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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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ia a re One ae: i the Elbert county Jail, Georgia, at which time he displayed a badge eh bearing t ertiption "Secret Operator - Melvin Purvis - Law and Order re bIC| motroi”, advised of sending a bor top to Purvis and subsequently - receiving adge and had then studied fingerprints, the inatructions oe hetng atven by Puruts by correspondence. He dented making represent ations that he was a Federal officer, but highly prized the badge and carried it with Aim. me” “Tp pormattion taken prom report dated 8/10/88. "ile. -27-14587-] (12)- A memorandum to the Director dated 2/15/39, stated that tf - Melvin Purvis was appointed head of the South Carolina State Police . force he probably would replace A. W. Bohlen who was in charge of the Pe South Carolina Motor Vehicle Bureau. Mr. Bohlen requested statistical & information from the Bureau for use in heartngs where he was trying tw prove that there was no need for the type of State Police organization which the Governor of the State and furvis apparently destred to form. 62-425001-31 (17)- morandum to the Director dated 3/30/39 regarding U.S. hat was engag im tPreguiar esses a) pho were never used, and that a witness racket exteted tn the pte | a ee : 62-52964-2 (17)7 SI 62-52964-8 (17)- SI 62-53502-6 (inv 7 a aE wens er eee ee gate wes . aed + can > neg . eae pees a * Dee eso . Ee
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