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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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7 fan JOHN EDGAR HOOVER we . @IRECTOR Frdecral Bureau of Tuuestigation United States Departinent of Justice bare(eh Washington, Ba. €. ' Pines: /£25 7.2%. May @2, 19389 Dn 4 NiOCANDUM BOR THE FILE d and stated he had con tac; rr? L the sale of the PALUeP SY tnfornatton was during whic 1S now work the latter's wervise Departvuent and ts maxing guite a ott of moaey from Ais 1deas. talked to Sugas quite jfruniwiy but only at b4e reques , According ae during “FrankYPitegerald's ‘first tern as »ecretary of otate (1929 orl 930) the «ederal Internal evenue Agent in Detrott under one Woodruff (sirst name unknown) were. “araptina considerable money as ‘ result of nalt sales to breweries in and around vetrait. The malt manujacturers woudd seil for exunple 100, of mait to the . breweries and woula only pay tar on ahout tuenty per cent cf tiat wiount to the “ederal authorities. hventualliy the State cume into the graft »teture by passing a tax simiiar to the , -ederal tas on malt und conseauently it wos necessary for the (LYN) nait nanufacturers to cet to,the State authorities. lenry wenhorr was tre feader of thelrurpie Gang at tage ti and was jrtendiy with “ehorr went to to tnd out how ¢ per Cc e nut in with the otate autho tities as had beea done mith the Wederal authorities, ineroduced cexorr tu wero at that tine was GREMG into_the polttical 7% oa result af Schorr's contact mt ba bre entered tnta a serene whereby the State ave vu certarm ,irm in Letroit (ir. Funas ts to ascertain the nene tomorrow) the contract for manufacturing al}? state tax stanps on nuit. This firm worked along with eenorr and % the Oey _ Ga~ F4Y0U~ 6B . AMECORDE AD ae fo 7 Toe < INDEY PN of MAYER C198 |
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