WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
Throttled! The Detection of the German and Anarchist Bomb Plotters cover

Throttled! The Detection of the German and Anarchist Bomb Plotters

Chapter 15: Transcriber’s Notes
By Thomas J. Tunney
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

Crime, Thrillers & MysteryHistory - AmericanHistory - Modern (1750+)

About This Book

The narrative follows an inspector and his specialized police bomb squad as they investigate organized violent crime and sabotage during the wartime period, pursuing Black Hand extortionists, anarchist bombers, and covert agents who targeted ships, factories, and labor unrest to disrupt supply lines. It recounts cases and raids, outlines investigative techniques and interagency cooperation, and documents how officers balanced protecting lawful assembly with preventing violence. Interwoven are reflections on intelligence shortcomings, recommendations for a unified national counterintelligence effort and legal reforms, and an emphasis on professional policing, morale, and practical measures that maintained urban order.

Transcriber’s Notes

Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed. Inconsistent hyphenation was not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced.

Illustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations.

Transcribers improved readability of some numbers in some illustrations, and switched the transcribed sequence of the text of one pair of “random pages” (following page 26) to make it easier to follow.

Transcriber corrected the Title page misspelling of “SMALLL, MAYNARD & COMPANY” to “SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY”, which is how it appears on the Copyright page. Transcriber removed redundant book title just above the title of the first chapter.