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iz 4 wEl ' N EVEâ€"WITNESS ACCOUNT: Brighton resident recalls robbery yoRrnbabcacars _ pay aAu vry) 03 : CECILIA NASMITH hope hey dont come in +n/ â€" W t o o o f . enssmith@nortomberendtod®ycom . ‘Cwhich is precisely what | O s O O un COLBORNE â€" The recent happened at 10 minutes to 4 3 0s «k af’“:e 32 . 0 : s sys oo t 5 psgin bithday ol Colbarn® Uif, ' 38 h c oo ooo . e 0h oo e has turned thoughts to the "It was scary. When they : wl s . s Ais o e c e municipality‘s history. came in through the door, he [ P â€" m â€" e s ’*,‘i e ; 4 Many stories have been kept saying, ‘Come on, six, ‘~ 9 : L e Afffiz P L B .¢ )fi C en { shared in recent weeks, but _ come on, six.‘ It was a code | â€"â€"| m _ . k. e n ~" e e nc some still remember the time. _ they had," she recalled. l u.. :g e d . j% L0 uo o ies * the infamous Edwin Alonzo Boyd headed right Eu_r t_he e $#%.. 9 dn ae e .. t 22 NE rg,f« § _ .. ‘‘% 3 | Boyd â€" object of the biggest offiqe of manager Bob Virgin. | _ t +.) flfif & ‘@ CH : s _ Oe 3 © manhunt in Canadian history _ During their trip to the vault, . | se a 3 m . yB _ & |\â€"5>f â€" pulled a bank heist at the _ he hit him over the head with fls o ul Tt & se . 4 | & CIBC. h-ifi gun. € w 22 Shime j P.j | * _ The original CIBC has been The doctor said another % i : 3 | & replaced with a oneâ€"story | quarterâ€"inch that way would M aee! : x ' | i modern bank near the have killed him," she said. I - !;;’“ I cacvoas 4. Becker‘s store in this little He told Mac.Rultherford to wiau." i community. But it was a grand . get down. He didn‘t get down _ * t Leg" j i on 1 twoâ€"storey redâ€"brick building fast enough, and he hit him on M g $ ~. W ; Ee nales | 5 in 1951, when Brighton resiâ€" thfi head, too. t 0s Te > fls : tÂ¥ 4 8e ¢? | dent Helen Haigâ€" then Heletl': g'IZLgeB&r::st ;v:isnpgreagtnflt; l r . . & es w I 2%. â€" | ... s 2t t work an og l e N_ .. ap ult t 76 3 Th . £% .1‘ _ s tmAE ... desk. He pushed her down on 4 im 93% _ yFj c F4 d w HelP ,e n i _ Asked about the experiem:e.f l&tlartygew"mer and said to stay f r"" Tgfiw d ~ « owaal JS y $ BM e . ‘i"‘f@k, @ Haig displays a number 0 w5 I yo k i > .. uds mt pe. _ | T. s /‘ C us i se 4e _ jâ€" 6 i clipgp‘mgg a}l")out the Boyd Percy Moore hid héh}nd his jf % % ,p l ‘f _'7 ,;:.’- h 8 @ ‘ ;"", i gang. desk and they saw it, she y f\ “?J" y 2 U i + o mmer oBs *â€"~ "That‘s Alonzo, . that‘s â€"added. But as long as he was . | o. 4 /5 § ¢ ooo > T ~â€"~ ww â€" * Leonard Jackson and l:ljorman quieti:l;f;n%lg[gflgt"?tway- they _ [ & & vi ..‘ ‘ [ s f@" 3 \. § 5;3 e ( Boyd â€" they‘re all dead now," . were ns C _ diwimig d _ e @9 sns enmmemmtpneme lt ... .7 ~ .+ 0y t shg says, exzylrm'ming a clipping "We all on the floor, piled on _ |f 3 \-.‘k ;: ~< M ienss _ _M A s meees F #i% from 1996 â€" 30 years after â€" top of each other. We were 7 M Ba &;\ k _ ’”“ifé‘ m | [R .. «Boyd was released, following . paralyzed," she said â€" except %‘ l .( o oo mm cce aentatnn inss ccoens . Ns 0 14 years in the Kingston peniâ€" one of the ladies who was [R â€" _ . ° §R _ . é.« & : W s > tentiary. whimpering. & ~+*u9.. (<i L [ & o _ Haig knows the full story by _ "Leonard Jackson keptwalk= "â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" _ CECIUIANASMITH Sun Media now, of the former hobo who _ ing back and forth, swinging s N on a 4 joined the Canadian Army and _ his gun. He said, ‘Shut up, Brlg!ltt:m resident Helen Haig shows off the 1951 photo of her gang from work enjoying a soothing cup of tea after a robbgry by the infamous came back from the Second _ lady, or I‘ll let you have it.‘ 1 _ Edwin Alonzo Boyd gang. From left, the photo shows Marg Barnes, Cicely Scroggs, Vivian Jones, Kathy Jud and herself, with manager Bob World War with a German _ put my hand over her mouth, â€" Virgin in the background. * Luger â€" which he used in â€" and then she quieted down." 4 1949 to pull his first bank robâ€" Charles Woods owned the . the gang got away with about _ among their vietims. Jackson . sisters in stress. She called it . hell! bery in Toronto. Queen‘s Hotel in those days. $5,000 â€" a lot of money back was hanged that year, along Remember, Cicely? Or The And as we scurry, fret and His career was â€" well Larry Glasgow, the accounâ€" . then, Haig pointed out. with gang member Steve Ballad of the Boyd Gang: fumble, advanced the day he came to . tant, got away and ran over And in spite of how free they _ Suchan. Boyd lived out his life The year was 1951. They get away with quite a Colborne. Haig was at work there for help â€" though he were with their gun butts, no â€" peacefully after his release, _ The bank‘s work was nearly bundle. with her friends Marg Barnes, _ couldn‘t talk for a few minutes. _ bullets were fired until the getâ€" _ dying in 2002 at the age of 88. _ done, But the years have blown it Vivian Jones, Cicely Scroggs Finally, he gave Woods the away. The police turned Haig would work at CIBC We were about to fold our _ all away and Kathy Jud. They enjoyed _ news, and Woods called in the . around after that, she said. four years before marrying . books, And look how brave we are working todgether and â€"most (alarm.«\" "After it was over, Mr. Woods . husband Doug. They had the When through the door . today. days â€" had a lot of fun. ? "The police didn‘t hurry to brought us a pot of tea, and _ licence bureau in Brighton for _ came four crooks o inritrene w on l B0 U "But not that day," she get there," Haig commented, . that helped," Haig said. .85 years, and she is grateful. = Armed with guns and pillow _ I reefied. l 7. but they arrived in time to _ She still treasures the blackâ€" she never had to work at a â€" cases, 9 SEND US "Around two o‘clock, Cicely pursue the gang as they â€" andâ€"white photo of her friends â€" bankagain. Hostility and hoppedâ€"up _ a you was looking out the window. _ headed north on their getâ€" . pouring thatspecial pot of tea. Several years ago, Barnes . faces. 4 } RST‘ORY She said, ‘Look at those guys â€" away. j The E)llowing year, the gang. wrote her own poem about _ . We didn‘t take it very well. Cente m eroe es ty a uk out there. Theflg&(y ‘ggu%%” j g[n the end, they estjhmated would count a policeman . the ordeal and mailed it to her In fact, we were all scared as _ WWW.northumberlandtoday.com Von [ h .& â€" 9 ESS o 0 og enc e ogn Avcremneemeni . w ces 9R & «ie oi Arlhk