Alcatraz warden's notebook page for Sam Fleisher, No. 327
Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of Sam Fleisher, No. 327, received at Alcatraz on 6 August 1936 on the same Detroit internal revenue conspiracy case as his brother Harry; transferred to Leavenworth 18 March 1937. A copy is stored here.
- Date
- 1936-08-06
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- NAID
- 236735228
- Rights
- A Bureau of Prisons record, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. Series "Warden's Notebook Pages" (NAID 296686), Records of the Bureau of Prisons (Record Group 129), National Archives at San Francisco. The National Archives catalog marks the item's access and use "Unrestricted." The copy stored here is reduced to 1400 pixels from the catalog's digital image.
The National Archives catalog titles this page “SAM FLEISHER - Alcatraz Number 327 - Warden’s Notebook.” The placard in the identification photograph reads “U. S. Penitentiary Alcatraz 327.”
As typed: name Sam Fleisher, No. 327, received Aug. 6, 1936 from Leavenworth, age 28, date of birth 4/28/08. Offense “Int. Rev.-Consp.,” dated April 15, 1936; sentence “8 years & $20,000 fine”; district sentenced “E/Michigan - Detroit.” The co-defendants are “Harry Fleisher (Subjects brother) Jack Selbin and Joe Stein, All at Alcatraz. John J. Gettleson now serving a 2 years term.” A red line reads “United States Attorney recommends parole when eligible.” The criminal history column records only an arrest at Jackson, Michigan on 6-11-35 as a fugitive from justice, “released to Federal Authorities on present offense.” A stamp at the top reads “Transferred to USP Leavenworth, March 18, 1937.”
The “Reason for Transfer” box, the classification committee’s opinion, reads: “Subject is allegedly one of the ‘Purple Gang’ The operation of this gang was widely publicized and the gang was apparently one of the worst. Subject himself is not a leader but is a typical young hoodlum who would willingly join in any agitation.” The catalog description gives Detroit as his birthplace and a death in Miami on 18 January 1960; those are catalog data, not entries on the page.
