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marble falls

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2. Purvis also went through Akron when Pretty Boy Floyd was being tracked down.....

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 09:24 AM

Nov 2014

Floyd was almost caught in Akron a week or so before he was shot down like a dog in a field in southern Ohio by Purvis. Floyd hid under a bed in house off Lovers Lane when police came to the door of a home of Floyd's friends he was staying at for a few days.

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Fascinating! Purvis provided great PR for the FBI. So much so that he began to make Hoover jealous RufusTFirefly Nov 2014 #1

Purvis also went through Akron when Pretty Boy Floyd was being tracked down..... marble falls Nov 2014 #2