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21 Wife Deserters Seized in Florida
Every February, Detectives from the Queens District Attorney’s Abandonment Squad, takes a trip to sunny Florida to end the “vacations” of men who have abandoned their wives and children in the borough of Queens.
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Alarm Out for Saboteurs
Three men in a late model sedan are believed to be responsible for cutting six cables on telephone poles in Queens. Several of the sabotaged cables are in the vicinity of war plants.
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Burglars Do “Neat Job”
Even The Police Give Praise for Jewel Thieves’ Technique
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Thugs Bind Woman, Raid Queens Home
3 Force Way Into Flat and Ransack It After Demanding Husband’s ‘Papers’ to get very little.
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Barrel Murder
The body of a comely woman, was found crammed into a barrel on the rocky shore line of Queens, about 500 feet east of Hell Gate Bridge.
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Arsenic Poisoning in Death of Boy
Brooklyn Prosecutor seeks light on illness after body of teenage boy yields arsenic.
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Duelist
Acting Detective Henry Flattery, head of the Jamaica squad, recently shared in a citation for “excellent police duty” in connection with the arrest of the Rifle Gang of bandits who received long terms at Sing Sing.
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The St. Albans Bank Heist
Handkerchiefs were knotted over their faces. One carried a Thompson sub-machine gun, another an automatic shotgun. The third gripped a revolver in each hand. Thus they pushed through the inner door.
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3 Boys Steal Police Pistol and Kill a Man
June, 1935 - Case Description On a Saturday afternoon in June, three young boys took their shoe shine business to the local police station. It was a cop's duty to have shiny shoes, and the hungry boys were looking to make money. What they found instead was an...
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Tong War Arsenal Seized
A stockpile of guns and ammunition, possibly for future Tong wars, was seized from a chop suey restaurant in Queens.
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