Their search was interrupted when roger clark walked in.
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Jack murph the surf murphy heist mastermind dies at 83 an amazing story.
Allan kuhn and jack murph the surf murphy center left and right suspects in the museum of natural history jewel heist on arrival at kennedy airport in 1964.
In the penthouse investigators found a museum floor plan brochures on its gem collections and sneakers with glass shards on the soles.
He called himself murph the surf a tanned roguish party loving beach boy from miami and he transfixed the nation in 1964 by pulling off the biggest jewel heist in new york city history the celebrated snatching of the star of india a sapphire larger than a golf ball and a haul of other gems.
Based on tommy wonder s classic ring watch wallet effect a trick with a one hundred year history irish stand up comedian and magician jack wise has reimagined the workings of this trick so that they are far more practical and reliable than previous versions.
In 1967 he and a miami thug jack griffith met terry rae frank and annelie mohn secretaries who had stolen 500 000 in securities from a california brokerage where they worked.
He called himself murph the surf a tanned roguish party loving beach boy from miami and he transfixed the nation in 1964 by pulling off the biggest jewel heist in new york city history the celebrated snatching of the star of india a sapphire larger than a golf ball and a haul of other gems from the american museum of natural history.
He admitted to the theft and said mr.