Month: January 2016
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Mills & Gibb
From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson regarding his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during retirement beginning in January 1905.
Ingratitude
When on patrol in the McDougal Street precinc...
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Chief Rabbi Joseph's Funeral and Riot
From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson regarding his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during retirement beginning in January 1905.
In the early summer of 1902 [July 30, 1902], I was...
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The General Slocum Disaster
What do a ship disaster and the Orange County Library System have in common?
The steamship General Slocum burned on 15 June 1904 off North Brother Island, New York. Newspaper articles about the tragedy which took the lives of over 1000 persons...
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James G. Blaine's Body Guard
From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson regarding his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during retirement beginning in January 1905.
JAMES G. BLAINE'S BODY GUARD
Late in October [1884], the...
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The Ulmore Case
From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson regarding his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during retirement beginning in January 1905.
THE ULMORE CASE
About 5 A.M. one morning in the summer of...
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The Charles Deutsch Case
From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson regarding his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during retirement beginning in January 1905.
THE CHARLES DEUTSCH CASE
One warm Sunday morning in the...
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Three Black Beans - The Attempted Murder of Charles Albertson
From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson regarding the time he served in the New York City Police Department.
On Christmas Eve 1882, in one of the worst dives in New York at 12 Grand Street, kept by the notorious...
People
The Notorious Mollie Hash & The Feather Burglary
From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson regarding his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during retirement beginning in January 1905.
THE NOTORIOUS MOLLIE HASH
At the time of my appointment ...
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The Robinson Case
From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson regarding his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during retirement beginning in January 1905.
The Robinson Case
On evening in the winter of 1880, a ...
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Informant Deafy Price
From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson regarding his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during retirement beginning in January 1905.
Informant Deafy Price
When I was first appointed there wa...
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The Pilfered Watch of Mr. Von Geritchen
From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson regarding his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during retirement beginning in January 1905.
A CLEVER PICK POCKET
During the Presidential Campaign i...
