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saw as worthless, including mortgages and deeds, and put some of the paper in an inner tube, but were unable to find it when they searched the area later on. They kept $ 700,000 in stocks and bonds, including about $ 55,000 in
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Thomas "Pat" O'Connor, Howard "Pop" Lee, and John "Jack" Britts were eventually arrested for the crime. O'Connor and Lee were found guilty, but Britts was not. Berlovich was able to prove he wasn't involved in the robbery and was let go.
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Doll refused to name one of the robbery participants, referring to him only as “One Shorty” or just “Shorty,” and saying he robbed the bank customers.
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