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p 10 weekender march 9 1996 it i s infamous boyd gang had hideout at musselman lake were you shaking your bootie in the 70s with kool and the gang in those crazy disco days they werent really a gang at all just a bunch of guys singing disco and getting down and dirty not like the james gang now that was a real rowdy bunch jessie james led a band of hard drinkin hard livin cowboys on one robbery heist after another nearly a century later in the 1950s toronto and york region had its own pistol shooting bank rob bing bad boys the boyd gang if town of whitchurchstouffville tender call sealed tenders for the following contracts placed in the envelopes provided clearly marked as to contents will be received by the clerks department municipal offices 19 civic avenue stouffville ontario l4a 7z6 until thursday march 21 st 1996 300 pm local time contract ws9602 road sweeping the contract consists of the supply and operation of street sweepers as specified in the tender contract ws9603 gradall rental the work is for the supply and operation of a gradall unit suitable to mechanically excavate ditches andor road bases for the term of this contract as outlined in the tender if information is required please contact the public works department at 905 640- 1900 or 8952423 the corporation of the town of whitchurch- stouffville reserves the right to accept or reject any tender and also reserves the right to accept other than the lowest bidder before the police brought down the boyd gang they hid out in our own backyard yes musselman lake was a temporary home to the notorious gang for a time during their spree of terror many residents will remember the story of the gang well edwin alonzo boyd first became known to the toronto police when he was arrested after a botched bank robbery the birth of the boyd gang occurred shortly after in a dark cell at the toronto jail boyds cellmates leonard jackson and william jackson not related were to play prominent parts in the future activities of the gang on november 4 1951 the three gangsters made a successful jailbreak leonard headed for montreal with bis girlfriend anne roberts prior to the escape he had made arrangements with another unsavory character by the name of valent lesso it was lessos job to find a hiding place for boyd and william jackson the terrible threesome robbed a toronto bank and quickly went their separate ways to avoid detection little did lessos parents joseph and elizabeth know their home would become a hideout for two weeks for two of the rob bers boyd and william jackson thought the coal bin at lessos parents home would be the perfect spot to stash their cash but they were wrong joseph lesso easily found the money and took off to the united 1 m 1 rural route ruth ruth leblanc wanted income tax returns reasonable single and family rates reasonable small business rates including bookkeeping very fast and accurate call now at 9056405057 states for a vaca tion i think the term shop til you drop was coined by our mr lesso he lived like a king for several weeks and police in the us later found evidence j that it was a pret ty lavish holiday for a factory janitor on learning their money was gone jackson and boyd went to quebec and moved in with valent lesso and mary his common law wife where they plotted further robberies now mary had a special job with the gang on their return forays from quebec to toron to before a robbery would take place mary would scout out a hiding spot the holdups all took place in east york north york and toronto mary would book rooms in one of the motels on the outskirts of the city where the gang would hold up until the coast was clear to make a getaway back to quebec about this time bad guy william jackson was arrested in montreal for causing a disturbance on december 28 1951 in a restaurant william was car rying a revolver which proved to be his downfall police checked him out and found out he was a want ed man kingston penitentiary was williams new home for the next 29 years on january 25 1952 the gang travelled from que bec to toronto once again and proceeded to rob a toronto dominion bank on kingston road they col lected about 10000 with that heist by march funds were low and another robbery this time on college street was planned this time the take was close to 25000 naturally the string of holdups resulted in an intense hunt to apprehend the boyd gang and two eager policemen sergeant of detectives edmund tong and detective sergeant roy perry were hot on their trail next week in part two gun shots fatally wound detective and the boyd gangs reign of terror comes to an end joseph lesso easily found the money and took off to the united states for a vacation i think the term shop til you drop was coined by our mr lesso fcv i j w0rks wallcovering paint emporium w j 3058100 highway 7 at mccowan road home w0r order from home behind mcdonalds across from markville hours monday to friday 930 am to 9 pm saturday 930 am to 6 pm sunday 12 noon 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