Saturday, August 13, 2011

Which Criminals/Bank Robbers did Melvin Purvis Kill?

FBI bureau chief, lawyer. Born Melvin Horace Purvis on October 24, 1903. He is best known as the federal agent responsible for bringing several notorious criminals to justice, among them, the outlaws John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Adam Richetti. The son of a tobacco farmer of Scottish heritage, in Timmonsville, South Carolina, Purvis graduated from the University of South Carolina with a law degree, and then worked for a law firm. In 1927 he moved to Washington, D.C., where he began working for the Justice Department. This link will give you the entire story.~~

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