A murder having been committed in the “upper part of Broadway” “the police” rush to the scene and seize a boot-blacking boy.
     Policeman—“Keep hold of him, Dawkins; it would be dangerous to take the pals who did the murder, but this boy will show that we made an arrest.”

Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper, December 12, 1857.

A new use of the Bicycle
Burglars in Massachusetts utilize the flying wheels in their midnight depredations.

Burglars mounted on bicycles silently entered Essex, Mass. A few nights ago. They broke into eight houses where they secured booty, and several where they got nothing. Then they mounted their bicycles again and silently rode away, leaving no clue to their identity.

National Police Gazette, May 5, 1883.