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Melvin Horace Purvis, Jr., né le 24 octobre 1903 et mort le 29 février 1960, est un policier et un agent fédéral américain. Il était surnommé « Little Mel » à cause de sa petite stature. Il est surtout connu pour avoir pourchassé John Dillinger et son gang [1].
Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an FBI agent instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. All of this would later overshadow his military career which saw him directly involved with General George Patton, Hermann Göring, and the Nuremberg Trials.
Melvin Purvis (1903-1960) Share: William J. Helmer. Like his boss J. Edgar Hoover, Melvin Purvis was a middle-class Southerner. He also had a law degree and, like many young lawyers,...
9 mars 2020 · By Eric Meisfjord / March 9, 2020 12:33 pm EST. Like a lot of the early FBI agents, he didn't start out to be a cop. Melvin Purvis, only 5'4", was born in South Carolina and earned a degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law, according to PBS' American Experience.
In July, Melvin Purvis and a team of agents caught up with Dillinger, who was shot dead leaving a Chicago theater. “Pretty Boy” Floyd, one of the hired hands of the Kansas City Massacre, was ...
A documentary about the FBI agent who captured John Dillinger and other notorious gangsters in the 1930s. Learn about his life, his achievements and his mysterious death in this Carolina Stories special.
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25 févr. 2023 · Learn about Melvin Purvis, the man who captured or killed notorious criminals like John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd. Discover his early life, career, controversies, and death in this biography.
