Harry Fleischer Detroit Purple Gang Mobster

by Robert Grey Reynolds

Overview

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.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940155161400
Publisher:	Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Publication date:	03/04/2018
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	565,709
File size:	148 KB

About the Author

I am a soon to be retired Duke Medical Center library researcher, who enjoys writing. I have been writing on Wikipedia for years and have begun to write ebooks. My pastimes include selling books on EBay, genealogical research, baseball (Pittsburgh Pirates), collecting antique furniture and coins, and spending time with Kingsley, my cocker spaniel.