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suBjRCT: os CONDITIONS | : RENO, NEVADA. |. : “Office to the “Director under instant caption dated January 2, which the Detroit Field Division was requested to furnish back “mation concerning LINCOLMFITZGERALD, RUBY-AMTHIS, DANRIE* - TIMER, ganblers who were ) slieged | to. be former members c - that. in 1938 and 1939 the famous’ gambling syndicate was known as *The ; 7’ Dheaterfield Syndicate" deriving its name from t esterfield House ~ which 4 operated in East Detroit, Michi gan The principal figures in _ this syndicate were MEET WERTHEINER, Y MATHIS, DANNIE SULLIVAN and LINCOLA-2 " FITZGERALD. This group was said to have operated also the gambling casino ~ _ at the\Royal Pala Club in Milani. Fleride, dering the winter of 1938 1939 oe throagh ¢ one Ne Pe - In addition a gasbling hovise {a namedBlossom Heath was said to have been under the control of this group. In alidition to craps, roulette, cards and bingo in the above naned places _the Chesterfield Syndicate was alee eaid to have ® operated the Jargest | anf. xs, ‘aa the files to indicate that any of the above named individuals were nen ““pers of the notorious Purple Gang which functioned in Detroit in the late ‘1920's and early 1930's. ‘The Purple Gang was a group of choice racketeers ‘and hoodlums who derived the greater part of their income through bootlegging -. and the wale of sugar and malt during prohibition days, as well ‘gs through “so! * ghakedowis and holdups of gambling houses, bookies, and houses of prostite- “tion, At the present time the Purple Geng is ‘said to be defunct in Detroit, as an organization and pome of ite former menbers from time to time cone in -} contact with and associate with wenbers of the former. Chesterfield Syndicate: but there is no indication that manbers of the : monbers of the Purple Gang. . a ‘Se ‘ghould: be ‘asked that at ‘the i trois te “the , open a gasbling in Detroit and the gambling houses “elosed dow for the last five years. Ho information ‘ " attention of this office to indicate: that any of the * field Syndicate discussed above aré now active fn |] * operation within she confines: = ;