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Melvin Horace Purvis (* 24. Oktober 1903 in Timmonsville, South Carolina; † 29. Februar 1960 in Florence, South Carolina) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Kriminalbeamter. Er war operativer Mitarbeiter der Strafverfolgungsbehörde FBI in den Vereinigten Staaten Anfang der 1930er Jahre.
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.
Like his boss J. Edgar Hoover, Melvin Purvis was a middle-class Southerner. He also had a law degree and, like many young lawyers, accountants and military veterans who answered Hoover's call for...
9. März 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.
In East Liverpool können der FBI-Beamte Melvin Purvis und seine Männer den flüchtigen Verbrecher Pretty Boy Floyd stellen. Purvis erschießt Floyd nach einer wilden Verfolgungsjagd in einer Obstplantage und wird daraufhin von FBI-Chef J. Edgar Hoover der Presse als Heldenfigur präsentiert.
Melvin Purvis, the Timmonsville native with the unassuming name, skyrocketed to fame in the 1930's as the leader of the FBI team that took down some of the biggest gangsters of his day,...
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25. Feb. 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.
