256 Stafford St
Alley beside Farmers
Find the blue gates where someone was shot in 1921
In an ally way... in 1921 Constable James Dorgan was shot and died against this gate. He was investigating a robbery at T & J Thomson's Drapery shop (now Farmers). He left behind wife Agnes and three children. His death is the only unsolved murder of a police officer in NZ.
The site of Nz’s only unsolved murder of a police officer. In an ally way in 1921 Constable James Dorgan was shot and died against the gate. He was investigating a robbery at T & J Thomson's Drapery shop. He left behind wife Agnes and three children.