In the late hours of a summer night in Niagara Falls, New York, a dedicated 46-year-old male police officer named Michael McCormick was nearing the end of his shift. On the evening of July 22, 1908, while on patrol with his partner, a report came in about a suspicious man armed with a Colt. 44 revolver near a local brothel. McCormick’s partner was the first to arrive on the scene. After finishing a meal, McCormick headed towards Falls Street to join his partner.
Upon his arrival, the so
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