Halloween Bank Heist

in #virginia5 years ago

10 minutes down Highway 250 from my small Virginia hometown lies the small farming community of Stuarts Draft.
It was here on Halloween Day in 1939, some desperate bank-robbers would pull a job that proved to be their ruin. The Peoples Bank was about to close for the day when two men with hat brims low to cover their faces walked in brandishing pistols. As the first announced to the cashiers of the stick-up, the second menaced the sole customer, preventing her from fleeing and giving up the game too soon.


Early photo of Stuarts Draft, VA

While the first robber quickly stuffed his sack with all the money behind the counter, the second kept the two cashiers away from the gun they had hidden underneath it, only lowering his gun once to keep a random passerby outside from suspecting that there was any trouble. When the sack was full, the three hapless victims were stricken to find themselves herded into the open vault, the heavy door closed and locked behind them.

The robbers rushed out of the bank into an awaiting black sedan, windows smeared with lard to conceal the occupants, and driven by a third conspirator. They had stolen $4,200, but what was worse, the cashiers had been unable to sound the alarm. With no one aware of their predicament, they were locked in a lead lined vault which only held enough air for the
three of them for about 30 minutes!

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Interesante

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That's crazy that the customers were locked in the vault. That would be really terrifying. I'll have to read part two to find out if they were saved or not.

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I have to believe that was a pretty decent amount of money back then. I look forward to reading the second part of this. I made sure I started from the right direction this time when I was going through my browser tabs.

Wow. Locked in the vault. That would be a bit scary. I didn't know that the vaults are air tight. That's unexpected

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