He was a sailor a miner, a bounty hunter, a prospector, a ghost hunter, and a railway guard, just to name a few. Whether sinner or saint, Peter Owen Carroll, a.k.a. Peachie Carroll, is best remembered as the infamous Maritime police detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Although his methods were sometimes unscrupulous, and he was often considered a mercenary, Peachie Carroll was a formidable investigator. Peachie was fired, re-hired, and quit many times, but as a police officer Peachie solved some of the Maritimes' best-known crimes, such as the murder of Moncton police officer Joseph E. Stedman. He arrested moonshine-makers and embezzlers, petty thieves, rum-runners, bank robbers, and murderers. In 1896, Peachie gained fame again, solving the New Brunswick murders of Eliza Dutcher and her son.
In The Great Maritime Detective, author Monica Graham profiles this long-standing hero of Pictou County and one of the region's ultimate characters.
Although his methods were sometimes unscrupulous, and he was often considered a mercenary, Peachie Carroll was a formidable investigator. Peachie was fired, re-hired, and quit many times, but as a police officer Peachie solved some of the Maritimes' best-known crimes, such as the murder of Moncton police officer Joseph E. Stedman. He arrested moonshine-makers and embezzlers, petty thieves, rum-runners, bank robbers, and murderers. In 1896, Peachie gained fame again, solving the New Brunswick murders of Eliza Dutcher and her son.
In The Great Maritime Detective, author Monica Graham profiles this long-standing hero of Pictou County and one of the region's ultimate characters.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210)
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Table of Contents
- The Exploits Adventures of the Notorious 4
- Acknowledgements 6
- Introduction 8
- Chapter one 11
- Chapter two 17
- Chapter three 29
- Chapter four 35
- Chapter five 46
- Chapter six 59
- Chapter seven 77
- Chapter eight 87
- Chapter nine 102
- Chapter ten 111
- Chapter eleven 121
- Chapter twelve 131
- Chapter thirteen 142
- Chapter fourteen 150
- Chapter fifteen 163
- Chapter sixteen 178
- Chapter seventeen 191
- Chapter Eighteen 206
- Afterword 211
- Selected Bibliography 214
