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Bicycle Police pictorial

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How Charles M. Murphy Became Forever Remembered As “Mile-A-Minute-Murphy”

http://nypdhistory.com/the-worlds-f...-seeker-police-aviation-pioneer-and-advocate/
Fascinating stuff @filmonger.
I've often wondered if he was assisted by the shape of the "hood" attached to the train with twin vortices of air assisting in pushing him along. We'll never know I guess, I wonder how far out they stretched those 'hankies'?
Still an incredible, hair-raising stunt though.
 
1899 bells used by NY police..

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