On March 8, 1934, in broad daylight, Mais and Legenza (Robert Mais and Walter Legenza), the ruthless heads of the notorious “Tri-State Gang,” robbed a mail truck thought to be carrying currency from a local Federal Reserve Bank, killing the driver, at a site behind Broad Street Station (now the Science Museum of Virginia). Foxo, assigned to get drawings of the crime scene, jumped into a cab. He told the driver who he was and what he was about, and then asked the driver, “Are you with me?” To which the driver replied, “Yes.” Crossing over the bridge where the crime took place, and where only law enforcement personnel were allowed, Foxo jumped from the cab and began sketching. Within moments the police came after him, and he jumped back in the cab and it sped off. Moments later the cab arrived again at the crime scene. More sketches were drawn, and that action sequence was repeated several times until Foxo had all the sketches he needed. {Taken from my book, “Whistling Down the Halls, The Times and Cartoons of America’s Original Pantomime Comic Strip Artist” M. Reardon, son of Foxo Reardon.}
On March 8, 1934, in broad daylight, Mais and Legenza (Robert Mais and Walter Legenza), the ruthless heads of the notorious “Tri-State Gang,” robbed a mail truck thought to be carrying currency from a local Federal Reserve Bank, killing the driver, at a site behind Broad Street Station (now the Science Museum of Virginia). Foxo, assigned to get drawings of the crime scene, jumped into a cab. He told the driver who he was and what he was about, and then asked the driver, “Are you with me?” To which the driver replied, “Yes.” Crossing over the bridge where the crime took place, and where only law enforcement personnel were allowed, Foxo jumped from the cab and began sketching. Within moments the police came after him, and he jumped back in the cab and it sped off. Moments later the cab arrived again at the crime scene. More sketches were drawn, and that action sequence was repeated several times until Foxo had all the sketches he needed. {Taken from my book, “Whistling Down the Halls, The Times and Cartoons of America’s Original Pantomime Comic Strip Artist” M. Reardon, son of Foxo Reardon.}