Creating the Boston police : Francis Tukey and the invention of modern crime fighting / Timothy B. Riordan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riordan, Timothy B., author.

Contributor:

Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marshals--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.

Marshals.

Police--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.

Police.

Police--Massachusetts--Boston--History--19th century.

Tukey, Francis, 1815-1867.

Tukey, Francis.

Boston (Mass.). Police Department--History--19th century.

Boston (Mass.).

Physical Description:

vii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : Exposit, [2022]

Summary:

"The Boston Police Department was formed by a man who had twice failed in business, ran a bar in the poorest district of Boston, and was charged with two assaults. When Francis Tukey became City Marshal in 1846, he faced off against some of the most notorious criminals of the time. Under Tukey's leadership, the police were known for their coordinated "descents" on gamblers, rumrunners and prostitutes. This text aims to recount and tell the story of Francis Tukey and the formation of the Boston Police Department, featuring many of the department's earliest cases and crises. Significant tales include the conflict following the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, when Tukey and his officers avoided enforcing the law, even helping enslaved people further escape. Also covered are the department's dealings with Irish refugees and the Cholera epidemic of 1849"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. "A dirty, troublesome, brutish little whelp"

2. "But is he capable, assiduous, fearless in the discharge of his duty?"

3. "A gang of daring villains broke and entered the store on the corner of Washington and Milk streets"

4. "His articles have appeared too savage and fiendish, too much like the ravings of a man stark mad"

5. "Who are truly in a pitiable condition, being stowed into garrets and cellars"

6. "There has probably never been a criminal trial which called for such an immense amount of varied learning"

7. "Some men think that when a man becomes unfit for anything else, he is just fitted for a Policeman"

8. "After you left the City Hall, others came, with whom I had but little sympathy"

9. "Emigrants from Every State in the Union, and all the Nations and tribes of the Earth".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.

ISBN:

9781476689418

1476689415

OCLC:

1332952257

Publisher Number:

99991224347