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4 | H. S. Burean of Intestigution r fon Loe Ee ei Rs rane aN Pea + 8 aa rr ia 1900 Bankers Bldg, Chicago, Illinois = were neem _ Septenber 14, 1933 tone ; Pr: of Director, a bees eerie — _ Division of Investigation, ; ee Be ‘ Ue S. Department of Justice, nS -2.9 + | § - Fn <2 Néahington D. C. "ag 2 SEP 90 1933 DIVE. :, Dear Sir:- Re: ALLEGED Ach vITpS or AsusHOUEE auD Stier ' 2 menbers of theXfurple Gang of Yetroit, and the - ... of Chic lee an fa mame PRG co hi With reference to the Letter fron the-Diviets . dugust 3, 1933, end the inclosure Aid Special — Ascent in Charge, Division of Investigations United States Department of the Interior, Albuquerque, New Mexico, dated et 16, 1953, concerning e above-mentioned mtter, Special Agent ked the city trect isted, ani in talking with United States Comiss:oner CoxXT¥e e advised that the Bushouse feuilies all lived in KMsalemazoo and omstock, a anall village just out of Kalamazoo, Michizane. He strted that he knew this to be a fact for he had disposed of one case agninst then, and that there wes another one pending in court. Agent Van Wagoner called uvon lanazoo, Michigan, Who edvised that EY) With this information at hand, cont called Woon Commissioner of Police, Kulemazoo, who assigned ¢ tectives of the Kalamazoo Police Depart- * ment, to a 3 n 8 investigation, inastach as these tro 4s detectives knen : of the Bushouses and all about their ectivities. As : 5 a matter of zoo: 00 thet AL Bushouse ussd to be a former x policeman and wel ou at one time, but since that tine ha had lost i pe owned, as well as the respect others had for hin. i everything ’ pe (LYAXCYD) ry “ +e, ae re wat atte . “ ot wa va, ay Bide Pe lt ae . Se a A ee ed sate . “+ i a To fern td r “ ote . 7 a 7 eas us we se be " "oe J ro spe. wad ‘ . : ‘ “ @ state s Hushouse, who lived in S.uth Burdick Strget, Kalamazoo was the father offeete, fronn/ Pert (LeBertus Ger and Bases a eee that these brothers all lived in Kalamazoo; ‘ae G. Bushouse was a half cousin to these boys, but had I then; that Pete was the leader of the crowd, but that John was the most vicious of then all. She stated that Pete, John ani Bert were members of a the Al Capone gang, and that Pete dealt throngh a middle man of Al Capone, . who lives in felamazoo, but she cannot think ot his name. COPIES DUSTRNOYED ZT AUG OT 1824 : By ee see remeors SONS ae te TNE ees RET CST bear Sense ee ail pei Siete ~ aes Ral erg 1 a « + = : -! 7 . aw ‘ 1 ae ye Oy 3 . 1“ 7 Pp tee Baka i - ee : Me i maeer ye oad famed VpTROME Tick > igticc "al \ ne nC § ELA ioe, pes a * Cre 2 cy dl . we tte ~~ er Orr at Le * A 4 . vast . alcoho. : on . .