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Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 4

96 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Apr 14, 1945 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang · 96 pages OCR'd
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Gambling The three jg¢ividpals ipecgiirol of baciiecponbling in sew York 3ity ace A uniaue feature of tne famtTing setup in New York City is that most of the sctual gambiing operations carried on by the large operators ere centerec outside of New York City. ts known to seve slot machines agd ra intertsts in New Orleens, Louisiane. One informant has saic is the actual heed of gembling activities throughout the United Steves, WHEE « eccntty hes been carrying on his cambling activities to s freat exter in Florida. is in charge of 9 large gambling syndicate *«hich operates in maz v Section Of athe CUnETY - The representative of this tvrndie. t aan pity is who has essociatec with him his brothers, is *5ti mateo th ‘ i tyndicate bas se recenpts cf {100,000.00 5 any. a brother of operetes at tracks outeide of “ew York, where he if no. Bistowed. @ works such tracks es Pimlico and Navre De Grace. if veers to be a probable winrer enc the odds are high, and ' has taken a considerable amount of tets on this Laces a large emount of money on this bora-, thus teus li ou is horse to drop end sllowing < eearene La gn ore° i ts on the betting. fnother lerge bookuacer in Wes York City is who nes nececrecters at 635 it Forty-ninth Street. Ue veys the men workin: for bir «cunts oongping up to $150.0C 8 week. He is deseribed es one of the j;yc.e wperators in the city, end has bets laid off to hic thst are too large for other bookmakers to kendle. He has ton connections in »olitical ed ce a rtles. A collector need first name nat known. picks un otecsends of dollars for him deily. Vas who lives et the Fotel Salisbury, Kew York City, ha > bettiaw comeissioner, receiving bets in large sums fo oom cook: tr. «4 reselling them. He has handled Lets in suwcounts as sarge se le ooc.oc. who is from Priladelphia, ren. -:vani., hes made his headaurrters “n!_¥ York Gity recently src is a Pdetiqe vwearbler. [se is an asseeiste of who wes ecrmeater wiun the -UCTELTRR-GUAPTIJO oan SB: ob tae ie Tork vaubler vho is still sctive. a , tw relonaak, formerly a wenber of the «Pur gle Gang of Vecrcoit, -icrivan, i. now located et the Park Central Hotel and is operatit. li the pasblin’ reoeket du New York Cily.
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