The top story in the 7 Nov. 1974 edition of The Caymanian Compass had this intriguing headline: ‘Chicago Vault Heist Ends In Cayman’. Three Americans, suspected of being part of a six-man crew who had stolen US$4.3 million from a Chicago Armoured Express vault on 20 Oct., which was called the “biggest cash robbery ever to take place in the US”, had flown to Cayman after the crime. They were said to have deposited $1.5 million in a Cayman bank. Two US FBI agents accompanied two of the men to Miami where they were arrested. The other man had returned to Chicago and surrendered to police there. The story made international headlines, with Superintendent Derrick Tricker of the RCIPS Criminal Investigation Unit, assisting the FBI.
The editorial led with a discussion of how the local press was treated in trying to cover the above event. While the news made international headlines, in Cayman, the police, who often kept information “as most guarded secrets”, in this case did not “give the barest speck of information to the Local Press”. Calling that “ridiculous”, the editorial said the press was relegated to “second place in an incident of world interest which occurred in the very heart of our capital”.
A photo of page 7 showed two North Side residents planting two palm trees on a tiny acre-sized island, “which just seemed to grow from the residue of dredging” near Sand Point. The first time they planted trees they were stolen in a week, and in this latest effort, the thieves took just one day, despite a sign saying, “Don’t remove these trees from Palm Island”. The writer implored, if they plant again, “leave them alone”.
The soccer roundup on page 15 told of Benfica beating Barclays 3-0, with the help of goal scorer Renard Moxam and goaltender Peter Milburn, who was pictured making a save.
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