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| Special Agent Samuel P. Cowley
United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Wednesday, November 28, 1934 Biographical Info
Age: 35
Tour of Duty: 5 years
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Tuesday, November 27, 1934
Incident Location: Illinois
Weapon Used: Rifle; Machine gun
Suspect Info: The Dillinger Gang Special Agent Samuel Cowley and Special Agent Herman Hollis were shot and killed by the infamous gangster Baby Face Nelson near Barrington, Illinois. The agents had forced the suspect's car into a ditch in an arrest attempt. The suspect came out of the ditch firing a Thompson submachine gun, fatally wounding both agents. Both agents were able to return fire, fatally wounding the suspect as well.
Baby Face Nelson, a member of the Dillinger Gang, was responsible for the murder of Special Agent W. Carter Baum seven months earlier.
Agent Cowley had served with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for five years.
Led by John Dillinger, the Dillinger Gang was a notorious group of Midwest bank robbers. Associates of the gang were responsible for the fatal shootings of 13 law enforcement officers in 1933 and 1934.
Two infamous members of the gang, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, were shot and killed by law enforcement officers in separate incidents.
The other gang members were either murdered by criminals, shot and killed by law enforcement officers, executed for their crimes, or sentenced to time in prison. Related Line of Duty Deaths  | Sheriff Jess L. Sarber
Allen County Sheriff's Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, October 12, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire |
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