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Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an FBI agent instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. All of this would later overshadow his military career which saw him directly involved with General George Patton, Hermann Göring, and the Nuremberg Trials.
Mar 9, 2020 · Purvis led manhunts for Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd before resigning from the agency in 1935. He served in Army Intelligence during World War II, rising to the rank of colonel, and helped compile evidence against Nazi leadership for the Nuremberg Trials.
Melvin Purvis (1903-1960) Share: William J. Helmer. Like his boss J. Edgar Hoover, Melvin Purvis was a middle-class Southerner. He also had a law degree and, like many young lawyers,...
Melvin Purvis’ life tragically ended on February 29, 1960, due to an accidental discharge of a firearm. Some speculate that his death was suicide, while some others say that Purvis may have been...
Purvis excelled as a field agent, and quickly rose through the ranks. Although his abilities as an administrator seem to have been mixed, he was one of a few agents that Hoover chose for...
Melvin Purvis, the Timmonsville native with the unassuming name, skyrocketed to fame in the 1930's as the leader of the FBI team that took down some of the biggest gangsters of his day,...
Jun 22, 2011 · Legendary Lawman Melvin Horace Purvis, Jr. This month’s lawman is most noted for the capture of John Dillinger and the less than stellar history between J. Edgar Hoover and himself. He had a...
