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  Baby Face Nelson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In contrast to the dashing John Dillinger, Nelson is the antithesis of popular, Robin Hood-like gangsters of the Depression era.
Nelson succumbed from his wounds at approximately 8pm that evening and was unceremoniously dumped near a Niles, Illinois cemetery.
Nelson is buried at Saint Joseph Cemetery in River Grove, Illinois.
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 Baby Face Nelson
"Baby Face" Nelson was born Lester M. Gillis on December 6, 1908, in Chicago, Illinois.
Nelson was sentenced to a prison term of one year to life for his January, 1931, bank robbery in Chicago, Illinois.
Nelson was joined by his wife and remained in California until May, 1933.
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 AmericanMafia.com - Feature Articles 23
Nelson insisted on driving even though he was known by all to be notoriously bad driver, who suffered from poor eye sight.
Nelson proved how bad a driver he was when he slammed his car into another car driven by Theodore Kidder, who had stopped for a red light.
Nelson fired a burst from his Tommy gun through the bank's window, spraying the unarmed and unsuspecting cop with dozens of bullets for no logical or apparent reason.
www.americanmafia.com /Feature_Articles_23.html   (1376 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Room - Headline Archives
Nelson flees but is later spotted nearby by another agent, who gets his license plate number.
Cowley, an FBI Agent and Inspector who is in Chicago to spearhead the search for Nelson, learns that "Baby Face" may be heading towards Chicago.
Nelson is hurt badly, with 17 gunshot wounds.
www.fbi.gov /page2/nov04/babyface112904.htm   (481 words)

  
 The life of Baby Face Nelson.
One of seven children, Baby Face Nelson was born to Belgium immigrants Joseph and Mary Gillis.
By the time Baby Face Nelson was in his early teens, he was already an accomplished thief.
It was in January of 1931 that Baby Face Nelson received his first prison term for a bank robbery in Chicago.
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 Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI History - Famous Cases
Nelson's early criminal career included stealing tires, running stills, bootlegging, and armed robbery.
In 1922, Nelson was convicted of auto theft and was committed to a boys' home.
"Baby Face" Nelson died about 8:00 that evening.
www.fbi.gov /libref/historic/famcases/babyface/babyface.htm   (1631 words)

  
 Angels From God Chronicles: The Full Nelson
Nelson is a mix of those two great sardonic wits of the 21st Century....Snoopy and Woody Allen.....
When he was absolutely certain of their disinterest, Nelson dragged it into the bed and shredded it.
Nelson repaid her with a flatulent condition that would have cleared Yankee Stadium.
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 Free-Essays.us - Baby Face Nelson
He went by many other aliases such as George Nelson, Alex Gillis, and “Big George.” He grew up with the Chicago street gangs, which is where his gang members named him “Baby Face Nelson,” despite the fact that he hated it.
Nelson was carrying a machine gun and his partner Chase with a BAR.
“That fellow (Nelson) just came right a-coming at them two lawmen and they must a hit ‘im plenty a times, but nothin’ was gonna stop that fellow.” Actually it was 17 times that Nelson was struck, but he continued to steal the FBI car and back it up to his wife and Chase.
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 baby-faced - Search Results - MSN Encarta
- with youthful face: having a childlike or innocent face
Maternity is on the face of it an unsocial experience.
The selfishness that a woman has learned to stifle or to dissemble where she alone is...
ca.encarta.msn.com /baby-faced.html   (108 words)

  
 babyfacenelson
Nelson shot and killed Theodore Kidder, a resident of St. Paul, Minn., in March 1934.
He also shot and killed FBI Agents Herman Hollis and Sam Cowley on Nov. 27, 1934, near Barrington, Ill. Nelson was wounded in the gun battle and died later that day.
If you are already familiar with Nelson or have visited us before, click on any of the links below for more detailed stories and photos about his life.
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 Nelson Adopted
Bev phoned tonight to report that Nelson had given her a scare today, when he gleefully leaped into the "hopper." I was not familiar with "hoppers" and could only imagine what kind of trouble Nelson had gotten himself into.
Nelson was unable to jump himself out of the "hopper," and so an emergency rescue ensued, involving a ladder.
Nelson is home safe and sound, and Bev and Steve are contemplating the adoption of our girl, Snowflake (affectionately referred to as Grumpalump).
www.eskiesonline.com /nelsa.htm   (388 words)

  
 Sports: Baby Face Nelson is this good
Nelson has had his moments in this tournament, but none when his team needed it more.
But then there was Nelson, the kid who admits that as recently as a few weeks ago, he didn't recognize the difference between a good shot and a bad one.
Nelson made every critical play for the Gators in the moments they could have faded and been happy with a Final Four appearance.
www.sptimes.com /News/040200/Sports/Baby_Face_Nelson_is_t.shtml   (912 words)

  
 Crime Library: John Dillinger: Bank Robber or Robin Hood? - The Crime Library feature story
And so, John Dillinger and Harry Pierpont, Baby Face Nelson and the rest of the Dillinger Gang were celebrities whose exploits were followed closely by a Depression-weary American public that followed their every adventure like a running television series.
As soon as she was out of Nelson's sight, she raced into her brother's driveway and picked him up and got back on the highway before Nelson knew what she had done.
Nelson, Wanatka and Koerner left and got into an automobile just as a vehicle containing FBI Agents W. Carter Baum and J. Newman, and local constable Carl Christensen arrived.
www.crimelibrary.com /americana/dillinger/dillingermain.htm   (2450 words)

  
 Cumberland House Publishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Until now Baby Face Nelson has remained as enigmatic and one-dimensional as he was then, portrayed by J. Edgar Hoover and newsmen as a trigger-happy punk who looked like a choirboy and killed without a conscience.
In a surprising departure from the gangster norm, Nelson and his wife remained fiercely devoted to one another, and between holdups they often live a quiet domestic life with their two children, and at times, Nelson's mother.
The main focus of this biography is on Nelson's remarkable criminal career, from sensation bank robberies and blazing gun battles up to his death at the age of twenty-five.
www.cumberlandhouse.com /history/babyfacenelson.asp   (357 words)

  
 The Norman Transcript - Tracking down the Baby Face   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Leaning over from the front seat, the 25-year-old Nelson, who was known for his explosive temper, also said, "Give me that ring." Dorothy tried to oblige but couldn't get the $1,000 engagement ring off her finger.
Nelson then suggested that he was either going to club her on the head or cut her finger off if she didn't hand over the ring.
Nelson shoved the woman into a hotel lobby and took off with more than $18,000 worth of jewelry.
www.normantranscript.com /moorenews/local_story_178005655   (1197 words)

  
 Baby Face Finlayson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baby Face Finlayson was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1553, dated 22 April 1972.
Baby Face Finlayson "The Cutest Bandit in the West" was an outlaw in the American Old West, who was also, surreally, a baby.
His name is derived from the real-life American gangster of the '30s Baby Face Nelson (real name George Nelson).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baby_Face_Finlayson   (294 words)

  
 essays research papers - Baby Face Nelson
By the age of 14 he was a car thief and had gotten his nickname baby face by the members of his gang.
Nelson was sentenced to a prison term of 20 to life in January 1931 for his armed robbery of a bank in Chicago.
In 1934 Nelson, his wife, and Chase moved to Chicago and joined the Dillinger Gang, led by John Dillinger, then public enemy number 1.
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 Baby Face Nelson: Childlike Mug, Psychopathic Soul
He was to emerge from the kick 'em-hard Chicago Stockyards district as Baby Face Nelson, one of the toughest, and definitely the most heartless, of the Depression-era gangsters.
He bloodied the noses of anyone who taunted, the latter stunned when that dwarfish factor with the choir boy's face sprung at them with the ferocity of a cornered, wounded panther.
Helen, whom he had spotted working behind the hardware counter at a downtown Woolworth's, was eager to quit the unglamorous position and take off with the exciting bad boy with the sideways grin.
www.crimelibrary.com /americana/babyface   (3074 words)

  
 Movie Info for Baby Face Nelson on MSN Movies
Rooney is Lester "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis and Carolyn Jones his gun moll, Sue, in this fictionalized tale of a scrawny street tough turned psychotic gangster.
After being released from prison, Nelson goes to work for mob boss Rocca (Ted De Corsia), who eventually recognizes that a madman is in his service and turns him in to the cops.
Inevitably, FBI agents ambush and injure Nelson, who finally admits his own ruthlessness to himself and Sue, conceding that he would even murder children if necessary.
entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=110664   (198 words)

  
 Galla Creek Feist Kennel (TM), Registered Feist dogs for Sale, Promoting Squirrel Hunting Dogs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Baby Face Nelson is a strong Feist dog.
These pictures were taken Jan. 1, 2005 and on December 30 and 31st 2005, I have finished the year out hunting Nelson.
Because of having a full brother to Nelson, I sold him in the fall of 2006 to Adam Patterson of Ms.
www.cswnet.com /~lrenfroe/nelson2.html   (167 words)

  
 Baby Face Nelson: Portrait Of A Public Enemy; Author: Nickel, Steven; Joint Author: Helmer, William J.; Hardback; Book
Baby Face Nelson: Portrait Of A Public Enemy; Author: Nickel, Steven; Joint Author: Helmer, William J.; Hardback; Book
Baby Face Nelson: Portrait Of A Public Enemy
Illustrations.Describes the life and criminal career of the bank robber and killer known as Baby Face Nelson.
www.netstoreusa.com /tubooks/158/1581822723.shtml   (209 words)

  
 Baby Face Nelson (1957) - Channel 4 Film review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Rooney grimaces and twitches his way through this B-movie exploration of minor villain Baby Face Nelson, who is desperate to make his name in the annals of gangster crime.
Director Siegel largely jettisons any attempts at historical accuracy - notably in the treatment of gun-toting mobster John Dillinger - and concentrates on Nelson's desperate desire for power.
Perhaps because of this, the thriller elements are emphasized, and what could have been fairly so-so is instead a tense little period piece.
www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=100742   (146 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/dillingergirlandbabyfacenelson
Dillinger Girl and "Baby Face" Nelson are still on the run!
Together, they tell the story of Dillinger Girl and "Baby Face" Nelson.
Monsieur Nelson, vous pouvez pas savoir comme je suis soulagé d’apprendre que vous êtes finalement toujours vivant, au moment où je vous demande d’être votre ami.
www.myspace.com /dillingergirlandbabyfacenelson   (1781 words)

  
 Baby Face Nelson (1995)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Plot Summary: Bonnie and Clyde were no match for Depression Era gangster George "Babyface" Nelson and his moll Helen Womack...
And if we are to believe this, Nelson killed more people than Attilla the Hun.
Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Baby Face Nelson (1995)
www.imdb.com /title/tt0112433   (252 words)

  
 Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, IN - Baby Face Nelson: Public Enemy Number One
Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, IN - Baby Face Nelson: Public Enemy Number One
Baby Face Nelson was a Chicago gangster who was also known as Public Enemy No. 1.
Published June 26, 2006 01:42 pm - “After hearing my grandfather (known to the family as Fafa or De) retell the story, and then shown newspaper clippings about it, I began to believe that it was true,” says DeLapp, who has even made a Freedom of Information request for FBI documents about the case.
www.greensburgdailynews.com /statenews/cnhinsall_story_177134220.html   (571 words)

  
 Baby Face Nelson (1957)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Plot Outline: George "Babyface" Nelson becomes one of the most important gangsters of 1930's Chicago by making brutal robberies.
In "Baby Face Nelson" Mickey Rooney has come a long way from his "I know.
Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Baby Face Nelson (1957)
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 Baby Face Nelson
He started out as a petty criminal but in 1929 began working for Al Capone.
He assumed the name Baby Face Nelson and developed a reputation for a willingness to carry out vicious killings.
In 1934 Nelson joined the John Dillinger gang and took part in several bank robberies before being killed in a police shoot-out with FBI agents on 27th November, 1934.
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 VH1.com : Baby Face Nelson : Artist Main
VH1.com : Baby Face Nelson : Artist Main
Add a link to your "Baby Face Nelson" fan site on VH1.com!
E-commerce on this website is brought to you by MTVN Direct Inc.
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 Baby Face Nelson Standard Release DVD - MovieWeb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Baby Face Nelson Standard Release DVD - MovieWeb
DVD > Baby Face Nelson: Standard Release DVD > Features
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