Tag: Brinks

It was nearly the perfect crime. Just after 7 p.m. on the evening of January 17, 1950, five armed men crept into the vault room on the second floor of the Brinks security firm building on Prince Street in Boston’s North End. The robbers wore soft shoes to muffle the sound of their footsteps...

The Brink’s Robbery was the greatest heist in the country up to that time. A group of eight men in Captain Marvel masks and peacoats stole about $1.3 million in cash and $1.5 million in checks, money orders and other securities from the supposedly impenetrable Brink’s building. The Brink...