Paul Jaworski

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Paul Jaworski (born 1900 died on January 2, 1929) (real name: Paul Poluszynski) was a Polish-American gangster originally born in Poland. He immigrated to the United States in 1905. He was the leader of the "Flatheads" gang, who committed the first-ever armored car robbery, on March 11, 1927.[1][2] The gang stole over $104,000 from an armored vehicle on Bethel Road, 7 miles outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The bandits placed a landmine under the roadbed, and made off with money that was on its way to Coverdale, Pennsylvania for the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company. The gang was also known for the payroll robbery of the Detroit News business offices in 1928[3].

Jaworski was later executed by electric chair in Pennsylvania for a separate payroll robbery which resulted in a murder.[4].

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  1. ^ | Top 10 Inventions in Money Technology | ATM Marketplace
  2. ^ On-This-Day.com - March 11
  3. ^ The Great Detroit News Payroll Robbery, Detroit History, at detnews.com, 5/1/2000
  4. ^ The Great Detroit News Payroll Robbery, Detroit History, at detnews.com, 5/1/2000
  • Paul Kavieff, The Violent Years: Prohibition and the Detroit Mobs (Gangsters and Rum Runners). Barricade Books (2001). ISBN 1-56980-210-6