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Davidson College holds the claim of producing the first X-ray picture in the U.S. Three students, Osmond L. Barringer, Eben Hardie, and Pender Porter, broke into the physics lab and the medical school on January, 12, 1896. They stole cathode tubes and severed a broken finger from a cadaver in order to produce the first picture. It was not until much later the three realized they had made history for their alma mater and turned over the photograph. A picture of this X-ray appears in the December, 1976, issues of THE STATE.
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Frank Littlejohn is chief of detectives of the Charlotte Police Force. Hired by the Charlotte City Council 1927, he has been responsible for the solving of every major crime in the area, save one. F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover has called Littlejohn \"the finest detective in America.\" In 1933, he was responsible for the capture of Roger \"The Terrible\" Touhy's gang who had come to Charlotte to rob a mail truck; Touhy was on trial in Chicago and the gang and come south to raise money for his defense.
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A student's prank at Davidson College resulted in the history-making episode of the first x-ray picture in the United States. Three students, who brought this distinction to North Carolina, defied college rules in their tests to satisfy their curiosity, and in doing so produced the first x-ray picture.
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Charlotte has a long history dating back before the American Revolution. One event that spurred its growth was the discovery of gold that occurred before the California gold strike of 1849. Young examines the city's history and the agricultural and industrial growth over the last century.
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