Were the Bernstein brothers of the Detroit Purple Gang affiliated in any way with Joe Adonis ?
Possibly yes. Adonis definitely had connections to Detroit. In 1950 Estes Kefauver discovered that Adonis had a very lucrative contract with Ford Motor Company. If I remember correctly, Adonis was the only one who was allowed to transport their cars to dealerships on the east coast.
Yes he had the cars at the Ford Plant down in Edgewater, NJ. Ford's man Harry Bennett needed Adonis to keep guys from unionizing. What racket wasn't Adonis in...the guy was into everything. Thnx HK.
