ARKHAMA Living Survey · Autumn 1926

Police · Downtown Arkham

Arkham Police Department

Red-brick station house with a green lamp over the door and a squad room that smells of wet wool and coffee.

History

Built 1888 after the old watch house burned. Its cells were once the overflow for the Sanitarium.

Recorded changes

  • Monday, 4 October 1926 Daybook: Two men arrested for fighting outside The Lamplighter.
  • Sunday, 3 October 1926 Daybook: Police called to The Three Kings after a disagreement about a card game.
  • Friday, 1 October 1926 Daybook: Pickpocket arrested at Southgate Ward Office.
  • Friday, 1 October 1926 Daybook: Two men arrested for fighting outside The Wayside Roadhouse.
  • Friday, 1 October 1926 Daybook: Two men arrested for fighting outside The Blind Heron.
  • Thursday, 30 September 1926 Daybook: Burglary at Harlow's General Store: a quantity of silver and a clock taken.
  • Thursday, 30 September 1926 Daybook: Police raid on The Three Kings: forty gallons of Canadian whisky seized.
  • Thursday, 30 September 1926 Daybook: Police called to The Anchor after a disagreement about a card game.
  • Wednesday, 29 September 1926 Daybook: Pickpocket arrested at Customs House.
  • Wednesday, 29 September 1926 Daybook: Revenue men visit The Anchor; the Gazette is told nothing was found.

What has happened here

  • The Missing Board. The desk sergeant pins a new missing-persons notice over an older one. The faces match.

Clues found here

  • The Missing Board. On the station's missing-persons board, notices are pinned over older notices with the same face, dated twenty years apart.

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