Word: tiernan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...point the underworld contacted Tiernan and Daly and offered its help. Criminals were getting as tired of the investigation as the police were. Attorney General Francis E. Kelly even offered the extra reward of immunity to anyone who would talk...
...investigation of the Brink's case itself seems to be running in circles. Only last week it was reported that local officials were very willing to talk about the case, hoping that publicity would stir up new leads. But large, ruddy police captain francis M. Tiernan leans back in his chair and says, "Of course we never talk about a crime under investigation. That's asinine...
Although neither Tiernan, nor James F. Daly, Deputy Superintendent of Police, nor F.B.I. Bureau Chief Edward A. Soney will give out the slightest hint as to the progress of the case, they have switched their attention to different leads almost weekly. Descriptions of the getaway vehicle have varied from two cars to one truck. An attempt was made to link the robbery to everyone from a gang that robbed the Sturtevant plant in Readville, New York, to a prominent Boston bookie. Arrests have included a soldier in New York and a farmer in Stoughton...