More Blinky Morgan

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Wed Nov 6 22:44:43 UTC 2024


“The *BLINKY MORGAN CASE*, one of Cleveland's more notorious crimes, began
on the night of 26 January 1887, when a well-known gang headed by "Blinky
Morgan" (Charles Conklin) robbed downtown's Benedict and Ruedy store of a
large quantity of valuable furs. Several weeks later one of the gang
members, Harry McMunn, was captured in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania.
Cleveland police officers Detective William Hulligan and Captain Henry
Hoehn were sent to retrieve McMunn. At the Ravenna train station, three
gang members ambushed the officers and freed McMunn. Hulligan and Hoehn
were beaten; Hulligan died from his injuries, while Hoehn recovered.”


It occurs to me that this Blinky Morgan had fur-henchmen.


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