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Showing posts with label Chief Marks. Show all posts

Friday, January 8, 2010

Pelham Manor Police Officer Catches a Burglar Red-Handed on Monterey Avenue in 1910

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During the summer of 1910, a Pelham Manor police officer patrolling the area near Monterey Avenue caught a burglar red-handed as the man tried to pry open the window of the home of Miss Edith Haywood on that street.  It turned out that the man had been

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Pelham Manor Police Establish Speed Traps on Shore Road in 1910 to Catch Those Traveling Faster than Fifteen Miles Per Hour

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As the new-fangled automobile became increasingly popular in the earliest years of the 20th century, Pelham Manor Police struggled with the headache of speeders zipping along Shore Road from New York City on their way to the New York Athletic Club facility on

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Attack on the Toonerville Trolley Line by Strikers in 1916

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Pelham and nearby localities suffered through a violent, months-long strike of trolley line workers in 1916.  In October of that year, the Westchester Electric Railroad Company decided to try to reopen the strike-closed line between New Rochelle and Mount