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While working at the Broomfield Bank in 1929 and 1930, Joseph Latronico was twice held up in a bank robbery
<br />and locked in the bank vault.
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<br />GASHIER USED
<br />TO HOLDUPS
<br />Joseph La Tronico Was Vic-
<br />tim of Thug Last
<br />Year
<br />Beim held up, rated and thrust
<br />into L' vault b]r an armed' robber ye:5-
<br />terday Was no new Experience fair
<br />Joseph La Tronico, cashier of the
<br />)YrooinfieId Sta[c Bank,
<br />I Tronico was one of five persons
<br />locked in the game vault by a. lone
<br />man who hold up the bank aid
<br />I -a+obbed it. of 51184U on Feb- 20, 1929,
<br />L.a Tr fl1C and Clyde Dunning
<br />• vwere alone to the bank when the
<br />thug entered and knocked Damning i
<br />down with his clubbed revolver.
<br />Unawan that a holdup was being
<br />staged, four customers walked into 1
<br />the bank and were quickly locked in- 1
<br />Ehe villa with the msiatent cashier.
<br />Tie holdup escaped in an automo- 1
<br />bile. parked in front of the bank by c
<br />one of the men imprisoned in the -1
<br />vault,
<br />In 1027 a S}adfe belonging 10 a 1
<br />Broomfield grain elevator was stolen. ]
<br />and fn 1909 the pcetof1iee vas the 1
<br />1ce]tc cif a holdup. 2
<br />News articles from the Rocky Mountain Daily, September 3, 1930. Joseph LaTronico is shown top left.
<br />Mary and Philip lived at 945 Caledonia until Philip's death in 1942. Mary continued to live there through WWII
<br />and eventually moved to Denver to live with her daughters. Before her death in 1956, Mary transferred the
<br />property to her daughters Anne and Elaine Latronico. From 1953-1961, Dave and Dorothy LaSalle Ferguson lived
<br />at the house. Some renovations were made to the house around 1956-57 while the Fergusons were living there.
<br />In 1963 Anne Latronico sold the property to Amelia LaSalle who was Dorothy LaSalle's aunt by marriage. Dorothy
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