Archive for May 27th, 2010
27th May
2010
Employing tactics of Chicago’s gangland, and armed with a machine gun and large caliber automatics, two desperate bandits yesterday noon sent a stream of bullets into the Agua Caliente money car as it crossed the National City dike, killed the two occupants of the machine and escaped with $85,000 in cash and checks. . .
Read about the Heist on the Dike.
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27th May
2010
San Diego’s downtown of the late 1800s was filled with bars. Perhaps the best known “saloonist” was the colorful Tillman Burnes, who kept a well-stocked menagerie of exotic animals to accompany his liquor selections. Read more about Till Burnes.