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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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te eM ey EFE: RD 62-29632-12 August 10, 1936— @ 62-29632 —/ * Special Agont in Charge, ee oo ee uy ¢ Sberdeeay 8 South s Dakota. ‘ a oO gag tees Res UNKKORY SUBJECTES : ; (Alleged Bembera ?. rple Gang, Detroit, Kichtgan) Identification - (Fingerprints) 4 a eyo, ae “Reference ia made to your letter of July 203 3 1936 o jast paragreph ou pie 2 0 a: the Sioux Fallu, South Dakota Foltee De- 2a that Stliverthor _ & popsible suspect for the murder of cne Joo Eluthe. _. =~ fpdtested therein that the bullet removed fron the eurdered mon! 6 wave esd was forwarded by the Sioux Falls Police Department to the Technical Laboratory of thia Bureau to determine whether sene wag & «32 caliber automatic bullst. You sre advised that a check nude in the Technical Leboratery falls to reflect any record of this bullet ever being received there for exaintnetion. The Huresu there- fore desires thet Ueticer EEE: re-contscted in regard to this watter. “A It 4s further desired that your office make on appropriut: effort to ascertain whethor any process may be cutstunding for tha errest of Silverthorn in connection with the murder of Joo Kluthe, with a view to instituting on appropriate invaotigation under the Unlawful Filght to Avoid Prosecution Statute. Thin matter should be given your prompt attention. Very truly yours, ae * Jobn Edger Hoover, \. Uirector. . ra 7“ " ee i
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