DORSEY, John
Dorsey, a black sailor, lived with his mistress, a prostitute named
Ann McGirr, alias Ann Hopkins, in a five-story tenement dwelling at
No. 3 Worth Street, New York City, which was inhabited by black pros-
titutes and their lovers. On the night of March 10, 1857, he returnec
home drunk and met Miss McGirr in the alley behind the house, An
argument developed and he drew a razor from his pocket and used it to
cut her threat from ear-to-ear, Convicted and sentenced to die, he
was hanged at the Tombs ‘rison on July 17, 1857.
1886 PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS IN AMERICA by Thomas Byrnes. Chelsea
House Publishing Company, New York. Copyright £969 by Chelsea House
Publishing Company. ‘age 369
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DORSEY, John
Dorsey, @ black sailor, lived with his mistress, a prostitute named
Ann McGirr, alias Ann Hopkins, in a five-story tenement dwelling at
No. 3 Worth Street, New York City, which was inhabited by black pros-
titutes and their lovers. On the night of March 10, 1857, he returned
home drunk and met Miss McGirr in the alley behind the house. An
argument developed and he drew a razor from hks pocket and used it to
cut her threat from ear-to-ear., Convicted and sentenced to die, he
was hanged at the Tombs trison on July 17, 1857.
1886 PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS IN AMERICA by Thomas Byrnes. Chelsea
House Publishing Company, New York. Copyright k969 by Chelsea House
Publishing Company. age 369
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DORSEY, John
Dorsey, a black sailor, lived with his mistress, a prostitute named
Ann MeGirr, alias Ann Hopkins, in a five-story tenement dwelling at
No. 3 Worth Street, New York City, which was inhabited by black pros-
titutes and their lovers. On the night of March 10, 1857, he returned
hone drunk and met Miss McGirr in the alley
threat from ear-to-ear, Convicted and sentenced to die, he
was hanged at the Tombs Frison on July 17, 1857.
1886 PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS IN AMERICA by Thomas Byrnes. Chels
House Publishing Company, New York. Copyright B969 by Chelsea House
Publishing Company. ‘age 369
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