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Hired by the Charlotte City Council for a short stint in 1927, Frank Littlejohn stayed, rising through the ranks over the next thirty years to become chief of police. Called \"the finest detective in America\" by J. Edgar Hoover, Littlejohn was a tireless worker in the pursuit of lawbreakers. In 1958, he was ousted as chief by the city council, who wanted a political appointee as presiding officer in the City Recorder's Court. The chief of police usually handled this job.
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In 1933, Roger \"The Terrible\" Touhy was awaiting trial in Chicago when four of his associates went down South to raise money for his defense. The gang robbed a mail truck in Charlotte. What they didn't know was that Frank Littlejohn, the man J. Edgar Hoover called the \"finest detective in America,\" was chief of detectives. Summerville describes how Littlejohn and his men solved the crime and brought the four robbers to justice.
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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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