◆ SpookStack

Declassified Document Archive & Reader
Log In Register
Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 1

59 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Mar 29, 1927 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang · 58 pages OCR'd
← Back to feed
cos ae Post Offies Box 2118 Detroit - Michigen we we “ . fe bee MEN OR October 25, 1955 + it * Special Agent in Charge ; : a Oklehoma City, Oklahoma ; : 4 % Dear Sir: Reference is meade to your letter unter date cf October 25, 1955, wherein this office was advised that the (h y b > . A “AEXYOFMECION vo the efrect that two members of tue Ad ) eB . troit Purple Gang are presently in Clarexore anf requesting a = that this office ascertain whether there are any outstending * wenbers of this gang who are wanted. - Conf this dete, my as vised that was informed by # t Police Departuent, OXXc) r ou ng re of the original Purple Gang nr. who are mented by the Detroit Police Department. Beever,” $: eivised thet Anthon.’ 7 = and Philip Browse, (bY7 Yo i ere mot regerded as manbers © e y: ut who associated with usmbers of that gang, are ye presently wmaxted by the Detroit Police Departwent in connection Be with the surder of Frenk Pleen on September £7, 1955, at 7 + Michigan (bYaYc ) = cide Squad, = lice Department, fibgerprin§ cards and photographs of Po the two above Mued and ere being trans- mitted herewith. etvieed thet "John Doe" warrants are cuts oe The of Frank Olsen and thet it oan be definitely establiched ¢ie+ Thomas and Browne murdered Olesen in an attezspted holdup. a equested thet in the event the two men reported tc be iz Claremore ere identified as Thomas and Browne they be arrested and held for the Detroit Police —_ , Departzent end that the Detroit Police Department be netified. ~ a ee ae rd , ry oy é ile iy : i beipgk™ 4g eearch of the files at the Detroit Office does REE ¥ reveal thot the Bureau is taking any actives aa" a-x } epprehension of the te above mentioned mets ( C 2 _— | . Very traly yours Fo. fet RURLAY OF neat AANLAR Specie) Agent in Charge | Co-Bureau . BY a
OCR quality for this page
Community corrections
First editor: none yet Last editor: none yet
No user corrections yet.
Comments
Document-wide discussion. Follow the Community Standards.
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Continue Exploring

Use the strongest next step for this document: continue reading, jump to the topic hub, or move into the matching agency collection.
Continue Reading at Page 27
Jump straight to page 27 of 59.
Reader
Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 4
Stay inside Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang with another closely related document.
Topic
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the FBI agency landing page for stronger archive context.
FBI
Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang Topic Hub
See the topic overview, related documents, and linked subtopics.
Hub

Agency Collection

This document also belongs in the FBI Documents & FOIA Archive landing page, which is the stronger starting point for agency-level browsing and for searches focused on FBI records.
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the agency landing page for introduction text, topic links, and more FBI documents.
FBI

Explore This Archive Cluster

This document belongs to the Organized Crime archive hub and the more specific Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang topic page. Use these hub pages when you want the broader collection context, linked subtopics, and more documents around the same archive thread.
bureau
Related subtopics
Al Capone
37 documents · 2449 known pages
Subtopic
Bugsy Siegel
32 documents · 2877 known pages
Subtopic
Carlo Gambino
14 documents · 1532 known pages
Subtopic
Carmine Galante
12 documents · 1245 known pages
Subtopic
Abner Zwillman
7 documents · 600 known pages
Subtopic
Arthur Flegenheimer Dutch Schultz
6 documents · 166 known pages
Subtopic