I met Mr. Madaj when he and his wife lived in college town around 1973. We knew nothing of his past. He lived across the street from my friends wifes family where we would spend time hanging out. He was always sitting on the porch, never doing anything or talking to anyone.

On the 4th of July we asked him if he would like to join us for a beer, he said he would love one but he couldn't make the walk across the street due to his health, so we brought him one over and sat with him a bit. He proceeded to tell us his history, much to our amazement.
He told us about the bank robbery and keeping a room at a farm out by munger and told us about a suitcase being buried on the site, full of cash with 2 Thompson machine guns wrapped in oilcloth. He said it was buried in a different location than this story states. He said he tried to find it but couldn't locate it and encouraged us to find the farm and look for the suitcase, as " we seemed to be the type of kids who would have fun with that stuff".
I have been researching the man and his story for 50 years, having forgotten his name, and this story is the most accurate story to what he told me. He mentioned the farm he was at is gone and now part of a large truck farm consisting of multiple bought out family farms.