Harry Fleischer Detroit Purple Gang Mobster
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Robert Grey Reynolds Jr | ISBN: | 9781370835713 |
| Publisher: | Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr | Publication: | March 4, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Grey Reynolds Jr |
| ISBN: | 9781370835713 |
| Publisher: | Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr |
| Publication: | March 4, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Harry Fleischer was a Jewish mobster originally from Poland. He settled in Detroit, Michigan where he became a leader of the notorious Purple Gang. The criminal organization dominated Motor City vice beginning in the 1920s. Fleischer became a fugitive when he fled Michigan following an armed robbery conviction. In 1950 Federal Bureau of Investigation G-Men caught Fleischer with a female companion lying in the sun in Pompano Beach, Florida. Taken to Miami he was held for extradition for the murder of Michigan State Senator Warren Hooper.
Harry Fleischer was a Jewish mobster originally from Poland. He settled in Detroit, Michigan where he became a leader of the notorious Purple Gang. The criminal organization dominated Motor City vice beginning in the 1920s. Fleischer became a fugitive when he fled Michigan following an armed robbery conviction. In 1950 Federal Bureau of Investigation G-Men caught Fleischer with a female companion lying in the sun in Pompano Beach, Florida. Taken to Miami he was held for extradition for the murder of Michigan State Senator Warren Hooper.
