Charged with unlawful possession of liquor distillery equipment and violation of Internal Revenue laws, he had many headaches during the period in which OKeefe was giving so much trouble to the gang. To identify 20 most wanted criminals of the 1950s, 24/7 Tempo reviewed information from "Ten Most Wanted History Pictures," a report published by the FBI identifying over 500 current and former. After continuing up the street to the end of the playground which adjoined the Brinks building, the truck stopped. The money inside the cooler which was concealed in the wall of the Tremont Street office was wrapped in plastic and newspaper. 6263mm in metric notation, and .1873 Single-Action Cattleman Brass in 9mm. Six Famous People Alive During the 1950 Census. When the employees were securely bound and gagged, the robbers began looting the premises. On June 17, 1954, the Boston police arrested Elmer Trigger Burke and charged him with possession of a machine gun. Then the lock cylinders were replaced. The recovery of part of the loot was a severe blow to the gang members who still awaited trial in Boston. As a government witness, he reluctantly would have testified against him. Like the others, Banfield had been questioned concerning his activities on the night of January 17, 1950. In the hope that a wide breach might have developed between the two criminals who were in jail in Pennsylvania and the gang members who were enjoying the luxuries of a free life in Massachusetts, FBI agents again visited Gusciora and OKeefe. Inside this container were packages of bills that had been wrapped in plastic and newspapers. During questioning by the FBI, the money changer stated that he was in business as a mason contractor with another man on Tremont Street in Boston. More than 100 persons took the stand as witnesses for the prosecution and the defense during September 1956. Of the hundreds of New England hoodlums contacted by FBI agents in the weeks immediately following the robbery, few were willing to be interviewed. This occurred while he was in the state prison at Charlestown, Massachusetts, serving sentences for breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony and for having burglar tools in his possession. . The detainer involved OKeefes violation of probation in connection with a conviction in 1945 for carrying concealed weapons. He worked closely with the most famous mobsters and Mafia members in the world . Elvis Presley, 15 years old. Also not becoming series were adaptations of old time radio programs like The First Nighter, The Witch's Tale and Mandrake the Magician. Two of the prime suspects whose nerve and gun-handling experience suited them for the Brink's robbery were Joseph James O'Keefe and Stanley Albert Gusciora. Burke, a professional killer, allegedly had been hired by underworld associates of OKeefe to assassinate him. (Following pleas of guilty in November 1956, Fat John received a two-year sentence, and the other two men were sentenced to serve one years imprisonment. By Ciara Nugent. Infamous American crime czar Al "Scarface" Capone was once king of the Chicago rackets. Ludovica Nasti and Elisa Del Genio in the first episode of HBO's 'My Brilliant Friend'. McGinnis previously had discussed sending a man to the United States Patent Office in Washington, D.C., to inspect the patents on the protective alarms used in the Brinks building. In the deportation fight that lasted more than two years, Pino won the final victory. Lot of 15 Pulp Sci-Fi 1950's Galaxy Fantasy Magazine Fantastic Universe Searcher. After being wounded on June 16, OKeefe disappeared. Another week passedand approximately 500 more citizens were consideredbefore the 14-member jury was assembled. 4 Kazuo "The Bear" Taoka. During 1955, OKeefe carefully pondered his position. Although the attendant did not suspect that the robbery was taking place, this incident caused the criminals to move more swiftly. OKeefe immediately returned to Boston to await the results of the appeal. When this case was continued until April 1, 1954, OKeefe was released on $1,500 bond. The photo itself is bloody -- as is the bloody story associated with it. After a period of hostility, he began to display a friendly attitude. Two of the participants in the Brinks robbery lived in the Stoughton area. - Assination attempt on Harry S. Truman. Since the robbery had taken place between approximately 7:10 and 7:27 p.m., it was quite probable that a gang, as well drilled as the Brinks robbers obviously were, would have arranged to rendezvous at a specific time. Thus, when he and Gusciora were taken into custody by state authorities during the latter part of January 1950, OKeefe got word to McGinnis to recover his car and the $200,000 that it contained. On November 16, 1959, the United States Supreme Court denied a request of the defense counsel for a writ of certiorari. OKeefes reputation for nerve was legend. There was Adolph Jazz Maffie, one of the hoodlums who allegedly was being pressured to contribute money for the legal battle of OKeefe and Gusciora against Pennsylvania authorities. And it nearly was. Those of us who watched The Untouchables on television in the late 50s and early 60s sat enthralled as Special Agent Eliot Ness chased down the Capone mob in one episode after another. Two other Baltimore police officers who were walking along the street nearby noted this maneuver. Paul Kenneth Bernardo has been coined "The Scarborough Rapist". One of these officers quickly grabbed the criminals hand, and a large roll of money fell from it. To muffle their footsteps, one of the gang wore crepe-soled shoes, and the others wore rubbers. It was, in both the South and the North, a largely "white" organization. Well-known Boston hoodlums were picked up and questioned by police. He is the son of Joan Mavis Felton (Bradford) and Jean Henri Dourif, a French-born art collector who owned and operated a dye . While OKeefe and Gusciora lingered in jail in Pennsylvania, Pino encountered difficulties of his own. Most Americans have gained their knowledge of early-twentieth-century gangster guns from TV shows and movies. (Costa, who was at his lookout post, previously had arrived in a Ford sedan which the gang had stolen from behind the Boston Symphony Hall two days earlier.). During the trip from Roxbury, Pino distributed Navy-type peacoats and chauffeurs caps to the other seven men in the rear of the truck. They were held in lieu of bail which, for each man, amounted to more then $100,000. George Machine Gun Kelly was arrested for the kidnapping of Oklahoma City businessman Charles F. Urschel. Their plan was to enter the Brinks building and take a truck containing payrolls. The hoodlum was taken to police headquarters where a search of his person disclosed he was carrying more than $1,000, including $860 in musty, worn bills. At approximately 7:00 p.m. on January 17, 1950, members of the gang met in the Roxbury section of Boston and entered the rear of the Ford stake-body truck. She was charged with murdering her nine-year-old daughter, two husbands, and a mother-in-law via arsenic poisoning in the late 1950s. His case had gone to the highest court in the land. May 25, 1986.Public Domain Rosa Parks Arrested for her role in the boycott of segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama. He was so cold and persistent in these dealings with his co-conspirators that the agents hoped he might be attempting to obtain a large sum of moneyperhaps his share of the Brinks loot. In addition to the general descriptions received from the Brinks employees, the investigators obtained several pieces of physical evidence. And the gang felt that the chances of his talking were negligible because he would be implicated in the Brinks robbery along with the others. An immediate effort also was made to obtain descriptive data concerning the missing cash and securities. In some ways I believe it is. In the back were Pino, OKeefe, Baker, Faherty, Maffie, Gusciora, Michael Vincent Geagan (pictured), and Thomas Francis Richardson. The serial numbers of several of these bills were furnished to the FBI Office in Baltimore. Though he committed several rapes (18 are documented) around the Scarborough area between 1987 and 1990, he is most known for the torture and murder of 14-year old Leslie Mahaffy and 15-year old Kristen French . He made his millions in the 30s by running illegal gambling rings across the country. 6) Anjette Donovan Lyles Murders Kevin O'Mara via Flickr Anjette was born in Georgia in 1917. After each interview, FBI agents worked feverishly into the night checking all parts of his story which were subject to verification. As long as he was in prison, he could do no physical harm to his Boston criminal associates. Jeffrey Dahmer: He committed his first murder at 18 Jeffrey Dahmer at his. In September 1949, Pinos efforts to evade deportation met with success. When the pieces of the 1949 green Ford stake-body truck were found at the dump in Stoughton on March 4, 1950, additional emphasis was placed on the investigations concerning them. He was through with Pino, Baker, McGinnis, Maffie, and the other Brinks conspirators who had turned against him. If local hoodlums were involved, it was difficult to believe that McGinnis could be as ignorant of the crime as he claimed. Banfield drove the truck to the house of Maffies parents in Roxbury. On June 12, 1950, they were arrested at Towanda, Pennsylvania, and guns and clothing that were the loot from burglaries at Kane and Coudersport, Pennsylvania, were found in their possession. Three years later, almost to the day, these ten men, together with another criminal, were to be indicted by a state grand jury in Boston for the Brinks robbery. The ninth man had long been a principal suspect. Some of the bills were in pieces. Through the interviews of persons in the vicinity of the Brinks offices on the evening of January 17, 1950, the FBI learned that a 1949 green Ford stake-body truck with a canvas top had been parked near the Prince Street door of Brinks at approximately the time of the robbery. Coming from an impoverished Italian Neapolitan family, Capone began his career in crime as a Lieutenant in the Five Points gang in Manhattan. By the end of the decade, six of the ten places on the list remained filled by these elusive long-time fugitives, then still at large: 1950 #14 (ten years), Frederick J. Tenuto 1952 #36 (eight years), James Eddie Diggs 1954 #78 (six years), David Daniel Keegan 1956 #97 (four years), Eugene Francis Newman 1958 #107 (two years), Angelo Luigi Pero (McGinnis trial in March 1955 on the liquor charge resulted in a sentence to 30 days imprisonment and a fine of $1,000. Two weeks of comparative quiet in the gang members lives were shattered on June 5, 1954, when an attempt was made on OKeefes life. In addition to mold, insect remains also were found on the loot. The new proceedings were based upon the fact that Pino had been arrested in December 1948 for a larceny involving less than $100. At 4:20 p.m. on January 6, 1956, OKeefe made the final decision. Titus Welliver was born on March 12, 1962 in New Haven, Connecticut. There had been three attempts on his life in June 1954, and his frustrated assassins undoubtedly were waiting for him to return to Boston. (Geagan, who was on parole at the time, left the truck before it arrived at the home in Roxbury where the loot was unloaded. 7. On January 13, 1956, the Suffolk County grand jury returned indictments against the 11 members of the Brinks gang. He told the interviewing agents that he trusted Maffie so implicitly that he gave the money to him for safe keeping. When the robbers decided that they needed a truck, it was resolved that a new one must be stolen because a used truck might have distinguishing marks and possibly would not be in perfect running condition. Although Gusciora was acquitted of the charges against him in Towanda, he was removed to McKean County, Pennsylvania, to stand trial for burglary, larceny, and receiving stolen goods. Item Information. Neither had too convincing an alibi. Between June 1962 and January 1964, the serial killer known as the Boston Strangler killed 13 women in and around Boston, Massachusetts. The Bureau was convinced that it had identified the actual robbers, but evidence and witnesses had to be found. Chuck Cooper, 23 years old. All were guilty. "It's Friday, it's Five to Five and it's CRACKERJACK!". OKeefe claimed that he left his hotel room in Boston at approximately 7:00 p.m. on January 17, 1950. On June 2, 1950, OKeefe and Gusciora left Boston by automobile for the alleged purpose of visiting the grave of Guscioras brother in Missouri. This vehicle was traced through motor vehicle records to Pino. OKeefe did not know where the gang members had hidden their shares of the lootor where they had disposed of the money if, in fact, they had disposed of their shares. Seven months later, however, he was again paroled. The other keys in their possession enabled them to proceed to the second floor where they took the five Brinks employees by surprise. 6. Due to unsatisfactory conduct, drunkenness, refusal to seek employment, and association with known criminals, his parole was revoked, and he was returned to the Massachusetts State Prison. Before the robbery was carried out, all of the participants were well acquainted with the Brinks premises. Underworld sources described him as fully capable of planning and executing the Brinks robbery. Many of the details had previously been obtained during the intense six-year investigation. Three and one-half hours later, the verdict had been reached. On June 5 and June 7, the Suffolk County grand jury returned indictments against the three mencharging them with several state offenses involving their possessing money obtained in the Brinks robbery. Two days before Maffies release, another strong suspect died of natural causes. The gang members who remained at the house of Maffies parents soon dispersed to establish alibis for themselves. Two of the gang members moved toward the door to capture him; but, seeing the garage attendant walk away apparently unaware that the robbery was being committed, they did not pursue him. Hymie Weiss. Pino admitted having been in the area, claiming that he was looking for a parking place so that he could visit a relative in the hospital. The robbers did little talking. After the truck parts were found, additional suspicion was attached to these men. Underworld figures in Boston have generally speculated that the racketeer was killed because of his association with OKeefe. Neither Pino nor McGinnis was known to be the type of hoodlum who would undertake so potentially dangerous a crime without the best strong-arm support available. The victims, ranging in age from 19 to 85, were sexually assaulted and strangled in their homes. This was also true in diverse cities such as New York and Chicago. Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer and Ariel Castro are just a few of the criminals who've called Ohio home. At that time, Pino approached OKeefe and asked if he wanted to be in on the score. His close associate, Stanley Gusciora, had previously been recruited, and OKeefe agreed to take part. Lynette White. Perhaps one of the most infamous serial killers in California, Charles Manson (and the cult he led) murdered actress Sharon Tate and four of her friends in her home at 1500 Cielo Drive in August of 1969. On June 19, 1958, while out on appeal in connection with a five-year narcotics sentence, he was found shot to death in an automobile that had crashed into a truck in Boston.). Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society. OKeefe paid his respects to other members of the Brinks gang in Boston on several occasions in the spring of 1954, and it was obvious to the agents handling the investigation that he was trying to solicit money. Even if released, he thought, his days were numbered. It ultimately proved unproductive. It never made it to the air, but in 1953, Frank Sinatra starred in a proposed private eye series called Blues in the Night. After receiving the go ahead signal from Costa, the seven armed men walked to the Prince Street entrance of Brinks. Of the $4,822 found in the small-time criminals possession, FBI agents identified $4,635 as money taken by the Brinks robbers. An appeal was promptly noted, and he was released on $15,000 bond. He advised that he and his associate shared office space with an individual known to him only as Fat John. According to the Boston hoodlum, on the night of June 1, 1956, Fat John asked him to rip a panel from a section of the wall in the office, and when the panel was removed, Fat John reached into the opening and removed the cover from a metal container. Gusciora now had passed beyond the reach of all human authority, and OKeefe was all the more determined to see that justice would be done. In addition, McGinnis was named in two other complaints involving the receiving and concealing of the loot. Before the robbers could take him prisoner, the garage attendant walked away. Big Jim O'Leary was a powerful Irish mob boss in Chicago for more than a decade, controlling gambling on the city's South Side with an iron fist. During his brief stay in Boston, he was observed to contact other members of the robbery gang. February 22, 1956.Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images Johnny Cash A roll of waterproof adhesive tape used to gag and bind bank employees that was left at the scene of the crime. He claimed he had been drinking in various taverns from approximately 5:10 p.m. until 7:45 p.m. The descriptions and serial numbers of these weapons were carefully noted since they might prove a valuable link to the men responsible for the crime. Six members of the gangBaker, Costa, Geagan, Maffie, McGinnis, and Pinowere arrested by FBI agents on January 12, 1956. Each carried a pair of gloves. All were denied, and the impaneling of the jury was begun on August 7. Subsequently, OKeefe left his carand the $200,000in a garage on Blue Hill Avenue in Boston. They put the entire $200,000 in the trunk of OKeefes automobile. He ultimately confessed to his crimes and was sentenced to death by electric chair. In that way, the world hasn't changed much since the atomic age. An official website of the United States government. Nightshade. Known as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the hit saw gunmen employed by Al Capone round up and slaughter seven members of the rival North Side Gang. By fixing this time as close as possible to the minute at which the robbery was to begin, the robbers would have alibis to cover their activities up to the final moment. The hideout also was found to contain more than $5,000 in coins. Even Pino, whose deportation troubles then were a heavy burden, was arrested by the Boston police in August 1954. This man, subsequently identified as a small-time Boston underworld figure, was located and questioned. After these plans were reviewed and found to be unhelpful, OKeefe and Gusciora returned them in the same manner. In 1936 and 1937, Faherty was convicted of armed robbery violations. Soon after OKeefes return in March 1954, Baker and his wife left Boston on a vacation.. Other members of the robbery gang also were having their troubles. During this operation, one of the employees had lost his glasses; they later could not be found on the Brinks premises. All efforts to identify the gang members through the chauffeurs hat, the rope, and the adhesive tape which had been left in Brinks proved unsuccessful. In April 1950, the FBI received information indicating that part of the Brinks loot was hidden in the home of a relative of OKeefe in Boston. Moll Cutpurse, born Mary Frith, was notorious in 17th-century London. Until the FBI and its partners painstakingly solved the case. The Krays courted celebrity, regularly entertaining actors, pop stars and sportsmen in Esmeralda's Barn, their Knightsbridge gambling club. Folsom's list of famous inmates includes: Rick James, musician. The door opened, and an armed masked man wearing a prison guard-type uniform commanded the guard, Back up, or Ill blow your brains out. Burke and the armed man disappeared through the door and fled in an automobile parked nearby. The mass of information gathered during the early weeks of the investigation was continuously sifted. As the loot was being placed in bags and stacked between the second and third doors leading to the Prince Street entrance, a buzzer sounded. He arrived in Baltimore on the morning of June 3 and was picked up by the Baltimore Police Department that evening. The FBIs jurisdiction to investigate this robbery was based upon the fact that cash, checks, postal notes, and United States money orders of the Federal Reserve Bank and the Veterans Administration district office in Boston were included in the loot. As a cooperative measure, the information gathered by the FBI in the Brinks investigation was made available to the District Attorney of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. His orginal charges were murder, he had blown up a accomplice in a massive black power explosion. Each robbers face was completely concealed behind a Halloween-type mask. Nonetheless, the finding of the truck parts at Stoughton, Massachusetts, was to prove a valuable break in the investigation. On February 5, 1950, however, a police officer in Somerville, Massachusetts, recovered one of the four revolvers that had been taken by the robbers. Race tracks and gambling establishments also were covered in the hope of finding some of the loot in circulation. Again, he was determined to fight, using the argument that his conviction for the 1948 larceny offense was not a basis for deportation. As the truck drove past the Brinks offices, the robbers noted that the lights were out on the Prince Street side of the building. Photo: John R. Chapin / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain. Both of these strong-arm suspects had been questioned by Boston authorities following the robbery. 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