Dos pistolas crowley biography of nancy

American criminal (1912–1932)

Francis Crowley (October 31, 1912 – January 21, 1932) was an American murderer.

Dos pistolas crowley biography of nancy

His crime spree lasted nearly three months, ending in a two-hour shootout with the New York City Police Department on May 7, 1931, that was witnessed by 15,000 bystanders and received national attention. In 1932 he was executed in New York's electric chair.^[1]

Early life

Francis Crowley was born in New York City on October 31, 1912, the second son of an unwed German mother who gave him up for adoption.^[2] He had a hatred for police, with some speculating that his absent father was a police officer.^{[citation needed]}

This hatred for the police was compounded by police killing his brother John when Crowley was 12 years old.

John was alleged to be involved in the killing of NYPD Officer Maurice Harlow on February 22, 1925. Shortly thereafter John Crowley was killed in a confrontation with police officers while resisting