Molly Conger

And other aspects of Frank's story would require a trip to the National Archive to sift through dusty boxes of ancient court transcripts and an unlikely degree of transparency from the Central Intelligence Agency or a deathbed confession from a mobster or a few tell-all memoirs from U.S. Marshals to ever hope to sort out. The rest is somewhere in between.

And other aspects of Frank's story would require a trip to the National Archive to sift through dusty boxes of ancient court transcripts and an unlikely degree of transparency from the Central Intelligence Agency or a deathbed confession from a mobster or a few tell-all memoirs from U.S. Marshals to ever hope to sort out. The rest is somewhere in between.

But I'll stick with what we do know to be true. And I said this story begins outside of a bank. On February 23rd, 1962, Frank Sweeney skipped school. Shortly after 9 a.m., he walked into a bank in Englewood, New Jersey, approached the teller, and slid a plastic toy gun that he'd painted black out of a manila envelope. I'd like to make a withdrawal, he told the teller as he cocked the toy pistol.

But I'll stick with what we do know to be true. And I said this story begins outside of a bank. On February 23rd, 1962, Frank Sweeney skipped school. Shortly after 9 a.m., he walked into a bank in Englewood, New Jersey, approached the teller, and slid a plastic toy gun that he'd painted black out of a manila envelope. I'd like to make a withdrawal, he told the teller as he cocked the toy pistol.

But I'll stick with what we do know to be true. And I said this story begins outside of a bank. On February 23rd, 1962, Frank Sweeney skipped school. Shortly after 9 a.m., he walked into a bank in Englewood, New Jersey, approached the teller, and slid a plastic toy gun that he'd painted black out of a manila envelope. I'd like to make a withdrawal, he told the teller as he cocked the toy pistol.

I don't know if the teller could tell the gun was fake, or if she just didn't think this gangly red-headed teenager had it in him to shoot her. Or maybe she just was having a bad day and didn't care anymore. Because according to local news reports, she sneered at him, got up, and walked away, leaving him standing there alone at the counter with his toy gun.

I don't know if the teller could tell the gun was fake, or if she just didn't think this gangly red-headed teenager had it in him to shoot her. Or maybe she just was having a bad day and didn't care anymore. Because according to local news reports, she sneered at him, got up, and walked away, leaving him standing there alone at the counter with his toy gun.

I don't know if the teller could tell the gun was fake, or if she just didn't think this gangly red-headed teenager had it in him to shoot her. Or maybe she just was having a bad day and didn't care anymore. Because according to local news reports, she sneered at him, got up, and walked away, leaving him standing there alone at the counter with his toy gun.

And bewildered by the teller's apparent disinterest in being held at gunpoint, he just put the plastic pistol back in his pocket, turned around, and walked out the front door. And as he was leaving, an off-duty policeman just happened to be walking into the bank. An employee told the officer what had just happened, and he turned right around and caught Frank just outside.

And bewildered by the teller's apparent disinterest in being held at gunpoint, he just put the plastic pistol back in his pocket, turned around, and walked out the front door. And as he was leaving, an off-duty policeman just happened to be walking into the bank. An employee told the officer what had just happened, and he turned right around and caught Frank just outside.

And bewildered by the teller's apparent disinterest in being held at gunpoint, he just put the plastic pistol back in his pocket, turned around, and walked out the front door. And as he was leaving, an off-duty policeman just happened to be walking into the bank. An employee told the officer what had just happened, and he turned right around and caught Frank just outside.

He dragged him back inside the bank to be identified by the teller. And as the patrolman is making the arrest, Frank says to him, well, I guess it didn't work. Later, under interrogation, he would tell the officers that his plan had been to support the movement, to use the money from the bank robbery to support the activities of the American Nazi Party under George Lincoln Rockwell.

He dragged him back inside the bank to be identified by the teller. And as the patrolman is making the arrest, Frank says to him, well, I guess it didn't work. Later, under interrogation, he would tell the officers that his plan had been to support the movement, to use the money from the bank robbery to support the activities of the American Nazi Party under George Lincoln Rockwell.

He dragged him back inside the bank to be identified by the teller. And as the patrolman is making the arrest, Frank says to him, well, I guess it didn't work. Later, under interrogation, he would tell the officers that his plan had been to support the movement, to use the money from the bank robbery to support the activities of the American Nazi Party under George Lincoln Rockwell.

At his arraignment, the judge asked Frank, aren't you the fellow who's been painting swastikas on synagogues around here? Frank denied this, and he told the judge, I never did anything illegal in my life. And then he pleaded guilty to the attempted bank robbery.

At his arraignment, the judge asked Frank, aren't you the fellow who's been painting swastikas on synagogues around here? Frank denied this, and he told the judge, I never did anything illegal in my life. And then he pleaded guilty to the attempted bank robbery.

At his arraignment, the judge asked Frank, aren't you the fellow who's been painting swastikas on synagogues around here? Frank denied this, and he told the judge, I never did anything illegal in my life. And then he pleaded guilty to the attempted bank robbery.

There's no other mention of Frank in connection with that anti-Semitic vandalism the judge mentioned, but I did find several newspaper articles about incidents of that sort from the prior two years, when Frank would have still been a minor. In January 1960, three unnamed teenage boys were accused of painting swastikas on parked cars in Emerson, just eight miles away.

There's no other mention of Frank in connection with that anti-Semitic vandalism the judge mentioned, but I did find several newspaper articles about incidents of that sort from the prior two years, when Frank would have still been a minor. In January 1960, three unnamed teenage boys were accused of painting swastikas on parked cars in Emerson, just eight miles away.

There's no other mention of Frank in connection with that anti-Semitic vandalism the judge mentioned, but I did find several newspaper articles about incidents of that sort from the prior two years, when Frank would have still been a minor. In January 1960, three unnamed teenage boys were accused of painting swastikas on parked cars in Emerson, just eight miles away.