Highway Patrol1955

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Narrator:
Law enforcement agencies seldom encounter armored truck robberies. The armored trucks are traveling fortresses, and the precautious operating procedures used in the pickup and delivery of monies preclude any successful robberies. However, the trucks are tempting targets, and early last July, three criminals started an elaborate plan to rob truck number 15, which made a daily stop at the Shermart supermarket. Don Brueger, an ice cream vendor, also began making a daily stop at the market. After the first few days, his presence was accepted by the guards, and Brueger was able to observe the armored truck's security routine. The first phase of the criminals' plan was in operation. Two weeks later, Rusty Schilling arrived on the scene, an itinerant photographer. He, too, was inspected by the armored truck guards. But, as time passed, he, too, was accepted. Step two of the criminals' plan was in operation. By the middle of August, both men had become boringly familiar parts of the scenery. On August 20th, armored truck guard Bill Franklin was leaving for work, It was important to the criminals' plan that Franklin work as the inside guard on this date.