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Melvin Purvis — Part 1

103 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jul 22, 1934 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Melvin Purvis · 102 pages OCR'd
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ee 4 | ce Tolson _¥ Gel Belmont a “ : - fa oe Wh : Vv Tamu: . 1 fe ; Oo ° ‘ Trotte i “+ . ey j — Real ly a a flee : Gandy On the 25th Anniversary of Our Most Notorious Gangster’s Death, } ex-FBI Agent Melvin Purvis Reveals the Story Never Before Divuiged ar = - eet i Killer John Dillinger (above) tried to shoot if out in final showdown. ae MELVIN PURVIS, sow a lawyer ond radio station pe, . { owner in Florence. S. D., was Chicago's top G-man- -* ~, = £ oberted his office to the grectest police readervoes Pee, ia the canals of Americon crime. Recently, he bas < . 5 a ff been techaical advisor for C8S-TY in its documen- - -. ” \dory series on the lives of American criminals, r i a By MELVIN PURVIS fog & (As told to Jim Conn: A | . The Washington Post and Times Herald ° The Washington Datly News —_ j ° The Evening Stor New York Heraid Tribune New York Mirror 1, ef eT aye New York Daily News ‘ . New York Post RE OS Sais a The New York Times wo < The Worker ! ’ | New York Journal-American | The New Leader t ( : The Wall Street Journal | L_—— Date : a area rr JUL 291959 =‘ JUL, 9 1959 \
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