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Originally posted by Howard Brown View PostJon:
Dolezal, for the benefit of those who may not be aware, was murdered by people either in law enforcement or by someone at the jail that day with the blessings of the police department. The marks on his neck in photos found by people who were casually thumbing through Cleveland Torso archives found this out. There's no two ways about it. The only good thing that came out of that is Martin O'Donnell, the police chief who interrogated Dolezal after other cops were finished smacking him around, died the next year.
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Virginia Avenue Doe
[IAtlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, September 06, 1915, Image 3
Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, September 06, 1915, Image 2][/I]
One of the problems that I have researching the Georgian after 1911 is that articles are often misdated. These two articles are both listed as being published on the 6th, but they were most certainly not published on the same day.
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In contrast to New York City and London in terms of the size of their respective police forces, Atlanta had only 254 police officers in 1911 when this man, Chief James Beavers, took office and only 283 six years later in November 1917 when W. M. Mayes left office. Atlanta had a population of 155,000 people in the city proper. That's one policeman for every 610 citizens.
London had over 16,000 officers by 1900....NYC had close to 12,000 by 1910.
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Originally posted by Howard Brown View PostIn contrast to New York City and London in terms of the size of their respective police forces, Atlanta had only 254 police officers in 1911 when this man, Chief James Beavers, took office and only 283 six years later in November 1917 when W. M. Mayes left office. Atlanta had a population of 155,000 people in the city proper. That's one policeman for every 610 citizens.
London had over 16,000 officers by 1900....NYC had close to 12,000 by 1910.
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Originally posted by Jonathan A View PostAtlanta Journal July 25, 1917
These two murders were both reported on the same day, which means the Ripper either killed two on the same night or killed one on one night, and the other on the following night.
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