Robber is shot down in cafe standoff with Norton and Pinkertons
In the Boylston Cafe at Washington and Boylston streets a gangland arrest ends in gunfire. Inspector Norton is killed after a struggle with Robinson, a known yegg, as Pinkertons and police close in. Robinson and his teen partner Duddy resist, then flee. Norton dies 25 minutes after hospital arrival. Three pursuers wound the fleeing man before he is captured.
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Inspector Norton
Yegg
Marty
Pinkertons
Boylston Cafe
Robinson
Washington and
Boylston Streets
Pal
Sytites
Boylston
Yeggman
Norton
Pinkerton
Liberty
Claflin
Packard
Lawrence Robinson
Thomas J. Norton
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Murdeeper
Sen
Boston Police
James R. Claflin
Police Heaquarters
James Duddy
Hart
McGarr
Pemberton Square
S. Robinson
Duddy
Helen Hannan
Pembroke Street
Boston cafe firefight ends with officer killed by desperado
In a chaotic Boston cafe raid detectives chase robbers Robinson and Duddy. Norton, 54, dies from a left rib shotgun wound after Robinson disarms him and fires at close range. Duddy resists capture and is later cuffed as officers pursue the fleeing duo through Boylston Street and into Bumstead court.
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Robinson
Claflin
Packard
Norton
Boylston Street
Tinental Building
Bumstead Court
Brewster
Dickinson
Joseph Niland
St. Alfonso Street
Roxbury
Edison Electric Company
Niland
Peace Robinson
City Hospital
Daniel J. Hart
Lagrange Street
Washington
Boylston Streets
Tie
Hart
Har
McCarthy
Father Smith
St. Mary's Church
Endicott Street
Norton's Chief Remembers A Brave Officer
Boston police Chief recalls Inspector Norton as a quiet, conscientious leader who died in the line of duty. He highlights Norton's role in capturing Richard Morrison known as Massachusetts Dick and his work on Beacon Hill burglaries and the 1908 gang crackdown near Franklin Park.
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William H. Lawrence
Grand Rapids
Robinson
Juddy
Norton
Boston
Joy Street
West
Mnda
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
John R. McGarr
Richard Morrison
Massachusetts Dick
Washington Street
Atlanta
Ponkapeag
Massachusetts
Beacon Hill
West End
Goggs
Franklin Park
Forest Hills
Spector
Norton’s Big Cases Tells of Inspector Link to Arrests
Former Chief Watts testifies that Inspector Norton had strong ties to the arrest of the so called Massachusetts Dick. He cites Norton as the best all round inspector he supervised during his tenure.
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Watts
Tom’ Norton
Distinctively Individual Pockets and Letters Never Sent
Fragment from a newspaper page notes that private pockets may reveal letters never sent and cites a paraphrase about minding others business. It includes quotes from the Albany Journal and Birmingham News about social pressure, envy, and people who cannot afford it falling for fake schemes.
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Albany Journal
Birmingham News
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Harry N. Dickinson
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Joseph Daniels
Joseph Duddy
Vackard
Pittsburg
Boynton Street
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Jewellers’ Surety Alliance Association of
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Boston Police Department
Pinkerton Des Tective
John F. McCarthy
Daniel Green
Guy S&s. Packard
George S. Genter
Haymarket
Murphy
Green
Bandit
Packarding Robinson
William B. Watts
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