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Marshal Francis Tukey
As Boston grew during the Irish immigration wave of the mid-nineteenth century, so did its crime rate, and consequently its police force. The fist at the end of the long arm of the law was Francis Tukey. The brassy, sensational, and very tough young police marshal was a controversial figure in the press and the public imagination. There could not have been a bolder character to arrest John Webster and begin the series of events that would culminate in the trial of the century.
