, UMio that same evening. awey ond n few days probably about March 9, 1955, « was walkin elon the street in Toledo, Ohio, when a car drew ‘am: curb an io an zot out. The tol that they were taking him to Oo see no objection because he was not Wrymcd and felt that any resistance would be futile. On the way back to .etroit the car in which they were riding collided with another ear and during the resultant confusion Kropp was able to slip away and vet a ride with a motorist to Toledo. whe... inet time repeatedly inade boasts to relatives a sa + he wou fet" in the end. sister, who was tor hose, true name, ac in’ Waren, 1936, The cause of » acco neg e influence’ “tha him, based on the fact nowledge tha o (NOWLEG Ke thaty victed of a felony and - 4 age - af sentence. - who was apparently i rust Company. ‘in Detroit, Michigan. a re Ba rormed pt his 8 eee ee and Also. told bim thet he wanted | . he told the police officer '* ~ who returned with him to the apart=--:. °
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