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The Battle of Barrington
A plaque at the Barrington Park District in Barrington, Illinois commemorates the site of the Battle of Barrington, a 1934 shootout that claimed the lives of two FBI agents and resulted in the death of notorious Chicago gangster Baby Face Nelson.

A running gun battle[39] between FBI agents and Nelson took place on November 27, 1934 outside Chicago, in the town of Barrington resulting in the deaths of Nelson and FBI Special Agents Herman "Ed" Hollis[40] and Samuel P. Cowley.[41][42]

The battle began when Nelson, Helen Gillis, and John Paul Chase were driving down a road and spotted a car being driven in the opposite direction by FBI agents Thomas McDade and William Ryan. Nelson hated police and federal agents and used a list of license plates he had compiled to actively hunt them at every opportunity. The agents and the outlaw recognized each other simultaneously, and after several U-turns by both vehicles it was Nelson who wound up in pursuit. Nelson and Chase fired at the agents, who fought to retain control of their car with both windshields shattered. After dangerously swerving to avoid an oncoming milk truck, they wound up in a field anxiously awaiting Nelson and Chase, who had stopped pursuing. They did not know that a shot fired by Ryan had punctured the radiator of Nelson's Ford, or that the Ford was now being pursued by a Hudson automobile driven by two more agents: Herman Hollis (who was alleged to have delivered the fatal shot to a wounded Pretty Boy Floyd a month earlier[43]) and Cowley.

With his vehicle rapidly losing power and his pursuers attempting to pull alongside, Nelson abruptly swerved into the entrance of Barrington's North Side Park and slammed to a halt opposite three filling stations. Hollis and Cowley overshot them by over 100 feet (30 m), stopped at an angle, and exited the car under fire through the passenger door, taking defensive positions behind the car. The ensuing gun battle was witnessed by more than 30 people.

Nelson's wife, fleeing into an open field under instructions from Nelson, turned briefly in time to see Nelson hit with the shot that would prove fatal. He grasped his side and sat down on the running board as Chase continued to fire from behind the bandits' car. Nelson fired at the agents with a .351 rifle so rapidly that bystanders mistook it for a machine gun. Six bullets from Cowley's submachinegun eventually struck Nelson in the chest and stomach before Nelson mortally wounded Cowley, while pellets from Hollis's shotgun struck Nelson in the legs and momentarily downed him. As Nelson regained his feet, Hollis, possibly already wounded, moved to better cover behind a utility pole while drawing his pistol, but was killed by a bullet to the head before he could return fire. Nelson stood over Hollis's body for a moment, then limped toward the agents' bullet-riddled car. Nelson was too badly wounded to drive, so Chase got behind the wheel, and the two men and Nelson's wife fled the scene. Nelson had been shot a total of seventeen times; seven submachine gun slugs had struck his torso and ten shotgun pellets had torn into his legs.[44] After telling his wife "I'm done for", Nelson gave directions as Chase drove them to a safe house on Walnut Street in Wilmette. Nelson died in bed here, with his wife at his side, at 7:35 that evening.[45]

Hollis, with massive head wounds, was declared dead soon after arriving at the hospital. At a different hospital, Cowley hung on long enough to confer briefly with Melvin Purvis and undergo unsuccessful surgery before succumbing to a stomach wound similar to Nelson's. Following an anonymous telephone tip, Nelson's body was discovered in a ditch, wrapped in a blanket.[46] The ditch was in front of St. Peter Catholic Cemetery in Skokie, which still exists today. Helen Gillis later stated that she had placed the blanket around Nelson's body, as she said, "He always hated being cold..."

Newspapers then reported, based on the questionable wording of an order from J. Edgar Hoover ("...find the woman and give her no quarter"), that the FBI had issued a "death order" for Nelson's young widow, who wandered the streets of Chicago as a fugitive for several days, described in print as America's first female "public enemy".[47][48] After surrendering on Thanksgiving Day, Helen Gillis, who had been paroled after capture at Little Bohemia, served a year in prison for harboring her late husband. Chase was apprehended later and served a term at Alcatraz.[49]
[edit] Burial

Gillis and Nelson are buried at Saint Joseph's Cemetery in River Grove, Illinois.[50]
[edit] Personality

In contrast to John Dillinger, Nelson was the antithesis of popular, Robin Hood-like gangsters of the Depression era. A hot-tempered man, Nelson did not hesitate to kill lawmen and innocent bystanders alike. One of the high profile outlaws of that era, he and Clyde Barrow were accused of killing more than a dozen law officers between them.[51] Paradoxically, Nelson was also a devoted family man who often had his wife and children with him while running from the law. After John Dillinger's death in July 1934, Nelson became Public Enemy Number One.[52]
[edit] In popular culture

Nelson has been portrayed in multiple films. These include:

* Baby Face Nelson, a 1957 film starring Mickey Rooney
* Dillinger, a 1973 film starring Richard Dreyfuss
* Baby Face Nelson, a 1995 film starring C. Thomas Howell
* O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a 2000 film featuring Michael Badalucco as Nelson. In this film Nelson is depicted as being alternately manic and depressed. When he last appears he is being taken by an angry mob to meet his death in the electric chair. The film is set in 1937, three years after the real Nelson's death.
* Public Enemies, a 2009 film starring American actor Johnny Depp, with Stephen Graham as Nelson. In this film, Nelson is portrayed as being killed by Melvin Purvis at the Little Bohemia shootout, and thus does not become Public Enemy Number One after Dillinger's death.

[edit] See also
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* List of Depression-era outlaws

[edit] References

1. ^ a b c Nickel, Steven; William J. Helmer (2002). Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House. pp. 13–14. ISBN 1581822723.
2. ^ Bryan Burrough. (2004) Public Enemies. The Penguin Press, pg.98 ISBN 1-59420-021-1.
3. ^ Nickel, Steven; William J. Helmer (2002). Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House. p. 26. ISBN 1581822723.
4. ^ Burrough, p. 99.
5. ^ "Nelson Arrested as Thief When 13." New York Times. 29 November 1934. Accessed 12 June 2008.
6. ^ Burrough, p. 101.
7. ^ Burrough, pp. 101-2.
8. ^ Burrough, pp. 102-3.
9. ^ a b Burrough, pp. 104-5.
10. ^ Burrough, pp. 105-6.
11. ^ Burrough, pp. 175-76.
12. ^ Burrough, pp. 176, 319.
13. ^ Burrough, pp. 175-78.
14. ^ Burrough, pp. 243-4.
15. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing, pp. 150–167. ISBN 1581822723.
16. ^ Burrough, Bryan. (2004) Public Enemies. The Penguin Press, pp. 234–247, ISBN 1-59420-021-1.
17. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing. p. 169. ISBN 1581822723.
18. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing, pp. 170–79. ISBN 1581822723.
19. ^ Burrough, Bryan. (2004) Public Enemies. The Penguin Press, pp. 274–278, ISBN 1-59420-021-1.
20. ^ Burrough, p. 259.
21. ^ Cromie, Ronert; and Pinkston, Joseph. (1962) Dillinger: A Short And Violent Life. Chicago Historical Bookworks, pp. 207–230. ISBN 978-0924772061.
22. ^ Nickel, Steven; William J. Helmer (2002). Baby Face Nelson: Portrait of a Public Enemy. Cumberland House Publishing, pp. 203–255. ISBN 1581822723.
23. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing, pp. 236–237, 250–251, 263–264. ISBN 1581822723.
24. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing, pp. 239–246. ISBN 1581822723.
25. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 1581822723.
26. ^ Cromie, Ronert; and Pinkston, Joseph. (1962) Dillinger: A Short And Violent Life. Chicago Historical Bookworks, pp. 207-230. ISBN 978-0924772061.
27. ^ Nickel, Steven; William J. Helmer (2002). Baby Face Nelson: Portrait of a Public Enemy. Cumberland House Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 1581822723.
28. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing. p. 256. ISBN 1581822723.
29. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing, pp. 272–273. ISBN 1581822723.
30. ^ Cromie, Ronert; and Pinkston, Joseph. (1962) Dillinger: A Short And Violent Life. Chicago Historical Bookworks, pp. 245–246. ISBN 978-0924772061.
31. ^ Burrough, Bryan. (2004) Public Enemies. The Penguin Press. pp. 382-383 ISBN 1-59420-021-1.
32. ^ Burrough, Bryan. (2004) Public Enemies. The Penguin Press. p. 383, ISBN 1-59420-021-1.
33. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing, pp. 289–302. ISBN 1581822723.
34. ^ Burrough, Bryan. (2004) Public Enemies. The Penguin Press. pp. 384-387, ISBN 1-59420-021-1.
35. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing, pp. 305–306. ISBN 1581822723.
36. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing, pp. 308–309. ISBN 1581822723.
37. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing, pp. 311–338. ISBN 1581822723.
38. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House Publishing, pp. 334–342. ISBN 1581822723.
39. ^ Nickel, Steven; William J. Helmer (2002). Baby Face Nelson: Portrait of a Public Enemy. Cumberland House Publishing. pp. 341–360. ISBN 1581822723. http://books.google.com/books?id=JKqF1U7VvpsC&q=Barrington#search_anchor.
40. ^ Special Agent Herman E. Hollis. Officer Down Memorial Page. Accessed 12 June 2008.
41. ^ Inspector Samuel P. Cowley. Officer Down Memorial Page. Accessed: 12 June 2008.
42. ^ "CRACK AGENT TAKES CHARGE.; Washington Orders H.H. Clegg to Direct Nelson Chase." New York Times. 28 November 1934. Accessed 12 June 2008.
43. ^ "Blasting a G-Man Myth". Time Magazine. 1979-09-24. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947394,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
44. ^ Burrough, pp. 479-80.
45. ^ Burrough, p. 482.
46. ^ "Wife Lying in Ditch Saw Nelson Shot." New York Times. 6 December 1934. Accessed 12 June 2008.
47. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J., Baby Face Nelson, Cumberland House, 2002, p.364
48. ^ "'Kill Widow Of Baby Face!', U.S. Orders Gang Hunters". Chicago Herald-Examiner. 1934-11-30.
49. ^ Nickel, Steven, and Helmer, William J. Baby Face Nelson. Cumberland House, 2002, pp. 343–363.
50. ^ "Baby Face Nelson". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8200914. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
51. ^ Burrough, Bryan. "How the Feds Got Their Men." New York Times. May 14, 2004. Accessed June 12, 2008.
52. ^ "Nelson Now Takes Place Of 'Public Enemy No. 1'." New York Times. October 23, 1934. Accessed June 12, 2008.

[edit] External links

* FBI famous cases (public domain text)
* Crime Library biography
* Baby Face Nelson at Find a Grave

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Name Nelson, Baby Face
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Date of birth December 6, 1908
Place of birth Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of death November 27, 1934
Place of death Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.
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