Bienfait History page

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BIENFAIT
SASKATCHEWAN
& AREA
Police History

LAW ENFORCEMENT
(FROM THE 1955 HISTORY OF BIENFAIT BOOK)
(with some personal research added)

The North-West Mounted Police arrived in the year 1902.
Their only means of transportation was on horseback and sleighs.
One of the first "Mounties" was Sergeant Henry "Larry" Lett.
b- June 1875 in Ireland, immigrated in 1895, died in Jan, 1934, age 69.
buried Jan 19, 1934, Regina Cemetery, Regina SK.
Lived on 4th st. in Estevan, where the court house is now.
wife Ann (or Annie) Promhouse (or Prourhouse),
b- Apr 1887 in USA, immigrated in 1902
son Calisle Henry Lett, b. Mar 27, 1908 in Estevan SK
daughter Daisy Hariet Lett, b. Feb 25, 1905 in Estevan SK
daughter Margaret, b. May 1903 in Sask per 1911 census
Living in Estevan 1911 Canada census
1906 census, no kids?, shown living in Estevan
One of the first Provincial Police, was Robert Dunbar.
Some of the duties of the Provincial Police were:
1) To catch criminals and law-breakers
                           2) To go to the homesteaders during the winter months
                                to see if the families were in need of coal
3) To put out prairie fires.
Incidents which required the aid of the police were:
                     1) The murder of Paul Matoff one night in October of the year 1922
at the height of the border-booze-running period.
2) They were responsible for catching the rum-runners
who stole carloads of whiskey and trucked it out of town.

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