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Ernest F. Burmeister, former Dane Co. Sheriff

Date: 11 12 1947
Description: Ernest F. Burmeister, Dane County's "boy" sheriff from 1901-1903 and deputy and turnkey in 1891, is shown holding the keys to the old Dane County jail and ...
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Conference on Auto Theft Investigations

Date: 02 24 1960
Description: Group portrait of Madison area law enforcement officers who attended an FBI conference on auto theft investigations. Seated, left to right: Circuit and Juv...
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Attempted Jail Break at Dane County Jail

Date: 12 26 1961
Description: Undersheriff Jack Leslie examining the cell lock which Lawrence Nutley managed to thwart in an attempted escape from the Dane County Jail. Nutley and Willi...
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Attempted Jail Break at Dane County Jail

Date: 12 26 1961
Description: Jailer Ralph Chesemore examining the control room buttons that were pushed to unlock a series of doors leading to the Dane County Jail lobby in an unsucces...
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Sheriff Vernon Leslie Honors Richard Green for Capture of FBI's Most Wanted

Date: 12 23 1964
Description: Sheriff Vernon Leslie, left, presenting an award to Richard Green, 1143 E. Dayton Street, for his part in the capture of Raymond Wyngaard, one of the FBI's...

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