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Herman Hollis

Case from Barrington, IL dated Nov 27, 1934

Victim Details

Herman E. Hollis

Male

White / Caucasian

Barrington

IL

1934-11-27

Herman

Hollis

07/09/2026

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Herman Edward Hollis, a 31-year-old American male of Caucasian ethnicity, was an FBI special agent who died on November 27, 1934, in Barrington, Illinois. He was born on January 27, 1903, in Des Moines, Iowa, and received his law degree from Georgetown University Law School in 1927. Hollis began his service with the FBI in August 1927 and worked in the Kansas City, Cincinnati, and Chicago field offices.

Hollis is best known for his involvement in the Battle of Barrington, an intense gunfi ...
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