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Joseph James "SPECS" O'Keefe>Great Brinks Robbery 1950-BOSTON
Posted by: chris collins (ID *****7656) Date: June 18, 2006 at 19:45:26
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JOSEPH JAMES "SPECS" O'KEEFE WAS BORN IN BOSTON IN 1908 TO EDWARD CORNELIUS O'KEEFE AND CATHERINE (HURNEY) O'KEEFE.

HE WAS IN AND OUT OF TROUBLE ALL OF HIS LIFE.

HE MARRIED MARY GERST AND HAD ONE SON NAMED DAVID.

HE WAS ONE OF THE ROBBERS OF THE GREAT BRINKS ROBBERY OF 1950, WHICH OCCURED ON JANUARY 17, 1950 IN BOSTON MASS.
HE DIED IN 1976 OUT IN CALIFORNIA WHILE LIVING UNDER THE ALIAS OF PAUL WILLIAMS.

HE AND BOB CONSIDINE WROTE A BOOK IN 1961 ENTITLED "THE MEN WHO ROBBED THE BRINKS"

http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/brinks/brinks.htm

ANY RELATIVES OUT THERE????


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