Baby Face Nelson

<html> <head> <title>Baby Face Nelson</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/870/000205255/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Baby Face Nelson<img src="baby-face-nelson-2-sized.jpg" height=336 width=240 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Baby Face Nelson">AKA Lester M. GillisBorn: <a href="/lists/858/000106540/" class=proflink>6-Dec</a>-<a href="/lists/907/000105592/" class=proflink>1908</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/457/000069250/" class=proflink>Chicago, IL</a> Died: <a href="/lists/218/000106897/" class=proflink>27-Nov</a>-<a href="/lists/444/000106126/" class=proflink>1934</a> Location of death: <a href="/geo/118/000081872/" class=proflink>Barrington, IL</a> Cause of death: <a href="/lists/013/000071797/" class=proflink>Justifiable Homicide</a> Remains: Buried, St. Joseph's Cemetery, River Grove, IL Gender: Male Religion: <a href="/lists/758/000094476/" class=proflink>Roman Catholic</a> Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: <a href="/lists/177/000068970/" class=proflink>Criminal</a>Nationality: United States Executive summary: Public Enemy Number OneBank robber and murderer Lester Gillis was called "George" by his family and "Baby Face" by the members of his first gang in his mid-teens, due to his childlike appearance and shortness. The Nelson surname was an alibi. He started his criminal career as a petty shoplifter and car thief, then graduated to armed robbery and deadly gunfights. His known associates included <a href="/people/809/000031716/">Al Capone</a> in the late 1920s and early 1930s, <a href="/people/939/000095654/">John Dillinger</a> in the 1930s, and smuggler and bootlegger John Paul Chase, who was his best friend and sidekick. After Dillinger's death on 22 July 1934, Nelson was listed as the FBI's Public Enemy #1. He was involved in murders in Minneapolis, Reno, South Bend, Chicago, and small towns in Illinois and Wisconsin, and his victims included three FBI agents, including two killed in the shootout that left Nelson dead on 27 November 1934. His body, reportedly riddled with 17 bullets, was dumped in a cemetery near the small town of Niles Center, Illinois, presumably by his wife or his friend Chase. Nelson was said to have hated the nickname "Baby Face", and though he stood only five feet four inches tall, he preferred to be called "Big George".Father: Joseph Gillis (tanner, d. 1922 suicide) Mother: Mary Gillis Sister: Juliette Gillis Fitzsimmons (b. 1911, d. 1987) Wife: Helen Wawzynak Gillis (m. 1929, d. 1987) Son: Robert Gillis (b. 4-Apr-1930) Daughter: Darlene Gillis (b. 1932)     <a href="/event/117/000062928/">Escaped from Prison</a> Illinois State Penitentiary (17-Feb-1932)     Inmate Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois (1931-32)     <a href="/crime/301/000043172/">Murder</a> Barrington, IL (two FBI agents)     <a href="/crime/301/000043172/">Murder</a> Rhinelander, WI (FBI agent, 22-Apr-1934)     <a href="/crime/119/000062930/">Bank Robbery</a> South Bend, IN (30-Jun-1934)     <a href="/crime/119/000062930/">Bank Robbery</a> Wheaton, IL     <a href="/crime/119/000062930/">Bank Robbery</a> Grand Haven, MI (18-Aug-1933)     <a href="/crime/119/000062930/">Bank Robbery</a> Chicago (Jan-1931)     <a href="/crime/376/000050226/">Grand Theft Auto</a> 1922, 1923, 1934, numerous other     <a href="/event/249/000118892/">Shot by Police</a> 27-Nov-1934 (fatal)     <a href="/lists/524/000091251/">Belgian Ancestry</a> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=205255" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>

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