Byrnes Reforms Wall Street Police Bureau in 1880s
The article recalls Detective Chief Byrnes and his 1880 restructuring of Wall Street crime fighting. He rented space at 17 Wall Street, created a financial district bureau, and ordered nine top detectives to arrest professional thieves on sight near Fulton Street to protect big business. The effort drew support from the Stock Exchange and featured a stylish, capable squad led by Sergeant Johnny Dunn and others.
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Byrnes
Te City
Wall Street
Eilie
Mercer Street
Manhattan Bank
Financial District Police Bureau
Fulton Street
the Battery
Greenwich Street
East River
Stock Exchange
George Lanthier
George
Silas Rogers
Jack
Wade
Tom Mulry
Byrnes Dead-line Era: Police Chief’s Reform Ties and Crime Rise
The piece recalls Inspector Byrnes and Recorder Smyth using a strict deadline approach at Sulton Street to curb criminals, earning favors from financiers like Jay Gould and J. Morgan. It notes $350,000 in tips from the Lexow era, his retirement, a later crime surge, and a 40 year revival suggesting uncertain results.
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Inspector Byrnes
Frederick Smyth
Byrnes
Blackwell's Island
Board For the Stock Exchange
Exchange
Jay Gould
Morgan
Jim Keene
Lexow Committee
Efficiency bureau flags danger of excessive one dollar bills
Washington reports the Federal Bureau of Efficiency finds Americans carry far more one dollar bills than in 1906 and 1910, with production rising to 800 tons annually. The study argues the bulky currency is uneconomical for the public and banks, urging reforms while noting the two dollar bill lacks popular support.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Efficiency
Treasury Department
Camnpaian
Joses
Ife
Canada
England
Man and Monkey Are Cousins
Dr. Adolph H. Schulz of Johns Hopkins Medical School asserts from his travels in Central and South America that humans and monkeys share ancestors. He explains evolution, noting tail reduction in humans and tail retention in certain monkeys, including chimps and guenons, and claims humans and monkeys have similar anatomy with larger human organs.
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Laltimore
Adolph H. Schulz
Johns ‘Hopkine Medical School
Schulz
Central
South America
Guanana
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Jack Mackle Jr
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Normandy
Kiddies Sport Sox
Man
Monkey
Tom
Our Mons
Soho
Sonny
Tom Bia
Death Ray
Edwin R. Seo
Miles
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