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Herman Edward "Ed" Hollis (January 27, 1903 – November 27, 1934) was an American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent. As an FBI special agent in the 1930s, Hollis worked with agents Melvin Purvis, Samuel P. Cowley and others fighting bank robbers, gangsters and organized crime in the Chicago area during the Great ...
The FBI Wall of Honor remembers Special Agent Herman E. Hollis, who was mortally wounded while trying to capture notorious gangster "Baby Face" Nelson on November 27, 1934.
19 de may. de 2017 · FBI inspector Samuel P. Cowley and Special Agent Herman Hollis were killed that day by Baby Face Nelson, officials said. By Todd Shields. PUBLISHED: May 19, 2017 at 1:06 p.m. | UPDATED: January...
La batalla de Barrington fue un tiroteo intenso y mortal entre agentes federales y el famoso forajido de la era de la Gran Depresión, Baby Face Nelson, que tuvo lugar el 27 de noviembre de 1934 en Northside Park, en la ciudad de Barrington, en las afueras de Chicago, Illinois. El resultado fue la muerte de Nelson, el agente federal Herman "Ed" Hollis y el agente/inspector Samuel P. Cowley.
Herman Edward Hollis. Special Agent Herman Hollis and Special Agent Samuel Cowley were shot and killed by the infamous gangster Baby Face Nelson near Barrington, Illinois.
On the other were two veteran Bureau special agents—Sam Cowley, a high-ranking inspector who was actually spearheading the hunt for Nelson, and Herman “Ed” Hollis, one of three agents who fired...
First, Smith alleged that he himself fired the shots that killed “Pretty Boy.” Second, he maintained that Purvis ordered Bureau Agent Herman Hollis to shoot the wounded and helpless Floyd in the chest with a “Tommy gun” as he lay on the ground, killing him. Neither statement is true.
