In the winter of 1912, a dedicated Newark police detective, John J. Gaffney, a 38-year-old white male, met a tragic and untimely end. His death came on the evening of December 6th, a Friday, a day that would be his last in a 12-year career of service to the city. The night was likely cold as he and a fellow officer patrolled the Central Railroad yards near Lafayette Street, a place of shadows and industry. It was here they observed three men whose suspicious behavior prompted the officers to app
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