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Bookmark or Share- Purple Gang - Detroit Historical SocietyThe Purple Gang was Detroit’s most notorious organized crime gang in the 1920s and 1930s. Led chiefly by the Burnstein (often misspelled Bernstein) brothers Raymond, Joseph, Isadore and Abraham - the Purple Gang was made up of immigrants from Detroit’s lower east side.
- The Purple Gang - WikipediaThe Purple Gang, also known as the Sugar House Gang, was a criminal mob of bootleggers and hijackers composed predominantly of Jewish gangsters. They operated in Detroit, Michigan, during the 1920s of the Prohibition era and came to be Detroit's dominant criminal gang.
- Purple Gang – Terrorizing Detroit in the 1920s - Legends of AmericaLed by Abe Bernstein, the Purple Gang was a mob of bootleggers and hijackers who operated out of Detroit, Michigan, in the 1920s. This group of mostly young Jewish immigrants started in the Hasting Street neighborhood called Paradise Valley in Detroit’s Lower East Side.
- Detroit's Purple Gang - My Jewish LearningIn July 1929 four members of the Purple Gang — Eddie Fletcher, Harry Sutton, Abe Axler, and Irving Milberg — were sentenced to 22 months in Leavenworth Penitentiary for conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws.
- When the ‘Purple Gang’ ruled Detroit - ClickOnDetroitIn 1931, three members of the Purple Gang were murdered by their own after allegedly betraying gang members. After being invited to a "peace conference" at an...
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