Abstract:
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.