October 29

Jack are you out of your mind? We’ll never get away with it.
Jack “Murph the Surf” Murphy visited the American Museum of Natural History on the 29th in 1964. While walking around the museum he visited one of the restrooms and unlocked a window. Later that evening, Murph the Surf, accompanied by Alan Kuhn and Roger Clark returned to the museum after it had closed for the day. The 565-carat Star of India sapphire was the only gem protected by an alarm. Murph the Surf was pleasantly surprised to discover that the battery that powered the Star of India’s alarm was dead. He took the gem and some others, most notably the Eagle Diamond and the de Long Ruby. The trio was arrested two days later. The Star of India was recovered from a locker in a Miami, Florida bus station. The Eagle Diamond was never recovered.