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In his 13 years in the New York fire department, Gerard W. Purcell spent as little time as possible climbing ladders and sliding down brass poles. By becoming financial secretary of the Uniformed Firemen's Association-the A.F.L. union which represents smoke eaters below the rank of lieutenant-he...
In a City Garden. Purcell, a handsome, heavy-jawed bachelor of 38, was a man of lively imagination. He quickly decided that there was no reason that this magnificent sales organization should be check-reined by the relatively cramped space in Madison Square Garden-a hall which seated 17,000...
Of course, like many another man of ideas, he had his troubles. As early as 1946, the association's financial officer, a big ex-Sing Sing guard named Frank A. Mott, began complaining about Purcell's methods. But the mayor's pal, Frank Murphy-$12,000-a...
Purcell bigheartedly took over Mott's duties as well as his own, and things went on swimmingly again-although nobody knew just how swimmingly until last week, when Purcell's true genius was exposed to public view. District Attorney Frank Hogan hauled him into General Sessions, charged him...
After the Ball Was Over. Purcell denied everything. But it soon became obvious that if he was telling the truth, he had done more with his $4,150 annual wage than any fireman in history. Records showed that he had helped finance a Flushing bar & grill for his brother-in...