Tag: Q2 1874
Tweed’s Trail of Tears: Street Repairs Scandal Rocks New York City
In the sweltering summer of 1871, William M. Tweed, the powerful Commissioner of New York City, handed out lucrative contracts like candy to his cronies. One such contract was awarded to John B. Leverlon, a city hail cleaner, to repair various streets across the city. Leverlon claimed he was owed $31,000 in compensation for his…
Robert Moses, Bribery, New York 1950
In the sweltering heat of April 28th, 1874, the New York courts witnessed a peculiar trial that would expose the dark underbelly of legislative lobbying. James L. Smith, a journalist from the New York Courier, had been seeking $18 for advertising sheriff’s notices in his newspaper. However, Comptroller Greeu refused to pay, citing a lack…
D.C. Dagger: Mysterious Stabbings Plague City Streets
Washington D.C. was gripped with fear as a series of brutal stabbings shook the nation’s capital. The latest in a string of attacks occurred on May 4, when a mysterious figure struck in the city’s outer neighborhoods. The victims, mostly young men, were found with severe lacerations and stab wounds, leaving authorities baffled. ‘This is…
Robert Schneider, Public Corruption, Louisiana 2023
On a sweltering April 14th, 1874, the City Council of New Orleans convened in emergency session to address the simmering Schneider case. The controversy had been brewing for weeks, with allegations of irregularities in the Department of Finance surfacing in a scathing exposé published in the New Orleans Bulletin. The Investigating Committee, comprising five prominent…
