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John Paul Chase (December 26, 1901 – October 5, 1973) was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. He was a longtime criminal associate of the Karpis-Barker Gang and most notably Baby Face Nelson who later brought him into the John Dillinger gang
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Baby Face Nelson was born Lester M. Gillis on December 6, 1908, in Chicago, Illinois. He roamed the Chicago streets with a gang of juvenile hoodlums during his early teens. By the age of 14, he was an accomplished car thief and had been dubbed Baby Face by members of his gang due to his juvenile appearance. Nelsons early criminal career included st...
In 1922, Nelson was convicted of auto theft and was committed to a boys home. Two years later, he was released on parole, but within five months he was returned on a similar charge.
In 1928, Nelson met a salesgirl, Helen Wawzynak, whom he married. His wife retained the name Helen Gillis throughout their marriage. In December, 1933, Nelson contacted Chase and they remained together for almost a year. During this time, a man was shot and killed in Minneapolis. The perpetrators were reportedly in an automobile bearing California ...
Nelson was sentenced to a prison term of one year to life for his January, 1931, bank robbery in Chicago, Illinois. After a years confinement, Nelson was removed from the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois, to stand trial on another bank robbery charge in Wheaton, Illinois. On February 17, 1932, Nelson escaped prison guards while being r...
John Paul Chase (pictured), born December 26, 1901, lived most of his life in California. He attended school through fifth grade, then worked at a ranch near San Rafael, California. Chase later worked in railway shops for four years, first as an office boy, then as a machinists apprentice. In 1930, Chase became associated with a liquor smuggling op...
When Nelson arrived in California, Chase still was involved with the liquor smuggling gang. Nelson worked with Chase as an armed guard for the truck used to illegally transport liquor. The two men became close friends, and Chase frequently introduced Nelson as his half-brother.
After a short trip to Bremerton, Washington, Nelson and Chase proceeded to Reno, Nevada. Chase later reported in an interview that Nelson killed a man during an altercation while they were in Reno. The victim was a material witness in a United States Mail Fraud case.
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John Paul Chase died of colon cancer in Palo Alto, Calif., on Oct. 5, 1973, at the age of 71. He was buried there, his funeral attended by a small group of mourners. He still had a few surviving family members, but apparently none attended his burial.
John Paul Chase (26 décembre 1901 - 5 octobre 1973) était un braqueur de banque américain et un hors-la-loi de l'époque de la Grande Dépression. Il était un membre de longue date du gang Karpis - Barker, et fût plus particulièrement associé à Baby Face Nelson, qui l'emmena avec lui dans le gang de John Dillinger.
2 set 1993 · But on Nov. 27, FBI agents Herman Hollis and Sam Cowley caught up with Nelson, his wife, Helen, and a crook named John Paul Chase. In the firefight that followed, the two agents were killed and Nelson was seriously wounded.
The infamous criminal headed west to Reno, but eventually made his way to California. Once there, he linked up with John Paul Chase, the leader of a liquor smuggling operation. The two worked together on several criminal activities.
7 gen 2024 · A few minutes later, another agent spotted him driving a stolen car and got his license plate number. It was then that Nelson’s wife and John Paul Chase, his long-time partner-in-crime, accompanied Baby Face on what turned out to be his final hours of life.
