Notes for: Charles Salmon
Cambridge Independent Press 23 Jun 1893:
TRUMPINGTON
STACK FIRE. - About 4.15 on Sunday afternoon a fire was discovered in some stacks upon the Church Farm, Trumpington, which is occupied by Mr. Francis Parsons. P.c. Salmon was on the spot within minutes of the discovery, and was followed later on by Superintendent Whitechurch, Sergeant Quincey, and P.c.’s Carter and Cater. A detachment of the Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade also went over, but the fire was not extinguished until two stacks of wheat straws, the produce of 60 acres, valued at £350, had been destroyed, and some fencing and a shed had been damaged to the extent of about £20, all of which is covered by insurance. . . .
Coventry Evening Telegraph 19 Aug 1897:
SUPPOSED BURGLARS CLEVERLY CAUGHT.
SILVER HIDDEN IN A TOURIST’S BAG.
It was discovered on Wednesday morning that a burglary had been perpetrated at Trumpington, near Cambridge, and Superintendent Burrow and Constable Salmon, of the County Constabulary, commenced investigations in the neighbourhood. On arrival at the railway station they notified two men who had booked for London, and of these they at once became suspicious. On being questioned the strangers said they were just off for a holiday, but this did not satisfy the officers, although the accompaniment of a tennis racket, and a cricket bag seemed to lend colour to the story. They opened a handbag, which the suspects also carried, and found inside it some silver articles and other valuables which confirmed their suspicions. Seeing that they were in for arrest the men made an effort to run away, but were caught before they could get out of the waiting room. They struggled hard for freedom, but the police were more than a match for them, and they were finally overpowered, and placed in custody.