Herbert Moore

Murdered

On April 24, 1901, Special Officer Herbert D. Moore of the Cumberland Police Department in Rhode Island was shot while interrupting a burglary at a local store. He was taken to a local hospital where he died three days later, on April 27, 1901. Officer Moore had served with the Cumberland Police Department for two years and was survived by his wife and four children.

In the spring of 1901, businesses in Cumberland, Lincoln, and Central Falls had been the targets of nighttime burglaries ...Read More

Special Officer Herbert D. Moore

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