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the story you are about to see actually

happened

is a dramatization of an actual case of

the Federal Bureau of Investigation

most names have been changed to protect

the privacy of those involved

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how much do you think

from these companies two three million

maybe maybe five ten huh

yeah

we ain't never gonna crack that baby

never

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one of these days right Jim

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this is the Autumn of 1949 in a little

over three months these men and their

accomplices 11 in all were to execute

the crime of the century the robbery at

Brinks this man would become the key

figure in finally breaking what was for

some time considered to be the perfect

crime

plans for the robbery had already been

underway for nearly three years

members of the gang met informally a few

at a time to discuss their progress

among the 11 Boston hoodlums who

comprise the gang were two close friends

James McNally burglar sometime liquor

store clerk with convictions for theft

and gun carrying violations and his

closest friend Daniel Conforti who had

come to Boston from the family farm

outside nearby Stoughton to become

McNally's partner in a precarious Life

Of Crime also included in the gang was

Ted Flynn a Local Tavern owner with a

record for robbery and receiving stolen

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other members of the gang included

Ernest Heidemann Gambler numbers Runner

Jerry Carter self-employed vending

machine operator with a conviction

record for breaking and entering larceny

Les Hayes a part-time longshoreman with

a long record for gambling larceny

Julius Moreno cousin of gang leader

Mario Russo who occasionally worked as a

car salesman but more often as a lottery

ticket operator

and the self-appointed leader of the

gang Mario Russo an alien and part owner

of a garage and gas station with a long

list of arrests in connection with the

lottery records by late 1949 some

members had begun to complain openly to

Russo that they were taking too much

time time what are you talking about

time

many of you guys working by the hour

by the year I still think we should have

grabbed it when Brinks was over on

Federal Street

oh look who's thinking now give two guys

got anything bigger in the work so

listen and if you ain't just shut up let

me do the thinking huh three years a

long time to kiss a job Mario we have

been in and out of that place dozens of

times now we're not getting any younger

and that vault's not getting any smaller

we don't move until we're ready

everything's going to be exactly right

no chances no slip UPS we ain't got

twice

besides none of you guys are starving I

don't stop you from pulling your other

little jobs

as long as you don't get careless

are you McNally

I almost blew the whole thing last night

all right Julie that's right

he came this close

cop could have spit on you

and you were safe on a roof what do you

know about it when pigeons can be

dangerous

they don't tell me nothing you ask me to

measure the Vault I measure the wall

besides I still say that we shouldn't

even consider burning our way in there

and shooting our way out it's dumb way

below that

listen Ted

there's got to be some space in there to

burn but how much no

no there's got to be alarms hidden

inside the vault

you'd have half a boss in there watching

you while you made the last cut

hey the whole lock has got to be

patented

why don't we send a man to Washington

and have a look in the patent files

it's a good idea

that I've been thinking I'll buy that

smart guy oh we just want to know if

you're thinking or stalling Mario or

maybe you think you can handle a casing

on this job

why didn't you say that look I decided

we grabbed a place in the morning

as soon as the guards come on before

they start to load

we had the head guard and we force them

to open the wall figure on two huh a

vault that size the combination's got to

be split between two men which two Mario

but not only that they probably have to

notify the alarm company before they

open the vault right

but at least I got you guys thinking

all right so we'll find out

you McDonald look at Nancy pantsy let's

say you two guys pay a visit to the

alarm company and have a look

yeah we can handle that

just don't get caught

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every one of those guys hangs around

after we're gone

like you and I are a couple of Outsiders

you know what I mean

it's not worth getting a headache over

Channel come on relax relax Russo gives

me a pain and ain't in the head

just likes to play four-star general

yeah I notice he never goes where he can

hear any shooting

if you want something dug out of the

alarm company your offices let him dig

it out himself

he couldn't grab a grape in a fruit

market come on come on pick a day next

week

hmm

if you say so Jim okay

I ain't jumping for Russo whose car is

this daddy boy oh come on Spence belongs

to the President of the U.S Harry S

Truman you want a secret mission McNally

what's up International corn cobs Four

Points love your routine if the

president's car isn't hotwired why don't

you shut it off it's a loading zone

I don't want to buy one of your tickets

you guys have a slow day or is all the

loot in the trunk

if you're hot for spare tires You're

Gonna Love My Trunk

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there's a jewelry still in the trunk

yeah we better fence it tomorrow before

it changes the colors

they're gonna ask me why not

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I always had some Beauties so naturally

I thought of you

naturally

Maggie

smells good I cooked it for you

well you can't really do a corned beef

Justice on a hot plate you don't have to

do this Maggie

well there's a difference between have

to and want to

thank you why huh

why I know a dozen Young Bucks would

crawl on the hands and knees of the

order for a sniffy you're cooking

don't tell me the story about the ugly

duckling again

unbox your interest in looks not

get past if I was open in the end zone

you're too good Maggie

for me anyway

I'd be bad if I knew how

well anyway I hear that men and women

are locked up in separate prisons so

don't start that again I do what I do

and I'm too old to change

it's not so gym that's not so

you're in your prime years you want to

spend them looking at the walls of some

hotel room or or some jail okay come on

get out of here nobody asked you up here

but I made it for you I don't want it

leave me alone will you come on leave me

alone

I wish I could say I've been thrown out

of better places than this but I haven't

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Fisher truck driver and Petty Thief

recruited as the driver for the Gang

so it says they got five alarm buttons

so what

you already found four of them right

what'd you expect the combination of the

Vault

there's so much for that

oh that's bright it's very bright

he said that's all they'll need is to

find the Brinks file missing I gotta put

it back

you're right

put it back where you got it right I've

been doing some checking

now look I think I can get a guy

I'm in a top man

he knows the big safes like this fault

do you think it's a box man alive who

wouldn't have already tried to grab

Brinks if he knew how well come up with

something better I still say we should

grab it early in the morning hey Mario

that's a produce area I mean there's

going to be trucks swarming over that

place in the morning I get nailed down

here four or five minutes with dead

ducks

Mario I'm telling you we got a case this

thing in Washington

the patent office

there's got to be a drawing something on

file on the vault

that's right

with taxpays 10.

you handle it

I know a guy

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wasted time watching some flunky washed

trucks

for the brain you know the brain wants

to know what goes on in here after hours

the brain also sucks eggs

around this place for months like rats

while he struts around snapping his

fingers

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Jim

all right let's get out

it's okay by me no

no

I'm I'm tired of picking locks for

nickels and dimes cooking on a hot plate

so you're still young Danny

you've got plenty of time

I haven't got that many big butts left

to cover

see when this thing's all finished I'm

through I wanna

way out

away from all these worn out streets and

run down hotels

I want to be able to afford everything

new

I'm going to sleep in the bed nobody

slept in before you I mean like the

furniture things around me without any

Nixon I want to

I want a life

you know what when I get my share I'm

buying a restaurant yeah

Danny's red flame

you know with the arrows Danny's

red flame red tablecloths red carpet red

napkins everything red Dow how about a

red snapper red wine or Rosie

whoops you got something in your eyes

I just saw a wild animal

well let's free it

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public relations so do the public a

favor where's Tony Loma my mother's

grave Tony hasn't been around here for

two months maybe three am I right Mario

haven't they deported you again

why haven't you heard this country was

built on immigrants

just don't go without saying goodbye

I'll be at the boat

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cops cop like Shannon makes a good Alibi

you wait I am waiting

so what gives but the guy was in

Washington for three days they just

aren't any drawings of that lock

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how good is this government anyway

that's right

someone do it my way

in the morning

it's no good Mario you guys are refusing

to do it you heard Fisher that place is

former with trucks in them

and I checked the place is a mess

feed the pigeons

I think maybe that we can take it while

the vault is still open

it's a matter of you guys

that place is loaded with guns when the

world is open

no not always ask your cousin he knows

mourinho's been sitting on his stuff up

there for months looking for those

binoculars there was a time Julie would

have said

no no no he's been spending so long

looking for the right time to burn it

that he probably never thought about the

right time to just walk in and take it

watching him come and go

after they finish counting and rapping

he finished counting and rapping they

take the stuff right into the vault

so what's new so listen and shut up huh

so we're listening the remaining two

members of the gang present at this

meeting were Donald O'Leary bartender

steam center with a record for assault

larceny drunkenness and David Stanley a

longshoreman who had served time for

armed robbery what about the officers up

front that same floor

no they usually dark by that

rest of the Gods and drivers have

already left how did Julie Tell it huh

it just so we all understand Mario

after they finish counting and wrapping

they put the money in the vault

all the executives and the other

employees leave the building right

usually well let's go unusually all

right now the vault door is still open

and there's nobody else on this floor

who can hit an alarm button right now

that I can see okay okay after everybody

else is gone

how long do the gods take and check on

the money that's in the vault before

they close the vault door

10 maybe 15 minutes at the outside

that's very tight

but that's when we go in it'll be like

like taking candy from a baby now the

more I thought of it I said why burn it

no why why worry about combinations but

walk right in when it's open

that's a good thinking right

good idea Mart ain't nothing on the

streets that hour wait a minute what

about the sometimes when the other

people are in those offices well Julio

spot for us

get over the road

the places that deal give us a signal

but uh

flashlight flashlight

here's what you're gonna wear no oh shut

up

gorgeous yeah

but I've seen you some pistols wait a

minute wait a minute we got one big

problem now what if we do it your way

while the vault is still open we got

maybe five minutes there's no time for

picking locks we gotta get seven men in

there like a funnel so what do you want

you want cheese that's right Keys you're

dreaming

how are you gonna get keys for every

door

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night work in a lock shop don't look

good that's all well it's just

well I'll let you know later in the week

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Merry Christmas

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why do you do this son it's Christmas

everybody does it

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hey don't open it on the street come on

well all right

wrapped it very well huh

I had to make it sleeveless

I'm not very good on sleeves

well it's it's uh

it's terrific it's very nice

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I gave it to him do you mind

boy

it's not exactly what I pictured when I

was knitting it

it's

thick

it's very good wool

well

Merry Christmas

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hey you know we're gonna wear these

coats out practicing five dry runs

putting them on putting them off I'm

beginning to feel like a crate of onions

practice makes perfect we make as many

dry runs as we have to until Julie gives

us the signal

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shortly before 7 30 pm on the evening of

January 17 1950 the group of armed

masked men successfully escaped from the

French Street facility of Brinks

Incorporated in Boston with robbery loot

totaling more than two and

three-quarters million dollars minutes

later Boston police arrived at the scene

since the robbers took cash checks and

other Securities of the Federal Reserve

Bank and the Veterans Administration

district office the FBI also quickly

joined in the investigation by the time

police had arrived however the Brinks

gang was already arriving at one of the

gang members homes oriently executing

the final step in what came to be known

as the crime of the century The Perfect

Crime The Fabulous Brinks robbery

hurry up hurry up come on I gotta get

out of here

all right one more one more come on all

right come on get in the house fast

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Hazel Leary

everybody's heading for church they're

all Church scores

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special agents Norman Houston and Donald

Nash of the FBI were immediately

assigned to the investigation from the

time they entered the door at 165 Prince

Street it would be almost exactly six

years before they would finally close

that door again on the Brinks case

hello they had to have keys I turned

around and there they were

Norm done well I didn't think the FBI

would be interested in a little thing

like this no job is too small lieutenant

cover looks bare

there were seven of them the guns poking

through the cage and I wasn't about to

argue with them

hey lieutenant Joe Lewis isn't going to

stay retired forever and that as a child

is going to have to give him a shot and

my money is going to be on Lewis ain't

that right Mario sure ask also and I

tell you an alien there's more about

boxing than you do huh

hey Mario am I right

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yeah we interrupt this program to bring

you a special News Bulletin a spokesman

for the Boston Police Department reports

that the Prince Street depository of

Brinks Incorporated has just been robbed

at least a half dozen armed men wearing

Halloween masks surprise Brinks guards

and escaped with an estimated three

million dollars

stay tuned for further details as they

develop

see you later

glad you finally found work

well

I did it

I told you I would

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I did it

I did it

Where Do We Stand well at least seven

inside work very fast masking gloves

identification is going to be difficult

they leave anything behind for us yeah

some ropes and tapes they use to tie the

guards and one of them dropped to show

first cap

let's get it all to the lab in

Washington while it's warm

I've got a photographer on the way we'll

need shots the entire layout it took

five guns we've got the serial numbers

so we're getting a list of the

depositors good let's start the phones

ringing we'll try to identify as much of

the money as we can did they uh get it

all almost everything except the coins

and the Big Money Box little here they

left 800 000 behind gonna give somebody

a nice headache there's nearly 90 000

new bills McNally what do you think one

of the table the rest of the trash hey

wait a minute why don't we age it put it

in a washing machine with some coffee

wood oh yeah sure that'll erase the

serial numbers right because we got

enough salty cash right here without

worrying about new bills burn it

how much we got Daddy

the million 119 000 good stuff the rest

of it's garbage thousand dollar bills

checks money orders no no no negotiable

Securities you burn it burn it the whole

thing listen you guys take this stuff

all the trash here the guns the mass the

coats all right caps everything you get

rid of them you burn in the trash okay

okay but no one leaves with his share

tonight but we're all going to be picked

up count on it

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we're uh not having a whole lot of luck

identifying the money how's the

neighborhood investigation going well

block just call in as a tenement

District it's going to be rough going

take time to talk to everybody

God said he thought they had keys are we

making any Headway in that direction

we're interviewing every employee the

brings company past and present so far

no indication of inside help but it sure

could have happened that way well let's

get that evidence to Washington and get

out a list of the known serial numbers

on the bills

before that money starts changing hands

wait a minute wait a minute hey what's

the matter now

me and Julie and the Flynn we don't make

the same kind you did

one million One hundred nineteen

thousand right

we don't make it that much what do you

know you were shaking so bad when you

ran out of here last night to Alibi

yourself you couldn't even cut your toes

Danny and I are taking our hundred

thousand a piece now the rest of your

friends here want to stick with Mr Russo

you get in touch with us I'm gonna play

for a refund let's go I'll be talking to

you McNally yeah

talking that's what you're good at

and so far we've questioned over 300

people including brings employees and

residents in the area and 111 big

depositors as money was taken we've got

uh the serial numbers on about 98 000 in

bills it's either a million of Mad Money

well the words out Mr Hoover's had all

offices alerted if it was engineered by

some of the big boys out of New York

Chicago L.A

so far no top talent known to us is left

by plane train or bus

the state police roadblock came up empty

we've checked all the garages in the

Brinks area including out of state

licenses that have taken up residence

recently

excuse me we found a lady in our canvas

of that neighborhood may have seen the

men and the truck

you understand

could you tell us where and when you

first saw the man in the trucks

I went up to the to the horny of

Commercial Street there

felt they were Brink's people the way

they went right in can you describe the

truck

it was greenish

and and shiny like it was new and it was

one of those kind you know that they

used to haul small loads of furniture in

I think it had a canvas top did you uh

see anybody else in that vicinity

uh there was a a black car parked across

the street

and a young couple walked by

an unstolen vehicle reports newer trucks

right I'll check all the garages

thank you

I sure hate to leave my restaurant just

sitting here

no choice come on

I hope that jerk fish has enough brains

to dump the junk far enough away

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truck the whole truck little pieces

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when you get it cut up bury it what are

you crazy the ground's frozen solid

outside we got a bag it and dump it

what'd you do with the rest of the

rubbish I burned it and I threw the guns

in a river

while gang member Dennis Fisher was

occupied in trying to eliminate the last

pieces of evidence from the Brinks

robbery Boston police and FBI agents

already were tracing down known Boston

area criminals for questioning hoping

they might Supply some information

making the rounds in the Underworld

regarding the crime

street cleaning time take your prick

you must start memorizing names and

faces Donald

for all we know the whole gang may be

here right before our eyes

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Agents from Maine to California were

alerted to contact underworld sources

for any information concerning the

Brinks robbery while this Nationwide

project was launched Special Agents of

the FBI along with Boston police began

questioning known Boston Street hoodlums

who authorities believe might have

knowledge of the robbery of all I know I

heard on the radio

a U.S Ted Flynn

I was having a drink in his bar

and I was talking to that Detective

Rush Shannon we're not asking for an

alibi Mr Russo just any information you

might have heard well I ain't heard

anything like I said

I was in a bar at 7 30. that's when I

heard about it that's about it Russo had

just come in and the News was already on

the air he's got a reputation as a case

man

you think Russo would go for anything

this size

it's hard to say nobody's saying the

Street's tight fellas I mean tight

and you're a bookie you circulate you

hear things not on this one I swear

I can't hang around here if I hear

anything on the street well I'll give

you a ring

just trying to save you some nickels

McNally says here police came to talk to

you if you're stopping hotel shortly

after the robbery

you weren't in

oh yeah yeah about seven I went out and

hit a few of the bars around town

fighting on the cops are coming I would

have stayed home I've got nothing

against talking to cops or human beings

too

so you went out drinking around seven

yeah I went drinking

it seems like half the town in Boston

was out getting drunk during the Brinks

robbery

how come you didn't go drinking with

McNally

he's your best friend isn't he

yeah

I don't know

come on look at my sheet I'm not a

gunslinger

hell Jim and I are just a couple of

cases that's all you know that

yeah it says here that isn't safe for

salesmen to leave merchandise and their

cars around the jewelry building not too

safe with the hairs on a beach Street

either in the clothing District

that's all you know stuff you can turn

into Fast Cash

Small Change

that's it it's all I am

yeah it sounds possible man

beware of free admission to Anonymous

crimes it means they're willing to show

you what they got up their sleeve to

keep you from looking under the mattress

is that in the book somewhere

nope

this comes with wearing out a lot of

shoe leather

I knew something like this would happen

nothing's happened the cops are so jumpy

that they're questioning their own

realities all I want you to do is go to

ten Flynn's bar and ask him to pick up

my car for him

hmm

what do you mean no no

if you're in trouble I'm not going to do

anything it's going to make it worse no

okay fine I forget I asked forget it

I'll do it

I'll do it

early efforts of the FBI to identify the

members of the Brinks gang produced the

names of many suspects but no evidence

or Witnesses the ropes tapes and

chauffeur's cap which had been forwarded

to the FBI laboratory in Washington

yielded no significant clues of the

hundreds of New England hoodlums

contacted by the FBI none was willing to

talk to agents regarding the Brinks

crime 43 Brinks delivery sheets and

other items with latent prints had been

sent to the identification division in

Washington the division developed 50

finger Impressions 46 matched those of

Brink's employees not one matched the

prince of the Prime suspects the belief

that the robbery was assisted by someone

inside Brinks had begun to fade both the

keys were obtained from someone inside

Brinks we haven't been able to establish

it we've questioned every employee past

and present checked and rechecked

and unless something breaks there I

think we have to assume that the whole

hypothesis of an inside job is just

about evaporated

well that hundred thousand dollar reward

that brings people are offering should

bring some bugs out of the woodwork well

they're already flying in tips from

everyone from Housewives to mediums

lead

doing it the hard way by the process of

elimination

starting right now we compile a master

list of every suspect who could have

pulled the robbery that's going to be a

long list Paul hundreds maybe even a

couple of thousand

that's right I want that list even if it

gets as fat as a phone book

it's like they shut the rumor mill down

I haven't

well when I run a steel second you can

figure he cased the bag for him and I

can find it in need guys like McNally

and Conforti and a few other guys are

strong arms

this is a little big link for Mario

Russo isn't it

you might say Houston the Ducks are Rife

with speculation but devoid of

information what does that mean in

English it's not so much who done it so

who Coulda did it and we're playing that

game ourselves that sounds like you got

all the right names it's for the money

not a happy not to farthing

well it's tea time I'll see you boys

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Russo Mourinho Flynn McNally Conforti

Carter we're cutting down the list

Donald no evidence might as well be a

laundry list some of that cash has got

to start changing hands

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you owe me a favor some broad comes and

asked me to get your car how do I know

it isn't set up

if you thought it was a set of you in

the camera come on come on let's get

going

you guys miscounted your bundles it's 98

Grand a piece in a package it's not a

hundred what's that and caught a total

to take we all owe money back

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we'll talk about it later let's get out

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what's going on Jim they just stole two

grand a piece from us now they say we

owe the kitty aderman says he's got a

place we can stash I share and we'll see

him then I'll settled with Russell who

owes who what in fact he'd like they

were doing us a favor charging us four

grand for a couple of suitcases

the ones who was supposed to get rid of

the truck and the rest of the junk right

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place for it when you want it just

whistle

okay Danny and I took five grand a piece

but each one of those bags was two

thousand dollars light when we got him

back from Ted Flynn Flynn's got Sticky

Fingers that's your problem

yeah I hear Carter says we all owe money

back whose problem is that huh I ain't

heard nothing about it I've been

steering clear Hey listen the cops have

already pumped me what about you guys

yeah let him pump he came up dry on us

Tim and I are taking a little trip

Pennsylvania maybe Points West Russo

ain't gonna like that

and none of us should make a move you

heard him one big happy family just like

usual

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if you weren't already married to this

older gentleman here go ahead make me an

offer

listen Donald when you finally marry

some young innocent thing don't you ruin

her I mean it you know what you used to

have at this table every Sunday chicken

and dumplings and heartburn ho ho ho

then with the kids growing up am I being

a waste of my spending got restless had

to do something Korea so I said it took

cooking school a gourmet cooking school

French now it's hours from string beans

it's uh sauces I can't even say let

alone digest everything is alamode

Alucard Alibaba whatever it is outer

help with the dishes and I Saved by the

Bell Norman ah you know it

oh thanks

hello

yeah Paul

where

lucky Cindy all right we'll be right out

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serial number checks Norm

kids found it Sandbar over there well

you're right now thank you that's one of

the weapons of the prince Robbie have a

little bit helps you know oh it's a

start

thank you

only two weeks and their garbage is

starting to show up

that's right and you learn a lot about a

person where he throws his garbage

exactly one month later agents Houston

and Nash were summoned to a dump near

Stoughton Massachusetts where another

incriminating Discovery seemed to be

unfolding

it to be a late model of stake body

truck think it might be the one

well it's the right color

described by that old lady and that

couple

if I save the bag save everything sure

enough

there must be a ton of it

yeah

hey Donald

there's one old junk dealer to another

how's your memory course coming the

names we have left on the list

who lives the closest to Stout

if memory serves two of them

yeah well uh

a lot of people live in Stoughton

I mean ministers Bankers cops

what do I care would you find the public

dub you and Danny Conforti must hold

rehearsals yeah he said the same thing

small world earlier McNally 47.

hmm so

you know when a man reaches that age he

starts to look and wonders where he's

going nothing too much to look forward

to Now or Never time right that brings

job

big chance chance to scratch that

40-year inch right

he was talking using you about my age

right

are you thinking about making a big

change like leaving the FBI

oh no I like my job besides I've got a

big piece of unfinished business to take

care of it Nelly yeah

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well that cuts the list down for 1500.

yeah Suppose there also is a case man he

would need strong arm help guys like

mcnalian

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they just don't look like big time do

they no

local boys make good

bad McNally spend some money

lots of money

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what they want this time that fat head

Fisher would you believe that he dropped

the truck parts in the student dump

shark

hang on to what's the one so then no

they got nothing they can put together

hey I thought we were going on a

vacation I'm gonna take a little trip

afford it no

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on the night of June 11 1950 James

McNally and Daniel Conforti burglarized

a Pennsylvania Sporting Goods store

where they took five handguns an hour

later in the small town of kuder's Port

they committed a second burglary

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I need a hat a what a what

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play on a chimp

okay set up at Sumner road I'll bring

them to you

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That's All She Wrote

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all right okay all right

Hey listen officers we're trying to get

to Missouri my brother's dying

here

better rest in peace fella as far as you

go for a long long time

make your hat

following their arrest in Tawanda

Pennsylvania James McNally was tried and

convicted for violation of the Uniform

Firearms Act and sentenced to three

years in jail though acquitted on

similar charges Daniel Conforti was

removed to McKean County Pennsylvania

for trial on burglary counts and was

sentenced to from 5 to 20 years still

certain that McNally and Conforti were

Prime subjects in the Brinks case

special agents Houston and Nash thinking

that imprisonment may have shaken the

two men continue to press them for

information

really getting a little careless in your

old age McNally oh I wouldn't count on

that Houston time's wasting your friends

are gonna have to Brinks money all spent

by the time you're allowed to wear a

suit of clothes again use your hand if I

were connected with that brings thing

would I be out knocking off fixed stores

why because that's your way of life

McNally you'd rather steal a dime than

find a Dollar when you leave here McKean

County's waiting for you you can join

your friend Danny Conforti there oh you

talked to Danny how was he oh he misses

you

misses all those rehearsals about what

to say we're going to be talking to him

again

I don't think he's as happy about Russo

and the others as you are Russo and what

others

don't you double talk Danny he's a

friend of mine and don't you forget it

he may be the only friend you've got

left

so you think about that

you've got plenty of time McNally

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and he's like lead he hit him he doesn't

ring not a bit you'll ring he'll ring

for help you think so for sure he's in

there doing time for a two-bit burglary

went out there somewhere as his share of

a million bucks he's gonna put the

pressure in his pen pals and we're going

to be around to find out who the rest of

the members of the club are

James McNally immediately began a

campaign of correspondence from his jail

cell into Wonder writing to solicit Aid

in gaining his release special agents

Houston and Nash began a tireless two

and a half year surveillance of his

associates in the Boston underworld and

in the process focused more sharply on

the remaining members of the Brinks gang

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no they're feeding me fine here but too

much fat food not enough exercise but

don't you worry about it

seeing you in and hear it

makes you want to cry all the way home

well then don't come

I'm just sending you here

the FBI asked you to come here and

needle me what

never mind

I think a little buggy in here

I'm sorry about your mother Maggie I

really am

Arrow

she was getting older than you know

uh Jim

the reason that I came

well not the only reason but

I'm going to get married

well I think that's nice

guy

he's all right

at least I won't be alone no you know

you know mom gone and everything

but

if you didn't want me to

I wouldn't

why shouldn't I want you to

thank you

what happened between us

the long long time ago

forget it please

I forget it I forget it take what you

can now

you take what you can get out of life

and run

that's what everybody does

not everybody

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yeah

it had been nearly three years though

the FBI felt certain they knew the

principal members of the Brinks gang

still no physical evidence or Witnesses

had been found to substantiate this

identification in court painstaking

investigation of every small detail had

produced few positive results I just

can't figure the money we have tabs on

almost 10 of them we've checked every

High Roller Resort and racetrack in the

country not a diet but Paul is spending

their money on lawyers we know that sure

prove it every Bureau division in the

country police and places I never heard

of all looking finding nothing look

McNally's demands for money or causing

some grumblings in the ranks if we could

only put one of those birds up in front

of a grand jury one of them might sing

which is not for us to decide we can

only investigate not instigate we need

one crack in that wall of Silence well

we've been hammering away at it we can

try again with Conforti at the moment

he's sweating out more time than McNally

is

no sweat Houston

time doesn't phase me

keeps me out of Korea anyway

you know what I mean

wait I tell you guys I was taking up

biology

McNally says to ask you how your

headaches

come on Kim never told you anything of

the kind so forget we asked

come on you guys don't you think I know

you're playing ping pong with Jim and me

ping over there in Tawanda pong over

here in Pittsburgh well after almost

three years of you too don't you think

we deserve a little Recreation

don't get me wrong

I enjoy the game

you guys are practically the only

visitors they ever get

the only visitors

Jim and I are just a couple of loop men

who got caught a small time

I mean you guys are going to give the

FBI a bad name you know what I mean

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any doubts that the Brinks gang had that

the FBI was on the right track began to

fade however when a Federal grand jury

began hearings in Boston on November

25th 1952 10 of the 11 members of the

Brinks gang appeared before the grand

jury in sessions that lasted until early

January of 1953 One By One The Ten Men

either denied any implication in the

Brinks robbery or invoked the Fifth

Amendment refusing to answer questions

as the hearings concluded it had been

almost exactly three years since the

start of one of the most intensive FBI

investigations in history

low indictment

the participants were effectively

disguised no eyewitnesses Witnesses

refused to give testimony

a gang of Hometown hoods holding up all

the resources of the bureau I can hardly

believe it well don't start thinking

it's all over you know Mr Hoover better

than that he wants his case solved no

matter what it takes time is against us

we've got the statute of limitations to

consider we're almost back where we

started I mean most of them were out on

the street again business as usual there

could be some noise soon McNally is put

in over two years he's due for a release

from Tawanda

well you'll probably make bail before he

stands trial in McKean County for the

burglary if he comes back here the state

has probation charge against him

you think you'll be trying to raise

money not a very happy man

every move he makes could be a break oh

don't tell me your troubles McNally what

do you gave him money now

we've been plenty of cash for those

lawyers of yours that's nickels and

dimes nickels and dimes Now where's the

rest of it I I can count you can count

it seems to me a couple of years ago you

had a lot of difficulty in counting it

wasn't doing Mario you listen to me good

Danny and I got a big chunk of cash

coming now you got it or you know where

it is I want that money now or all hell

is going to break loose

you to let to the boys

you tell a McNally

high again messenger boy now you took

your chances you're lost

that's tough

there ain't nothing you can do about it

nothing

thank you

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hey McNally

what are you doing right now I'm playing

with the trigger in this gun okay

Chris McNally personally I don't think

you're worth two but let's see what your

cousins gonna blow your head off

hi you you got me all wrong McNally

look I want to do the right thing by you

this time you counted fatso

20 000 on account get it or get a priest

from Mourinho

I don't know I don't know if I can

scrape up that

room so I'm only giving you until dark

he's kidnap Julie

he's nuts sounds like noise I don't like

noise

now first we got we

gotta Ransom Julie

and then we gotta

something uh

final about McNally

I mean final

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thank you

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kidnapping Ransom

and where you guys got your dope from

opium Dems oh you know sewers dumps

Men's Rooms who was with McNally when he

kidnapped you hey there you go again

right it's using a word again kidnapped

you abduct entertain a person against

his will out and for the purpose of

collecting a ransom how much did Russo

pay for you goodbye it's all news to me

here

hey I don't even know what McNally's

back on his treat again

all right

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I don't know gem honest we always got

along right we know the brains and got

the guts was it Russo I don't see real

so much I tell you I don't know Jim I

don't know

who'd want to shoot you anyway huh

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it's about to lay off Jim your favorite

two miles a grand for Marina

it's gonna happen Jim they're going to

kill you

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nah Jim can take care of himself

they've already tried twice is it worth

it Danny Jim's going to die trying to

collect your shares

you guys still on that kick

still nothing bigger than hubcaps hey

Dan before you get out McNally's going

to be back in what's the use it's a

revolving door

like you said

hubcaps

Jim ever asked about me huh

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thank you

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he's still hurting enough to want to

talk

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James McNally disappeared from Psych for

six weeks following the third attempt on

his life when he was next seen on August

1st 1954 at Leicester he was immediately

arrested and sentenced to jail for

probation violation on a gun carrying

charge as a protective measure in view

of the reported attempts on his life

McNally was confined in Hampton County

Jail at Springfield Massachusetts rather

than in Boston

well it's good to see familiar faces

again that you are wearing them

it looks like you and I are all going to

be growing old together they used to

oh we finally watched him weren't too

sure about you case of mistaken identity

some mistake we counted 30 holes in your

car the streets aren't safe you boys

ought to do something about it

haven't you got anything better to do

than to follow me around can we keep

busy Jim just that you've kind of grown

on us that's all yeah you and Danny have

become like a part of the family

that's fine by me

but the next subject of this discussion

is Brinks his family meetings all over

well whatever gave you that idea

this is that we want to bring you up to

date on what the rest of the family is

doing

yeah they're they're trying to deport

Mario Russo again you know

and Bill shattuck's the guy who helped

you kidnap Marina he's been missing

since August 3rd probably dead

that's what he got for helping a friend

AJ

oh you probably already heard heideman's

in the federal pen at Danbury income tax

can you believe it and Donald O'Leary

he's back in the Massachusetts state

prison parole violation

well tell him the really good news Noah

about Coulter oh yeah colder the machine

gunner put three holes in your car he's

escaped from the Suffolk County Prison

three days ago

it doesn't seem right he's right back

out and you're right back in

tell him the best partner

uh I don't think team would be

interesting Russo Russo

let him Deport him it's good riddance no

no it's not that

see they suspect Russo helped Coulter

escape from jail

police are questioning him right now

the police had to let Russo go he denied

everything they couldn't shake him

the only way they can beat us total

silence and they know it sooner or later

you'd think some of the Brinks money

would talk I mean they got to be

spending plenty defending themselves

Russo's fighting deportation Flynn's

trying to beat a rap for operating a

still you think after five years at one

five dollar bill would turn up on a crap

table somewhere

um both of you have had time to size up

McNally

like he says we're thrown all together

I can't think he'll ever crack a

galley's tough

sort of an alley rat dreamer all his

life he's hustled ducked been trapped

found a hole in a way out

he's still looking for a hole on the way

out

and when it's over and all the holes are

plugged

he will talk

you still have me Jim

I guess I was meant to be a consolation

prize all alone

how come you didn't get married

you told me you were going to get

married

I just couldn't because

it sounds so funny to say it

in here

I love you Jim

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I guess I just sort of grew up with it

when I was in the ninth grade

it was that big handsome man who moved

into my apartment building

I used to run home from school early

just hoping I'd see you

in the hallway even

I used to write your name inside all my

books

crazy

well it's not so good for the school

books anyway

anyone else for so long

when I finally grew up

I mean what I had

grown-up feelings

about love

there wasn't anybody left

but you

to give them to

and now

I've been running with you for so long I

guess that

the thought of seeing anybody else

it seems unfaithful

isn't that silly

Aggie it's too late now

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I'm sorry

Jim it's almost Christmas

how many Christmases can you spend at

places like this

what do you mean I mean tell them

to tell them what they want to know and

maybe they'll let you out on a fear and

talk

are you kidding what do you think I am

they tried to kill you

what do you owe them

what do you owe any of them anymore

no no you don't understand

I'm not worried about those scum it's me

it's the only thing that I've got left

that's worth anything

so they can lock you up to the right

but you'll never give that last inch

never ever

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I should have known

you're really thinking about Danny

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I don't even make it as a consolation

prize

Well yeah Danny too

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you it can't just tell them a little bit

I mean if you start you gotta tell them

everything you gotta tell them the whole

thing all the way

and do that to Danny

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been too long

a long time

you don't understand

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I do

I do understand

I'm an expert at long times

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suddenly begun to run out for Daniel

confetti the persistent headaches he had

suffered for so long and had refused

medical treatment for had been caused by

a tumor hearing of the emergency special

agents Houston and Nash hurried to pay

their last visit to the youngest gang

member they had known so long

it's really not much we can do for him

he's a priest in there with him now

laughs

all right

Danny

hi there

you're still in there

my favorite FBI's

I can't hardly see you

that's okay

how's Jim

it's not so good Danny

they tried to kill him you know

the whole team

he's gonna live forever you know

Dennis Fisher is dead

you heard about that

dumbbell

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Fisher was your driver we hear

nice try Nash

nice try

you know you guys try hard

percent

okay

I'm sorry

no deathbed confessions today

sorry

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it's me

laughs

he's dead that's a lie it's a lie

you guys you'll do anything

oh it's not a lie Jim

we were with Danny when he died

those headaches are caught by a tumor

brain tumor

so that was a

he said

good old Jim he'll live forever

he said then

hey that's what he said

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what a waste

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you have no one left now to protect

interpreting anybody maybe you better

think about protecting yourself

if you ever do go down on the street

again who'll get you Russo Mourinho

Carter

what

oh no I'm not afraid of those jerks

jerks

do you think they're nothing but jerks

you still think you can go out there in

the streets and muscle your way through

them and you're no good to us or

yourself or anybody else

that's right good old gym you sure were

a lot of good to danic and 40 weren't

you you know I'm going to tell you

something that night when I walked into

Brinks I'm going to confess this to you

I was in awe of the guys who could pull

up a job like that but then I got to

know all of you and I changed my mind

because you're nothing but two-bit punks

elbowing each other at the trough I was

betting on you for a while I hope the

40-year edge would get to you and you'd

really try to do something better but I

was wrong there too you're pushing 50.

and you're still settling for what

nothing

nothing but a line and a headstone

bought by the county that says here lies

Jim McNally he never talked

big deal

let's get out of here Houston

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uh

uh

I guess

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you still got somebody left

you got Maggie

there's not an awful lot wrong with a

girl like that

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oh

I I

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what do you want to know

at 4 20 pm on January 6 1956 the long

and Relentless investigation by police

and the FBI produced its first tangible

results a defeated and completely

disillusioned James McNally began a full

confession of every detail of the Brinks

robbery armed with Federal warrants FBI

agents began the arrest of the accused

members of the Brinks gang whose names

had topped their list of suspects for

almost six years of the original 11 gang

members Daniel Conforti and Dennis

Fisher had both died of natural causes

and James McNally had already confessed

to the crime the eight remaining gang

members were taken into custody while

the suspect's awaited trial in Boston an

unexpected chain of events led to the

recovery of the only money ever traced

to the Brinks robbery

arrest of a small-time Boston hoodlum in

Baltimore Maryland LED eventually to the

office of a Boston character known as

fat John where authorities found more

than 51 900 which was identified as part

of the Brinks loot though fat John never

talked he was sentenced to two years on

state charges later out on Appeal on

other charges he was found shot to death

on June 19 1958 trial of the eight

remaining members of the Brinks gang

began in Suffolk County Courthouse in

Boston on August 6

1956. in addition to the detailed

testimony of James McNally who became

the chief prosecution witness the

testimony of more than 100 other

Witnesses filled more than 5 300 pages

on October 6th a jury found the eight

defendants guilty all received sentences

of life in prison

James McNally later pled guilty to two

counts of the indictment since his

sentence was equated with the time he

had already been confined he was freed

the Brinks robbery though still known as

the crime of the century was no longer

classified as a perfect crime

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what's he doing under there performing a

miracle mom

if this thing runs at all it's a miracle

Hey where's your dad why isn't he

getting his hands dirty no one's on the

phone your friend called that's great

Jim how's everything going

well

dogs are chasing the chickens and I'm

chasing Maggie you know or vice versa

well you can't beat that I'm glad you

called well it was such a gorgeous

beautiful day here in the great Midwest

that I thought I'd better call and

really spoil your day get that's what

we're having for dinner what

oh boy yeah hmm thanks a lot yeah

all right I'll talk to you later

bye bye

hey

you know what hey what'd McNally have to

say you know what they're having for

dinner

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[Laughter]

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