John A. Hennessy (1859 - April 22, 1951), was a newspaper editor and a special investigator for Governor Sulzer in the Tammany Hall corruption trial of 1913.[1][2]
He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1893 (Kings Co., 8th D.), 1894 and 1895 (both Kings Co., 2nd D.).
He died on April 22, 1951, in Brooklyn.[3][4]
Following a conference with District Attorney Wesley A. Dudley, John A. Hennessy, Gov. Sulzer's special investigator, gave out a statement to-night in which he said that evidence had been submitted alleging fraudulent highway work involving William H. Fitzpatrick, Democratic County Chairman; J.P. Morrissey, Division Engineer of the Highway Department; William J. Reardon, ex-Superintendent of Repairs in Erie County, and Charles Hahn, foreman of laborers.
... died at his Brooklyn home today, ...
John A. Hennessy, 83, crusading newspaperman who exposed graft and corruption in New York City in the early 1900s, died at his ...