Paul Jaworski
| Paul Jaworski | |
|---|---|
| Born | Paul Poluszynski 1900 Poland |
| Died | (aged 28/29) State Correctional Institution - Rockview |
| Cause of death | Capital punishment by electrocution |
| Resting place | Prison Cemetery, Rockview[1] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Known for | Coverdale armored car robbery |
| Relatives | Sam Jaworski, Tom Pallas, Catherine Logan |
Paul Jaworski (born Paul Poluszynski, 1900, died January 21, 1929) was a Polish-American gangster born in Poland. He immigrated to the United States in 1905. Although born to Catholic parents, when offered the services of a chaplain before his execution Jaworski said:
"I preached atheism since the day I quit singing the choir. A man is yellow if he spends his life believing in nothing and then comes crawling to the church because he is afraid his death is near."[2]
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The first armored car robbery
He was the leader of the "Flatheads" gang, who committed the first-ever armored car robbery, on March 11, 1927.[3][4] The gang stole over $104,000 from an armored vehicle on Brightwood Road, Bethel Park, 7 miles outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[5] 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.
Detroit News payroll robbery
The gang was also known for the payroll robbery of The Detroit News business offices in 1928.[6]
Execution
He was sentenced to death in Pennsylvania on January 2, but received a stay of execution, until a sanity evaluation could be completed.[7] Jaworski was executed by electric chair in Pennsylvania for a separate payroll robbery which resulted in a murder.[6] The execution took place on January 21, 1929.[8]
See also
References
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Great Detroit News Payroll Robbery, Detroit History, at detnews.com, 5/1/2000
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