SAMUEL P COWLEY
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Officer Rank: Special Agent
Memorial Panel: 30-W: 16
Department: Federal Bureau of Investigation
End of Watch: November 28, 1934
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: 5
Description: Agent Samuel Cowley and Agent Herman Hollis were shot while attempting to arrest George "Baby Face" Nelson for murder. The Agents were on the lookout for Nelson who was reportedly driving a stolen automobile in the Barrington, Illinois area. The Agents spotted him and shots were fired. Agent Hollis died at the scene. Agent Cowley died the following day. Baby Face Nelson, who was also responsible for the deaths of Officer Francis Mulvihill, Patrolman Martin O'Brien, Officer Howard Wagner and Agent W. Carter Baum, also died in the shootout. Several months earlier in July, Agent Crowley led the investigation to apprehend John Dillinger. That attempted arrest led to a shootout that Dillinger did not survive.
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