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Melvin Horace Purvis, Jr. è stato un avvocato e poliziotto statunitense. Soprannominato "Little Mel" a causa della sua bassa statura, catturò più nemici pubblici di qualsiasi altro agente dell'FBI nella storia, arrestando noti fuorilegge come Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd e John Dillinger. Per questo comparve anche in molti ...
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.
9 mar 2020 · Purvis led manhunts for Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd before resigning from the agency in 1935. He served in Army Intelligence during World War II, rising to the rank of colonel, and helped compile evidence against Nazi leadership for 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,...
Eight of the participants in this search—a squad of four FBI agents led by Melvin Purvis, along with a squad of four East Liverpool, Ohio police officers headed by Chief of Police Hugh...
In July, Melvin Purvis and a team of agents caught up with Dillinger, who was shot dead leaving a Chicago theater.
22 giu 2011 · Legendary Lawman Melvin Horace Purvis, Jr. This month’s lawman is most noted for the capture of John Dillinger and the less than stellar history between J. Edgar Hoover and himself.
