Newark has certainly had its share of sensational crimes over the years, perhaps none more notable than the mob hit of gangster Dutch Schultz at the long-demolished Palace Chop House on East Park Street in October of 1935.
But nine years earlier, there was a fatal armed robbery in the city that also seized the public’s attention and had residents in Newark–and from throughout New Jersey, really–scrambling for their newspapers each day to follow developments in the case, including a subsequent trial.
“How a Bragging Bandit Gave the Vital Clue,” teased one headline from the extensive news coverage…