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Eddie Fletcher was born in New York but later moved to Detroit, Michigan where he became a notorious member of the Purple Gang. There he operated as a gunman and bootlegger. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Fletcher befriended future Purple Gang members Abe Axler and Irving Milberg. Fletcher became a featherweight boxer during his younger years but eventually turned towards crime instead. Fletcher moved to Detroit in 1923 to participate in the Sugar House War. Despite his small size he became one of the most feared gunmen of the Purple Gang. He was rarely seen without his long-time friend Abe Axler, they even called them the 'Siamese twins'. Fletcher was suspected to be one of the participants in the Milaflores Massacre which occurred on March 28, 1927. Three gangsters were lured to an ap

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rdfs:comment	Eddie Fletcher was born in New York but later moved to Detroit, Michigan where he became a notorious member of the Purple Gang. There he operated as a gunman and bootlegger. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Fletcher befriended future Purple Gang members Abe Axler and Irving Milberg. Fletcher became a featherweight boxer during his younger years but eventually turned towards crime instead. Fletcher moved to Detroit in 1923 to participate in the Sugar House War. Despite his small size he became one of the most feared gunmen of the Purple Gang. He was rarely seen without his long-time friend Abe Axler, they even called them the 'Siamese twins'. Fletcher was suspected to be one of the participants in the Milaflores Massacre which occurred on March 28, 1927. Three gangsters were lured to an ap
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abstract	Eddie Fletcher was born in New York but later moved to Detroit, Michigan where he became a notorious member of the Purple Gang. There he operated as a gunman and bootlegger. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Fletcher befriended future Purple Gang members Abe Axler and Irving Milberg. Fletcher became a featherweight boxer during his younger years but eventually turned towards crime instead. Fletcher moved to Detroit in 1923 to participate in the Sugar House War. Despite his small size he became one of the most feared gunmen of the Purple Gang. He was rarely seen without his long-time friend Abe Axler, they even called them the 'Siamese twins'. Fletcher was suspected to be one of the participants in the Milaflores Massacre which occurred on March 28, 1927. Three gangsters were lured to an apartment at 106 East Alexandrina Avenue around 4 o'clock in the morning. As the three men stood at door 308 they were all gunned down. Police found evidence that about five gunmen were present in that room, amongst them Fletcher and Axler. In 1929, Fletcher was questioned, together with Harry Keywell, about the St. Valentines massacre which took place in Chicago where seven men were brutally slain on the orders of Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone. It is known that Capone had good connections with the Purple Gang and might have asked for help from Detroit (probably to divert the heat the murders would attract to someone outside Chicago). Later that year he and Axler were jailed for two years for bootlegging. In 1932, Fletcher got out and together with Axler he tried to take over the Purple Gang. However, on November 26, 1933, Axler and Fletcher were murdered by members of their own Gang.

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