Thursday, November 11, 2010

Detroit Purple Gang hit



I found this box of old photos on a curb in Detroit.  There were these three large photos in the box that stood out.  In August 1937, Purple Gang member Harry Millman’s LaSalle Coupe was blown to bits. The blast killed a valet (who had been sent for the coupe) outside the 1040 Club in Detroit, a favourite Purple Gang watering hole. The bomb was attached to the spark plug wires. Tough times back then...