The front page of the August 16th, 1930 edition of the Lewiston Evening Journal was covered

with eye-catching headlines.

The maiden voyage of a British airship, the sinking of a Norwegian ocean liner in the

Koch Islands, but for mayners, a local headline caught their attention.

Drowning of Portland Police Man remains a mystery.

The front page story gave few answers, but instead highlighted the question that was

on everyone's mind that night.

What happened to Michael T. Connolly?

Like the waters of Casco Bay, the mystery, and the uncertainty surrounding the death of

patrolman Michael T. Connolly in the early morning hours of August 15th, 1930, is just

as deep and open-ended today as it was as a fresh case over 90 years ago.

The list of questions posed has grown over time, and those who know of the incident are

now still asking the same questions that family members and investigators have asked for

years.

I'm Kylie Lowe, and this is the death and discovery of patrolman Michael T. Connolly

on Dark Down East.

Michael T. Connolly was born in Ireland in 1881 to parents Lawrence and Margaret Koen Connolly.

She had a sister, Mary, and four brothers, John Edward Patrick and James.

In 2008, the family of Michael Connolly sat down for a series of interviews with Susan

Norton, a writer for a history blog called Stories of Long a Go.

In her September 17th post of that year, she published the information, the memories,

and the stories that the Connolly family shared with her about their beloved family member.

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