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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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lO-fy<h, Lue) ns, me . Mr. J. E. Hi- welt ees Supplementing my letter of earlier today, attached is a copy of ‘ another to N.Y¥.,N. Y. wanted to know who wes here with Luciam, where they ware stop-ing, end to keep under surveilance until further word received fran thtede a Iam supplying this infoxnsetion to you feeling that you teo will t » ‘-terested in whos who, whos here end why, however, no one shall “now this is ‘4 being given to you. Unfortunately Mr, A. J. K. is out of the City now and I ca take the matter up with him and an awaiting his returmm orthe arrival of prop?” requests for arrests before any steps are token. ae = soatnn f There is no doubt that the entire mob is coming hers ‘ ty s is borne out by the fact that some pmperty ommers, oming rrorerty in + | debt club operators do business in Miami Beach, have been apprenched end den. Vinede on them not to renew any leases until they, the geng, say the word, aaa 7 this gang have avprosched the oparaters of those bars end nigh cluvs end. to: oa that they :sust do several things, 1-The mob must be given the giuabling conéea: 2-That waiters and guards of the ganga djoice mist be enplgyed 4nd that tha one must co-operate in "fingering" patrons of wealtth who may be operated acsinst fc and jewelry by the robbery route and if possible by the "snetch” route; 3-ThD nove so wEH1l not gonsent will be foreed to stop "by the things we can ao” 4: is econineg es Tor iW hy r pualie ar Now all of this: propositioning has taken place at Miami Beach 1 t< vonight, and against iftemi-Beach Operators, but the plan is to extard to lism . ami the Miemi end la belng looked after by Make the Plumber alias Jake WE oa5. ‘ Jack Werner ( a subject that Fitzimaons is now working on and wth whoit We - vies . be weking on soon in one of your cases). Jake + e Plumber is the man. who YS ” the entry in Miami for thia mob, and-he has already atarted by petting «FT: oy fomer part ower of the jarene Bar in Migmi to sell out and an unknowm ¥Y-" mobster is nowa patiner to /Palmer ny ae part owner with Findley. Next. ; Plunber is now tued up with one "NigWStein, and they will operate = “Bria, i | Just what that is yet I do not know, but em informed it will be for one purrs: that is to finger those wealthy persons who will patronize it and ther will ©. at victims of Robbery, Burglary and if necessary the match, Tis part: is tie, whey so far knom to heve taken a start in Miani. Next, Dave Levine, ope fatoy oP 4 | Southern Cafeteria in Miami, is a go between for Luci ano ani‘his gar ; " so far visited by this mob. Levine is fomerly from Pittsburgh, ia, fe _to have been a cohlector in Miami come winters past, culiecting from tur acee Levine has alreadt met with Luciano, /Trojone and.Stretchand twomotherra here, | Ag soon as Mr. AJK returns I am going to ley this all before hin” act a croding to his desire and Im sure I know what that will be, in so far is concerned. Care mst be taken here since Miani Beach is a separats:¢+t . tell what will be permitted and not permitted there and it is out cf eur: I°am certain that some help will have to be called for B38 98a ith every confidence in the. words, ah with. Tsones 3B 5aE th at ang ROW 2 1k°
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