. 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 . t trying duties to perform. He is a quiet and un-assuming man, who attends strictly to business, and while hiswork is almost wholly during the hours while the city sleeps itis of the first importance. His commission dates November 3,1893. When Lieutenant Gunn was a patrolman on duty in AsylumStreet, some years ago, he disc
. 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 . t trying duties to perform. He is a quiet and un-assuming man, who attends strictly to business, and while hiswork is almost wholly during the hours while the city sleeps itis of the first importance. His commission dates November 3,1893. When Lieutenant Gunn was a patrolman on duty in AsylumStreet, some years ago, he discovered a man breaking into oneof the stores, and came down upon him and took him in. Heproved to have as fine a set of burglars tools as one need tocarry, and a singular fact about the whole matter was that he was 150 History of Police Department, Hartford, Connecticut. laughing at the arrest as though it was a good joke. It wasafterwards ascertained that he was a detective in the employ ofthe Pinkertons, working on a murder case in Bristol, and hadgot some cine to his man, which he was working out under theguise of a professional burglar. Til E SERGEANTS. When sergeants were added to the force there were onlyfour, hut during the present season the Common Council has. TO. BY STUAHT AUTOMATIC POLICE GUN. made provision for six, and there are also two acting sergeants,and they are all kept busy in the lines of their duty. SERGEANT CARTER. Sergeant James P. Carter is the ranking member of theseofficers, his commission dating August, 1892. He enteredthe service August 5, 1889, and has proved himself an intelli-gent and reliable officer, having the esteem of the community,lie is a remarkably modest and quiet man, but knows his dutiesthorouehlv and attends to them well. History of Police Department, Hartford, Connecticut. 151 SERGEANT SMITH. Sergeant Walter \Y. Smiths commission as patrolman datesNovember 4. 1871. and for many years he was one of the best-known officers of the force.
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