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08-19-2008, 03:56 PM
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PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
MONDAY JANUARY 15,1934 Bank robbers stole $21,000 from Corn Exchange National Bank and Trust Co. 28 S. 60TH st. After handcuffing and trussing ten employes who walked into their trap. __________________________________________________ ___________ Philadelphia Inquirer Tuesday January 16, 1934 Cold chisels and drills left by three cat footed heavily armed thugs who made a bloodless $21,140 raid on the branch of the Corn Exchange National bank and Trust Company AT 60Th and Market St. may leas to their capture. __________________________________________________ ___________ TELEPHONE DIRECTORY JUNE 1934 CORN EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST CO. Main Ofe 2 & Chestnut St....LOM brd-7360 Central City Ofe 1510 Chestnut St....LOM brd-7360 1518 Walnut St.............................LOM brd-7360 Arch St. Ofe 3 & Arch....................LOM brd-7360 Bridesburg Ofe Kirkbride & Thompson .......JEF rsn-3025 Burholme Ofe Rising Sn Av. & Cottman....PIL grm -1777 Gtn Av Ofe 2809 Gtn Av...................SAG amor-7264 Orthodox St. Ofe Torresdle AV. & Orthodox ..JEF rsn-7667 Oxfrd Ofe 4700 Fkd..........................JEF rsn-7264 Ridge Av.Ofe 12 & Spring Grdn............POP lar-6030 *SIXTIETH ST. Ofe 28 S. 60Th ..........SHE rwod-0106 Wissinoming Ofe 5909 Torresdale Av.......JEF rsn-3540 Accompli
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That's good work. On top of that, you got me. I would have not thought about the 1934 phone book. I just learned something. But I still want to see the police file. (By my own standards, I am almost compelled to do so.) I will see If I can locate it, but it won't be until next week. One can always file a freedom of information request from the FBI for that file also. Anyway, good work. . . .
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08-21-2008, 05:45 AM
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A building still standing at 28 S. 60th St. (SW corner of Ludlow St., a short block south of Market) appears likely to have once been a bank. I looked at it via Google Maps. It's an impressive, monumental building from the early 20th century. And it probably wouldn't have been too hard for a robber to get up on the roof.
I was interested to see how attractive many of the buildings are on that stretch of S. 60th St. It's easy to imagine that the area was a thriving business and residential district in the early years of the century. The el, of course, facilitated the neighborhood's growth.
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08-21-2008, 10:27 AM
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I went to the 60th and Market intersection yesterday to have a look. Most of the stores in the area have closed (either recently due to the El construction or in the past years) and most everything there is closed up. If it the bank was at the intersection, I assume it could only be at the NW corner (El entrance) as the other buildings on the corners are fairly old. However I also saw the building that you believe could be the bank. There was another language (Hebrew? I have no idea) that was engraved on the building. Swift Lyons saw a picture of exact bank in the 1930's so he would be able to identify it. **Nevermind, I was looking at another building on Market near the intersection Last edited by snick33 : 08-21-2008 at 10:30 AM. Reason: **correction
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08-21-2008, 11:00 AM
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If you go on google maps and look at the SW corner of 60th and Ludlow thats the bank.
http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid...#37;2ePHILA+PA
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08-23-2008, 05:52 PM
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Did Willie Sutton do time in Eastern State Penitentary? I seem to remember hearing that when I toured ESP.
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08-24-2008, 03:51 PM
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From Esp Website
More than one-hundred prisoners managed to escape from Eastern State Penitentiary.
The first escapee, William Hamilton (Inmate No. 94), scrambled down from the warden’s quarters in 1832, just three years after the prison opened. Leo Callahan, inmate C566, scaled the east wall with five other inmates in 1923, and remains the only inmate in the prison’s history to avoid recapture. We’re still looking for him. But none of the escapes fascinate the public like the 1945 “Willie Sutton” tunnel escape. The escape was planned by prison plaster worker Clarence Klinedinst and his cellmate, William Russell. They dug into the wall of their cell in Cellblock Seven, fifteen feet down, ninety-seven feet out to Fairmount Avenue and fifteen feet up to freedom. They equipped the tunnel with lights and shored it with wood bracing. By April 3, 1945, the tunnel was complete. Ten inmates joined the escape on the way to breakfast that morning. One of the late comers was flamboyant bank robber and escape artist “Slick Willie” Sutton. The twelve inmates emerged from the tunnel at the corner of 22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue and scattered into the neighborhood. Sutton was captured within minutes, two blocks from the penitentiary. He later claimed credit for the tunnel’s design and construction. Klinedinst was out for three hours, and Russell was shot and captured when he walked into a police trap at the home of a former girlfriend. James Grace returned to the penitentiary early on the morning of April 11, rang the doorbell, and asked to be let back in. He was hungry. All the escaped inmates were eventually recaptured, and the prison staff filled the tunnel with ash from the prison incinerator. We believe that this is the time to study the archeological remains of the tunnel, still running from Cell 68 to the penitentiary’s front terrace. We have already raised funds to open Cellblock Seven to the public for the first time. This massive, vaulted cellblock will be open in May of 2005, bringing visitors to the exact site of the tunnel on the 60th anniversary of it’s completion. What remains of the tunnel? Certainly traces will remain of the bracing system, and perhaps the lighting and makeshift ladders can be discovered as well. And the white ash fill will make the tunnel itself easy to find in the dark soil. http://www.easternstate.org/
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___________________ I have legalised robbery. Called it a belief I have run with the money. And hid like a theif I have re-written history. With my armies and my crooks Invented memories. I did burn all the books M. Knopfler Last edited by SwiftLyons : 08-24-2008 at 03:55 PM.
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