Michael P. Mahoney

Michael P. Mahoney

Mahoney booking photo from 1914
Born (1842-03-17)March 17, 1842
York, Ireland
Died April 10, 1925(1925-04-10) (aged 83)
New York City, New York
Criminal charge Assassination attempt of Mayor John Purroy Mitchel
Criminal status Incarcerated and died in prison

Michael P. Mahoney (March 17, 1842 - April 10, 1925) attempted to assassinate Mayor John Purroy Mitchel of New York City on April 17, 1914.[1][2]

Biography

He was born March 17, 1842 in York, Ireland. He migrated to the United States in 1865, at the age of 23. He lived in Cincinnati, Ohio and by 1914 had migrated to New York City.[3]

At 1:30 pm on April 17, 1914 the 71 year old Mahoney fired his gun at Mitchel as he was getting in his car to go to lunch. The bullet ricocheted off a pedestrian and hit Frank Lyon Polk, New York City's corporation counsel in the chin.[1][2]

Mitchel had been armed with a handgun.[2] His predecessor, Mayor William Jay Gaynor, had been shot by a disgruntled former city employee in 1910.[4]

Mahoney was incarcerated and died on April 10, 1925.[3]

References

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