In the winter of 1909 in Olean, New York, a dedicated police captain named Timothy Hassett, a 46-year-old male, met a tragic end that would be remembered for over a century. His death was the result of a violent encounter with a burglar, and he remains the only officer in the history of the Olean Police Department to be killed in the line of duty. The incident began when a concerned citizen reported hearing someone inside the local lumber company, which she knew should have been closed for the n
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