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...fragile; the luxury of having doors opened, packages carried, cigarettes lighted, chairs pulled out for us; the pleasure of being able to cry openly when we feel like it; the joy of giving everything of ourselves to the men we love; and (sometimes) the delight of receiving great loot like diamond necklaces, ruby bracelets and mink coats...
According to the FBI, Valeri says that Fleisher was present when all five suspects planned the robbery and split the loot...
Boston Police Commissioner Edmund McNamara immediately raised the possibility of a "damned radical, damned revolutionary" plot involving more than the five suspects. Others questioned the greater-conspiracy theory, but suggested that three of the bank robbers were bent on using the loot to finance their radical cause. Though novel in the U.S. today, the idea is not entirely new. Quebec separatist terrorists have long been suspected of robbing Montreal banks in order to support their movement. Some South American revolutionaries have tried similar capers. But if the plot theory is correct, it could represent a basic departure in radical tactics...
Most of the 100 people present remained bystanders or tried to persuade the others not to trash or loot. About 25 seemed to want a confrontation...
...what little it's worth, a black cat of a preacher (Calvin Lockhart) collects $87,000 from Harlem residents for a back-to-Africa movement, then gets involved in a blood-spattered holdup while making off with the loot. Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques are the soul detectives that set about tracking him. It is at best a rickety track. Cambridge is a terribly funny comedian and a terribly unconvincing actor; St. Jacques is a splendid dramatic actor who comes on as a melodramatic heavy in such a farce. Everything that happens is supposed to be very, very...