Dorchester Illustration no. 2434 Minot Cooperative Bank Holdup 1963
Minot Cooperative Bank
Dorchester Bank Holdup Nets $7000
Boston Globe July 15, 1963
Two stocking-masked gunmen held up the Minot Cooperative Bank at 782 Adams St., Dorchester, shortly after 10:30 a.m. today, forced three employees and two customers to lie on the floor, and escaped with about $7,000.
Police said witnesses told them the pair escaped in a cream and green-colored car in the direction of Fields Corner.
The three employees were Janet Brown, of 99 Ames St., West Quincy; Lucia B. Watts, of 79 Ashworth St., Squantum, and Irene M. Johnson of 52 St. Brendan Rd., Dorchester.
Police reported that the get-away car was found abandoned about two hours later on Rowena St., Dorchester.
From Descriptions given police, the holdup pair looked almost like twins in size, age and build.
Both were described as about 40 and five feet eight. Both wore soft cut-down hats, one green, the other borwn.
One wore a blue jacket, the other a brown jacket.
“It was like a movie,” said one witness, Morris Rissman, who operates a cleansing establishment next door to the bank.
“I saw the two of them inside the bank,” he said. “One of them went behind the counter while the other stayed on the customer’s side.
“When the one behind the counter finished scooping up the money he vaulted back over to the other side and the two dashed out.
“What impressed me,” added Rissman, “was the fact that it seemed to take a long time.”
Another witness, Mrs. Ann Willis of 4 Landers Rd,., Wollaston, said she saw the holdup pair running to their car, one of the carrying a red bag.
She said she had just gotten out of her car and was about to enter the bank when she spotted the men.
“They were wearing jackets and what looked like black veils over their cases.” she said [probably a typing error and should have been faces] “They pulled the veils up as they approached their parked car.”
Two Gunmen Hold Up Bank, Flee with $7049
Boston Globe July 16, 1963
Two masked gunmen held up the Minot Cooperative Bank at 782 Adams St., Dorchester, Monday morning and escaped with $7049 after forcing three employees and two customers to get down on the floor.
Police said the men entered the bank at 10:30. One went behind the counter while the second stayed at the customer’s side. When the first gunmen finished scooping up the money, he vaulted back over the counter and the two ran from the bank.
The employees were Janet Brown of 99 Ames St., West Quincy; Lucia B. Watts of 79 Ashworth St., Squantum, and Irene M. Johnson of 52 St. Brendan Road, Dorchester
The customers were identified as Anna Belrose of Taylor St. and Helen Kirby of Westmoreland St., both of Dorchester.
Two hours after the holdup police found the getaway car on Rowena St., Dorchester
Mrs. Ann Willis of 4 Landers Rd., Wollaston, told police she saw the gunmen, both of whom were wearing stocking masks, running to their car, one of them carrying a red bag.