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2 unusual facts about The Purple Gang


Andrea Leeds

The Howards also owned the Howard Manor in Palm Springs, a hotel originally built as the "Colonial House" by Las Vegas casino owner and Purple Gang member Al Wertheimer.

Purple Gang

The Purple Gang, Jewish American bootleggers and hijackers in Detroit during the 1920s


Harry Keywell

Harry Keywell, (December 8, 1910 - August 30, 1997), was a convicted member of Detroit's infamous Purple Gang, which terrorized the city of Detroit during Prohibition.


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East Harlem Purple Gang

In Carlito's Way the Purple Gang was referred to as the 'Pleasant Avenue Crew'.

Joseph Zerilli

Working as a laborer with the Detroit Gas Company, Zerilli founded the Purple Gang with William Joseph "Bugs Bill" Bernstein, Abe Bernstein, Harry Fleisher, and Louis Fleisher at the onset of Prohibition.