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lutruii warn lrrutaci at the 3horahan"ii'v5%a1 ihii -main: and that Federal agent: were pm-cant and111106 in this arrest, and he desired to'get,£u:-ther ..__._�htlil� on the natur... He stated that the arreat.'=-�era nude at 1:15 1.21. I advised that I ma quite:mrtnln that the Federal agents were not our men,
mt suggested that he nako inquiry of the» 3;;-cotio-�Ru:-can and the Prohibition Unit. _
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LAST "PUBLIC" APPEARANCE OF EDDIE FLETCHER AND ABE AXLERArraigned nu �public enemies," l�etclmr Ir-ft!
nml Axler urn shuwn in rnurl jlist n _92'r-nr ago.�I�l1n_92"9292-urn found slain early _92'mil492.I'da_v In llm rrnrof Axlcr'a cnr in |'92 lnnely Oakland Count_92? rnnd,
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RECENT RAID ~ '-V - 'lug them. The gang pair, slain on a �ride� in alone Oakland County road early yesterday. at thistime faced police together as they faced theirmurderers yesterday. This is a Times picture!
troit as �°.-92he Gold� as aorderly person, dlschargrdsuperinienrient. __ H p �
Oct. 31. 1926. arrested in 4trolt as "s.be.onl_cr;,lis a poll ;ew1i�.nl_-53, discharged by super?-I-I
Mgrnh 29, 1921, arrested in H,troit as "Harry Iovinn� robbery�
.. ti�gs-med, discharged by � aupggp� 'lntendent. ' f.� 5'May 9, 1921, robbery armed.
charged by superintendent.Aug, I8, 1927, robbery arn'Q£T
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/§YlNGS"LlE1i9292/E.LA'§TlilOF PURPLES lEAoER,Ll;§i�l?,;awesome news that Abe
and Eddie Fletcher "_werebumped oft" _eiec_trlIled
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sme-lirst betore dawn yester-ls 1, rumor which was soon�med vis the grapevine of thec world. The previous chiefin the l-loodlums� delicatessenluarters-�~"they stuck up G01-handbook and killed a guy"-rnmedlately superseded.gr and Fletcher, inseparableand partners, pint-sized toughiand killers, were "biggies" of,ational underworld: _Detroit they had earned thats reputations or Public Ene-,No. 1 and '2, respectively.were sawed-oil Napoleons of-
lnfqmous Purple Gang and.its rise te power in 1926 until Jdim with their shoes on, lead-
lctors in its criminal i"li!iOl"§'��story vicious enough to cause�aert Asbury, historian of Amer-yimr. to call it �the molt Q-F.�
ntly organized gsng,,o1 killer-allhe United States.� . ~": 1. �_'='-;CH IN COlVD�iOi92' r r . .,i�qqrlire, gunmen. had much tn
�mt ';y1,'i,aller than �vl 351- ind 1.. 1,. tsesaed the aggressive urge £1e A say» Qhlgh is so oiten._�gr_92,¢§iC ii�-iC linen� ' �--.n bad dark, turtive, beady.1' �B th abnormal ears, Axlefs� .q;A..�.;_ and overgrown by na-�I. er». Fletcher�: �attened and
1 l'ili1�i�1' i close to his head by 13"�-.cl92cs_oi many pugllisis during
early rlnr career. And, above,hotly are larceny-minded L
-.emers,' �. killers with an�.ind..'nce of what police and.vspEi.pQ:'l�B£l�i call "crazy nerve." llihorily after the close of thearid War Fletcher was a popu-~ 118/-pound preliminary �ghter at> old Military A. C. in Brooklyn.- soon was taken into the stable
a well-known manager, Silvey.in=, who .-aldt"I tool; the kid l.il'ldci' my wing
myanso he's willing lo �ght fourlnr-s a week if you'd lct him�mi when he! gets plid OH he _rings his dough home to hisll-tilt-l'_" -[.'lT RING IX 19'-33 .Around Brooklyn, where Fletcher,as known as a shy youth. i-hewring fraternity was tremendously}1:-prised. when he eventually brokeno print here as s notorious hood-lm. �- ' �
Fletcher �nally reachedi_the mainvent class in New YOIK, but was--.er a great �ghter. He quit� in�E3. and shortly after moved to
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"He boxed Don Burchard at HarryHarris� Falrview Club. Mack andFairview avenues, and the mob sawhlrn gel. decisively outpointecl ineight rounds. -
It was from this �ght, some say,that the name "Purple" gang origi-natei Fletcher roliowed the thenpopular New York prize ring cus-tom of dressing the lighter and hisseconds in colored jerseys. Thecolor of the jerseys. on thin occl-slon. ivas a bright purple. 1MORE VICIOUS manna l
Adler never was a pug. His nosehad not been knocked asitew lsFletcher's was and his sizable
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ears had never been cauli�owerlzed, but nonetheless his wasthe more sinister lace of the twoHe had an acquiline nose, highcheek bones, deep shadows underhis small eyes, simlien cheeks, anda thin Light mouth which turnedup-at the corners. g � �~-
�Rv renuie he was a more vicious�filler and I. rougher fighter thanFletcher. It is said that once, when
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got together-' and began contribut-ing major performances to the"Purples"' lurid history. '1*0n:ur:n FOR DEFENSE �
The time was 1926. Axler was 25,three years Fletcher's junior, but amore experienced gangster, havingbeen e. consortoi� "mobs" whileEddie was still a reputedly honestprizelighier. - .
The Purple gang was organizedpposedly es a derensive organi-
atlon, employed by local gamblersto defend their establishments frombeing plliered by a gang oi� in-vaders from St. Louis Known as�Egan's Rats." - I ._
The St. Louis Rats were blamedfor the kidnaping in March, 1926,of Meyer Fish! Bloomfield, then A"stick man" at Charles T. "Doc"Brady's gambling place, 326 GrandRiver avenue, above the storewhere Dr. Julius C. Harris wasshot and killed during an attemptedholdup oi "Golclle'| handbook"Saturday night. ' .'TURNED T0 BACKET =-The "snatching" or Bloom�eld
was the �rst of a lucrative seriesoi� lrldnapings or rich gamblers forransom money, and it soon becamedoubtful as to whether thei �Pur-
�lclrolt. He began fraternizing withhe "mobs" and in 1925 he accepted"C92ii'l¬l" bout. because, he said, "ti-lei A few traltorous n1ember| oi theiin 1929. A11�, Fletch". 5uu°ni_ - "�e92|92tlnuQd on page 13!
�llplcf� were taking a defen�vernrJan offensive part in the crlm92s.
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St. Louis gang seems� to havemerged with the Detroiterr. mel-combination being strengthened bythe addition of s dozen or so oi�accredited tough ones from �Ne�r�York. * ". ' 1" K �. Y
The new gang proceeded to worli lfrom the viewpoint that there is 1�more protlt in levying tribute �thanyin being paid for bodyguard;
In'l.92T Alxler and Fletcher occu- �lpied a suite in the Mira�oree Apart-ments. 106 East Alexandria avenue.In this building they and theirgang reputedly wiped out Frank,Wright, Reuben Cohen and Joseph�Bloom, three opposing gangsters, in;
pt the trio, reputedly Chicago gang-
chlne guns in Detroit gangster war-fare.FORGED DYEBS� TRIBUTE ,
Axler and Fletcher, along withFred ='Klller"- Burke, were arrestedas suspects in the massacre. Policegrilled them without result, and thethree �were evnniunllv released.
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and Mllber;-' were aentencerigifl�lFederal Judge Charles C. Simob� ifserve one year and .10 mob�!-118� in"the Federal Penitentiary at Leaven-
$5.o00 each. i " "."�<.�Q � -'f1_'.§"� 1.coumowoon sm_ss.92crm_ '3�-�_" -�
They served their sentences and?did not get into serious trouble�,
her. 1931. At that time the Purple
the �Colllngwood massacrl!.'f Joe Nigger! Lebovlts, Herman l-iymleliPaul and Izzy Sullrer, members of
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ldiltord Jones, at no_torious-Louis gunman, was murdered '1-ii;he stood at thebsr oi the swan '=Stork Club, 41� Rowena street. l
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R11DW1=_i0ng ago. some historiansCill1'!l- D!'Ql'!. they say, have beenassociated always with the purpledye because it was the first dis-covered hy the Phoenicia�, whgoriginated the art of dyeing_ Pu.-p1¢_therefore. has become the gyjnbr�oi� the dyer. Thus. according in thisexplanation. the "purple" Ian: be.�comrs the "dye1"s"' gang, 'CONTINUED ACTIVITIES 1
The lucrative cleaners and dyeryprotection racket was broken up bythe police with the arrest of 12
iPu1-pies. Besides Axler and Fletcher,those arrested were Abe Bernstein,reputed leader; his brother, Ray;Abe Kaminsky, Abe Miller, HarryKeywell. Irving llliilberg, _ GeorgeCordell, Joe ""l-loneyboy" Miller,Sarn Axier Abe's brother! andIrving Shapiro.
They were acquitted after astormy trial. ~ ' I '
Although the edge bed beentaken off the proiection'r_s,cket, LhePurples continued to operate asbootleggers. rum runners. hijackers.smugglers. handbook operators and
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Prison.! *7" ,-". ,;'c-. -:~ Botgifxere � releoiiiiji.�-.ill'l:e; goats,'Dl.lrLri _' - Q� � '__Q,'$§�t§lrn1,iI' r_ rjr-ma r: ' . .. I"�;jj§;T;*"'%,J@�if'i¬�';'¬s.,:?{=¬"§__oq:l§_r£ =01-as p. a ,-.1;-steryif :2 .¢,5;�;d Lyn Detroit 'c.leai':'ers nail? 'L'est�Win_.e_r Axicr eat�rem� Phtecllbnf� m§uey:,§�;-,�§l- nttern �rd to reenter pro!ess:'or..}
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iboxingsd managers. V Their boxersIwue _1�_e veteran Morris $herrnan,his brbher, Jackie, a nO'éiC','rl°Ui�I_Mays; 4� Des Moines middleweight."end zuzther �boxer who was linowri _
�to iheboxlng fraternity as "the for-�;'imgr rght. heavyweight champion;for Jvclrson Prison." Other "lc5.:iil-iimp�.-_»," managers had better boxers�en: Fletcher �nally said, �there�:no dough here for me,'_' and retired"from the managerial end. Fletcher"ls last seen in the ring at Arena3ardens as� a second tgr_ Louis
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But shortly bwiore he Jwas er,-I'ested as a publtc enemy again. arm weeks ago. Fletcher begsn_is-gurtg circulars to promoters an-nm�. �cing hlrnseit as the manager of3=iFr:�~. Sherman and sec]-ting boutsi'¢r ii e �ghter. Ho styled aimed!L "bozzlng manager" at the tme_o'f'his arrest as an "enemy."
Alien several members, of_____the_gang has been convicted on thePublic Enemy charge and weresentenced to the House of Correc-tion tor 90-day sentences, Axler andFletcher, awaiting trial and undera bond or $1.000 each to appear be-ifore Judge John P. Scalien. lUmP@<itheir bond. They were "lemstcra�fat t.iie,ii:er.*ct their sudden deaths.
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Rena Axler left! and Fletcher, diminutiveurpio Gang gunmen, are being; taken to police
RECENT RAID - 'gang pair, slain on a �ride� In I
lone Oakland County road early yesterday. at thisco together as they faced theirrs- - --1|-§'i|j;§L'1;_"I!g1,é;ti92-e Mike Flannegan ls hcCOIIlpl.l'i}'- murderer�! yesterday. Thin la a Times picture.!
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by 5 magistrate.Dec. 6. 1931. sentenced tn
to 5 years in Sing Sing Prismburglary. '
Dec. 7, 1935. Brrroled inI311, attempted attackwoman, discharged by airate. ~
- Oct. 27, 1926, arrestedtroit ea �Abe Gold� as .-|orderly person, dischargedsuperintendent. - '.
Oct. 31. 1926. arrested introll as "_.92be GnId'I'_il a piWitness, discharged" liy erlntcndent. -" _
March 29, 1921, arrested introll: as �Harry Levine" rolvarmed. discharged by 51intendent. - _, . .
�May 9, 1921�. robbery armed.charged by superintendent.
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§,l._AYlNGS LEAVE LAST or PURPLESs§;'I_'l1a awesome news that Abe�ller and Eddie Fletcher �were� r bumped oil� electrified�
£0-,l>itues oi� Detroit�: underworld ythe email. black hours. ' l
-1-;�1g game-�rst beiore dawn yester-|�|[';y�~ u g rumor which was soonKqn�rmed via, the grapevine of theffacket world. The previous chic!
boys want to see me in action justonce� ' -- - �
He boxed Don Burchard at HarryHarris� Fairvlew Club. Mack andFalrview avenues, and the rnob sawhim get decisively outpolnied ineight rounds. »
It was from this fight. some say,that the name "Purple" gang origi-
St. Louis gang seems to havmerged with the Deirolters. thcombination being strengthenedthe addition of a dozen or soaccredited tough ones trom NeYork. - - '
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early all of its domln-int mem-bers have cithcr left D°"°�' °"been killed or imprisoned- Ray
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7* Z "W 7'f�""a;'n' Abe Ailey and� $2' no? are the records dlj; _ é -, _;;
Flglchpr, Purple gangsters: -�* *" iArietlwas nrrosled �.lB link» . , 3.,� m.,_ "bury ,,.,,,_,,,,_
York, grand larceny, dischnrged _I... Q nrnwlnépnéq - -U; no uuusna-1--n.n , |"" - r� -
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�;-!, .- �:. W� . - - - . H�? '1' ' TA �- -�ills Emilee record folln'wlr:"" A�'§*Ip�°a'-"3' 5�P°'h�'end°n""""'.. _l- . -l-. _-... _F.,.;~_.L ;;. _A H 2| 1 an ted . ,- L zo_ 19:3, 1-ol,b¢-ry rpifed,Au ' � . Tin "F! 5 9� ' an� $1 1� diwtfllli�d by JudjearnnkMy 92 Q - -' I-_,V, -� ark, .ro hery and ass: t, nib, _�W . i ' " = "�§,"fl°"ihb§,n}§§;st::::§re¢ 1.. 92',§.|.4 � run, 1929, robbery� lrmed.g . E � l ~ . ~ | '- . ..' l�iiifsggd �y Judtg Thar-I¢§
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to 5 3-ears in Sing Sing Prison ionburglary. ,'£� _ _. '
Duo. 7 1925, arrested in Brook;-L;
th, and lined $5.000 for viola-of the Unit-cd State! code.
3 18, 158i, robbery armed."°��"" ��'°"��°d 1*� " �" i 10 ml charged with
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lyn, niempml Qunclr by �upormkndent�-� . ' 1 .ho� u Abe Gold� u � ~ � #3111: Detroit, ind WI! con-
mP"mumdmt' 5�. �A W� 'en'wori'.lL H1: police record°rd"U Fawn� lust� .."li'."�- -ti� only moo when ho went. to
E 921 I 0Oct. 31. 1926. arrested in .-: .»� W� r _troit an "Al>e.Goid�_.� in s pl-l:B¢-1*witness, '&§§cIn:|r;.~i by |upi'- .f92_- ;_intendent. --it-'. - . '
92_ 'March 29. 1927, arrested in _ 3troit an �Barry Lorine" robbor1i._i_-armed, discharged by '
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tcnccscamesci-ossone ot their liquor;plants. ' �. . . __ In .
Bernstein stays aw?-Y i'1'0Y"i ,|_u,1,Dztrolt, and his brother, JO38]ih. is' me�,
' said to have quit BaT1$d°m ¢I921"°iY- ml;-,4
intendent. '. . _ _ �>-- 'May 9, 1921, robbery armed,Aug. 18, 1921, robhcry arrn¢d,5-
discharged by uuperintondeni!._,_".'.=*.1h 1-{one bog Miileri i'92 �I-!"~'_..
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rower� 1 Omit.,h.me4 _l He boxed Don Burchard
Harris� Fairview Club. M. mimot iFairview avenues, and the
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of the3 Chief,"atessen ;up Goi-l P Pguy--___ 3 tom of dressing the �ghter
eight rounds. »It was from this right, s
lthat the name "Purple" ganoted. Fletcher followed
S� I-i'92'i'i1g Shapiro. ilku A1-tic!�. ~ Fletcher, "went out the hard, WA!�-,=
: ,Abc�.�i:|oys want to see me in colt Rcmainln , police say, ark only
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�him get decisively outpol
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~ hav�' my Bcrrlstei�. Harry Suimnilarrwl .d92:B
'1 The delicatessen headquariqr�.where the gang-moi. �nd� llYi'1992�°{riendiy gangsters from other citi�éisat out the night withtho Pur.pl'es..ha; bet;-n almost de�_¢T.i§'!.1 Pmce� Q39,Fletcher and �Astor, �1!¬l_l.t1iY�d_!�l}5l§a-i�.
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f� �ll-Ifa� by superintendent.r__j_ 1;; 1931, charged willWI-lrdrr. dlsclurred on writ.�May 9. 9210 av. 29, 1921 lnriabrulry 1% ii, robbery armedu _ I o lfupcriniendenl�.
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~ ldld _not_ get'_'lnto- nirioug troutglqlwith the luv" agiid until Septher, 1931. At thattima the Purplpgm: WI-8:�!-l;b_92.'l8Qd of pezpstra� *r
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it �Jealousy and greed did their v ori-1Even before repeal o� prohi'hitionmined the bootiegging and alcohol
'�.:§ool-ring bi1.=ine.-.5, says Chief oi Dc-gqectives Fred W. Frahm. 5t.5"The Purpies crumbled from
�within. The big shots couldn't stand��prosperity and eouldn�t take o:riers.,'
iIhe �nal blow came last fall 92vlion'i5Abe Axler and Eddie Fletcher. iypi-;i;cal Purple gangsters. who rose to-4tpower in a weakened organi�/ation..were put on the spot in their ownear."
Kicinaping, robbery, extortion. ai-I.:<.=!1-':l rookinz, an-'5 l:=oc*tl -,_,,_Zn_._, nint-dereeail were written in the n1nh'srecord here, until the law and gunsin the hanzs of their own memilerscaught up with �those around whomthe gang had been built.
, "No one is certain how the gang;rnt its name," said Frahm. "It mayihave started when some merchantsgun the East side called a hunch of'pctty thieves �Purple,� rneaning oil--color. Anyway. this bunch of kids,numbering 40 or 50, grew boirior asthey grew older, and in-�I926 thename �Purple Gang� had gained a
sinister aspect."1 In July, 1930. Jerry Buckley.tradio commentator, who had waged-a campaign against gambling, wasishot to death in a hotel lobby. Thekcase still is unsolved,'three menhaving been tried and acquitted,
tbut the police began pushing thegang so hard that quarrels amongits members were rumored, revenuefell off, and many of the members
�left town.I Police said the conviction of Ray,-,�Bernstein with Irving Milhert: rind;IT:u'1'y Keywoll in the C0i]i|u1'=u92'n0:i|Man0r Massacre would "whip" the,Purples. �Three brothers, all-reedileaders of the gang. left Detroit,:__ Axler and Fletc-her, whoge h�riipgwere found only a few month; Ramwere said by police to have i_m@|-1the last or 11ie__c-Id-time rm-|m~.<,who tried to remain in Detroit and
.re0r_;:an_i_2;§!__the old gang,
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Their bullebriddled bodies, returned from their!last ride in an isolated road in Oakland County earlyesterday, lay in the Lewis Uncle:-taking Parlors, 77John R. street, awaiting shipment to New York�s Eas ,Side, their former home, for burial. l
lllennwliile, police of Oaklaml owl 9292'il,92'I1e counties sought 5the motive oi� Detroit ga:i;;laiicl's latest slayings and girdedlt-liemseivcs to prevent reprisals [1-om the few survivingmembers oi the once powerful l�urples. The double slayingmarks the �rst; time Pnrples have ll �l"ll taken {or a ride. 1:£iLi.r;n isnasnrs ParsF Detectives were ehcekinyr informalion today that a gang;of alcohol distillcrs had the two lulled for donolr.-crossiii�lthem last Summer. The report is [ll3l!'l1llB lhe_clistillcrs werein jail "or hiding from poiice.*�* "r'* " 1
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T-he two gunmen. inseparablesince their arrival from New Yorkwhen they joined Fred "Killer"Burke and the lale"Gu.= �Winl<ler iniddnaping and hilaciaing, and whohave been clmrged with practicallyevery crime of record. were foundone claspinq the other�! hand. theirbodies riddled, in the rear seat ofa new car belonging to Mrs. EvelynAxler. wife_of Abe. . -1, -
It was parked just off the Queryton road. 100 yards east of Telle-graph road. facing. east, in the ex-clusive Blooinfield Hill section, andpowder burns convinced police thedeath guns; were pressed againstthe victims� bodies.
Identification was traced firstthrough the license number of Ax-lnr's ear. The identifications werequickly corroborated by police, longfamiliar with the pair, and later bythe widows.
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Several Detroit homicide Sqll�dldetectives, Oakland County dep�iutieg and underworld cronies of:the gangsters believe Axlrir and!Fl£!lICllf�l' w�re killed in reprisal for-"an old debt."
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Rumors that a white slave ring
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by Commissioner Melvin C. Haocn.
The District head today receiveda. report Irom Captain William E.Holmes. commander of the FirstPolice precinct. on the work of twodetectives assigned to the investi-
[gation of vice in the rlowntovrn�section which revealed that of n.�total of 1.453 arrests niacie �off thepair in the last 20 months. 622were women.
First Precinct Bad
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Hazen, and police have been in-structed to investigate the opera-tions oi out-of-town persons en-gaged in white slave practices.
Police heacicuarters detectivesare tracing the rumor tliat theDetroit gang is operating here byinvestigating the records of eachperson arrested on charges oi so-liciting_
Most of those arrested arefound to some from other cities.and it is said that there is a con-stant intlux of recruits for the :1-licit trade. -
The detective bureau is in con-stant communication by telegraphwith the police of other cities inan attempt to_ get conciusive evi-dence of the local operations oithe Purple Gang.
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Corporation Counsel E.. F�_-2'_".£l-T-P1'et=£.;,:_-.':.2.a.whas drafted a bill I01�congresisona! action which wilt in-
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I NE92VARi , N. J., April 4=.�Vict rConnelian. 35 years old, of Detro t, it C�said to be our of the last surviv0.s ii Mof the �Purple Gang" of that ci . 3was arrest:-d ']l�uesda_v in Hobokenby police and Federal Secret Ser-
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advised that two men in an automobile were at the Ninth itreet �ate; that
the driver claimed to be an ex-policeman and the man with him was dressed
as a woman. This ex�policemon states that thin men with him is a nether ~?'Detroit's former Purple Gang and he brought bi. to the Federal fureau of
Investigation for questioning by our ggents. mhe Loting Captain of theGuard stated that the ex-policeman semned to Lniuk he had a roui thin? For
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I telephoned Ir. Ladd of the Taehinrton Field Lfficc rirht away
and received instructions that they mere to be held at the Ninth Street Taft
and that he would have two Lgents come down ri*ht away to contact then. I
transmitted this information to the Acting Cnykuir of the Guard Jno st"tvV
that he would have these non wait until the Aiouts showed up.
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Lothrop from someone stating that she possessed considerableinformation relative to the workings of the7Purple Gangin Detroit and wanted to know if we would be interested
in chasing this matter down
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has primary investigative jurisdiction, the Bureau wee un-; authorized to take any action.
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nation that mam ere oi� the �11%!were operating at night club between I
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' Tulsa and Claremore, OI<la,92_ Photographs _ani' fingerprints oi�-- Anth0n3F'"I�hcmaa. and T�hi'li1bB1'owne.were-.obtaine�. frun.Vti1e-=De- .>.:;.o.--' troit office, and the photograph of Philip Browne under�the';_�-.-. .. _;. 7
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cu, had information to the e1�i�ect.that. two_,n1_eln1J>erB..,t�:';t�___the;'.,--1-roit Purple Gang are presently in Claremore, Oklahoma. He requested that in-T;.'m;".tion be obtained as to whether any of the outstanding members of this gang *t-.3,-ht be presently wanted. A letter was directed to the Detroit Office on ."�92 Lni�-iZe1'.� 25, 1935 requesting infoznmtion concerning memb6I�&_ _oi'_5 1! P1-l1�P ' '-Qullg�. and a letter was received from the �Detro_itkofi�_i
wimi pie Gang who were wanted _for any of�fp esF-,olioe�Departman't, Pho ' a ha and hot
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the original Purple Gang, but that they were associated with members of t *Bang, and are presently wanted by the Detroit Police Department in connewith the murder of Frank Olsen on Septemher 25, 1935 at Detroit in an at-
tempted holdup; 6 Y- b 1>these
alias I alias HarryBrown had been ten rely identit as that of a persov
vicinity of lea and Cleremore, Oklahoma reee�*�"
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Purple ang had come to Tuls ' he� 3. W Tr�
they stopped at the Mayo Hbtel. plhese men leased the Willow Night Club, QQREI >41located on the main highway between Tulsa and Claremore outside
stated that he
a a complete gambling equipment had been installed�?the Willow Night Club; that these men were supposed to have obtain d l ,e a e
with some silent partner� who was e resident of Tulsa or Claremore, and wtidentit is ' � �y unxnown; that they aid not share with this partner the pfOflZitaken in the operation of the Willow Night Club and that after 0 ti, pera- rg
about two or three weeks the partner attempted foreclosure proceedings, c"
least t l0 c ose up the club, in order to force a settlement; that a DepntvSheriff from Olaramore went out to the club to close it, whereupon he wr-taken into custody by the members f thi �o s gang, who kept him confired at "~
1 be u until they loaded all the gambling equipment inuatrucks and took itI
some unknown destination. The club was than closed, the Deputy Sheriff released, and these have KORE
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- men bad ga n come aa. for the purpose 01� reopening the Willow Hm. f. �-
Club, but that he had not been able to verify this information.
1" � ' S1noa:'i't�appaara:� thht��ou Federal violation is involved, �and th *1�-.'-'-�"151.---'~,t-l'92.e~ puqoee or-this lnquiryvres foroidentifiontion pnrpoeee only, this ;'1<a!:�~.e.!�"H -g � - _ . < ,-'31-"J;5_-'--*~; ""1a'conaidered*c1oe'ed by-the-Oklahoma Qity office." � "" t t - ' . ";"#;�"�-- K-,�=3~?'~7� -_-�,9-L".-.'I=-�*5-'§'.l:;"�T "'-"�.'_�A-':-':=:.-.-"" .�m"f>':§ -'_» *' .-:_='r"»',-' '��; '~ ---' V *_~_;=' w"
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E ul city or Detroit more _ _ rins the-duorzmiso oh orima salted 1n__tho arrest o1�___ éAnthem. ihozaas alao bean nrreated
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mat �- '39rJ"'a':b0r 1°35 "~=rc 1"-o� 1we~n$.=n|! mrdlor at 54'? Hood-1§=~1a.;-: st;-55¢,� Detro 1:, iI¢h1§Q§; -that Antgony Thoma had been idontitiodas he r in that rurde:-' also that it is believed Phil! Browne1 ' 3 0 P r � .
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E m�m's OF FACTS� All gambling establishments in �Bile; County, 'O1_:le.� have beenI closed due to e G1-and Iury investigation 1n.�?_eenneetion with. the death of two men occurringet the S:eride.n;01921�b in the
' I early-pert or December, 1915�-Ere Q�ficere oi--the' �Stete Queen'-or Criminal Identification and Imy_eetigetion"st'ete that-1-"_ __
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the information which he had obtained previously relative to the oeaiblepoo rence in Tulsa of Anthon Thunaa and Phillip Browne wesi J c Iae contained in the report or thietagecnt or ALL1�£"v»e1nbar 27, l935. ere actively engaged in the DL
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informants and others connected with the underworld and particularly gambling _:a1:11vities in Tulsa County. They stated that they had exhibited the photograph -or T:mr.'n alias Harry Miller to many or these informants, but had not been able 1Bu secure any information indicating that Browne nae in the vicinity or Tulsa, ,3 .
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How can you expect us to run our busi.nes� so that we 0l992p�JC incense tsozee.if you allow this mu Robert92Eishe_r,roputod front mm for �b110'_'E1;rP~1,Q__T§a1_�.g,_t0violate the Federal 1a.1rs- by bringing in here seven-.1 prints of tho �gzhtp zlotures. and then holélng; us up for theme?
Formerlythe prints were made here which gave somebody some work n-"Lleast but nmr they are so greedy that they bring them all in endl when �-rmoffer to do the seine they threaten as with Vi�l����e
Hon come that you p rotoct them by letting, them do this in v1r:].e='t5-0:1of the law if we are not protected. against them.�
We think that this is an outrage and you should im:�estig,e.te this .'-11" 'fr.f¢"_.yright now and not let these gangsters make thousands every year at thisracket end pay no income ta:r:,get away with ltd
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We are thusting you will not lot enyon e see this letter beoause we rlon-Lwant no stink bohba put in our theatres or else the back blown up ,or evm:'l'IOI�S6e' ,
Everybody here seems to know that is going on except your men who nhou..h;:be giving us protection and we dont dare to complain to them locally. Que ofthese days there is going to be something serious happen end. there will he Ir.fine stink about it-�
If they can bring in the prints why cant we? We can buy them v.'.1.1�#.g1r-tbut they wont stand for us �bringlng; them 1.n',so it is by your department +..he.1:.they have ue where they want us»:
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Deadwood, S. Dak-, in order that he might be given a prison sentenceto keep the Purple Gang from putting him on the spot. Silverthornwas later paroled about December, l9Z5§¢
That in l932_or 1955' Silverthorn was the driver ofgetawq; oars for the Purple Gong and that Kennethl�hompson and amen �by the name o£]1ShaJ_qr"�1grere members of the Pu ls Grp ang also, andare presently living at 2021414 Keating Ave., Detroit, Mich. ThatS11 rthvs om 161*: Sioux Falls on a. �bus April , 193.5, for his mother�:11omo in Midway, Pa. bY1] ¢ wig
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a negro named Vigliamehee, s." '*'*;.�-'former inmate of the South Dakota ison, is at present residing at '510 Stockton Street East, San Franq soc, Calif. That Lee is also a
.�° member of the Purple Gang and is as so for this gang, smuggling dope,
�F3; guns, jewelx-�I �bilet iiooi� vestsi steel helmets� etc-, to and fromJy Chins. That Ds._v�bena _/b3 'B c!Q; Beach, Flas, is s. cou o we om an s a ro or who is s. /_ |f�*'ohemist, who makes explosive pills that kill instantly upon being
F�-§"7>� thrown on the floor. li I¬.i£92'UlllJ1ii!&INl!92-.XEI! 62¢ /292'l�hs.t 5ilve:'*.=horn was fonserly c--;-mooted with a munte"»-
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Silverthorn came to South Dakota in s. stolech Chevrolet
coupe and abandoned the automobile at Beulah, Wyo., and he wasreturned to Deadwood, S. Dak., and sent to prison. According to thisinf rnnnt Silverthorn was supposed to be connected with a kidneping_ O
in Detroit, where a 19 year old girl was kidneped and transported.h nt of $18 000 toto Canada, later being released on t e pa1_nne _ r, _,
Silverthom and other members oi� the Purple Gang. That Silverthornwas apprehended and brought to trial on this kidnaping charge.
t the Victim had fallen in love with him during the time. However, the
that she was held, and would not identify him es the kidxmpor, andaccordingly Silverthorn was released. _,~s>N That three days after Silverthorn married his
s wit� amed Bertha. his fe.th.er-in-law was slain, and $16,000 .presem e, n ,
of insurance was paid to Bertha. That Silver-thorn was questionedI! T!- II� _._..-_...-regarding the death oi� his father=in=1s.'vT at }92C{J,I.I.TIi92y�� re. nonever,
having e. perfect alibi, he was released.
T t i , 117 Forest Street, Lead, S. Da.1c.,o be a member of the Purple Gang also, and
is at e present time at Midway, Pa.., vi.sit.'u:1g Silverthorn.
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at Midway, Ps.., andthat he is supposed to be an expert shot. That Silverthom is
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-ft» Silverthorn as he is suspected of having murdered one Joel_Kl!J-the . } V.1 on March 27' 1956. at Sioux Falls, S. Dodo. That a bullet removed ;_$-
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Photographa oi� Silverthoni and of �William Lee arebeing enclosed with this letter to -the Director. The numbers onphotographs are South Dakota Penitentiary numbers.
This information is conveyed to the Bureau forwhatever action it deems advisable. .
Very truly yours,
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WERNER HANNI
Special Agent in Charge
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The Burucu is in receipt of information obtainudfrom a confidential source to the effect that a counter-
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f authenticity of thin ctatemont, came in being furniahed youfor your information and any attention you may deem appro-priatoi '
TI:-on urnfl.-A. IA-LIJ,
John Edgar lioovcr,Director.
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Very truly yours,
John Edgar Hoover,Director.
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"r '¥"- ""*"bu1J.at-proof vests, and steal helmets to and from Chino.
IQ view of 1:-hie; stat-.-root the Buroru éerirca f.-2-at anappropriate check he made by your office at 510 Stockton -StreetEast. for the r " ' P, pu poao o. determining t...e veracity o1�_ntatiuaonts.
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wzgcc tor t1:e;mn-do: of one -Joe £1.22-2:.ci Z2 is tartar:Lndioatod therein that the bullet renewal from the murdered no-n'chad no torrarded by tho Bioux Falls Police Department to t-he�Technical Laboratory of �hia Bureau to clatcrninc whether some wasa .32 caliber automatic bullet. You are advised that a chock zawioin the Technical L8-boratory tails to reflect any rucord of thisbullet aver baing received the: for oxmninction. The Bureau there?Ioro desire: that vrricaz-iv» re-cun'0-1-ctc-d in regard to thisnutter.
It in further desired that your office make an 8pp2�O;JI'1kt-effort to ascertain chetlmr any process may be outzstanding for thoarrest oi� Silverthorn in connection with the nu:-dcr of Joe Kluthe,with a view to instituting an appropriato invantigntion under theUnlnuhil Flight to Avoid Proaacution �trituto.
Thin utter should be given your prompt ottonnion.
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Dear Sir: - RE: unxnown SUBJECTS?- "- ans
Detroit, Michigan.!q Alleged Members f�urplg__§_-_ ,re Identification � Fingerprints!
Reference is made to Bureau letter dated August 10, 1956,
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or a number of years, a hough she would notve n or .state where she had re ded evious to that time. She stated bx.-IYC�!ill:Téi.lvert11or|1, but did not L-now his. sen 31311531-1~1Ei ; hat she resides nt the home of her father,
hose occupation she ='_-.'ave as beinw :1 Jrinter; thatsne = - 0 one rother and one sister who Aeengbserved andestimated their ages to be approximately five an s x ears, respectiv»=~-ly.
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his recor s an a v s gent that he had no inforrnat-ion con-cerning either cf the aforemen oned parties. p
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n Dear Sir; RE: umoqown susascrsw ' Alle ed Members Purple Gang,
U] g Detroit, Michigan! .1?Identification - Fingerprinte F 1'7_1_3_u_x:ea_u file 6f27-297632" ' 7
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. w Special Agen intewim%ed Officorqa�! W the Sioux Falls, Sou o o ice Deparjcment and was a -v se by Office at he did not forward thsi�ullet himselfbut was of the t the bullet had been forwarded to theBureau by ormerly an officer of the alls '!Police De or inter"rie'.'rin;�Agen int-er- fly 7
. 5 - /,� viewed County Prosecuting ey, an epn. y heriffQ oux s , South Dakota and neither could furnish infor-
on as to the location of the bullet. Each searched their filesand each inquired of the coroner without results.
Officer-Nrther advieedlggent-that noprocess had been issued for the arrest of Bil Silverthorn and thathe now doubts that the information furnished b asof value engined recently furnished information to e o ie-1:
which upon e n eoked ad been found to be false and merely a Ymental whim ofi - 0O92 _YC' B�is now located e
Oklahoma and a letter is ein addr d to e a oma o 1-wea Erequesting that office to intervievr�asoertaining whether heforwarded the bullet to the Bureau or owe its location-
Very truly yours,
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Dear Sir: - __ _
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' �°' with reference to tn» letter or October so, loan,concerning the evidence and test bullets reported to havebeen forwarded to the Bureau for examination in its
Technical laboratory by n former r.cmbar oi�0 " la Police De , ond presently residinr �£{H}fELthe G1 ux .211 . -' - . -,
at Fort S111, Oklahoma, you are advised that additional"isearch has been made oi� the Bureau's record» upon the bah
oi�. the intonation turniahed in your letter, but it wouldnot appear that thin evidence was ever rooeive-1 in the
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It is d-.-�sired that this information be furninhcd
to the Sioux Fnlla, South nukota Yolice �epnrtmcnt.
Very truly yours,
John lid;-or Hoover,
Director.
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unnomumun FOR r-111.. n11vra192N%F"�92;Re: Unknown Subjects;
Alleged I.-Zembers Purple Gang,Detroit, Michigan!
Identification - Fingerprints!- Bureau file #62-29632. '
Reference is made to the attached letter from the Aberdeen E11�?-.-'"~ .92Office relative to a questioned bullet removed from the heed of one Joe _;�<Kluthe, which s ted to ave been sent to the Technical Laboratory; of _this Bureau by I� the Sioux Fells, South Dakota Police ..
ar lent some me n . Bnap tn 1 g <.e92 -WeAlthough a check had previously been made in the laboratory larb
August for such a questioned bullet with negative results, upon receipt of�the instant letter I had f the laboratory conduct a secondsearch in an fort eke sure we were not overlooking the questic-'.-H1specimen. gain reports that this bullet is not in the Tech:-Y . 1Laboratory ammunr. on iles. 1'-"oreover, .2: search of both the laboratory s»-1
I investigative files on the a ve- led matter fails to reveal any' correspondence whatever from _;submitting such evidence to theBureau, the Files Section having a v "sat they have searched under ev'"1'}�possible reference available. Accordingly, it would appear that the quesl-#1:-ne_dbullet referred to has never been received by this Bureau.
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October 30, 1956.
Director,Federal Bureau of Investigation,
I W�shington, D. C.
92[ D681� Sir: RE: I.T}'?1II'IU¥'l'H SUBJECTS 3;!_ Alleged Members Purple Gang,92 Detroit, Michigan! s
- Identification - Fingerprintc!
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" Reference is made to a letter from the Aberdeen B1'.rc::=.:'oOffice dated October 7, 1,36. byqyczw
On October 25, 19756, the Aberdeen Bureau Of �cam iiceived from the Oklahoma. City Bureau 0i�fice' a letter signed byof Fort Sill, Oklahoma, who was formerly t member of the sioux Falls, out: 1Dakota Police Department. In this let advises that the» ullctwhich was removed from the head of Jo oWmrded to the Ball-istic Department of the Technical Laboratory, Federal Bureau of Investigabion, T:'as11ington, D. C.! last spring, exact date not furnished.
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� That the bullet was forwarded in a small box, and thatthis box else contained two test bullets v-'}~.:1c}-1 had been �red from a .52caliber revolver, found-on an outlying street, the day after Kluthe�sbody was found in the river.
The letter further advises that the bullet removed fl'f.�!|1 '
Kluthe's head was apparently identical with a number of cartridges found inKluthe's overcoat pocket, and that five of these cartridges were missingfrom the box of bullets in the pocket. Further that the bullets found in
the pocket were so water soaked that it had been impossible to make a corn-
parison test of the revolver which was previously mentioned. ,_ 92,_ 92 , _.92r vs $0 Xi !
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bullets forwarded to the Bureau, �has furnished his addressas Box 1, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. - 9f mo é$?.��»�&¢�0 2/PL L r
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San Francisco, California , -'.�_.?_ __November 9, 1956. ' " "
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Dear Sir: �Re: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS, -
/ [Alleged Manners Purple Gang,.--' / '1 +. it. -i 'h1omn92
Reference is made to ter date
August 10 1956 -e= n-erven y enereen -
Q _ e, a a nished information to the effect that one1- WiI|_lianT"Lee,' allegedly e. member of, and a "fence" for the Purple
*. " Gang, engaged in smuggling dope, guns, jewelry, bullet-proof vests,and steel helmets, to and from China, was allegedly living at 510Stockton Street East, San Francisco, California.
This will advise that there is a Stockton
Street in San Francisco, which street runs in a North and SouthDirection, and there is no street designated as Stockton StreeEast nvestigation at~5l0 Stockton Street by Special Agent
of this office rev sled that same is a rather respec - -
Q apartment house. Q we amen Agent_ ~-hat she has been e manager or over a period of two years,
....a...... that she can recall no one by the name of William Lee hav- _ 92
ing resided at that place during that period. b92 -192 Q!
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At the San Francisco Police Department itwas determined that that Department has a record of more thantwenty William Leos, and it was impossible, on the informationfurnished the San Francisco Bureau Office, to determine any furth-er information regarding this particular individual-
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Ni-~T*om.L STOLEN P.".OP?JR'TY ACT
According to information rcocfved by the Kiami Office, thefollowing individuals are presently members o? the notorious SLTROIEPURPLE GANG: .
Hp..=anY92FLs1scH1sn, 1-.-3.5 ,,2§Q ;>,>"3Harry§F1eisher, Hnrr§92Flnish,Herrykflaisk, Harnywlcish,Hen1'y92F:Lr11~:;Michigan StateDetroit PD No.
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, Michigan State Police No. 31� Detroit PD No. 32178
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Director, FBI
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Harry."elcher,Michigan StateDetroit PD No.
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FDetroit PD Ho h5!95
JOSEPH 92sor.::-m1To, wa. 5 .9 9% y/-Michigan StateDetroit PD No=
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April 15, 195%
IMRIIY Pl llL}CllI-I11 and I~:1lK1Jl ;3-~11 111 are r3g'920rt-"ad to Ixavc b»,-on 1:
Hollywood, Florida, during the l9L6�h7 winter sognon. Hnnil FLLIQJHMR �"also reported to have been in Kiami Beach with two associates durinf Lh:present winter season. This information has not been verified as yet, ~�l
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Miami area in recent years. However, in view sf their reputations asetick=up men and burglars, it is requeeten that their fingerprints be con»pared with the unidentified latent fingerprints in the various jewel theftC<'5l.S¬S-
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Date recorded: /,-22-.=lL. --;':Y!- J
Single Fingerprint Report
Case: RE: DETROIT PVHPLE GANG Number:éQ"HATlOi~IAL SIULFJ-i PK! P!-111'! A
Specimens: "Compare i�ingel'ori1'1ts 1�ollowin1' ".-wed mlspecunidentified latents in the variolm is-wel Theft?-Tiami area: ' H
�,_,_§-�»;*FARl£Y FLEIIE�:C_I'&'I'R, 1-:as., }-lidligfa-". fitete Polio* Detroit Y."-J #16151
H .,f-Y"S1U.! F�l_.T-IISHER, c-13., =�iclli:1an 'tat*= Police sl_;..,B'AH AcBhi92I.i0�.."I T3, was., ~-ichizrzzrl 1tett.e Police
I" Detroit "'1 '132l'?�8
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Examination requested by: SAC, Miami
Date received: 4-92�48 H1111
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