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Collingwood Massacre shipwrecked in Detroit gang war tale
Hank Fine recalls the Collingwood Massacre amid late 1930s Detroit gang wars. The Purple Gang and Jewish Navy clashed over alky operations, with four mobsters convicted after killings, long prison terms, and a post pardon fate.
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Collingwood
Detroit
Hank Fine
Purple Gang
Chicago
Fine
Paul Dorfman
Chicky Hanesman
Harry Fleisher
Pittsburgh
Swainson
Sam Keywell
Irving