https://www.cityofsmoke.com New York in History and Anecdote Thu, 24 Dec 2015 23:11:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1282 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 01:39:46 +0000 http://www.cityofsmoke.com/?p=1282 New York's first great police detective was Thomas F. Byrnes. A largely self-educated Irish immigrant, Byrnes joined the force in 1863. He rose to sergeant by 1869 and captain by 1870. In 1878, the Manhattan Savings Bank, which was in his precinct, was robbed. Byrnes took the robbery]]>