The Day - History Revisited: Crime spree ends as 'turkey burglars' admit guilt - News from southeastern Connecticut
History Revisited: Crime spree ends as ‘turkey burglars’ admit guilt This 1954 photograph depicts the old Groton Almshouse (“Poor-farm”) located on the top of Fort Hill. (Photo courtesy of the Jim Streeter Collection) Published March 16. 2021 7:56AM Jim Streeter, Special to The Times One of the most sensational crime sprees to have taken place in New London County occurred in the mid to late 1880s when scores of thefts and burglaries were reported in Groton, Mystic, Ledyard, Stonington, and New London. The astounding number of thefts and burglaries began in the late fall and early ...
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