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{{Infobox Person | name =Melvin Horace Purvis, Jr. | image =Melvin Purvis.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|10|24}} | birth_place =[[Timmonsville, South Carolina]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|2|29|1903|10|24}} | death_place =[[Florence, South Carolina]] | death_cause =Apparent [[suicide]] | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education =[[University of South Carolina]] | employer =[[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] | occupation = | title = | salary = | networth = | height = | weight = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse =Elizabeth Mimnaugh Rickey | partner = | children =<!--Melvin Horace Purvis III (1940-1986)<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Melvin H. Purvis 3rd |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DEED8103CF932A15753C1A960948260 |
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'''Melvin Horace Purvis, Jr.''' ([[October 24]], [[1903]] – [[February 29]], [[1960]]) was an [[United States of America|American]] lawman and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent. He had the nickname "Little Mel."<ref>"[http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/outlaws/dillinger/1.html The John Dillinger Story: Little Bohemia]." ''[[Crime Library]]''.</ref> |
'''Melvin Horace Purvis, Jr.''' ([[October 24]], [[1903]] – [[February 29]], [[1960]]) was an [[United States of America|American]] lawman and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent. He had the nickname "Little Mel."<ref> |
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"[http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/outlaws/dillinger/1.html The John Dillinger Story: Little Bohemia]." ''[[Crime Library]]''. |
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==Birth== |
==Birth== |
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He was born in [[Timmonsville, South Carolina]] to Melvin Horace Purvis, Sr. (1869-1938) and Janie Elizabeth Mims (1874-1927) as the fifth of twelve siblings. |
He was born in [[Timmonsville, South Carolina]] to Melvin Horace Purvis, Sr. (1869-1938) and Janie Elizabeth Mims (1874-1927) as the fifth of twelve siblings.<ref> |
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South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955; "Melvin H Purvis Sr."; died on [[16 January]], [[1938]] |
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His father was a tobacco farmer. |
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==Career== |
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Purvis received his law degree from the [[University of South Carolina]] and had a brief career as a lawyer.<ref name=time2/> He joined the FBI in [[1927]], and headed the Division of Investigation offices in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], [[Oklahoma City]], and [[Cincinnati]]. In 1932 he was placed in charge of the Chicago office by Hoover. |
Purvis received his law degree from the [[University of South Carolina]] and had a brief career as a lawyer.<ref name=time2/> He joined the FBI in [[1927]], and headed the Division of Investigation offices in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], [[Oklahoma City]], and [[Cincinnati]]. In 1932 he was placed in charge of the Chicago office by Hoover.<ref name=pbs/> |
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Purvis led the manhunts that tracked such outlaws as [[Baby Face Nelson]] and [[Pretty Boy Floyd]], but he is best remembered for leading the manhunt for [[John Dillinger]], which ended in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] on [[July 22]], [[1934]]. Waiting outside the [[air-conditioned]] [[Biograph Theater]] on a hot summer night, Purvis called out to the famous outlaw, "Stick 'em up, Johnny." Dillinger was shot dead by FBI agents, supposedly going for his gun, though some dispute this since Dillinger did not have a gun and was shot three times in the back as he ran. |
Purvis led the manhunts that tracked such outlaws as [[Baby Face Nelson]] and [[Pretty Boy Floyd]], but he is best remembered for leading the manhunt for [[John Dillinger]], which ended in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] on [[July 22]], [[1934]]. Waiting outside the [[air-conditioned]] [[Biograph Theater]] on a hot summer night, Purvis called out to the famous outlaw, "Stick 'em up, Johnny." Dillinger was shot dead by FBI agents, supposedly going for his gun, though some dispute this since Dillinger did not have a gun and was shot three times in the back as he ran.{{Fact|date=July 2007}} If true, this would be consistent with the story that Purvis ordered Pretty Boy Floyd shot as he lay wounded. Chester Smith, the sniper who shot Floyd, claimed in a [[1979]] interview that he only wounded Pretty Boy and that Melvin Purvis ordered him shot after questioning him about the [[Kansas City Massacre]].<ref> |
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Purvis was given great acclaim for his actions<ref>[http://graphic-design.tjs-labs.com/show-picture?id=1096059725 Melvin Purvis acting as spokesman for Dodge automobiles], Good Housekeeping magazine, April 1936.</ref> and reportedly incurred the wrath of FBI Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]], who had previously praised him. In a book co-authored by Purvis's son Alston, it is stated that Hoover was jealous of the attention given to Purvis after Dillinger was killed.<ref> |
Purvis was given great acclaim for his actions<ref> |
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[http://graphic-design.tjs-labs.com/show-picture?id=1096059725 Melvin Purvis acting as spokesman for Dodge automobiles], Good Housekeeping magazine, April 1936.</ref> and reportedly incurred the wrath of FBI Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]], who had previously praised him. In a book co-authored by Purvis's son Alston, it is stated that Hoover was jealous of the attention given to Purvis after Dillinger was killed.<ref> |
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Purvis resigned from the FBI in [[1935]] and afterward practiced law.<ref> |
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Purvis resigned from the FBI in [[1935]] and afterward practiced law.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Gangsters' Foe Resigns. Melvin Purvis Leaves His Department of Justice Post in Chicago. |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/393083851.html?dids=393083851:393083851&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jul+13%2C+1935&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=GANGSTERS'+FOE+RESIGNS&pqatl=google |quote=Melvin Purvis, nemesis of some of the country's most notorious public enemies, including the late John Dillinger, has resigned his position as head of the Chicago office of the Department of Justice. |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=[[July 13]], [[1935]] |accessdate=2008-04-20 }}</ref> In 1937 he became engaged to the actress Janice Jarratt, but they never married.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Engagement Broken. |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757788,00.html |quote= |publisher=[[Time (magazine)]] |date=Monday, [[May 10]], [[1937]] |accessdate=2008-04-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Melvin Purvis to Wed Janice Jarratt, Actress. |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/120836429.html?dids=120836429:120836429&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&date=MAR+18%2C+1937&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Melvin+Purvis+to+Wed+Janice+Jarratt%2C+Actress&pqatl=google |quote= |publisher=[[Washington Post]] |date=[[March 18]], [[1937]] |accessdate=2008-04-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Purvis and Actress Part. Wedding to Miss Jarratt Is Off, Former G-Man Heads for Coast. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50C10FD3B5E177A93CAAB178FD85F438385F9 |quote=Janice Jarratt and Melvin Purvis went their separate ways tonight, both noncommittal on the sudden postponement of their marriage only two days before their wedding date. |publisher=[[New York Times]] |date=[[April 28]], [[1937]] |accessdate=2008-04-20 }}</ref> He later would marry and have three sons.<ref name=pbs/> He bought a radio station in [[Florence, South Carolina]], and during [[World War II]] he served in the [[United States Army|army]] as a [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]]. |
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In 1937 he became engaged to the actress Janice Jarratt, but they never married.<ref> |
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{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Melvin Purvis to Wed Janice Jarratt, Actress. |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/120836429.html?dids=120836429:120836429&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&date=MAR+18%2C+1937&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Melvin+Purvis+to+Wed+Janice+Jarratt%2C+Actress&pqatl=google |publisher=[[Washington Post]] |date=[[March 18]], [[1937]] |accessdate=2008-04-20 }} |
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{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Purvis and Actress Part. Wedding to Miss Jarratt Is Off, Former G-Man Heads for Coast. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50C10FD3B5E177A93CAAB178FD85F438385F9 |publisher=[[New York Times]] |date=[[April 28]], [[1937]] |accessdate=2008-04-20 }}</ref> |
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He later would marry and have three sons.<ref name=pbs/> He bought a radio station in [[Florence, South Carolina]], and during [[World War II]] he served in the [[United States Army|army]] as a [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]]. |
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On [[February 29]], [[1960]], while at his home in [[Florence, South Carolina]], Melvin Purvis died from a shot fired from the gun given to him by fellow agents when he resigned from the FBI. The FBI investigated the shooting and labeled it a [[suicide]]. This was supported by a statement from his doctor, who said he had been depressed over his ill health.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Purvis Suicide in Carolina Home. F.B.I. Agent Trapped Dillinger; Lawyer, 56, Was in Ill Health -- Led Men in Killing of Pretty Boy Floyd. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50D1EFF355C16738DDDA80894DB405B808AF1D3 |
On [[February 29]], [[1960]], while at his home in [[Florence, South Carolina]], Melvin Purvis died from a shot fired from the gun given to him by fellow agents when he resigned from the FBI. The FBI investigated the shooting and labeled it a [[suicide]]. This was supported by a statement from his doctor, who said he had been depressed over his ill health.<ref> |
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{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Purvis Suicide in Carolina Home. F.B.I. Agent Trapped Dillinger; Lawyer, 56, Was in Ill Health -- Led Men in Killing of Pretty Boy Floyd. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50D1EFF355C16738DDDA80894DB405B808AF1D3 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] in [[New York Times]] |date=[[March 1]], [[1960]] |accessdate=2008-04-20 }} |
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{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Purvis, FBI Gang War Leader, Takes Own Life. Former G-Man Depressed and Suffering Poor Health, Doctor Tells Authorities. |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/446209772.html?dids=446209772:446209772&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Mar+01%2C+1960&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Purvis%2C+FBI+Gang+War+Leader%2C+Takes+Own+Life&pqatl=google |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=[[March 1]], [[1960]] |accessdate=2008-04-20 }}</ref> It was later determined that Purvis may have shot himself accidentally while trying to extract a [[tracer bullet]] jammed in the pistol.<ref name=pbs>{{cite web |
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Melvin Horace Purvis, Jr. | |
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| Born | October 24, 1903 |
| Died | February 29, 1960 (aged 56) |
| Cause of death | Apparent suicide |
| Education | University of South Carolina |
| Employer | FBI |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Mimnaugh Rickey |
| Children | Alston W. Purvis (1943- ) |
| Parent(s) | Janie Elizabeth Mims (1874-1927) Melvin Horace Purvis, Sr. (1866-1938) |
Melvin Horace Purvis, Jr. (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an American lawman and FBI agent. He had the nickname "Little Mel."[1]
Birth
He was born in Timmonsville, South Carolina to Melvin Horace Purvis, Sr. (1869-1938) and Janie Elizabeth Mims (1874-1927) as the fifth of twelve siblings.[2][3] His father was a tobacco farmer.
Career
Purvis received his law degree from the University of South Carolina and had a brief career as a lawyer.[4] He joined the FBI in 1927, and headed the Division of Investigation offices in Birmingham, Alabama, Oklahoma City, and Cincinnati. In 1932 he was placed in charge of the Chicago office by Hoover.[5]
Purvis led the manhunts that tracked such outlaws as Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd, but he is best remembered for leading the manhunt for John Dillinger, which ended in Chicago on July 22, 1934. Waiting outside the air-conditioned Biograph Theater on a hot summer night, Purvis called out to the famous outlaw, "Stick 'em up, Johnny." Dillinger was shot dead by FBI agents, supposedly going for his gun, though some dispute this since Dillinger did not have a gun and was shot three times in the back as he ran.[citation needed] If true, this would be consistent with the story that Purvis ordered Pretty Boy Floyd shot as he lay wounded. Chester Smith, the sniper who shot Floyd, claimed in a 1979 interview that he only wounded Pretty Boy and that Melvin Purvis ordered him shot after questioning him about the Kansas City Massacre.[6]
Purvis was given great acclaim for his actions[7] and reportedly incurred the wrath of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who had previously praised him. In a book co-authored by Purvis's son Alston, it is stated that Hoover was jealous of the attention given to Purvis after Dillinger was killed.[8]
Purvis resigned from the FBI in 1935 and afterward practiced law.[9] In 1937 he became engaged to the actress Janice Jarratt, but they never married.[10][11][12] He later would marry and have three sons.[5] He bought a radio station in Florence, South Carolina, and during World War II he served in the army as a colonel.
Death
On February 29, 1960, while at his home in Florence, South Carolina, Melvin Purvis died from a shot fired from the gun given to him by fellow agents when he resigned from the FBI. The FBI investigated the shooting and labeled it a suicide. This was supported by a statement from his doctor, who said he had been depressed over his ill health.[13][14] It was later determined that Purvis may have shot himself accidentally while trying to extract a tracer bullet jammed in the pistol.[5] He was 56 years old.
Publications
- Purvis, Melvin (1938). American Agent. Garden City Publishing Co.[15][4]
Other media
- In the 1973 film Dillinger, Purvis was portrayed by Ben Johnson.
- In the 1974 TV movie, Melvin Purvis, G-man, Purvis was played by Dale Robertson
- In the 1991 TV movie Dillinger, Purvis was portrayed by actor Will Patton.
- In the upcoming 2008 movie Public Enemies directed by Michael Mann he will be played by Christian Bale.
References
- ^ "The John Dillinger Story: Little Bohemia." Crime Library.
- ^ South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955; "Melvin H Purvis Sr."; died on 16 January, 1938
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Purvis, Alston (2005). The Vendetta: FBI Hero Melvin Purvis's War Against Crime and J. Edgar Hoover's War Against Him. Public Affairs. ISBN 1-58648-301-3.
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"American Agent — Melvin H. Purvis — Doubleday, Doran ($2.75)". Time (magazine). Monday, November 23, 1936. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
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"Blasting A G-Man Myth". Time (magazine). September 24, 1979.
Then, said Smith, Purvis ran up and ordered: 'Back away from that man. I want to talk to him.' Pretty Boy glared and cursed. At which point, said Smith, Purvis turned to G-Man Herman Hollis and said: 'Fire into him.' Hollis obeyed, said Smith, killing Floyd with a burst from a tommy gun.
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Purvis, Alston (2005). The Vendetta: FBI Hero Melvin Purvis's War Against Crime and J. Edgar Hoover's War Against Him. Public Affairs. pp. pp 183+. ISBN 1-58648-301-3.
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"Gangsters' Foe Resigns. Melvin Purvis Leaves His Department of Justice Post in Chicago". Los Angeles Times. July 13, 1935. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
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"Engagement Broken". Time (magazine). Monday, May 10, 1937. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
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"Melvin Purvis to Wed Janice Jarratt, Actress". Washington Post. March 18, 1937. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
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"Purvis and Actress Part. Wedding to Miss Jarratt Is Off, Former G-Man Heads for Coast". New York Times. April 28, 1937. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
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"Purvis Suicide in Carolina Home. F.B.I. Agent Trapped Dillinger; Lawyer, 56, Was in Ill Health -- Led Men in Killing of Pretty Boy Floyd". Associated Press in New York Times. March 1, 1960. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
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"Purvis, FBI Gang War Leader, Takes Own Life. Former G-Man Depressed and Suffering Poor Health, Doctor Tells Authorities". Los Angeles Times. March 1, 1960. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
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Further Reading
- Potter, Claire (1998). War on Crime: Bandits, G-Men, and the Politics of Mass Culture. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-2487-3.
- Purvis, Alston (2005). The Vendetta: FBI Hero Melvin Purvis's War Against Crime and J. Edgar Hoover's War Against Him. Public Affairs. ISBN 1-58648-301-3.
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