Thursday, October 10, 2013

It was a mistake, ok



Let it go already, City Room Desk:
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This just in: we made a mistake – 136 years ago.
It was in a Jan. 9, 1877 article about a police officer shot by a saloon burglar.
The Times called him Officer McDonnell.
His name was McDowell.
The error came to light when we researched a correction to a recent article about the history of the New York Yankees logo.
The record is now set straight.

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