John F. Daley, a 29-year-old white man, was on patrol in Detroit�s business district when the night turned dangerous shortly before midnight on November 17, 1904. He came upon two burglars working at the rear of William Diedrich�s store at 75 Michigan Avenue, near Wayne Street�an alleyway that sat in the shadows behind a busy corner even after the shops closed.
The burglars had already started forcing a store window, and in the confusion of Daley�s attempt to stop them, gunfire cracked t
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