The Nice Bank Robbery

In July 1976, a gang led by Albert Spaggiari tunneled into the vault of the Société Générale bank in Nice, France, over a weekend, stealing an estimated $8-10 million in cash and valuables. The thieves left the message "Without weapons, without hatred, without violence" on the vault wall. Spaggiari was eventually arrested but made a dramatic escape by leaping out a courthouse window. He was never recaptured and died a free man in 1989.