On Feb. 2, 1934, they robbed the bank in Needham, As they were
Lea VANE s policeman Forbes Mcleod who had been alerted that the bank
Was being robbed, arrived with his pistol drawn and was shot down
before he ,reach Bd the bank. he they were driving out of Needham,
‘they buthlessly shot down anotfer policeman, Prank Haddock, who was
standing by the road talking with a friend who was injured. After
the Needham job, the gang decided to burn the stolen Packard sedan
that they had been using. Officers were able to oc. Bike Hagia
which they noted had been repaired and they located the
who had done the work. .His records indicated that the
done for Irving Millen. The Millen brothers were tra
City where they were captured in a hotel lobby where the
to meet a boyhood frie nd who was cooperating with the police.
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gang, When Faber was arrested, he at first denied any involvement,
but when some of the bills taken in the Needham robbery were found
in his possession, he »too, confessed, All three were convicted and
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1¢ reached the bank, As they were driving out of Needham,
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by the road talming with a friend who was injure
dham job, the gang decided to burn the stolen “ibid
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Faber,-a brilliant white graduate of Massachusetts Institute of
nology, was the owner of a prosperous radie store in Boston.
his mind had a criminal bent and he
members of a gang the
robberies and holdups
Guard Armory where % st
ammnition. They perfected their operation by holding up
ters in preparation for future bank robberies, their actual
ir endeavors, leaving not a clue ¢
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Fitchburg sporting goods store, Edmund leary
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