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PC Cunningham and Det. Doran
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: September 16, 2026, 7:13 am
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Cunningham's first name may have been Miles. I saw a couple of
articles that placed a Policeman Miles Cunningham on the Bowery,
but I
cannot be certain he was the only Cunningham working out of the
4th Precinct on Oak Street.
Nevertheless....he and Det. George Doran are shown in the
attachments milling around the first floor of the Hotel
on the 25th....
New York Evening World
April 25, 1891
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During the morning Detective Doran and Policeman Cunningham, of
the Oak Street station, were stationed at the house.
They were on the lookout for people who might visit the place,
and who might be able to give some information regarding "Old
Shakespeare" or her companion.
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Re: PC Cunningham and Det. Doran
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: September 16, 2026, 7:47 am
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New York Times
September 9, 1895
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WALKED OUT OF TOMBS COURT
A Cool Prisoner Assumes Another's Name and Escapes—Charges to be
Preferred Against a Policeman.
Gustave Captruli of 67 Oliver Street is charged by James
Pasquoit of 94 Cherry Street with stabbing him
and then robbing him of $100 some six months ago. Captruli then
disappeared from New-York, and was
afterward heard of in Troy.
He had not been seen in this city until last Saturday night,
when he was arrested by Policeman Galvin,
who took his prisoner to the Tombs Police Court yesterday
morning and placed him in the prisoners' pen
while he attended to some other duties in court.
In the meantime, the cases of twenty push-cart peddlers were
called, and when Magistrate Crane learned
that these men had been held as prisoners since Saturday he
discharged them all. The Magistrate called
each man's name, and Policeman Cunningham passed the men out of
the enclosure.
Policeman Galvin's prisoner, Captruli, appropriated the name of
Dackus, and left the courtroom with
the push-cart men.
Captruli's case then being called, it was discovered that he was
missing, and that the true Dackus was
still in custody. The circumstances being explained, Dackus was
discharged, and, it is said, charges will be preferred against
Policeman Cunningham.
New York Tribune
September 12, 1895
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Gustav Captruli, who on Sunday escaped from the Tombs Police
Court, was rearrested in Cherry-st.
yesterday morning by Acting Captain Thompson and Policeman
Cunningham, of the Oak-st. station.
#Post#: 7426--------------------------------------------------
Re: PC Cunningham and Det. Doran
DIR By: Kattrup
Date: September 16, 2026, 3:39 pm
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Where did you find Miles?
I am pretty sure there was only one Cunningham at the Fourth
Precinct in 1891, and his first name was William. There was a
Patrick H. Cunningham, too, but he was in Ninth district.
Here is the mention of the charges brought against Cunningham in
the story you posted. Check out the commissioner - an old friend
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The Sun, Sept. 20, 1895
Possible/probable home address 2062 Homecrest? Died between 1919
and 1923, I think. no, scratch that. 1661 Pacific? Yes, that
looks more like it.
Joined the police force May 6, 1885
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Re: PC Cunningham and Det. Doran
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: September 16, 2026, 4:04 pm
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The two articles feature a Miles Cunningham on Eldridge Street
which is close to the 4th Precinct, but as I just discovered
is in the 10th Precinct.
Grand Street, situated close to Eldridge Street on the little
map in the attachment, was also in the 10th Precinct. Close to,
but not in the 4th Precinct.
I've included the two articles I found earlier.
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Re: PC Cunningham and Det. Doran
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: September 16, 2026, 4:21 pm
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OBITUARY
Brooklyn Eagle
February 11, 1920
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WILLIAM J. CUNNINGHAM, 60 years old, a retired policeman, died
on Monday at his residence, 4711 Fort Hamilton Parkway.
At the time of his death, he was in the employ of the Federal
Shipping Board in Manhattan.
He was born in old Greenwich Village in New York City, the son
of the late T. Cunningham and Anne Cunningham.
He was retired from the Police Department twelve years ago. He
was a member of the Patrolmen's Benevolent
Association and of the R. C. Church of St. Catharine of
Alexandria, Fort Hamilton Parkway and 42d st.,
where a requiem mass will be offered tomorrow morning. Mr.
Cunningham is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Cunningham; two brothers, John and James
Cunningham, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Madden.
His house today:
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
May 8, 1908
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Detective William Cunningham, who has been doing duty at the
Fort Hamilton precinct for some time,
has been transferred to the Parkville precinct. Cunningham is a
white-haired veteran and one of the
best sleuths in the city. He ought to be a good man to show the
police dogs in Parkville how the police
business should carried on.
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