Today is Saturday, January 23, 2021.

On this day in 1888, Waios gang leader Daniel Driscoll was hanged.

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Today we're covering the execution of gang leader Daniel Driscoll.

Let's go back to New York City on the morning of January 23rd, 1888.

In the uneasy darkness before dawn, Warden Walsh and his men kept vigilant watch over

Tum's prison.

They had taken part in executions here before, but today was different.

Today, the tension was palpable.

Thirty-three-year-old Daniel Driscoll, the man they were about to send to the gallows,

was no ordinary criminal. He was the co-leader of the notorious Waios gang, whose members had

no qualms about attacking officers of the law. Just days earlier, Warden Walsh received an

alarming letter that read, If Driscoll is hanged, you are doomed also.

Authorities were well aware that Driscoll's men might try and set him free,

so they made sure to take every precaution.

Guards were stationed along the exterior and interior perimeters of the prison,

as well as on nearby rooftops. If the

Waios wanted a war, Warden Walsh and his men were more than ready. But a war was the last

thing on Driscoll's mind. Back in the fall of 1886, he was found guilty of first-degree murder. While he'd fought long

and hard to appeal his conviction, it was clear that there was nothing more he could do. Faced with the

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