In the 161 years since separation, the Queensland Police Service has kept a roll of honour, remembering the officers killed in the course of their duties.
The 3rd and 4th names on the Memorial are those of Constable Patrick William Cahill and Constable John Francis Power. The two young men died on 06 November 1867, shot dead in the night by their commanding officer, Gold Commissioner Thomas John Griffin.
They died because Commissioner Griffin got himself in a tight spot, owing gambling debts and money to his estranged wife.
For more on this story, my post The Inside Job has an overview of the behaviour and actions of Griffin as he came to the conclusion that his own problems were more important than the lives of the men who served beside him.
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