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Tommy O'Connor (criminal)
Thomas "Terrible Tommy" O'Connor was a gangster who escaped from the Chicago, Illinois, courthouse in 1923, only four days before he was to have been executed at the Historical Gallows〔Lydersen, Kari ("Infamous Piece of Chicago History Goes on the Block" ) Washington Post, October 31, 2006. Retrieved April 7, 2012.〕 for the murder of a policeman.
==Life==
O'Connor was born in County Limerick, Ireland around 1880 and immigrated to the United States as a boy. He first came to prominence when he was arrested after a shootout in which Chicago Police Detective Patrick J O'Neil was gunned down March 13, 1921.〔("The Officer Down Memorial Page: Detective Patrick O'Neil" ). Retrieved April 7, 2012.〕 This came as a result of investigators coming to arrest him as a prime suspect in a previous case. O'Connor fled and was later arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota. They sent him back to Cook County, Illinois. Charged with Paddy's murder, O'Connor was convicted at trial and sentenced to hang. Four days before the scheduled execution, he and four other prisoners overpowered the guard, took his rifle, and escaped from the courthouse.〔Gavser, Bernard ("Original Gallows Awaits Tom O'Connor 30 Years After Escape" ) Lakeland Ledger, May 30, 1962. Retrieved April 7, 2012.〕 All but two of the men were last seen dodging through traffic and made their escape. It is unknown how O'Connor died, though there is a tombstone at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Worth, Illinois.〔("Find A Grave: Thomas "Terrible Tommy" O'Conner )". Retrieved April 7, 2012.〕 His year of death is listed as 1951.
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