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Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 4
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te
ey converted to gambling.
Ued Rainwater, Frank Hyde, cd a group of men who Sure
ii Slaton, Big Sam Coheng ter belped to entrench \"
aes Levitt, Charlie Feicdmar bhokies.
‘those were among the un \Hyde and Slaton were sqvte-
sployed boolleggers who rosd zed out in the late 1940 s: fo
head gambling syndicates. make room for 4 group’ of
‘dyde and Siaton headed the younger men who formed what
uf big bookie empire, that .
‘raped up an Hiaieah fm the came to or known as the Mi-
oacy 1930's, Hyde became Ani Syndicate, Eddte Padgett,
"de county agent for Moe Ane ; erie Bil arts
‘nberg, head of the nation’s
Yorbecrough,
c@ wire service. He peddled vere among that powbrful
race result information ta ¢roup. f
aller bookies anc had about Ou uw Minni lesen side af
sub-agents. ef toe bay the labule & 4
‘elephones supplied the hfe"
syadicale took sapo. JNtfestr.ct*
sof the bookie Organiza~ ~yae-jforoid Saver, Sam Cae
a. By 1935, the buonie Yeckel hea, Jack Friedlander wad Ed-
ded by Hyac and Slator had f# Qe Resenr™er began as rivals,
ade @ SaG000.000 a Seat degsine coteessiGis of cioait
siness. Law eniorcemeni of- 0 stung; from Moan: Beach he.
alx tried 1.0 cripple it by ihris brace -
ters Soy
ving away the teleghones. ' outer ube
wdge Jeffersun B. Browse or nich didn’) stand far
oved the Scathern Bell Tele- wagng. in the earl.
me and: Telesraph Co. to peinched oul nto
mgh telephone service 16 hy i
TiS,
table gamb-
de in 1936. Hyde's lawyer . oo wes
: Ry he end af the 2du°s :
aeent Giblin, won the = his- ai ¥ oe engl ot ee qs e
-¢ decision by arguing that & G was @ stick monondy
that took in Si00,G00.000 a vear
uo ober, puoi Guia estimated
nollign a yeeros bribes ta huw
enforcement uiliccrs, big and
staal,
vugh his ¢ tient admitted he
a book-miuker, a common
arier (the phone company) -
mot a defendant of the pur}
| morals.
‘here were few defenaanis
While all this was happening,
vthe public morals for two the local iaw made one boat
cacde$, Dan Hardie, Dade — that saraoting here was ron
Soca en aa ‘home town boys. Jf
critf im 2902 wasn’t mech of a beast, since
1983, closed we
-wni te gambling and drove afmumber of the hore towd
‘orce the gambling laws. Far af had ‘iWfings on their vou.
is he was removed by Gov-
tnor Dave Sholttz) oan ite ords. Bui after the end of the
rouncs) he showed faulty wf. they could make it nd
aament. ; longer. The nation’s mops micye
vlost of the (wn was agains, &} IN. J
wrdie’s drive. Tt was a cio- OCHA 0 ALE STApon =
ssion decade. dbiamiang crea, wet inp coat Dh
aught they had to have gantb- trail ane Maudi-y Capea
hota cattraet winter foaristis, ua in bites PLUM feet
eeenhy was on, eat
dee we
Kalb
Hath Daan Wie
director of me eile will a |
made (UES 4 ODP cn os
tex siuad three
Lhe roigies,
Clean-Up Attempt
nuy Kavaniugh.
siv Safety for Miami.
wong attempt ta clea up
coy between 1935 ang ii.
did not have the backing
his police force or of cily |!
Annenberg, the race o &
- He pra:
cecn ig rose
Varry Busscl ar al Capane
herfonaan, amtscle! inte the
Gosvidhate with the hep
Cras, '
King «opened a tablofd of ne anee timely ratds by stage
vspaper, the Miami ‘Trilurfe, esligatars, i
atlacked Navanaugh. The ooge a i.
bune, under the guise of a QMS ers
was erusade against ‘all
is real and imagined, Jleet-
Lieve dep
Ps offic Ie
oft and Ace Deuce Seldimon -
Nobis
Whi cavupiion. The feilov
callecte? trihide ta
yas called “The
Natt
Jer
whe watch
to see te
bets front
oplled “eards.
the Jit] baokies
dill not fold back
the big puss,
Whe were the gead people
of Dac. and Broward deing aii
this thue? They were sitting
with their eyes squinched as
tight shut as they coau's .quinch
them. Poth Mianmi neowsnaners
exposed the situation, devcrib-
ed in detail how and where
iNegal gambiing wes soerating,
Yae scianblers leushed oud
called the stories good adver-
tising.
fe ame
wer
od, Came
Stated cone of $c
ed CERO fest
Sherill Wai
ceili
ir got
Pere oe Brau te
Gper raqio at tie Rearing thks
hr was nariner in i
PASI Vamy is o¥
neset advye. the dranuiti ue
ment vier. fear acy from
Kis vocee. Sheriff Chask mace
the reluctant conlesstuu ta Ae
Pauver,
Mite
Viddthiaay
sit
Dale
fai
var. ou
2 rol
Write hs
lalaer ddkeaca. aha.
bueicre: ake a senatue® Lie
Hidhed ard tubked sai said no-
thing and was sa bevung he
sified oxcfauver’s shew abd
fang os
left othe stand ow
dgmogr. adindssiess
abs rhe.
High oceint of ihe comedy
of a little
Abnade
Mian ch be hkie nantec
Frene Gros whe leaped frar-
his bed tr bathrobe and carpet
Slippers vo ielf all te Kefouver
and the racio audienze ino a
hilarious jest formance,
Suave. eabued dhe neascs uf
Wodendans oa the garibling let,
woth osquined their
ex@s shut auy oainsre st "he
ergemious cvait in itloga, hopik-
n qaine. The grand jars Cacdet-
ead onist out 6 i
garb
He Sab
Loin
meleding hp.
cepa :. Vane indict.
ioe nfossed
ee feaure Plage
hon the te
wk
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boerus
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WIE Pate Cate onl
Heike Wiieh ot cared iP Use
, ,b
lane
val
Chay
hf ‘
s recent ye
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jew berg hes.
tar ile fo 4 «
dow
alti Got .our
Cysrpagdy efse
ed Farias
VOuhist Toada be GeeM sil a
shay jenger oc. 4 spend one
with jegifiries bu "
when they aren’t clea
by perme; or c.ce,
round Unt tie Saas 4
aponing Up 4 i
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