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Middletown trivia: Famous 1930s desperado housed in local jail
The second weekly session of the Middletown police citizens police academy was canceled Tuesday night, Feb. 9, do to snowy weather.
But we will resume with the 12-week program next week with some hands on activities scheduled — including running radar.
Can’t wait to be on the other end for a change!
Here are a few fun facts presented by Major Mark Hoffman during the academy’s first session about Middletown’s history.
How many do you know?
Q. Middletown does not have a Third Avenue. What current street used to be Third? A. Central Avenue.
Q. What road covers the site of the Miami Erie Canal? A. Verity Parkway.
Q What year did the last canal boat leave Middletown? A. 1906
Q. In 1923, the school board hired Elmo Lingrel as the head coach of the high school football team. Who did they pass up to offer the job to Lingrel? A. Knute Rockne.
Q. What prompted Middletown to build a hospital? A. A train wreck in July 1910 which killed 19 people and injured many others. The injured had to be taken to Hamilton and Dayton for medical treatment.
Q. What Middletown industrialist established the first school? A. Stephen Vail
Q. How much did it cost to build the first jail in Middletown? A. $10. It was an outhouse with bars.
Q. What desperado was captured in Middletown in 1930? A. Clyde Barrow, before he hooked up with his partner in crime Bonnie Parker. The duo was ambushed and killed four years later by law officers in Louisiana.
Barrow had escaped from a Texas jail and drove into Middletown in March 1930 where he and two others robbed Gough Lamb Dry Cleaners, which is still located on Charles Street.
While trying to escape Middletown police, Barrow wrecked the car and is believed to have thrown his gun into the hydraulic canal, according to police.
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