In the late hours of August 8, 1908, a routine patrol in the quiet town of Methuen, Massachusetts, turned deadly for two dedicated police officers. Patrolman Francis McDermott, a White male, and his partner, Patrolman Charles Emerson, were dutifully making their rounds in the Peat Meadow area, a place known for the recurring issue of hay theft. Their assignment that evening was to keep a watchful eye over the haystacks near Lowell and Woodland Streets, a task meant to deter petty crime but one t
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