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" Final Resting Place of Baby Face Nelson"

Lester "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis  6th December 1908 -27th November 1934.
Bank Robber who escaped prison and  joined John Dillinger's gang. With whom he participated  in a series of bank robberies - often shooting down bank 
guards and bystanders. He met his end near Barrington, Illinois in a shootout with two FBI Agents - Sam Cowley and Herman Hollis,

Saint Joseph's Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois.

Info and photo's courtesy of Rick Mattix.