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Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 4
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fice Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
To : MR A nsx — DATE: October 24, 1946 a
Mr. Tolson |.
From ; Jd. d. RYAN re be ae TR
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To advise that an wie made Bhs ge appears .to. bel =; ous Sa
identical with the request made by the’Bureau of Customs, Treasury sige Sean:
Department, Washington, D, C, concerning a group of gangsters staying at + pe cen
Grace Ranch a: is located on the, outskirts of Tucson, Arizona.
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(by rYc
BACK GROUND
UNITY) demon TALIS
On October 7, 1946, the Bureau of n'
communicated with the Bureau and advised So NRT «fom Detroit. Puke
rumner and gangster, had purvhased a ranch near Iucson, zona, and had moved in
with a number of his former associates from Detroit. The Bureau of Custoas,
Treasury Department, requested that the Bureau furnish the criminal records af
tha following Sndividval s who were prese ently ‘staying | at the ranch of Pete Licav..’ ae
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— The above individuals have been possibly identified by_the Identifica’.on
Division and criminal records are being forwaded to the Bureau of Customs,
Treasury Departmant, Washington, D.C, Available photographs of the above are
likewise being furnished to the Bureau of Customs, in addition to ) photostatic Ss
copies: of fingerprints. ‘*&
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7, 1946, Assistant Director L. B. Nichols received a cal)
Re coe which time he stated that a situation ha a,
which es Oo discuss with the Director on an informl basis.
vy
advised that a s rple Gang" had moved into Tucson, Arizoni
that Chief of -aicolss harassed members of the
on picayunish offenses su 8 jaywalking and the like, stated that :
would endeavor to obtain the names of the *aGtT ORR mish thes a ve)
names to the Bureau. b BY (
A review of the info pene recived ‘trou y, =—e _An_ comer’ j.on
wth the investi gation in the Mies case aces td th who is oi:
of the key figures in the inve! on of the t Office,
went to Tucson, Arizona, which he generally does ea win er. purcha.sia
ranch for approximately $25,000 on February 27, 1945. Sihoe has %.
{* purchased: four additional. pieces of property, adding to the ranch and it is est. “a
atte DESTROYED ba-8, 1073-/07 Oe (by 7X<
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