The Evening Times from Sayre, Pennsylvania • Page 5

Athens, South Waverly, and Waverly, N. Y. THE EVENING TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1960 PAGE FIVE Sayre Rotary Has New Meet Place The Sayre Rotary club will meet at the Wilbur hotel in Sayre at 12:10 tomorrow afternoon, marking the first gathering of the group in the new meeting place. For the past several years the club has met at the Iron Kettle Inn, Waverly, but a more central meet- of the club. Dr.

James Steele will plans will be made for future work Saga of be chairman. Ten Auto Kills Deer Near Waverly hurt when their car hit a deer yesterday afternoon about 5:15 on Route 17 just east of the Waverly state po: lice substation. The deer was killed. ing place has been sought for some Cpl. J.

R. Ayers and Trooper Bill time le and the holte will cater to the Gowan reported that a westbound Rotarians at their weekly meetings car driven by William T. Beatty from now on. II, 37, of 140 East 28th street, New The program will be a club as- York City, struck the deer with the sembly at which time the committees right front fender. There was some will report on their activities and damage to the car.

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AP Super Markets AMERICA'S DEPENDABLE FOOD MERCHANT SINCE 1859 Prices In this ad effective through Wednesday, January 20, in all A Markets In The Valley Specs O'Keefe and Pals Years Ago- The Brink's Five men worked late into the night in the heavily barred second floor offices of the big armored car garage on Prince St. in Boston's North End. They were handling millions of dollars in cash and securities, routinely packaging fat bundles of bills and payrolls in preparation for the next day's deliveries by Brink's, to banks, investment houses and business offices." Secure in a cage-like room formed by a heavy wire screen and with six locked doors between them and the street, the men had taken off their sidearms. Suddenly there came a hoarse bark: "Open up!" "This is a stickup don't make trouble." With pistols aimed through the wire partition stood a group of men, identically dressed in dark trousers, Navy type pea jackets, chauffeur style caps and grotesque rubber Halloween masks. It.

was exactly 7:10 p. m. One of the Brink's men opened the locked door in the cage. The bandits quickly tied the workers, silenced them with adhesive tape over their mouths and forced them to lie face down on the floor. They produced heavy canvas bags and began stuffing them with bundles of cash and securities.

Twenty minutes later the building was quiet again even quieter than before, with the only sounds the trussed Brink's men struggling to free themselves. By 7:37 p. m. one succeeded and hit the alarm which started one of the biggest, longest and most costly manhunts in history. The loot that winter night ten years ago Jan.

17 was $1,218,211.29 in cash the biggest cash haul in the history of United States crime. The loot included another $1,557,183.83 in checks, bonds and securities. Some of the latter were negotiable. Fantastic as was the robbery, the full story of how it was planned and carried out was even more fabulous. That story was told finally by one of the men who planned it and carried it out, for there was no honor among these thieves.

Why did he tell? That's a long story too. And Bradford county came into the Brink's picture before it was told. Joseph J. (Specs) O'Keefe did the singing that finally broke the case, but O'Keefe spent three years in the Bradford county jail and a buddy, Stanley A. Gusciori, who was caught with him near Ulster, did time in the Western Penitentiary at Pittsburgh, where he eventually died.

O'Keefe and Gusciori were caught in the car on June 11, in the Ulster Narrows by Cpl. Lynn Bohr and Cpl. John Mancuso of the Athens State Police, after they had been recognized by Chief Dean Meredith of Towanda. Gusciori went to trial in Towanda on a charge of carrying firearmswhich were found in the car- and was acquitted by a Bradford county jury on Sept. 9, 1950.

However, he was taken to Smethport and tried for the burglary of the firearms he and O'Keefe having broken into a sporting goods store in Kane the night before they were spotted in Towanda by Chief Meredith and sentenced to five to 20 years in Western Pen. O'Keefe meanwhile pleaded guilty to the same charge that Gusciori denied, and was given three years in the Bradford county jail by the late Judge William M. Rosenfield. He later had to spend some extra time when he failed to pay a $3,000 fine. Eventually released, he was taken to Smethport in 1954 and got three to 12 years for the Kane burglary.

was released pending appeal, forfeited $15,000 bond when he failed to appear, and then turned up suddenly in the news again when a hired gunman tried to silence him with a machine gun. O'Keefe only got a wrist injury out of the hail of bullets, but then he learned that his pals had gypped him out of most of his share of the Brink's loot. This combination of apparent doublecrosses decided Specs. He offered to spill the story. From the witness stand in Suffolk Superior Court in 1956, 0'Keffe told how the gang which numbered eleven men "cased the joint" for months.

Finally they made the first move. The watchman's rounds had been timed, and when the gang was sure of a period when an outside door wouldn't be tried, they picked the lock. Now came the slickest part of the plan. They took the outside lock right out of the door and had a key made -returning the lock before it was missed. They did the same with other locks inside the building over a period of many months.

That's how they were able to walk in so quietly and surprise the Brink men at work. After the robbery the gang drove to the home of a member. The money bags were unloaded quicklysimply heaved over a hedge and left for the time being. The truck was dismantled and junked. The gang found the loot too much to count the night they got it.

Piled up, it' made a stack as tall as a man. And they were in a hurry. I It wouldn't do for them to be caught together. All had criminal records. Nearly all were questioned in succeeding months by police investigators.

Three years after the robbery all but one of the gang were called before a Federal grand jury which Robbery Stanley Gusciori, left, and Joseph J. (Specs) O'Keefe, two of the gang who staged the biggest robbery of all time-at Brink's in Boston on Jan. 17, 1950. Gusciori is dead, O'Keefe is in prison awaiting sentence. Both were in the Bradford county jail -O'Keefe for over three years.

Four more of the Brink's gang. James I. Fagherty, top left, and Thomas F. Richardson, top right; Joseph S. Banfield, lower left, and Anthony Pino, lower right.

Pino, Richardson and Fagherty are serving life terms, Banfield died before police broke the case. conducted an investigation on the eve of the expiration of the threeyear United States statute of limitaclose to the truth they could not, at that time, prove. They were unable to obtain indictments. Then 1 O'Keffe and his pal got into the jam in Bradford county. When O'Keefe got out and came home to demand his share of some of the undivided money, the abortive attempt was made on his life.

O'Keefe went to jail again in Massachusetts on a gun charge in 1955, and after many months finally confessed the Brink's job. On Jan. 12, 1956, the F. B. I.

rounded up eight of the men. others were grabbed later. With O'Keefe as the state's star witness, the eight men were tried later that year. All eight were convicted and were sentenced to life terms in state prison. They still are appealing.

O'Keefe, who pleaded guilty to the robbery charges, still in jail awaiting sentencing. That probably will be delayed as long as the eight convicted men have any chance to appeal. Two of the original gang never were brought to trial. Gusciora died in jail of a brain hemorrhage before the trial began. Joseph S.

Banfield, forty-five, of Boston, died in 1955 of natural causes before the rest of the ganga was rounded up. The eight men doing life are Henry Baker, fifty-two, of Natick; Adolph (Jazz) Maffie, forty-seven, of Quincy; Joseph F. McGinnis, fifty five, of Boston; Vincent J. Costa, fortyfour, of Pembroke; Michael V. Geagan, fifty, of Milton, Anthony Pino, fifty one, of Boston; Thomas, F.

Richardson, fifty one, of Weymouth, and James I. Fagherty, forty seven, of Boston. Elmer (Trigger) Burke, the New York gunman imported silence O'Keefe, was arrested on a charge of to, possessing a machine gun the day after the failure of his attempt on O'Keefe life. He was liberated a few months later in a sensational escape from Where Earthquake Hit A Peruvian woman carries her child as she walks through the rubble of homes destroyed in the earthquake that struck Arequipa, Peru, and as far off as Chile and Bolivia. At least 91 persons were killed and thousands left homeless.

Many towns were deprived of electricity and the water supply was cut. the Suffolk County jail, planned with the same cars as the original Brink's holdup. Months later he was arrested in the South and turned over to New York police on a murder charge. He was tried, convicted and electrocuted for killing a man in New Pork saloon. What happened to the loot? The checks and securities simply disappeared, probably destroyed by the gang members.

Nearly all the cash was split among them--about $100,000 each. Some of the money wasn't split The robbers found that $98,000 of it was hot money: brand new bills in original packages from the federal reserve bank, with the numbers running consecutively. One of the gang never identified -was supposed to have disposed of the hot money, perhaps by burning it. However, almost $60,000 in hot bills was found hidden in a small shop in Boston's South End. John F.

(Fats) Buccelli of Brookline and Edward A. (Wimpy) Bennett of Weymouth were jailed for receiving this stolen money. Buccelli served 18 months and was found shot to death a month after his release. Death stalked others connected with the Brink's bandits and the case. John H.

Carlson, a friend of 0'Keefe who helped him the night Burke machine-gunned him, peared a few months later. Authorities are convinced he was rubbed out for helping O'Keefe and because he knew too much. In May 1952, a Rhode Island State Prison inmate claimed Carleton M. O'Brien of West Warwick, R. was one of the Brink's plotters.

Three days later O'Brien was ambushed and killed by shotgun blasts in front of his home. Penna. Weekend Mishaps Kill 15, 12 in Traffic By The Associated Press Twelve traffic deaths pushed Pennsylvania's weekend fatality toll to at least 15. Among the traffic victims were five pedestrians, three of them children. A York County man was killed by a falling tree branch, a WilkesBarre woman died after slipping on an ice-coated hill, and a Lancaster woman perished in a fire.

The fatalities: Enola Patricia Sue Grubb, 7, killed Saturday as she ran in the front of an auto. Mercer Nancy Cogley, 13, of Mercer, hit by a pickup truck Friday. Lebanon LaDawn Brown, 7, killed by an auto Sunday as she was walking home. New Castle Mrs. Theresa Lovaglio, 86, killed Saturday by a tractortrailer as she crossed a busy intersection.

Allentown Harvey Millhouse, 53, struck by a car Friday night as he tried to cross a highway. Lancaster Mrs. Grace J. Denlinger, 51, perished in a fire in her Lancaster home Friday. Delta Thurman E.

Hurley, 57, of Delta, killed Saturday when a branch of a tree he was helping to cut down struck him. Danville Mrs. Mary Slavin, 38, of Wilkes-Barre, died Sunday in Danville's Geisinger Hospital of injuries suffered Saturday when she slid down an ice-coated hill near Harvey Lake. Pittsburgh John T. Joos, 28, killed Saturday when his car rammed a pole.

Philadelphia Guillo Cinaglia, 65, thrown from a car which crashed with a bus. Philipsburg Mrs. Rachel Singer, 34, of Wallacetown, whose car hit a tree. Butler William Larkin, about 50, killed Saturday when a car hit a parked trailer. Carmichaels Mrs.

Pearl Ellenberger, 66, of Crucible, killed Sunday when a car hit a pole. Uniontown William S. Erb, of Pittsburgh, killed Saturday when' his car ran off Route 119 and landed in a creek. Waynesburg Silas Johnson, 68, of New Freeport, killed Saturday when' a car crashed into an embankment. Births Acla Born to Donald and Pauline Van Etten Acla of Candor, a daughter yesterday at the Tioga County General hospital.

Horton Born to Alfred and Aliene Watkins Horton of 343 Pennsylvania avenue, South Waverly, a daughter yesterday at the Tioga County General hospital. Harris Born to Robert and Eleanor Casselbury Harris of 211 1-2 Center street, Athens, a daughter Sunday in the Robert Packer Hospital. Ball Born to Kenneth and Frances Green Ball of Rome a son Sunday in the Robert Packer Hospital. Heasley Born to Charles and Sylvia Stour Heasley of Gillett a son Sunday in the Robert Packer Hospital. SIGNS OF HATE-These homemade Nazi uniforms and banners were found in the home of the 14-year-old "Fuehrer" of a teen-aged Nazi club in Detroit.

Pat Zabkiewics, a police department secretary, examines a book on Germany with a Nazi eagle emblem on its cover. Pistol on table is carved of wood. Public Assistance Up in County Times Harrisburg Bureau HARRISBURG The number of Bradford County residents receiving public assistance grants during the past month went up according to the State Department of Public Welfare. The number of countians on public assistance is 2,691, up from the previous month's 2633, or 5.3 per cent of the county population, compared with the state average of 3.8 per cent. Costs climbed from $100,485 during ing the preceding month to 585 last month.

The breakdown; $35,010 to 580 019 to 1258 for aid to dependent persons for old age a assistance; children; $18,864 to 608 on general assistance; $10,654 to 176 receiving blind pensions; and $3,038 to 69 getting aid to disabled. The department received 95 new applications for public assisatnce during the month, 51 for general assistance, 23 for aid to dependent children, 10 for old aid, 8 for blind pensions and 3 for aid to disabled. HELD IN FATAL SHOOTINGJoseph Murphy (top), 37, Van Nuys, a former Roman Catholic priest, shot his 16- year-old stepson, Richard (bottom), and two pet dogs to death with a rifle. Murphy told the police he also planned to kill his wife and ban commit suicide. House Trailer Is Destroyed by Fire A house trailer and addition occupied by Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Mellinger in Windham township was destroyed by fire Saturday night about 8 o'clock while they were away. The Rome Fire Department was called by neighbors. The trailer was located on the former Peter Merrill farm just off the main road. The cause of the fire was not known.

Alexander Rites Held in Athens Funeral services for Clarence Alex- ander of 211 North Street, Athens, were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Jenkins Funeral Home in Athens. Rev. Glenn Rankin of the Church of God officiated. Burial was in the Bradford County Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers were Kenneth Anderson, John Havens, Edward McDonald, Joseph McDonald, Dallis Powers and Ralph Felt.

Three Cars Crash, Nobody Is Hurt Three drivers escaped injury in an accident last night at 9:40 or the west side of Devil's Elbow hill when an Owego youth attempted to pass a Waverly driver and was met by an oncoming car. According to Trooper William Pettit of the Waverly substation an eastbound car driven by John Snyder, 18, of 5 Commerce street, Owego, was overtaking a car operated by Matthew Garfield, 34, of 236 How. ard street, Waverly. A third car, gowest and driven by Alfred Allen, 66, of 712 Dickinson street, Elmira, collided with the Owego car and bounced into the one operated by the Waverly man. An arrest is pending following further investigation.

The accident occurred about three tenths of a mile east of Tioga ter. CAPITOL TONITE AND TUES. THEY made this year's big 1 GARY RITA COOPER HAYWORTH VAN TAB HEFLIN HUNTER THEY CAME TO CORDURA CINEMASCOPE EASTMAN COLOR SAYRE TONITE AND TUES. It bounces convention right out the bedroom window! The Motion Picture With The Bedroom Eyes! DAVID NIVEN MITZI GAYNOR Happy Anniversary COMEDY GIN THE PROCESS MOST EVER INVENTED EXCITING.