Eighth Time's the Charm

[jcole]

My dad was an Inspector on DPD but had left by the time these murders took place so I didn't hear much about them. He retired in 73 and too the job of Chief in a small town up Van Dyke, so this was off my radar, but I do remember the Gil Hill years and a lot of the other crap that went on. I wonder if you were part of DPD from some of the things you've said.

Thanks jcole. Police HQ was a puzzle-palace in those days.

[Henry Whalley]

I wonder if you were part of DPD from some of the things you've said.

No.

[Henry Whalley]

In reading about the 1975 trial of narcs and dope dealers known as the 10th Precinct Conspiracy [[Pingree St. Conspiracy) I noticed that an unindicted co-conspirator was named Harold Jackson. Does anyone know if that was the same Harold Jackson of Guy Willetts notoriety?

[Lowell]

Speaking of the Soup Kitchen...

[Henry Whalley]

Yeah, Dennis Archer did great harms to the city but he undoubtedly had offers he couldn’t refuse.

[Henry Whalley]

This was Henry's calling card circa 1976.

[Henry Whalley]

There are tiny handguns designed to accommodate either a .410 shotgun shell or a .45 caliber round. The .410 with buckshot has been a favorite with assassins because it's concealable and the buckshot isn't readily traceable to a specific rifled barrel. The only drawback is that firing either round from a small handgun stings like hell. Per Billy Bowles' article in the Freep dated 4-15-79, Normile was killed with a .410 shotgun, but I wonder if it was a handgun or derringer. Five days later Willetts got two rounds from a .45 automatic.