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Re: East Harlem Purple Gang
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10/01/14 04:58 AM
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This article states that Meldish was the co-leader of the Purple Gang? http://www.cosanostranews.com/2013/11/whacked-former-boss-of-purple-gang-got.htmlMaldish was in his late-20's when Daniel Leo and his buddies formed this group. I wonder if Maldish is said to be the leader in order to take heat off of the others who were really heading the gang? I just have a hard time believing it was Meldish this whole time that ran the crew. Now perhaps after the '86 bust he may have been put in charge during the 90's while the top guys were doing time or evading conviction. Thoughts?
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Re: East Harlem Purple Gang
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This article states that Meldish was the co-leader of the Purple Gang? http://www.cosanostranews.com/2013/11/whacked-former-boss-of-purple-gang-got.htmlMaldish was in his late-20's when Daniel Leo and his buddies formed this group. I wonder if Maldish is said to be the leader in order to take heat off of the others who were really heading the gang? I just have a hard time believing it was Meldish this whole time that ran the crew. Now perhaps after the '86 bust he may have been put in charge during the 90's while the top guys were doing time or evading conviction. Thoughts? Never happened. The Meldishes hurt A LOT of people, and they were very feared (they were also both bullies). But they were always subservient to the Priscos and the other Italians from 116th. And the Purple Gang was LONG GONE by the '90s. That's when the life passed the Meldishes by. Their old running buddies were either dead, jailed, or made into the Mob.
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Re: East Harlem Purple Gang
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10/01/14 10:56 PM
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Thank you for the responses.
My uncle-in-law was the guy Leo introduced to the families. He never had to bump up any cut, and he made sure his uncle who ran book never had to bump up either. That was the pull Leo Daniel had (it appears). My uncle started off doing numbers and hits for the friends he made in jail in the late 50's (he killed a guy). Then he went on to dealing coke. He said the Colombians were the cheapest of all; and that that got the better of him. Then he did a small favor for some Chinese guys at a restaurant and ended up getting heroin from them. That made him THE heroin guy for the 3 families he hung around. He told me he got the Purple Gang started. He went away in '86. I met him in 2009. For 3 weeks I heard his stories. He wouldn't tell me any murder stories (since he was still alive) and would only identify those who are already dead.
Learned some amazing things: -Mafia talked about killing JFK but said no. -Bobby, that's a different story (as he said). He said there was a LOT of talk about it but 'I never heard what the final decision was' ;-) -Sometimes being an independent was better than being part of one of the families -You can't be a criminal today
He used to eat dinner with Fat Tony, Carmine Galente, lot's of the big guys. Tony and Galente both Proposed him to join their respective crews. But my uncle-inlaw had a horrible father so he would never take orders from somebody - always a lone wolf in that sense. He was real close friends with Thomas DeSimone. He said DeSimone had murder in his eyes; and that his wife was uncomfortable around DeSimone.
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