This story first appeared in a 16-page commemorative section, “Thank you, New Jersey,” celebrating The Star-Ledger newspaper’s legacy in print. On Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025 The Star-Ledger published its ...
The Journal extensively covered the 1878 “slaughtered in his sleep” murder of a Jersey City police officer, Richard H. Smith, who was found bloodied in his bed, through its multiple trials of his wife ...