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Sheriff Finn with Sledgehammer

Date: 07 11 1933
Description: Sheriff Finn holding sledgehammer used to break open the safe of Odin Tofsrud, carpenter and truck farmer, who was murdered during the theft of his safe by...
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Sheldon Walling

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Sheldon Walling. He was born on December 15, 1795, in Old Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He moved to Wisconsin on ...
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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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