DILLINGER`S ESCAPE , GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY , MAKING A BREAK FOR IT
MAKING A BREAK FOR IT In 1950, a reformed burglar walked into the office of the English magazine Picture Post and offered to demonstrate his skills for an article on the methods used by a burglar. He staged a job and it was photographed. The former burglar stated that the general public, by failing to properly secure their homes, made burglary easy to commit. GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY In the early hours of August 8,1963, a gang of 12 robbers stole 2-5 million pounds from the Royal Mail train traveling between London, England, and Glasgow, Scotland. They hid out at a remote farmhouse before separating with their shares of the loot. Three of the gang got away. The rest, including 1 the three pictured here, spent lengthy terms in prison. DILLINGER`S ESCAPE In January 1934, Dillinger was arrested in Tucson, Arizona, and sent to Indiana to face charges of killing a poilceman. Always a clever crook, Dillinger escaped from the jail in Crown Point by waving a "gun." In fact his