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down the mainland and across to Vic-
toria for trial by Constable Carring-
ton. Upon investigation it was dis-
covered that his heinous crime had
been refusal to pay duty on a ham.

Next notable to come to the public
eye in the annals of B.C. Police his-
tory was Superintendent Horace
Smith, who gained his reputation
through his dealings with the savages.
When Indian forays were a source of
trouble on Southern Vancouver Is-
land, Smith set out to clean matters up
with dispatch. He landed under heavy
fire at Kuper Island, where a savage
Penelakut band, a particularly bad
branch of the Cowichan tribe, were
creating havoc among both whites and
natives. Smith ran to earth a number
of murderers, took them by naval
vessel to Victoria, where they were
hanged.

Superintendent Philip Hankin suc-
ceeded Smith in 1864, continuing in
office until 1866. A man of many ac-
complishments, Hankin, in the course
of his official duties, completed a sur-
vey of Northern Vancouver Island,
which included the first overland trip
between the head of Tahsish arm, on
the northwest coast of Vancouver Is-
land, to the mouth of the Nimpkish
River on the east coast. A former offi-
cer in the Navy, Hankin combined
a canny knowledge of the coast with
a fluency in Indian dialects. He, too,
was faced with the task of running
down Indian killers. When they were
caught, Hankin arranged for trial
aboard ship, and hanged the guilty
ones from the yard arm.

Acting Superintendent Wollacott
took over office when Hankin re-
joined the Navy, but surrendered his

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authority to
Sullivan in 1872.

North West Mounted Established

The following year saw the forma-
tion of the famous North West
Mounted Police, whose posts were
established in what was later known
as Alberta and Saskatchewan. In
1874, Sullivan resigned to become Gold
Commissioner for the Cassiar District.
Well liked by all who worked under
him, Sullivan met his death two years
later in the wreck of the steamer
Pacific off Cape Flattery.

Charles Todd became the next Su-
perintendent and held office until
1884, when Superintendent H. B.
Roycroft took command. In 1891,
Frederick Hussey was appointed to

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The criminal of
today does not re-
cruit youth from
baseball fields,
Y.M.C.A. quarters,
and other such
wholesome __ places

. . he gets them
from the street
corners, and from
gangs which have
no adult leadership
and guidance.

Beyond the few huts was a great forest.

the head of the force and held the
post until his death in 1911.

During his 20 years of service,
Hussey won for himself the reputation
of being one of the cleverest crime de-
tectors of the era. Under him, scores of
major cases, baffling to the ordinary
constable, were solved.

Stage robbers, so often regarded as
romantic daredevils, suddenly found
themselves stripped of their bravado
when Hussey launched a relentless
campaign against them, and it is to his
credit that the last stage robber of the
Cariboo was captured and convicted
in Hussey’s term of office.

Police methods had become slightly
advanced with the advent of the land
telegraph and telephone. The motor

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