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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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. O ak Se ee tee a Dp eeenenree cue eke p , GO ode a Federal Burexu of Intestigation p< 7 . Post Office Box 812 _ fe. fee | Chicago, Illinois if Ke cna - August 10, 1956 ) : = . Director Federal Burem: of Investigation f Washington, D. C. Dear Sirs i In reply to your letter of August 4,,19 requesting the weer to eens, contact lanatkea at his lodge itpetttle Bohemia, Wisconsin, 1 Y ~ desire to adtise ming’of August 7, 1956 C and Special Agent of this Office viewed iinger (bye) A Museum at Little * 4 It was found thet the personal belongings of John Dillinger, such = | as his old clothing, et cetera, were maintained in a small cottage ~ ! + adjacent to the Little Bohemia lodge. In this cottage, on one of Ye the end walls, were tacked, covering the complete end of the room, “~ the shirts and shoes which formerly belonged to Dillinger and other members of that mob. On the other end, covering the entir , are photographs, such as the Chicago Police pictures of the/St. Valentine's Day Massacre j/Detroit sPolice Department picturgs of the ae Gang, the suitcases in which Dillinger and other members of ‘that HoD were carrying their clothes, and numerous newspaper articles. QD baa. oA On the front wall of this cottage were fastened, completely covering i the wall, suits of clothes and newspaper articles covering Dillinger's _ _{ escapades. The back wall wes completely covered with newspaper .... oe eye ; | articles, neckties and pyjamas, all of which allegedly belonged to atan) the Dillinger mob, and on this back wall was a small, glass case in ve which is maintained a Colt .45 automatic revolver, be coeX) #160461, which gun, Wanatka states, he is exhibited es having been left by the mob. There was also contained in this cabinet an old .551 caliber rifle, about half a dozen colored sun glasses, a number of medical supplies, razors, toilet articles, et cetera; boxes of playing cards and numerous boxes and dishes” - . exploded shelle allegedly picked up ot Ed = on Bohemia following the Pada. CORDE D & INDEXED Lo Inside of a closet door is a portion of a bullet-proof “vest, ’ thé INVESTIGATION » ley vest is not there, the sides being nisping. “ART 2 pene ‘LS py 17 18% | ES} corizs "tbe! i gi & NG 40 or o isod ORR ee ee yt te ee on! Poe - sy . * . ewes Roe Te AL r o. ited . : a i)
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