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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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Teme ny en aE Oe ee ieee Wy a oo . : : a al oh: ry fe 4M ae 4 - a an een dete oe 5 i heer a Ort ie a a ul) Py het. eet . Niece Beach ae et one yor: vb ey i to the law evf, Mi s Virgins. sy r °. ons NA ater drea. It should be acted here OE rere nl ELT Xo d many of the gamblers which will be mentioned cs Bye ea ter operate openly and freely in the Tidewater Area and that - 3 their operations are well known to law enforcement organizations ef this ars ares with apparehtly little or no restrictions. “Hk: . i+ ‘3 ern vised that an individual by the of] JAKE, "The he is the last menber of the ne ne off Gang" hs ~~ Teese Goal ° of time in Norfolk, ani who Bae bee very big time gembler in Norfolk, and who is De fame ae Ber ey et me eee (ib advised that there has been a heavy infiltration of gambl dts,” ers, and gangsters from Pittaburgh, Philadelphia, ER Baltimore, Washington, and New York City to Norfolk al] summer long, and | ie. sl that the only thing he can contrilute this to is that gambling in Norfolk a has been very heavy th ent on to state that an indivi-~ ye & dual by the name gangster and bootlewer from oe Be a New York City coms To ; hor two with overyetins from COYCYS) a e dismonds to whisky to sell and that ways stays at the Monticello aes ity County oi residence o A te Fscns were errested whilé in tie act of operating a lottery. ence of a substantial a lettery business, including several adding machines, books of accounts, age and a quantity of lottery tickets were founi in the apartment. -- However, (YN £) : no evidence of inter et ig diapgportation of lottery tickets wes uncovered, da a yvasult of the rai everal of hia cohorts were convicted in- ~ aki ee 2esanit Ve ane Seen eS Nee Se the Elisabeth City County” Justice Court, for operating a lottery and _ were given fines ranging up from $200 each. The persons arrested in the ment who were charged with the operation of e-lottery are/Pllowss
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