Tag: Michael McGloin

• On This Day in 1873 – John Gaffney hanged by future President Grover Cleveland.

  

  A free chapter from ‘Murders, Mysteries and Misdemeanors in New York.’ Grover Cleveland is seldom regarded as an exceptional US President. He wasn’t universally despised (although often deeply unpopular) but not universally admired either. In short, he was a safe and unspectacular pair of hands. He does have one singular attribute setting him apart from…

  CrimeScribe

  February 14, 2021

  History, Press And Politics, True Crime

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