Vintage Views: Concord police keep the watch amid the darkness
Concord Police Department in 1903 in front of the Warren Street station. Concord Public Library
Published: 1/2/2021 3:34:17 PM
It was a cold winter evening on the streets of downtown Concord, the brick and wooden buildings casting shadows beneath a full moon. The sound of boots over the cobblestone echoed as the approaching stranger walked north towards the Eagle Hotel, a stranger as well as a suspect.
Captain Daniel Flanders melted into the shadows at this late hour, simply observing and keeping the peace. He was accompanied by Officer Hoyt Robinson. The stranger randomly checked for unlocked doors along the Main Street, in hopes of an easy access to a merchant’s shop. As the stranger approached both Captain Flanders and Officer Robinson stepped out of hiding and confronted him, a scuffle followed but was short lived against the two Concord police officers making rounds on this evening in 1903. A short walk to th