Show daring wing bandits ignore crowd loot jewelry daredevils get in diamonds threaten owners family birmingham ALA six b ban an aits working in plain view of pe les arians robbed a downtown birding ham jewelry store of diamonds valued at about with utter disregard for the crowds on the city s main thorough fare lare where the store is located the jewel thieves worked without even bothering to pull the bl rids police chief C floyd eddins said several passersby passers by noticed the men inside but thought they were clerks locking up the display of precious gems for the night threaten family he ordered a four state alarm for members of the gang who were de scribed only as young looking the thieves following a plan that obviously had been drawn up with meticulous care first went to the residence of louis W perry owner of the swank establishment ahey they knew the jeweler was still down town they forced perry s ill and terri fled wife to get them the bombina tion lion to her husband husbands s gem vault threatening to kill her and the per ry s 15 year old daughter if she did not comply perry arrived a few minutes later As he walked in the front ioor door he was struck from behind by the butt end of a pistol before he realized what was going on he was trussed up with a rope the six men then split their ranks three remaining behind to guard the family and keep them from spread ing an alarm the others after tak ing perry s key chain that would get them into the store and into the jewel cases went to get the dia monds keep gang posted they worked swiftly but calmly scooping up approximately of the best selections one man stayed at the telephone calling the perry home periodically to tell their confederates how things were coming along after the job was finished they turned out the lights locked the store carefully and returned to the perry home they made a clean getaway in their victim s car after binding the family state troopers in alabama ten bessee georgia and mississippi were advised of the theft and asked to watch all suspicious cars |