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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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he “ eer . oe Pe ' ovr r aan aa a 3, It ‘may be assumed that no * would “rat” on an old customer for reward money, but, tr Yrs. Sage bad a more compelling motive. She wad unde: fe an order of deportation to her native Romanis, which sha ae While hundids of shoppers were passing by, Dillinger and ‘two companions, armed with machine guns, entered ‘the bank, forced employes and customers to lie on the Mloer, and began ping up the cash. When Howard ‘Wagner, 32 year old traffic policeman, ran into the bank ‘Yn pursuit of the robbers, he was shot and killed with a ‘machine gun Two bank officers and two bystanders were ‘wounded. The three bandits then escaped in a car in which + fro others had waited. rs ¥ ‘ ‘ Early the next morning, Dr. Leslie A. Laird of North Mrs. Sage confided ber great design to-an onl at Webster, Ind., near Warsaw, was slugged with a gun and} dependable friend, Martin Zarkovich, a detective sergeen' deft unconscious after he was forced to treat one of the| {mn East Chicago. Zarkovich arranged for her to meet Bandits for gunshot wounds. South Bend police had pur-j om Saturday, July 21. Purvis explained that Congrem Svged and shot up the car in which the gangsters ¢ecaped. | suthorized payment of a $25,000 reward, in the igen f been used on a car driven by three machine gun bas- Fons 10,000 nad bled Potion Chief Prat Cui we - Maivin Purge—he took gun Sgt. Martin Zarkovich—his when it was raided by 16 FEI agents. One federal ape i ‘from dead gangeter’s band. tip bronght denouement. . subbed the M National benk of $29,890, killed » “+ + dete j i r kg Th 7 4 z . lu Ey ee fi
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