Mobsters, Gangs, Criminals and Thieves – William J Sharkey
He was a thief, a pickpocket, a Tammany Hall politician, and finally, a murderer. However, William J. Sharkey was best known for his daring escape from death row, in New York City’s Tombs Prison. Sharkey was born in New York City in 1845, into a wealthy family residing in the Ninth Ward in Manhattan. Despite…