William J. Sharkey was a pickpocket, a con man, a politician, and a murderer, though whether or not that murder was an accident became the question at the center of a case that gripped New York for months. And then, he vanished. Sort of. Research: <ul> <li>&ldquo;An Assassin&rsquo;s Career.&rdquo; New York Times. March 22, 1875. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1875/03/22/91671169.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0</li> <li>Asbury, Herbert. &ldquo;The Escape of William J. Sharkey.&rdquo; The New Yorker. Feb. 27, 1931. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1931/03/07/and the-escape-of-william-j-sharkey</li> <li>&ldquo;Criminal&rsquo;s Chances.&rdquo; New-York Tribune. Nov. 20, 1873. https://www.newspapers.com/image/85393879/?match=1&terms=William%20J.%20Sharkey</li> <li>&ldquo;The Death Penalty.&rdquo; The New York Times. July 4, 1873. https://www.newspapers.com/image/20559978/?match=1&terms=William%20J.%20Sharkey</li> <li>The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Boss Tweed".&nbsp;Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 May. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Boss-Tweed</li> <li>&ldquo;The Escaped Murderer.&rdquo; The Sun. Feb. 24, 1875. https://www.newspapers.com/image/51905732/?match=1&terms=maggie%20jourdan</li> <li>&ldquo;Found Guilty.&rdquo; New York Times. June 22, 1873. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1873/06/22/90527758.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0</li> <li>&ldquo;Last Days of the Tombs.&rdquo; New-York Tribune. May 23, 1897. https://www.newspapers.com/image/78349840/?match=1&terms=%22william%20j.%20sharkey%22</li> <li>&ldquo;Maggie Jourdan Bailed.&rdquo; New York Daily Herald. Jan. 4, 1874.</li> <li>&ldquo;The Murder Record: The Dunn Murder.&rdquo; New York Times. June 20, 1873. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1873/06/20/90526851.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0</li> <li>&ldquo;Scanlan, the Actor, Dead.&rdquo; The Sun. Feb. 20, 1898. https://www.newspapers.com/image/79111299/?match=1&terms=%22william%20j.%20sharkey%22</li> <li>&ldquo;The Sharkey Case.&rdquo; The New York Times. July 25, 1873. https://www.newspapers.com/image/20561956/?match=1&terms=William%20J.%20Sharkey%20%22writ%20of%20error%22</li> <li>&ldquo;Sharkey Is Still Alive.&rdquo; The Evening World. March 6, 1900. https://www.newspapers.com/image/50555426/?match=1&terms=%22william%20j.%20sharkey%22</li> <li>&ldquo;Sharkey&rsquo;s Escape.&rdquo; New York Times. Nov. 20, 1873. https://www.newspapers.com/image/20503882/?match=1&terms=maggie%20jourdan</li> <li>&ldquo;Trial of William J. Sharkey &hellip; &ldquo; New York Daily Herald. June 21, 1873. https://www.newspapers.com/image/329612596/?match=1&terms=William%20J.%20Sharkey</li> <li>&ldquo;Why Is the Manhattan House of Detention Called the Tombs?&rdquo; The New York Historical. https://www.nyhistory.org/community/manhattan-house-of-detention</li> <li>&ldquo;Wm. J. Sharkey&rsquo;s Escape.&rdquo; The Sun. June 23, 1879. https://www.newspapers.com/image/78200292/?match=1&terms=maggie%20jourdan</li> </ul>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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