Melvin Purvis

Melvin Horace Purvis, Jr. (October 24, 1903 - February 29, 1960) was an American lawman and FBI agent. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... February 29th, or bissextile day, is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

In 1934, this young FBI agent was named as one of the most admired men in the United States. Melvin Purvis joined the FBI in 1927 after a brief career as a lawyer. He served until 1935 and captured more public enemies than any other agent in FBI history, a record that still stands. Purvis led the manhunts that tracked such outlaws as Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd. 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), also known as George Nelson but better known as Baby Face Nelson due to his youthful appearance, was a diminutive (5 4 tall) bank robber in the 1930s. ... Charles Arthur Pretty Boy Floyd. ...

Purvis is best remembered, however, for leading the manhunt for John Dillinger. Outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago on a hot night in 1934, he called out to the famous outlaw "Stick 'em up, Johnny." Dillinger was shot dead by FBI agents, supposedly going for his gun, though some dispute this since Dillinger did not have a gun and was shot six times in the back as he ran. John Dillinger John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American bank robber, considered by some to be a dangerous criminal, while others idealized him as a latter-day Robin Hood. ... Located at 2433-43 North Lincoln Avenue in Chicago, the Biograph Theater is famous because it is the location where bank robber John Dillinger was gunned down by police in 1934. ...

Purvis was given great acclaim for his role in this and reportedly incurred the wrath of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who had previously praised him. Many have said Hoover was jealous of the attention given to Purvis after Dillinger was killed. Hoover in 1961 John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an influential yet controversial director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ...

Purvis resigned from the FBI in 1935 and afterward practiced law. He married and had three sons, and bought a radio station in Florence, South Carolina. During World War II he served in the Army as a colonel. On February 29, 1960, while at his home in Florence, Melvin Purvis died from a shot fired from the gun given to him by fellow agents when he resigned from the FBI. The FBI investigated the shooting and labeled it a suicide This article is about a city in the US state of South Carolina. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... February 29th, or bissextile day, is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...