Flynn, J. W.
William S. Bergin served in the west under Custer after the war; retired at home in Mt. Vernon, Ohio in the 1870s. He was sentenced to hang for killing T.J. McBride, the local bartender, but the rope broke, so he had to be hung again.
From the description of Lamentation of Wm. Bergin / composed by J.W. Flynn, [1877]. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 42289027
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| creatorOf | Flynn, J. W. Lamentation of Wm. Bergin / composed by J.W. Flynn, [1877]. | Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society |
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