# Bismarck Tribune, 23 October 1930, page 3: Life term given Detroit gangster

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An Associated Press item: Philip Keywell, described as the first of Detroit's 'notorious purple gang' to receive a major prison term in state court, was sentenced to life for the murder of Arthur Mixon, a 19-year-old iceman.

Page 3 of the Bismarck Tribune for Thursday, 23 October 1930. In the second column is the short item "Life Term Given Detroit Gangster," credited to the Associated Press and datelined Detroit, October 22.

It reports that Philip Keywell, described as the first of Detroit's notorious purple gang to receive a major prison term in a state court, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Michigan state prison for the murder of Arthur Mixon, a 19-year-old iceman.

The Bureau of Investigation's Detroit letter of 25 March 1932 also says that Phillip Keywell "was sentenced sometime in 1930 to life imprisonment"; see [that letter](/items/fbi-vault-purple-gang-p02-detroit-photographs-letter-1932/). The OCR splits the surname as "Key well"; the scan reads Keywell.

## Sources

- Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85042243/1930-10-23/ed-1/?sp=3
- Library of Congress OCR text of this page: https://tile.loc.gov/text-services/word-coordinates-service?segment=/service/ndnp/ndhi/batch_ndhi_ferengi_ver01/data/sn85042243/00383345959/1930102301/0532.xml&format=alto_xml&full_text=1