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Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 3

98 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Apr 23, 1974 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang · 98 pages OCR'd
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ee ee ey ee » ™. 7 “ 1 ¥ nll ¢ Shi, Leet all Miami, Florida ire J . Edger Hoover, Director, os Division of Investigation, : Department of Justice, \ by U”) Washington, D. C, rs y wy dear a - Congratulations and best of luck. To say the least, - I feel very heppy over the newspaper reports of the last reek, end - t | Je r xX S I want to assure you tnat they ere very encouraging tu the other lar ay Xx enforcement azencies. : de. I have some informati e erfect that P ovola “and Joetassey, both merbers of spares are now in Misml dew ~ they have been trying to open up a place just over the Miami KY City limits in Miemi Shores, Floraa, We have been watching them here ‘~~ “= because we expected they would try to open up a place in Miami but in- y ~stecc they went overthe City line into the Shores. Not knowing that L YO %. .we had been trailing then closely, the Sheriff a few days ago closed NS ~ the olece in Miami Shores and the gang went back to the Beach where AK vi em satistTied we can locete then if they sre wanted, . 3 There is ancther fellow names Willie Heeney with thex, a This fellow is an Italian, by the way all of these men are Iteliens, a so I do not kno what Heaney! s italien name is, nevertheless, this ~. J+ Heeney is eticking very closely to Martyhuilfoyle the Unicazo racketeer, . SS “NS “und who woo named here the Meyor es "Public nem Nuzber One", and * ‘ you ena I kmow that Wookény gis that enemy. : a : — Cet! ~ L Edgar, keep up the good work. There are at least one— >hundred out of one-hundred and seventy men here that you can have at e “ a “monents notice, and IJ hope and trust tnut within a few yeors every i\ Ng -, 28x enforcenent unit in the United States will be able to give as good \. ystnct better service and co-operation. fy \f—sso~, 3 7 (pb Rf XC ) | SS I shell apareciate if very much if you would send o bea # Vie . -— ‘. rom
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