Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Next revision | Previous revision |
| macintosh_gang [] – external edit 127.0.0.1 | macintosh_gang [] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1 |
|---|
| <tab>The //Brockville Recorder// of 10 May 1866 mentions “the McKinnon gang” as a criminal group of GC connections. It would seem from other press references, however, that this was a term for a few alleged swindlers or confidence men, and that they did not constitute a gang in the “Wild West” sense the MacIntosh Gang supposedly did. The McKinnon participants may not even have been described as a gang in the GC area. | <tab>The //Brockville Recorder// of 10 May 1866 mentions “the McKinnon gang” as a criminal group of GC connections. It would seem from other press references, however, that this was a term for a few alleged swindlers or confidence men, and that they did not constitute a gang in the “Wild West” sense the MacIntosh Gang supposedly did. The McKinnon participants may not even have been described as a gang in the GC area. |
| |
| <tab>On the subject of crime and violence, see also the entries for John James Craig and J. Slavin for other desperadoes belonging to the later part of the century. | <tab>On the subject of crime and violence, see also the entries for [[craig_john_james|John James Craig]] and [[slavin_james|J. Slavin]] for other desperadoes belonging to the later part of the century. |
| |
| |
