Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police M.P.D.
1930 to 1939
Veterans Bonus March in Washington - Al Capone Jailed - Empire State Building Completed - A.A. formed in N.Y.C. - US Population 127 Million
40 hour Work Week Begins - Wizard of Oz Released - World War Two begins in Europe - American Depression -
1930 to 1939
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1930 - The police horse mounted unit is disbanded as the horses are traded in for motorized vehicles, (MPD).
1932 - A phantom gunman randomly shot people from a secret spot, killing one person and wounding three, in what were called sniper shots, (MPD).
1934 - A gambling joint just across the Prince George County line was the focus of much attention of the Vice Squad. The establishment, owned by Jimmy Lafontaine was a notorious gaming house and allegedly the headquarters of the city's lucrative numbers racket, (MPD).
1938 - An ex-policeman was arrested and charged with the 1930 murder of Beulah Limerick a Washington socialite. The murder and subsequent trial were a local news sensation as the suspect , who was a policeman at the time of the murder, was quickly acquitted of the charge, (MPD).
In October of 1930 ALVIN C. OGLE died at the age of 51 years old. His weight was 476 pounds, his custom made coffin weighed in at 284 pounds and was 7 feet 6 inches long. Ten pallbearers were needed to place him into the ground. When Alvin died he was survived by his wife, two sons and two brothers. One brother was a fireman and the other was a Metropolitan Policeman.
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