The weather had been wet and cold, the political news was chilling, and the price of wine had risen. Parisians last week warmed up to crime news. The sensational Paris-Presse reported that its circulation had risen from 400,000 to 500,000.
What of the Night? Biggest crime was the theft from an Orly airfield customs shed of over $168,000 worth of gold, awaiting shipment to the Bank of Indo-China. With a departing Paris-Algiers plane drowning out their noise, three men had broken into the shed after midnight, heaved three kegs of the gold into a small sedan and driven away. Most memorable...
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