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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1955)
Biggest Bank Rdbberv Said Inkdejob' NEW YORK UP) The police Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Friday, April 8, 195MSc. l)-3 75) ' : and FBI checked clues Thursday pointing to "an inside job" in the biggest bank robbery in U.S. his tory executed with the s.apie cool "v wizardry of the notoriuos Willie "The Actor" Sutton. , : , Three folksy robbers, and may-; be more, escaped with 1303,243 .' from the Woodside. Queens, branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank Wednesday. ' Armed with a submachinegun'! the robbers kidnaped a clerk" near his borne, called him by -his first name, waited for three more per sons including' two; women and forced their way into the un guarded, alarmless bank building. After locking 11 persons in the bank vault, the methodical bandits j disappeared into a morning sub-: way crowd. I WeH Planned Job j The display of quietly efficient skill was reminiscent of the'tech- nique of Sutton, generally acknow-; ledged as one of the most cunning modern bank robbers. Sutton, now serving 30 years in Attica State Prison, N. Y., estim ated in his autobiography written i In prison that he had stolen more ; than 2-million dollars from banks ; i and other companies during his 20-: year "career." ; r ' The robbery Wednesday was the sixth bank stickup iii the New ; York metropolitan area in 30 days, j The "master job" which one rob- j : ber confided to a victim was the ! result of six months casing, began i when Clerk Henry " Bardenhagen i was getting into his car at his home in Sunnyside, . Queens. . : Bandits Knew Xanes Jabbing someiwng in, Barden : hagen's backfone of the robbers said pleasantly, "Okay Henry, get in the back- Two other robbers then got in the front seat of the : car. At the bank after a leisurely drive, the gunman sighted M. William Downing, of Valley Stream with Mrs. Eleanor Mino gue, a real estate company em ploye. A gunman ordered, "get out or I'll blow your brains out" and Downing and Mrs. Minogue got out ! of the car. . A fourth employe, Mrs. Dorothy Haas, a secretary, of Woodside, came along.- "Why, there's Dorothy," said one of the robbers. With their prisoners the robbers then unlocked the bank door with Bardenhagen's key. Inside were six other employes. And in plain view was than $300,000 in bills ranging in denomination from $1 to $100. The loot was dumped into a 2-by-3-foot white canvas bag bear ing the imprint, "Federal Reserve Bank." They fled in a light blue convertible. The whole job took less than eight minutes. ; - -.' , . j , A r. . f:: : V---". ' . ; 1 V ..V. - "v-7i7 ! '-' --' t " V -i . i I ; v 3 Wear It As A Coat Or Dress! FAILLE COAT-DRESS! Easy-going fashion . . . it's a simple but lovely dress; makes a stun ning costume when it tops a bright spring print!, Notched collar style with, comfortable raglan j sleeves that end in wing cuffs; flowing four-gore skirt; self belt. Navy, beige .turquoise, red;' 10-18. 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