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The article reports on the largest cash theft in the history of the U.S. It considers the mail-truck robbery in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1962, wherein it has stolen 1.55 million dollars in cash and the Brinks hold-up in Boston, Massachusetts in 1950, wherein it grabbed 1.2 million of the 2.78 million dollars in cash. Moreover, the fortress-like facility in Chicago, Purolator Security Inc., has been the target among robbers as it stashes an estimated 25 million in cash over weekends.

The article focuses on a plan announced by New York City Mayor John Lindsay to check the increasing number of taxi robberies in the city. It presents an analysis of incidents where the cashboxes were looted and cab drivers murdered. It suggests the use of lockboxes where the fares will remain deposited until they are opened at the taxi garage. It discusses the opinions of taxi riders and drivers on the use of lockboxes, and the costs associated with installing lockboxes in all the cabs.