Jim Purcell
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"Diamond" Jim Purcell was the Chief of Police in Portland, Oregon during the 1950s. He was an associate of Jim Elkins, a Portland mob boss, and helped protect Portland's pinball racket and other organized crime activity in the city.
The character of Diamond Joe Quimby, mayor of the fictional town of Springfield on The Simpsons, created by Portland native Matt Groening, is loosely based on Purcell.
[edit] References
- MacColl, E. Kimbark, The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon 1915 to 1950. Portland: Georgian Press, 1979. ISBN 0-9603408-1-5
