"broderick a confession"

[Towse]

I was reading a mystery short story last night and came across the
phrase "brodericked a confession" but can't find hide nor hair of
anything on the Web that explains the origin of "to broderick."

I'm assuming Broderick was expert at forcing confessions from suspects, but ...

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Sal

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