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Melvin Purvis — Part 2
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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, *
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