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Melvin Purvis — Part 2
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attempts to trap Dillinger in]that the agents and police,
the following three months, | after the shooting, swore to
Purvis and his agents laid in| keep secret who fired the
wait outside the Biograph | first shot at Dillinger. 7.
theater, 2433 N. Lincoln av.,{ Exactly three months later,
* CAR July 22. They had an Ort 22, Purvis and his
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‘tipped off by a mysterious | agents cornered Pretty Boy
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hot night. Floyd tried to shoot his
' At 1040 p. m., Dillinger | way out. Purvis’ gunfire
and two women friends dropped the slick-haired dex
emerged blinking from the! perado in a cornfield.
dark theater. Purvis, in the! Dedicated Boss
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| Dillinger, sensing danger, auty, and as a relentless,
oped for a pistol in isi! nervous, dedicated boss when
ket. Gunfire burst from’ on the job. But none of the
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