There will be some specific names as they relate to the topic. I'm not sure yet exactly which ancestors' names will be mentioned. Maureen, Please keep the list in mind when you get done, a list of surnames would be VERY helpful to those of us who collect books on Westchester Co, NY , I for one will order a copy of it covers any of my ancestors. Thanks for all of the hard work. (Side note my Grandfather's (Fred Hirsch, NCPD) murderer "Two Gun Crowley" was electrocuted at Sing Sing in 1932.) Thanks, Carol L. Heap FL

Carol: As a current resident of Ossining, I enjoy Ossining history. Your comment about "Two Gun Crowley" for some reason sounded familiar. I finally figured out where I'd read it before. I have a book, which you may have, called "Images of America: Sing Sing Prison," by Guy Cheli (Arcadia Publishing, 2003), which includes the following passage in the chapter on "The Electric Chair: "Francis 'Two Gun' Crowley was 19 when he was executed in the electric chair in 1932. He arrived at Sing Sing as a murderer and vicious criminal. Crowley became the notorious two-gun bandit when he murdered a police officer. While in the death house, he set his mattress on fire, fought with the guards, and destroyed his cell. Crowley was moved to a special cell that was isolated from all other prisoners on death row. About three days after his isolation, a starling flew into Crowley's cell. He fed the bird, and it kept coming back. The next day, Crowley agreed to behave if he could keep the bird. Crowley tamed the bird, and the bird apparently tamed Crowley. Crowley spent the remainder of his time in the death house drawing and sketching. He showed a talent for drawing, and his sketches were architectlike in quality." The book even includes a reprint of one of his sketches. Regrettably, the book doesn't name your grandfather as the murdered police officer, but I thought you might find the passage interesting, if you weren't already aware of it. Deborah cheap@simon.com wrote: > There will be some specific names as they relate to the topic. I'm not sure > > yet exactly which ancestors' names will be mentioned. > > Maureen, Please keep the list in mind when you get done, a list of > surnames would be VERY helpful to those of us who collect books on > Westchester Co, NY , I for one will order a copy of it covers any of my > ancestors. Thanks for all of the hard work. > > (Side note my Grandfather's (Fred Hirsch, NCPD) murderer "Two Gun Crowley" > was electrocuted at Sing Sing in 1932.) > Thanks, > Carol L. Heap > FL > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >