March 11, 2005

Today in Automotive History 1927

Today in Automotive History

1927 Tough Customers

On this day, the Flatheads Gang staged the first armored truck holdup in U.S. history on the Bethel Road, seven miles out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the way to Coverdale. The armored truck, carrying $104,250 of payroll money for the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company, drove over a mine planted under the roadbed by the road bandits. The car blew up and five guards were badly injured.

Posted by Quality Weenie at March 11, 2005 08:02 AM
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