Big Four (Scotland Yard)

The Big Four was a nickname given to the four Superintendents in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, from about 1919 onwards.

They were:

References

  1. 1 2 Wensley, Frederick (1931), Detective Days, Cassel, p. 196
  2. ↑ Woodhall, Edwin T. (1935). Crime and the Supernatural. London: Long. p. 46.
  3. ↑ Harding, Arthur (1981). Samuel, Raphael, ed. East end underworld: chapters in the life of Arthur Harding. Taylor & Francis. p. 337. ISBN 0-7100-0726-4.
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