Historical sketch of the police service of Hartford, from 1636 to 1901, from authoritative sources. Illustrating and describing the economy, equipment and effectiveness of the police force of to-day. (14761101244)

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Title: Historical sketch of the police service of Hartford, from 1636 to 1901, from authoritative sources. Illustrating and describing the economy, equipment and effectiveness of the police force of to-day. With reminiscences of the past, including some notes of important cases
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Weaver, Thomas S. (Thomas Snell) Hartford Police Mutual Aid Association
Subjects: Police -- Connecticut Hartford
Publisher: Hartford, The Hartford Police Mutual Aid Association
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Connecticut Libraries



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having been found done up in her back hair. Atthe September term of the court she was sentenced to two yearsin jail, after a plea of guilty. She professed herself a fatalistand attempted no defense. She was about forty-five years old, History of Police Department, Hartford, Connecticut. 115 tall, dressed in conventional black, was thin, and had a sallowcomplexion. She possessed a marvelously winning- speaking-voice and fine presence, and hundreds of college men haveyielded to her swindles, and are out of pocket. Even while injail she could not resist the temptation to be crooked, and afterhaving earned good time lost it all by violating the rulesand trving to send a letter out by a prisoner who was released.Howe did not appear in the city during her imprisonment. Itis understood that she went to New Jersey from the jail here,and that family friends were to care for her in the future. Shewas not a well woman, and her professional career probablyclosed with her experiences in this city.
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L££^ PATROLMEN. History of Police Department, Hartford, Connecticut. 117 CHAPTER XXI. GUINAN BOYS FATE. Distressing Story of Lost from Home, of Searching Parties, and FinalDiscovery in a Freight Car Suffocated — Intense Excitement andSympathy of the Public. The most distressing incident which ever came under thenotice of the Hartford police had whatever nothing to do withcrime, but was of such a character that the heart of everyparent in the city was touched to its very depths. Thursdayafternoon, July 26, 1894, the three boys of Mr. and Mrs. JamesGuinan, Raymond, aged nine ; Leroy, aged seven, and Freddie,aged four, were playing about the yard near the family homeon Broad Street, not far from the railway tracks. They werenot seen alive after about 3 oclock of that day. Late at nightthe children were reported to the police station as missing, andan attempt was made to find them. No traces of them couldbe found. The next day, Friday, the railroad cars along theline were searched, an