I ROB BANKS: THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS! The Story of Bank Robber Willie

Hardback, 1st US edn. For 40yrs. Dannie Vale kept his mouth shut about one of America's most brutal, unsolved murders - a case 'still' on the FBI's "active list." He now tells all. In 1947, the 20th century's most notorious bank robber - Willie Sutton - made his third escape from prison. Driving the getaway car as it sped from Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison was Sutton's longtime lover. Also in the car was a "borrowed" 10yr. old Dannie Vale, who was fated to cross Sutton's path a few years later. By 1951, Sutton had made so many unauthorised withdrawals from what he called "money stores" (banks) that he became the "Number One Most Wanted Man in America," with a $70,000 reward on his head. Meanwhile, Dannie Vale was being sexually molested by his mother and aunt, and grew into a troubled teenager whose felonious and sexual adventures rivaled those of hardened criminals 3 times his age. In 1952, Sutton was spotted on a Brooklyn subway train by 24yr. old Arnold Schuster, who followed Sutton and hailed a police car. "Lucky" Arnold Schuster became known as "The Man Who Spotted Sutton" - but the glory-seeking hero enjoyed his fame for only 19 days. Mob hitmen mercilessly gunned him down in the streets of Brooklyn after using Dannie Vale to inadvertently set-up the unsuspecting Schuster. The murder was carried out in an unusually vicious and sadistic manner to teach "squealers and stoolies" a lesson they'd never forget. Public outrage was immediate. Police and legal authorities were forced to conduct an unprecedented international manhunt for Schuster's killers. The results were fruitless. The murder of Arnold Schuster remained unsolved and on the FBI's active list - until the publication of this book. Now the author breaks Dannie Vale's 40yrs of silence and finally solves the murder of Arnold Schuster. 361pp. 8vo. h/back. With tiny label on fpd, and v. small 'S' rubber stamp on lower edge o/w Nr F. in nr. f. dw.