Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Johnny Broderick (January 16, 1896 (some sources say 1894, 1895, and 1897) – January 16, 1966) was a New York City Police Department detective who became known in the 1920s and 1930s as one of the city's toughest officers, patrolling the Broadway theater district and policing strikes as head of the NYPD's Industrial Squad, sometimes personally beating gangsters and suspects.In his career as a detective between 1923 and 1947, Broderick built a reputation for physical courage, for assaulting gangsters like Jack "Legs" Diamond and "Two-Gun" Crowley, and for facing down armed gunmen in a prison break at The Tombs prison.Broderick was a "celebrity detective" whose exploits were a favorite of gossip columnists and the press. . }
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- Johnny_Broderick comment "Johnny Broderick (January 16, 1896 (some sources say 1894, 1895, and 1897) – January 16, 1966) was a New York City Police Department detective who became known in the 1920s and 1930s as one of the city's toughest officers, patrolling the Broadway theater district and policing strikes as head of the NYPD's Industrial Squad, sometimes personally beating gangsters and suspects.In his career as a detective between 1923 and 1947, Broderick built a reputation for physical courage, for assaulting gangsters like Jack "Legs" Diamond and "Two-Gun" Crowley, and for facing down armed gunmen in a prison break at The Tombs prison.Broderick was a "celebrity detective" whose exploits were a favorite of gossip columnists and the press. ".