27th May
2010
Employing tactics of Chicago’s gangland, and armed with a machine gun and large caliber automatics, two desperate bandits yesterday noon sent a stream of bullets into the Agua Caliente money car as it crossed the National City dike, killed the two occupants of the machine and escaped with $85,000 in cash and checks. . .
Read about the Heist on the Dike.
The late Dr. Paul Vanderwood–professor emeritus at San Diego State University–wrote a superb history of the Agua Caliente resort. Satan’s Playground: Mobsters And Movie Stars At America’s Greatest Gaming Resort (Duke University, 2010) includes a very full account of the money car robbery. –Richard.