syracuseny

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J.K. McGuire (LOC)

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  • Wystan said:
    James K. McGuire, former mayor of Syracuse, N. Y., was a Tammany fixer, who accepted bribes and political "donations" while he arranged sweetheart deals on highway department road paving contracts for New York asphalt companies. After he skipped town, he was located in Puerto Rico, in November, 1913. New York Times story, November 27, 1913: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C06E...
  • Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks for the link, Wystan. Looks like the date of this photo is Dec. 8, 1913. Do you agree? We'll update the name and date the next time we update the record.
  • Wystan said:
    Agreed. Here's another glimpse of the old reprobate:
  • Richard Norton said:
    I started a biography for him in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kennedy_McGuire
  • Art Siegel said:
    He was in the news in the summer of 1916 as a member of the executive committee of the Irish Relief Fund. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F30F12F93C5F13...