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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
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oe Cn ae eR | = ee ere 7 ee ee ee SN RTT mee 28 he cael UNITED STATES BUREAU OF iNVESTIGATION™ - Ca. 2 el RB: ieizas: PONT ta ls open Tea, & . . : oe. ea ods ith, CASE GaiGINATED AT Oklehona Ci ty, Oklahana at NO. weet weORY BADE AT: | DATE WHEN MADE: PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE: REPORT MADE BY: W.in, Gity, Okla. 11/2 7/35 ‘10/23 to 11/15 SiTLe. a » CHARACTER OF CASE: ~~ UJENOWN SUBJECTS Identification _ {Alleged Members Purple Gang, (Fingerprints) febrott, Michigan) eceived information that members of the nye) rple Gang were operating a night club between Tulsa and Claremore, Oklae Photographs ani fingerprints of . - Anthony*Thanas.and PhilipsBrome. were obtained fran.the Dew og.) sats ' troit office, and the photograph of Philip Browne under ‘the « a kk alias of Harry Miller was tentatively identified as. bel ng * one of the persons in the vicinity of Tulsa,. Browne and _ Co Thomas wanted for murder by Detroit Police Department. : , ¢ lL. UATES 2 At Oklahoma City, Cklshoma, ~ ee | ontected the: Oklahana: City: 4: ufrtod, end state at he had information.to the effect. that, two members, of ‘the, fe hi-troit Purple Gang are presently in Claremore, Oklahoma. He requested that ine: :cunstion be obtained as to whether any of the outstanding members of this gang wiphb be presently wanted. A letter was directed to the Detroit office on . uwLotur 23, 1935 requesting information concerning members. of; a yhe Detroit Purple - Gung, and a letter was received from the Detroit office. unger October B5y, cts ae ‘stating that there were’ presently: ‘no“ outstanding member: 3 on Furple Gang who were wanted for any offenses within xhe Fulice Department. E copies di ting vprid agthony Thomas me rome, a ee Abi toyaD AND 1 TEDWANEES: 7, 4 So meIAL AGENT ¢ Spe = se, ‘ CHANGE &o IES OF THIS REPORT rurwienel te . a! Pr a ne eg UNITED STATES wre REG ee n 3 ‘Ce cp AM, poe mu reau a & patroit 1 f orf LERTIQATION Jc urls City , oot, MS HOUT ‘i. ike ta wee eee te ne on —_-
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