This week in 1896
February 13th, 2015 by admin
”I am innocent, Father, innocent.”
— Bartholomew Shea (alias Bat Shea) , convicted of murder, electric chair, New York.
Executed February 11, 1896
In Troy’s much-contested mayoral election of 1894, “fighting was general all over the city,” but there was only one instance of bloodshed. Shea, a “notorious character,” was charged with gunning down Robert Ross, a “fair play” election reformer.
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