"Police captain" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "A police captain named Maroney," he said to the desk sergeant, "was dismissed from the force after being tried under charges three years ago. I believe sentence was suspended. Is this man wanted now by ...
— The Trimmed Lamp and Others • O Henry
... take the police captain long to find out that what Freddie had said was true—that the three youngsters lived at the ...
— The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City • Laura Lee Hope
... days later he informed me, with great satisfaction, that the very night Filofey and I had been driving to Tula, and on the very road, a merchant had been robbed and murdered. I did not at first put much faith in this, but later on I was obliged to believe it: it was confirmed by the police captain, who came galloping over ...
— A Sportsman's Sketches - Volume II • Ivan Turgenev
... assigned. For instance, to-day they are with the prefect, to-morrow with the judge, day after to-morrow with the attorney; then with the farmer of the spirit tax, and next with the retired police captain—and so all ...
— Plays • Alexander Ostrovsky |
