On Dec. 2, 1887, the trial of 27-year-old William Gorman for the murder of Newark police officer Thomas Roach Jr. continued with testimony from his 22-year-old sister Mary. She stated that William ...
On Nov. 28, 1887, a little over a year after the death of Officer Thomas Roach Jr., the trial against the man accused of killing him, William Gorman, 27, began. The Newark Advocate covered the tri ...