#armed robbers

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"The district recreation club was the social center for the slum boys what the Y. M. C. A. was to their fellows at a slightly higher level of the social structure. At the age of fourteen, Williams was as tall and strong as most boys of sixteen or eighteen; and because of his fistic powers and general toughness was soon on terms of intimacy with members of the notorious Tanner Smith mob, which was then staging its last fight for control of the district (they lost out to the equally notorious Madden mob, which still controls that and other districts of the city). With other members of the mob, Williams took part in the various gangster activities; robbing freight cars, wharves, warehouses; exacting financial tributes from local store owners whom they terrorized with threats of bombing and other atrocities; but mainly in voting illegally and terrorizing non-Tammany voters on election day; and at other times terrorizing strikers or their employers (whichever side paid the most), and fighting with and raiding the headquarters of the Madden mob. Williams proved a valuable recruit and was soon as dangerous and skillful with a knife, club, or gun as he was with his clever fists.

Gradually he began going in with other gangsters for the more remunerative crimes (pay-roll robberies, safe-cracking, hold-ups, and the like); and before he was eighteen Williams was "keeping" a girl in a Broadway apartment and getting initiated into the night life of the city. His mother and sisters remained at the old home on West 49th Street, but Williams did not neglect them. He had long ago dropped even the pretence of legitimate work; but he contributed regularly and generously to the support of his mother and sisters and visited them almost daily.

Before he was twenty, Williams had been arrested a dozen times as a suspect in the various gangster killings and other activities of the city; but never did he serve a day in prison after appearing in court. The usual procedure (which the gangsters themselves preferred to formal arraignment and trial) was as follows: after a killing or robbery, the detectives would arrest and bring to headquarters any gangsters whom they could find, subject them to an intensive third degree (often beating them unmercifully), and then turn them loose when the beatings had failed to elicit evidence connecting them with the crime in question.

This was all a part of the regular routine of Williams's life; and while he took it as a matter of course, he had seen so much of corruption among detectives, district attorneys, and even judges that he came to have a strong hatred for representatives of law and order. Wise to the ways of the under-world, a shrewd and clever criminal who never worked except after laying carefully-thought-out plans, it was not until Williams tried to operate in a strange city, with gangsters he did not know, that he got into serious trouble.

In 1918, at the age of twenty, he was asked to come to Boston with three other gangsters to steal the pay roll of a large corporation. It was to be the Christmas pay roll, estimated at $60,000. Through some carelessness of the local tipsters, the information was inaccurate; so that Williams got only a comparatively small pay roll of $15,000, in the seizing of which he shot an armed guard who attempted to draw his gun. Because of the shooting (although the guard did not die for two years) and because of the prestige of the corporation, there was a great hue and cry about the crime. One of the Boston gangsters was arrested on suspicion.

Fearing a long prison term for himself, he implicated Williams and three other men. In spite of this, it is doubtful that Williams could have been convicted. The books of a New York firm of longshoremen showed that Williams and his pals had been working in New York on the day of the robbery! Thus did Williams plan his crimes before he went to work. But the man who had implicated him was persuaded to turn state's evidence; so, in spite of the efforts of a former district attorney, who had been paid a retainer of $3,000 to "fix" the case, Williams and his pals were given ten to fifteen-year terms in the state prison (the crooked ex-district attorney, by the way, was later disbarred and sent to prison at the time when two other district attorneys were disbarred and removed from office). The informer, as it happens, was killed within a few months.

Williams, as I came to know him in the prison, was in many ways a fine character. He was entirely reliable and honest with his friends, deceitful and treacherous with his enemies, and utterly without fear. He would never steal or harm poor people; he would select his victims solely from among the moneyed classes. From one point of view I have always found certain gangsters to be, on the whole, the very highest type of criminal. Although there are many hangers-on of a much lower grade in gang circles, the real gangster is in many ways a fellow who lives strictly up to a stern though predatory code of his own. I liked Williams, personally, better than any other criminal I have ever known.

But he was definitely antisocial in his attitude toward law and order and reformation. While he would admit the theoretical necessity of laws and policemen, he had seen so much of corruption in the ranks of law-enforcement officials that he knew himself to be no worse than many of these, and far better than some. He took the cynical attitude. "What the hell," he would say. "Everybody's out for the money. Get it, long as you don't have to take it from some poor bastard that can't afford to lose it. But get it. Once you've got it, nobody cares ---- where you got it."

When he left prison, after serving a little more than nine years, he merely became more cautious, going in for the bootleg and night-club racketeering which had developed during his years in prison. I met him in New York in the autumn of 1931. We were discussing the state of affairs in regard to unemployment and the slackness in racketeering profits. "It's pretty tough," said Williams. "I've got my apartment and my mother's home to keep up. My two sisters are married and their husbands haven't had work for months. There's not much money in the rackets, the way things are nowadays." I asked him, in view of this, how he was able to keep up his own establishment and his mother's and also help his sisters keep alive during the current depression.

"There's only one thing to do," said Williams. "I'm doing it, and so is almost every one I know. Grab a gun and go out and steal!" In his various attitudes and general character, Williams was typical of his kind of criminal.

- Victor F. Nelson, Prison Days and Nights. Second edition. With an introduction by Abraham Myerson, M.D. Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., 1936. p. 85-88.

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Real female robbers

[jimmymack788]

I really want to pull some armed robberies with a beautiful female partner in crime. HMU if you are interested

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Detective Knight: Rogue (2022 Movie) Official Trailer - Bruce Willis, Lochlyn Munro

Detective Knight: Rogue (2022 Movie) Official Trailer – Bruce Willis, Lochlyn Munro

Detective Knight: Rogue – Watch trailer now! Bruce Willis, Lochlyn Munro, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Corey Large, Michael Eklund, Johnny Messner Subscribe to the LIONSGATE: YouTube Channel for the latest movie trailers, clips, and more:…

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Bank Official killed, as armed robbers attack bullion van in Abia 

The Abia State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a staff of new generation bank and a police officer when armed robbers attacked a bullion van conveying money from Aba to Umuahia. Wakadaily gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday along Port Harcourt – Enugu highway, at Ntigha junction in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State. The Abia State Police Public Relations…

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Four Armed Robbers To Die By Hanging In Ekiti

Four Armed Robbers To Die By Hanging In Ekiti

Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced four men convicted of armed robbery and murder to die by hanging. The men, Babangida Amodu, 25, Oluwafemi Ibrahim, 20, Ojo Ayodele, 25, and Okunato Dada, 20, were arraigned on October 4, 2018, on charges of conspiracy, armed robbery and murder. They had pleaded not guilty, but the court ordered their remand in custody. In his judgement, Justice John Adeyeye…

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300-Level UNN Student Stabbed To Death By Suspected Armed Robbers In Anambra (Photos)

300-Level UNN Student Stabbed To Death By Suspected Armed Robbers In Anambra (Photos)

Chiamaka Mabel Okeke, a 300-level student at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), was killed by suspected armed robbers in Anambra State. 300-Level UNN Student Stabbed To Death By Suspected Armed Robbers In Anambra A student from the Department of History and International Studies died after being stabbed during a robbery attack at a Shawarma joint where she was working due to the ASUU strike.

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Ecobank Armed Robbers Sentenced to Forty (40) Years

Ecobank Armed Robbers Sentenced to Forty (40) Years

Two armed robbers were sentenced to 20 years in prison each after being captured in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, in connection with a bank robbery. Emeka Opara and Samuel Kalu, the convicts, were apprehended on May 30, 2022, following an attack on a victim at ECOBANK, Abrepo Junction, where they succeeded in fleeing with a bag containing GH 30,000.00. However, the money was recovered and the criminals…

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part two kittens. part one.

[maskedbankrobber]

Hands up! Do as you're told and noone gets hurt! Put the money in the bag, do it NOW!

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"SAYS GUN HAND HELD WHILE HEAD STRUCK," Toronto Star. January 5, 1943. Page 2. ---- Police Officer Describes Fight With Two Men in Theatre Break-In ---- 9 VARIED CHARGES ---- Sequel to an attack upon P.C.William Skimmings, of the York township police, last October, John Kippax and Wilfred Blaney appeared before Judge James Parker in county criminal court today, on a charge of breaking into the Grant theatre, Oakwood Ave. Kippax pleaded guilty and Blaney not guilty.

Norman Borins appeared for the crown and B. J. Spencer Pitt for the defence.

In all there are nine varied charges against the accused, but the crown is proceeding with the entering charges only at present. Other principal charges in connection with the Grant theatre yet to be heard are carrying concealed weapons and resisting arrest by, and wounding, the constable.

Skimmings testified he found a door on the theatre had been jimmied.

"I went into the office and saw two men working on the safe," he said.

"Handle Chopped Off" "I saw some iron bars on the floor and the handle of the safe chopped off. I drew my revolver and turned my flashlight. In response to my command, the two men raised their hands. As I approached, Blaney reached toward a windbreaker on the safe. At the same time he reached toward his hip pocket and drew out a revolver. Before he could level it, it fell from his hand. Then he jumped on me and grabbed my gun hand. He hung on desperately.

"While I was struggling with him. Kippax picked up a crowbar from the floor and struck me on the head with it, cutting my scalp. I was treated by a nearby doctor."

The officer said that as Kippax struck him. he turned to grapple with him. Then his flashlight went out.

"As I fought with Kippax, Blaney dashed out," the officer went on. "I managed to overpower Kippax and handcuff him. Then I started in pursuit of Blaney. As I did this. Kippax cried out: 'Don't follow him, he's got a gun. I don't want to get shot. I went out to the street and saw Blaney running."

Identifies Glove Sergt. Norman Taylor said he found five live cartridges in a green windbreaker. two in a revolver lying on the floor and two others lying around. He also identified a glove and other articles at the scene.

"When I put Kippax in the cells," he added, "he had only one glove. on."

Inspector Alfred Gray, of York township, said he later arrested Blaney in a rooming-house.

"Blaney had a cut on his face. It was fresh. He told me he had been hurt in a fight the previous night at Jarvis and Dundas Sts.," the officer stated.

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all a fictional man has to do is be a massive simp for his wife to make me sooooo stupid

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A nice dip in the soothing waters of the Oasis 😌

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Nasarawa Police Arrest Three Robbery Suspects, Recover firearms

Nasarawa Police Arrest Three Robbery Suspects, Recover firearms

The Nasarawa State Police command has on Tuesday arrested three suspected armed robbers, recovered firearms, cartridges and stolen vehicle in Karu Local Government of the State. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed on Twitter. the statement read: “Nasarawa State Police Command in a bid to reduce crime to its lowest level carried out an intelligence-led operation…

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Police Arrest Two Suspected Armed Robbers, Recover Pistol In Lagos

Police Arrest Two Suspected Armed Robbers, Recover Pistol In Lagos

The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested two suspected armed robbers and recovered from them a pistol and three rounds of 7.65mm live ammunition. The Command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement in Lagos on Monday. He said that the suspects, who were unlawfully in possession of firearms, were arrested by officers of the Aswani Division of the Command in the…