Deaths : Kansas City Police : 2 ; Oklahoma police : 1 , FBI : 1 ; Nash : 1 ; Gang : 0 April 22 , 1934 . Manitowish Waters , Wisconsin . A team of FBI Agents led by Special Agent Melvin Purvis attempted to ambush bank robber John Dillinger and his gang at the Little Bohemia Lodge , a hotel and restaurant being used as a hideout . The ambush was botched when a truck full of Civilian Conservation Corps workers , who had been dining at the Lodge , was misidentified as Dillinger 's men by the Agents , who opened fire , killing one of the civilians and wounding two more . Dillinger and his men briefly exchanged gunfire with Purvis 's men before fleeing out the back of the lodge . FBI Agent W. Carter Baum was killed , and another agent wounded , by Baby Face Nelson during the gang 's escape
Little Bohemia Lodge
Little Bohemia Lodge
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