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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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a + AED pend a, Geb a, f . ss 7 ). r fice Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. To : MR A nsx — DATE: October 24, 1946 a Mr. Tolson |. From ; Jd. d. RYAN re be ae TR . url g Geer _ ~ = “a / arco , eet (_. vr. Treasy]” - _ Kr, Cargoh” 7 _ Mir. Egan . wr. Gurn br. Wards We Hendon - 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. . 00 Saye (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 Vio a, klk Faded it FRA TE Ee eee C hasetatennell Me iansaincne a — a oan 7 [byt ) ao . Tea ate. — 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. ‘*& ap oF 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< «88 HOV 16 bead
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