The Molly Maguires Trials
The Molly Maguires Trials: An Account
Twenty Mollys made walks to the gallows. Thursday June 21, 1877, known as "Black Thursday" saw ten miners hang, six in Pottsville and four in Mauch Chunk.
After a series of often violent conflicts, twenty suspected members of the Molly Maguires were convicted of murder and other crimes and were executed by hanging ...
Molly Maguires Trials (1876-77) - UMKC School of Law
An account of the 1876-77 trials of the Molly Maguires, plus images, chronology, links, and other materials.
Pennsylvania State Archives - Molly Maguires
These alleged Molly Maguires were brought to trial in courts that allowed Gowen and other mine owning interests official prosecutorial status. Many of the ...
The Molly Maguires Trials: A Chronology - UMKC School of Law
Police officer Benjamin Yost is shot and killed as he extinguishes a street light in Tamaqua. (With information provided by McParlan, five Mollies--McGehan, ...
Molly Maguires: Topics in Chronicling America
An Irish secret society known as the Molly Maguires is thought responsible for a string of violent attacks in the Pennsylvania coal fields. After Pinkerton ...
The Tragedy of the Molly Maguires - National Canal Museum
In response to their oppression, in the 1840s, groups such as the Molly Maguires ... Many historians and law experts now believe that the trials ...
The Molly Maguires - Digital History
The trial itself was a mockery of judicial process, with coal company attorneys prosecuted the case in court. Apparently, a scattering of Irish immigrant ...
The Legend of the Molly Maguires | Pennsylvania Center for the Book
From 1875 to 1877 a series of trials were held in Pottsville, Pennsylvania to uncover alleged crimes committed by the Molly Maguires. Although the trials could ...
Meet the Mollies: Men Hanged on Black Thursday (June 21, 1877)
Meet the Mollies: Men Hanged on Black Thursday (June 21, 1877). Details: Parent Category: Molly Maguires Trials (1876-77) ...
Historian Dispels Many Popular Beliefs Over Molly Maguire Trial
"A dozen of books were written about the Molly Maguires," Metz said, adding that he's read several books that name Asa Packer as the man who was behind ...
Making Sense of the Molly Maguires - Hagley Museum & Library
The Molly Maguires were a secret organization operating in Pennsylvania's Coal Region during a period of labor unrest in the 1860s and 1870s.
... the Molly Maguires. The group had originally ... trials and executions were an outrageous perversion of the criminal justice system.
Execution of Molly Maguires Historical Marker - Explore PA History
Despite all the confusion about the history of Molly Maguires, what is not at issue is what the trial of 1877 reveals about the domination of Pennsylvania ...
The Molly Maguires: Labor Heroes or Ethnic Terrorists?
Gowen, the railroad president and lead prosecutor in the trials, Allen Pinkerton, the head of the Pinkerton Detective. Agency, and F.P. Dewees, an attorney for ...
Search Strategies & Selected Articles - Molly Maguires
The Elk County Advocate (Ridgeway, PA), May 25, 1976, Image 4, col. 4. "The Molly Maguire Murder Trials". The Columbian (Bloomburg, PA), May 26, ...
Among the Assassins: The Molly Maguires and their Victims
From cover:'Full report of the evidence of Detective McParlan and Jimmy Kerrigan at the celebrated Molly Maguire trials, at Pottsville, [Pennsylvania].
Personal Histories: The Molly Maguires by Jim Castagnera
On June 21, 1877 four men were hanged in the Central Pennsylvania coal town of Mauch Chunk. The four -- Michael Doyle, Edward Kelly, Alexander Campbell, and “ ...
Flogging Molly – A Brief History of the Molly Maguires - UFCW 324
He accused the Molly Maguires of having participated in nearly fifty murders. The accused, consisting mainly of Irish labor leaders and ...
The Molly Maguires - McGILL LAW OFFICE
“The Molly Maguire trials were a surrender of state sovereignty. A private corporation initiated the investigation through a private ...