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Melvin Purvis — Part 2

104 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Feb 29, 1960 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Melvin Purvis · 104 pages OCR'd
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LS pe qreme te reputation as the home of A! Capone, then In a federal . peni , and other notorious gangsters. To this day, Diltinger’s adult pictures, including thoes circulate are less repugnant. In moments of relientig tween prison breaks and bank holdups, he wag a rat and his gang killed four policemen, three FBI agegts, sheriff, and nobody knews how many holdup victims.| aod trigger sensitive. ‘TE y took nearly $500,000 fn 13 bank robberies, one each| It has been said in mitigation of Dillinger's eqornaitiag _Chicago, Indianapolis, East Chicago, Ind.; Montpelidr, that be did not mix with the torturing kidneoers of has’ , Ind; Daleville, Ind.; Greencastle, Ind; South Bend, Ind.;|Or share in the dark and corrupting evils of syndicat gangsterism. As a bank robber, he considered himself aristocrat of criminals, he was imbued with pride. ; “ie But Purvis, in “ American Agent,” an an auioblogsap a] account of his FBI caréer, declared that Dillingér end Mb associates “killed wantonly, viciously, and unnecessarily? Four policemen, three FBI agents, 0 sberiff! and ts Dallager ad bis gag. ‘They teubed' 1p bok of ate Dillinger and his gang. They robbed 13 j $500,000, broke out af three prisons, leoted ardy.” That judgment would leave little room for romantic {| sentimentalizing about Dillinger and his gang. “3's Dillinger undoubtedly was psychopathic [mentalty’ a turbed]}, tho he was not necessarily insane. Some unknown ies “seg | Dhysical or emotional shock, or some congenital | 2 _ Joba, iinger as a boy in = Todiase and as 6 5 hardened and coment. vonstieation, probably re Ne ee care, wont Miller 25 yearn later, re . Dillinger was t in M ile, Ind, t& ee Wis; Farrell, Pa: Bluffton, 0.; New Castle, 0.; eat Tndlanspolis, on June 28, 1004 Ee father, * ne 2 SE 8 ear pee ae” ES . ad hoa. a aa “ee even when thejr own freedom and safety were not in Joop. tl
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