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Lubbock Morning Avalanche from Lubbock, Texas • Page 29

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PLANNING, INTRIGUE AND VIOLENCE PLAY IMPORTANT ROLES 'Inside Story' Of Brinks Case Told New York Group To Be Joined By Jack Benny Oct. 2 Bv JOHN B. KNOX BOSTON, Jan. 19 In an alleged partners in crime over! Ice in Brooklyn, N.Y., by I They finally fixed upon the hour HOLLYWOOD fellow who era division of the loot. And it was he 10 men with submachine guns.

between 7 and 7:30 as the best olaims to be 39 and has been a of youth in crime, the exploit of who was taken from jail Friday to $2,350,000 reported taken by time for the robbery for various 47 years reports now that boldest imagination, most expert'talk to a Suffolk County grand house breakers from Reno, At that time the nightly will play with the New 7nformant at execution, and biggest moncv-haui jury which promptly voted indict- home of Lavere Redficld, who rush of homeward bound commut- Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie -the 1950 Brink's moots gainst not only O'Keefe. Mrs a I.JO-^md safc.ors through Boston's nearby North Hall on Oct. 2. Campbell, forwards this one. tor (hp outfit donP up in The cafe and thought the cafe might 8 associates, that coma ash.

$10(V- Station had rhe man. of course. Capt. Dale J. (Jack) sensible thing to do under the cir- have.been broken into.

When he These wcro as Stanlpy 5 in Benny who stopped counting CrjttPnhprCPr ni Anderson. Inri cumstances. smelled smoke, a fire company middle-age. Arthur Gusciora. 36.

an inmate runs-rehearsals fo, the ultimate his age when he approached 40 anf) wifp who Six years ago, they averaged State Penitentiary in Pitts-1 The great Brinks robbery was snou- He said Wednesday that his New Lubfceek, Mere. Avalanche, Jan. 20, Sec. Ill, Decide To Switch Teams In Mid-Game Firemen Search for Blare; .7 11 Find $30,000 Fire In Cafe Hockey No! Always Game, U.Y Army woonsocket. r.i.

Jan. Firemen searched for the source of smoke in a business block here for an hour early Thursday and By HAIOIAN W. NICHOLS under the thumb of the when they found it. they had a WASHINGTON My friend Communists. $30,000 blaze on their hands.

Army head- Jack came alert and he and his A patrolman nofired that the quarters in Europe, Maj. James bride began yelling their heads off night light was not burning in a Officer, Wife Discover While In Europe Imitated York appearance will be under the years old. burgh; Thomas F. Richardson. 48.

committed smoothly and without Neighbors in scattered Boston of Weymouth; James I. Faherty, bloodshed Jan. 17, 1950. But even Of the reported 11 participants baton of Alfred Wallenstein suburban real estate developments 44. of Roston, Henry Baker, 49.

then there was vio-only nine took part at the scene, added: heard with shocked unbelief the Natick: Adolph Maffie, 44. of lence of a death throat in the pis-clad to look like guards shall try to sound like oVcater Now York Fund eJ in and visnrnd pane news householder whose the goer ried lest his power lawn mower field, 45, of Boston, who died of Faded From Sight disturb othcrs-that these had been natural causes a year ago. Me- While the perpetrators of that a bppn a violinist since 1909 the ice stadium as the perpetrators of the Ginms was named in every indict- crime faded from police sight and stake bodied truck and took them hls falher Kave instrument the town outwardly the pattern of smooth-to'a house in Roxbury, then sep.ihe stiU uses- No Favorite ness maintained, it was stain-arating to alibis. They Benny said his appearance was One team was in blue uniforms, intents returned ed with the inevitable later violence counted the money next morning. Part of the "Save Carnegie Hall fhp other in rPd.

Relaxing there in variously ranged which seemingly must foliow a And they destroyed all "new mon program. the oppn ajr wjt'h thp thermometer sought at least outw ardly those from charges of armed robbery crime of such magnitude. Pv- whiPh might have been reg- A real eslale firm owns the 65- a 20 above, the IS on Blue!" was called. An- xbp Orittenbergrrs escaped and Flames burst through the cellar and 1 1' son when Pooky said the and roared through the entire of retired Lt. Gen.

Willis Critten- a small polite cheer trick- building which also houses a shoe berger, now the president of tho from thc throng. repair shop and a tailor shop. calls 150 Carey Avenue, San Ionio. home. Jack is the gerpri They dragged the loot out in bur- in Rtoom in public, Benny npr decided they would nation's greatest cash robbery.

ment. Criminal Records Range Of Oiargi-n These were men with criminal The 45 indictment records. But thev had mostly against the 11 sought at least outwardly those aom cnarges ot armen roooery mu inagui uue. rv which might have been reg- A real estate firm owns the 65- a 20 above, tf middle-income lives of respectah.l- and breaking and entering to con- Blood was shod-thr blood of istercd. along with other identifi- hear-old auditorium and has been couple eared not which team Wf ity whose reward is obscurity.

spiracy to steal-and putting per- Specs Keefe, himself, who able lo0, negotiating to sell it to a firm that which. Hockey is hockey. They had engaged in such various ln ar intent to rob. 5 was moved, wants to put up a commercial BluP scored first. Vhe crow occupations as bartender, liquor The crime charged against them a gunman.

hut according to story building, store operator, chauffeur and truck ranks with the topmost as Rjnicr he know where this driver self-employed vending ma- robberies and while the dollar-val- li convicted New ork killer. Dissension Began chine operator, pool room mana-'ue in some robberies is recorded to It was when failed to neKie with L.wrence ger. diner operator, automobile as greater, the actual cash taken bat and escaped, wounded, get the alleged previously agroed Tjbb chairman Thev hone 2X trade which at different press Headquarters is conceded to 1 maintain its traditions or the men who divided the There are many unexplained us natmions. $1,218,000, and according to cross-currents in the case. A group of well-known artists formed a committee to Car- Missing more than a year is Island prison convict stated an of nine active service.

as a principal, has been assigned to Reese Air loyally took to a doe- That same spring, in March, a Force Base as flight test main- tor after he was ambushed. U.S. Trucking money-express tenanee officer. Keefe thinks Carlson has been in the Rrink's ga-j Straight off the team 000 000 in and se- And re also la quoted as say-rage looted in aub-j aTenhsteTi tSSZ ling he believes another Boston twi- urban Danvers by thieves 17 montha durinK World of character. Morris mysteriously possessed a key.

Un- and service in lfH6 an Hunvitz, former boxer, they took $681,700 out of 0 ffjcer wjth experi- her husband had done any- truck robbery in New York by a arrnored enre He returned to active duty shot to death in 1953, was wiped while the truck crew sipped in March 1951 flftpr inactive sprv. some who their executed for killing a ollt a hired killer. co in a drugstore The truck He rame to RPese aftPr 8 This is the account of the Brink's stood diagonally outside the store. in(, for thrpp and onp. job attributed to No Money As in thp case of the rob- originalh bcrv, no identifiable money from half years at Wheelus Field, Tri poli.

nieinned when the firm nrw the Danvers job has ever appeared. a of under arrest to- koc Railroad special train at A indorai Vrand iurv Roosevelt High School in Oak crated from another Boston ad- iand dress. After the move to a ware- tlon late ln 1952 and parl-V 1953' He is a former tractoi machinist. His wife is the formet dissension began. i fho mow 1 times attracted three.

7i in (apt. Vernon K. Repose Is wtth, the law but not oj a naturc tics which the robbers wnuld not hi stakes ho.use’ Cwlton Ajjigned To FOf Duff to indicate current wealth. He had negotiate Ihe Brinks robbers took 1 scrvod time for not paying 194-1- $1.557.183 in checks, money orders vpar JS Capt' K' Rpposi'' VPter' 45 federal income taxes, and a tax and other securities in addition to hen had been placed on his $13,000 the $1.218.211 cash. Carlson- friend OBnen home.

When men Thursday Notorious Thefts came to take him away, his young Earlier notorious thefts and rob to beries included: a phone to call police. Unbelieving Wife curities robbed by armed men One incredulous wife said from New Manhattan Bank. through tears she would never be- taken in mail 1 pv lieve thing wrong. gang led by notorious Gerald Chap- There were some who their man neighbors viewed with lifted eye- policeman. brow', knowing of one-time police 1924 $2,000.000 in Federal He- attributed to Keefe before questionings.

One of these was An- serve cash and securities taken in 0 en 0 ove 1 10 grand thony Pino w-ho might have been in a stickup of an eight-car Milwau- wiifii mix. linn day if he had not successfully Rondout, 111. A fought deportation. Million And there were others who had of wn.cn ipuu mnnth, waV anpnt dictments after witnesses been ur.abie to keep clear of the was cash, the rest in securities Neb" Nkf ihe building. It was watched in- a8ainst them were futile.

Two-Way Fight Bank and Trust a holdup sirf It was in June, 1954. that JX these tops and with powerful glasses. was ambushed. That same O'Keefe, who collided not In cash robbed comjngs and gojngs of all who night-in a park in the same gen- worked in the building. eral section of the man Obtained Key who had been quizzed in the Dan- Filed Wednesday in Judge They obtained a key to open an robbery case was shot to James G.

99th District outside door. They tailed the death. But a medical examiner here was a suit for dam- watchman and noted his route, ported later he was a suicide. ages seeking judgment totaling They removed locks from a series Never Returned $25,000. of doors one at a time and had In July, his friend Carlson was C.

F. Lively, individually and keys made the same night and re- questioned by Suffolk County as next friend for C. F. Lively turned each lock to its place. district attorney.

Soon after, July is seeking judgment against Gordon Wayne Morton and Howard Lynn Morton for injuries allegedly suffered by C. F. Lively in an auto collision Nov. 7. 1955, near the intersection of Boston and Broadwrav.

The collision involved a ear driven by Lively and one driven by Gordon Wavne Morton, and it is alleged that the two Mortons are the same person. roared. Blue scored again, and there came another roar. Real quick, it should be stated that Crittenbcrger, like his pappy, is a. tank man and therfore oftrn outnumbered.

He started to holler like mad for the underdog. on he screamed in German, make a hockey game of this. Give the Booed And Hissed The crowd, which outnumbered the captain and Pooky 8.b00 to two, booed and hissed the couple by that very percentage. 80 NIXIV dii rim tarmm B0SIT imtmnr PER CAR LOAD COUNTRY CLUB cpfR DRIVE-IN THEATRE LOAD 80 rut mot mtt ma rtOMt a coon nm mrtrwoM -I a T'H I i months was spen. ai.er proved £ura J.

of Colufnbus. hostile and contpmpt proceedings rjau hters only with thp police but also with from an armored car outside Rubel The partisan crowd, in favor of the team, turned on the visitors, via oral insults. German words our friends savvy. I Jack turned to the Bavarian sitting next to him and wanted to what was the matter with the crowd. they like under- The captain is a 1942 graduate dogs? Kacort Wanted? The Bavarian asked a rather sensible question.

Said he: you folks want an escort out son and two 0f Then Jack and neighbor explained that the team was local and that the team came from Prague, Czecho- Open 6:00 Shew 6:30 TONITE thru SAT. KIRK DOUGLAS 3 Miles Cut Cdwy. PC 2 -C 923 Tem Jerry Cartoon Latest flews Je LAST FEATURE SILVANA MANGANO, $25,000 Damage Suit Is Filed In 99th District Court Here TONITE thru SATURDAY NITE JRaiJ DRIVE: IN THEATRE CAR HEATERS iOXOPFICl OPENS 5:45 ADULTS 50c Ph. PQ3-7466 FIRST AND LAST FEATURE ON THE WILD FRONTIER! liti giiL. inemascope BURT LANCASTER ektuckiah mr TECHNICOLOR Dianne FOSTER "biana LYNN BEtlAStO THRU WfTfO AtfSTS SECOND FEATURE ONLY A NEW KIND Of THRILL A Bondit Qaoon A Wildott Revolt IMVfKtl Kcnm IG Sc 1 Jtorrmp HEFLIN-Julia ADAMS 300 SEAT HEATED AUDITORIUM -A ESTERNER Drive-In Theatre 3 Miles West On Leveiland Hwy.

Out 19th SI. NOW SHOWING THRU SATURDAY BOXOFFICE OPENS 5:45 ADULTS 50c PH. P03-5231 SECOND FEATURE ONLY verland msmm 15, Carlson, a bookip but also a family man fond of his wife and young children, left his apartment for a brief errand. To this day, he has never returned. Days later, his automobile reappeared mysteriously near his home, whth smashed glasses on the seat.

On August 1, 1954, was captured and safely jailed on an old charge. According to him, two separate attempts were made to kill him. As the month drew to a close, a mystery gang operating with gang techniques, marched into the Suffolk County Jail through locked gates and doors and removed Trigger Burke before he could be brought to trial on an arms-possession charge. Not until this week did the case erupt again. Close observers of every stage of the case are two insurance companies.

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