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...investigation of the Brink's case itself seems to be running in circles. Only last week it was reported that local officials were very willing to talk about the case, hoping that publicity would stir up new leads. But large, ruddy police captain francis M. Tiernan leans back in his chair and says, "Of course we never talk about a crime under investigation. That's asinine...
Although neither Tiernan, nor James F. Daly, Deputy Superintendent of Police, nor F.B.I. Bureau Chief Edward A. Soney will give out the slightest hint as to the progress of the case, they have switched their attention to different leads almost weekly. Descriptions of the getaway vehicle have varied from two cars to one truck. An attempt was made to link the robbery to everyone from a gang that robbed the Sturtevant plant in Readville, New York, to a prominent Boston bookie. Arrests have included a soldier in New York and a farmer in Stoughton...
...wives went along, but most of them just left their husbands at Kansas City's Union Station in the care of Monsignor Curtis Tiernan. Some of the ladies felt a little trepidation. Pug-nosed, cheerful Monsignor Tiernan, the boys' old World War I chaplain, had never been a stern watchdog and he didn't look like one. His charges-staid-looking Midwest businessmen-were kicking up a mild and happy uproar when the train pulled out. They were the boys of Harry Truman's old Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, A.E.F., on their way to Washington...
They trained at Fort Sill. A chaplain-not Father Tiernan-undertook to give them a lecture on clean living. A rugged man, the chaplain stepped into a ring one night to make his point. He called for challengers. The boys of Battery D shoved Tommy Murphy into the ring. The chaplain held his finger in front of his own nose. "You try to hit it, son," he said. "I'll just show you what clean living and coordination do for you." With studied innocence, Tommy made a wild swing which the well coordinated chaplain easily ducked. "See?" said...
...Wednesday morning, nursing a few hangovers-but only a few-the veterans of Battery D pulled into Washington. With canes and Battery D armbands, they went peacefully off to Monsignor Tiernan's Mass at St. Matthew's Church, said in memory of 70-odd comrades who had died in France or since. Said one veteran: "In the old days we used to land somewhere, get in a fight first and then we'd go to Mass. We're getting...