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Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 2

97 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang · 95 pages OCR'd
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=2- - owe Ta =: Casey was sup2osed te be » member of the Purple gang, whose headquarters were in Detroit, but that mst of the gang were now serving time at Marquette, ilichigan. She stated that Casey was not mentally right, and thet he talked too much and none of the other Bushouse boys would let hin in on anything, and would not truat him. ‘She said that when Casey became intoxicated, he would tell all he knew, end ancifui stories end relate thincs th t pet ce ag a aS Tok s. ’ ad of " , eee ae | mabe A a more, hea would make up the most fz or did happen. » and never hed | the 0 gang, but thet he was thebest one cf the bootleggers of the boys; thet he was an ex-soldier; thet when he was in jail he mission to get out due to a tubercular condition which he Sots that sometime during Decenab 95 just about two weeks aiter he had been released fron “mC and had been drinkig just enough to make him want to Stns 4 T anone other things hestated he was a as maaber of the Purple gang; thet soreone was then waiting outside in a car for him; that whenever he went any plece + would always follow him in order to give hin protection. dvised that in her honest opinion that these things never existed, and that they were mere rother, etories made up by Casey. stated that when cose, Ue - that he was : " ny; s bringing alcohol f rom Chic to Kalamazoo, and that all he re a8 8 $2 OO for the o> ees ~~ a en the wi we i G « im" peste eee eee Detective informed - that Casey was now driving ~ a beer wagon Kalamazoo. lb yc Vp) b ae sae am that Al Bushouse used to be a mtorcycle police- man; at De 6 good business sometime ago; that about five years ago Al began going downhil}; that he sold his stores at Canstock anc went to Florida; that he remained there about three months, and returned to ilichigan; that be started a plumbing business, about which he knew nothing, and failed; that he hed gone through all of his money and had borrowed thousand of dollars from anyone who would lend it to 1 RR advised thet Al has a couple of loaded guns in his hou ime; that she does not believe Al is exactly mentally sound; that she believed that Al was dangerous; that he wuld tell some of the wlldsst stories; 4nd that instead of any oC gang being after Al, she believed it was who lived south of Kalamazoo, who had Al acared to death, and t would occasionally hide - out in the wods to gat away from him; that thia was two years ago when a is since that time she haz not heard anythiig more about 1 + Ovi 508 that Al has never threatened her nor is she scare any gang, but she added that she 4s somewhat frightened of al, due to his peculisr actions of late, and she does not know what he might do, and does not believe that he is responsible * for what 6OG6 Ofis a me a¥ x 4g hat 4. st ees: mares cae eae eae aE i 7? ores boi ales 7, amet ms
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