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The Mute Witness Match Holder and the Newark Burglar Ring
In early 1900 a string of upper Roseville burglaries sparked a citywide hunt. Detectives followed clues from a small bronze match holder to a colored night worker named Costello, whose arrest led to recoveries of stolen goods and a confession about the gang. Costello pleaded guilty on burglary charges and received a 15 year sentence. his accomplice Grag earned 12 years and died in prison.
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Captain Cosgroves
Police Headquarters
Ma Maide
Arnness
Varn
Roseville
Carroll
William Gray
Gray
Brooklyn
Donovan
Yates
Newark
Dan Murphy
Dan
Eighth Street
Bloomfield Avenue
Murphy
Charles Costello
Chester Avenue
Costello
New York
Berry
Costello Pleaded Guilty To Indictments For Burelary
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