Apparently, conditions on the farm were harsh, for Frank used to visit Joe, find him hungry, and would sneak back at night with food for him.

Haddock enlisted in the Army in June, 1917 and spent the remainder of World War I driving an ambulance at Camp Upton, NY, discharged sergeant first class.

Haddock was a popular member of the force and especially concerned with children, even as he was stern with juvenile delinquents, and family, given the background of own formative years.

He especially prized bulbs and plants brought back from flower shows across the country by one of Needham’s prominent knitwear manufacturers and philanthropists, William Carter.

Prior to their exiting the bank, McLeod was shot fatally three times, from a short distance, with Murton Millen the likely triggerman.

He happened to be there commiserating with the on-duty firemen after his crossing guard duties when a call came from fire department headquarters about the robbery at 9:45.

Informed, Haddock went to the front of the station, pistol drawn, only to hold fire as one hostage (the other having leapt to safety moments earlier) remained on the running board.

Its offices closed on Feb. 5 for the funeral of McLeod, and Feb. 6 for that of Haddock and hundreds turned out in bitterly cold weather with snow on the ground.

At that time there was no formal pension plan for officers, but the Needham Citizens’ Committee granted a payment of $50 a month for Haddock’s family that would last for the remainder of his wife’s life; she never remarried.

[3] In 2015, Nathan Gorenstein (related to the Millens) published the most exhaustive accounting to date of the crime, entitled Tommy Gun Winter.