Gangsters Get 7 Years
Clearly, this was big news in Ridgefield. Gangsters Get 7 Years 24 Hrs. After Arrest Jersey Justice Moves Swiftly for Trio Caught by Ridgefield Police TRIO EVIDENTLY FEARED HOBOKEN RACKETEERS Within 24...
View ArticleJersey Justice Redeems Reputation
This article, presumably from February 27, 1930 (paper unknown), is another in the long string of public accolades surrounding the heroic feats of my great grandfather, Walter Gallagher. Jersey Justice...
View ArticleWalter Gallagher: Fingerprint Expert
These letters were found in Pop’s police file, not in the actual scrapbooks … but they help tell his story, so I’m including them here. The first is asking permission to send Pop to fingerprint school...
View ArticleDarrow Reports on Officers Work
Either the news was really slow in Ridgefield, New Jersey, or Supervisor Darrow had an excellent PR guy. His full report to the Police Commission ended up in the newspaper (see images at the end of...
View ArticleWalter Completes Fingerprint Course
This appears to be part of a larger article, but only this portion was kept in the scrapbook. I have no idea what newspaper originally published it. I only know that it was between June and December...
View Article14 Jersey Victims of Noble Experiment
I’m not sure what newspaper this was from or when it was actually published, just that it was after October 1930. I have no idea why Pop would have saved this article, but it’s in his scrapbook, so...
View ArticleFour Suspects Nabbed by Cop
This article is from October 1931. Newspaper unknown. Four Suspects Nabbed by Cop One Picked As Holdup Bandit — 3 in Jail for Investigation Nabbed as they are alleged to have been attempting to break...
View ArticleMan Seriously Hurt in Brawl
I think this article is from between 1931 and 1935, while Pop was still a Sergeant. Unfortunately, I was unable to narrow it further using the information on the individuals in the article. Man...
View ArticleProspector Runs Afoul of New York Gold Diggers
As far as I can determine, this article is from around 1932 – a year after the start of construction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam mentioned in the article. Prospector, 63, Runs Afoul Of New York Gold...
View ArticleWalter Goes to Prison
Gotcha! Sergeant Walter Gallagher and Patrolmen Arthur Kalbhenn, Henry Lustmann, Edward Masterson and Charles Seguine, of the Ridgefield police department, visiting Sing Sing Prison at Ossining, N....
View ArticleR.I.P. Billy Gallagher (1870-1934) – Part 1
As we know, Billy Gallagher was somewhat of a celebrity. His passing and his funeral made the news for a while. Over the next several posts, I will share all the articles from Pop’s scrapbook and...
View ArticleR.I.P. Billy Gallagher (1870-1934) – Part 2
This article appeared in an unknown newspaper – and I’m not sure how accurate the story about Billy giving away a million-dollar fortune … particularly when he just finalized a bankruptcy in 1930....
View ArticleBilly Gallagher’s Funeral – Part 1
Once again, someone forgot to mention to the newspaper folks that Billy had been married twice more. This unidentified article announced the funeral, mass, and burial. GALLAGHER — On March 4, 1934,...
View ArticleBilly Gallagher’s Funeral – Part 2
The New York Sun published this article about Billy’s funeral on March 7, 1934; p. 14, col. 1; I never really understood how “well-connected” Billy was until I read this article. It’s not every day...
View ArticleWalter Takes in Hungry 10-Year-Old Runaway
This article was published on June 25, 1934, in the midst of the Great Depression. I can only imagine what it was like for these girls living on the streets for a week. 10-Year-Old Girl’s Odyssey Ends...
View ArticleBurnett Revokes Cabaret License
This article appears to be from around April or May 1933. I’m not sure why it was in the scrapbook, unless simply for its reference to two men who were eventually implicated in the kidnapping of John...
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