John M. Dunn

For other people with the same name, see John Dunn (disambiguation).

John Dunn
Born(1910-08-24)August 24, 1910
Queens, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 7, 1949(1949-07-07) (aged 38)
Sing Sing Prison, New York, U.S.
Criminal statusExecuted by electrocution
ConvictionFirst degree murder
Criminal penaltyDeath

John M. "Cockeye" Dunn (August 24, 1910 – July 7, 1949) was a New York mobster who was involved in the numbers racket and labor racketeering as a top enforcer for his brother-in-law, Eddie McGrath. He was convicted, together with Andrew "Squint" Sheridan, of the 1947 murder of Greenwich Village hiring stevedore Anthony "Andy" Hintz, and executed by electric chair on July 7, 1949, aged 38.

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