Still from The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery – Courtesy of Creative Commons. Heitz exchanged pistol shots with the robbers and was wounded by a blast from Bowerman's shotgun. Scholl, Vito and Chernick were from Chicago and Bowerman was from Niles, Mich., but often plied his trade in Chicago. Fred William Bowerman from FBI Most Wanted List – Public Domain. (Jack January/Post-Dispatch), Mrs. William Scholl, wife of a bank robber, and one of their two children, William, during a break during his trial downtown. Scholl and Chernik drew long sentences. The fourth, getaway driver Glenn Chernick, drove off when the first police arrived, and was captured in Chicago three days later. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Heitz recovered. The 24-mile expressway from downtown into St. Charles was the first spoke in the pinwheel of today's regional system of superhighways. The driver, Glenn Chernick, who would later turn out to be a star college football player, left when he saw all the police arriving. The car had been stolen from Illinois. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); // ]]> Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt is available at Amazon in paperback and on e-book. They were inside the bank transacting business when the robbery began. Chernick also was found guilty in St. Louis and was sentenced to 25 years. (Jack January/Post-Dispatch). When police surrounded the bank, Vito told fellow robbers, "We'll get 99 years. He is holding Bowerman's sawed-off- shotgun. Reasonator; PetScan; Scholia; Statistics; Search depicted; Media for the 1959 United States film The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery. When this photo was taken, two robbers still were inside. Bowerman died several days later. Fred W. Bowerman, an experienced bank robber, led the robbery crew. Scholl suffered a wound to his back in a gunfight with officers, and he surrendered inside the bank. The comic "Blondie" and its themes can be traced back nearly 120 years to McKinley High School. (Jack January/Post-Dispatch), Detective James Fitzgerald carries Bowerman's shotgun and one of the pistols used by the gang during the robbery. Walter Cliffe (right) escorts robbery suspect William Scholl into City Jail on May 1, 1953, after a court hearing. Bowerman, a seasoned criminal still in the trade at 60, had earned his way onto the FBI's 10 Most Wanted. Stein took the front door and Stein went through the side entrance. On Friday, April 24, 1953, three men and a getaway driver attempted to rob the Southwest Bank on the corner of Southwest Avenue and S. Kingshighway Boulevard in St. Louis, MO. Back at the newspaper, his big moment was the Southwest Bank robbery in 1953. (Post-Dispatch), Officer Melburn Stein, who fired the shot that brought down Fred Bowerman. On Sept. 17, 1980, Jimmy Michaels got into his Chrysler Cordoba after lunch downtown and headed home to Mehlville. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Heitz died in 1993. I can't take a pinch," and shot himself to death on the lobby floor. Willie. (Lou Phillips/Post-Dispatch), Police take the body of robber Frank Vito, 25, of Chicago, who had shot himself in the head rather than surrender. Scholl received a 25-year term. Stein saw and opening and shot Bowerman. Film-Bewertung. John Egan. Bowerman expected to get in and out of the bank quickly but the robbery quickly went awry. Witnesses said they heard Vito tell Scholl, "We'll get 99 years. Gino. By then, everybody was on the floor — customers, employees, robbers and the bank's directors, who had been meeting when gunfire erupted. ST. LOUIS • It was Friday — pay day — and bank teller Alice Ruzicka was ready for the rush. The last member of the crew, William Scholl, was shot, while trying to escape with a hostage. Stein fired from the front door, then took cover behind a newspaper box. Stein saw and opening and shot Bowerman. Gary Wiegert during a ceremony on April 24, 2008, honoring Stein's role in the Southwest Bank robbery case in 1953. Before January arrived, Heitz and Stein exchanged shots with the robbers inside, and Heitz was wounded with a blast from Bowerman's sawed-off shotgun. Bobby Greenlease is kidnapped in Kansas City in a case that will travel across the state when the kidnappers flee to St. Louis. Eva Hamilton waited to cash a check for her boss. He knew a fat target — the neighborhood bank had $200,000 in handy cash for paychecks. (Post-Dispatch), Frank B. Vito, 25, a convicted felon who was free on bond from a liquor-store robbery when he took part in the Southwest Bank robbery. The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (juga disebut The St. Louis Bank Robbery) adalah sebuah film tahun 1959.Film tersebut dibintangi oleh Steve McQueen. The scene outside Southwest Bank, at Kingshighway and Southwest Avenue, about 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 24, 1953. The St. Louis Police foiled the robbery, which became the focus of a 1959 movie, The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery. Log in or Activate your account. The plate had been stolen separately in Illinois. Robert Heitz, two blocks away on Kingshighway, took the radio call at 10:21 a.m. Bowerman and two accomplices had stuffed $140,769 into a bag when Stein took the front door and Heitz rushed for the side door. Bowerman would die in a local hospital on May 2, 1953. Rififi in St.Louis (US 1958) Redaktion. 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