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17. The Purple Gang

Reply to Nittersing (Reply #10)

Wed Jan 14, 2026, 01:36 PM

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My ex-wife had family, two sisters, that were gun molls for the Licavoli gang. They left the Detroit/Toledo area to escape the heat, moving to the Cincinnati area.

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