Crime Library: Bootlegger's Paradise
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Writer Mark Gribben's feature article on the Jewish Purple Gang of Prohibition Era Detroit; photos and bibliography.
FBI: Freedom of Information Act: Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel
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Bureau files on New York/California/Las Vegas racketeer Siegel contain 2,421 pages.- FBI: Freedom of Information Act: Arthur Flegenheimer
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Bureau files on the New York bootlegger and numbers racketeer known as Dutch Schultz. 
Bugsysiegel.net
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Website examines "the man who invented Las Vegas," Benjamin Bugsy Siegel. Features include biography, quotes, photos, official documents, web links, information and photos of the Flamingo Hotel.- FBI: Freedom of Information Act: Abe Reles
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Bureau files on the Murder Inc. hitman and mob turncoat known as "Kid Twist." - FBI: Freedom of Information Act: Louis Buchalter
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Bureau files on the New York racketeer and Murder Inc. boss known as Lepke. - Wikipedia: Arnold Rothstein - Biography of the New York gambler and racketeer. Topics include the 1919 "Black Sox" World Series scandal, bootlegging activity and Rothstein's 1928 murder.
- Wikipedia: Bugsy Siegel - Biography of the gangster. Topics include Siegel's underworld business ventures in Los Angeles and Las Vegas (Flamingo Hotel), and his 1947 assassination.
- Wikipedia: Dutch Schultz - Biography of the New York gangster.
- Wikipedia: Louis Buchalter - Biography of the New York garment industry racketeer and Murder Inc. boss who was executed in the electric chair in 1944.
- Wikipedia: Meyer Lansky - Biography of the New York gangster.
- Wikipedia: Mickey Cohen - Biography of the California gambler.
- Wikipedia: The Purple Gang - Article describes the history of the Detroit bootlegging gang.
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