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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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~ : fami | «Tbe fact that Dillinger was-wanted by state qubormscs for murder and bank robbery was of dinall consequence, : \but by transporting a stolen automobile in interstate com- | Early \Sunday afternoon, April 22, Purvis received & telephone call from H. C. W. Laubenheimer, United ee te ene oe re Sais of Lake comity, Ted. tive? hy hig brotherimiaw, Emil Wanatka, proprietor z arm about Joka Dil his fewer tora few weeks ister Dillinger broke jail. 2 - lodge, who was a prisoner there with 7 wite apd p yews ' “pated the “law” or was more concerned than the pros: Sutor about the propriety of such an exhibition. ‘WG This disgraceful incident assumed more significance on gangsters’ molls. There were Hmarch $3 when Dillinger, holding the guards at bay with a the raid, of which the most im) poden pistol which he had carved-with a razor blade and mhed-with shoe polish, walked out of the : Point sPurvis, in his book, “American Agent,” said there | # Fumors that Dillinger “crossed a palm -with money ” ies foe bis ewcape.
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