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Execution of one of the Mollie Maguires...



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March 29, 1878

ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT, March 29, 1878 

* Molly Maguires
* Mauch Chunk


The front page has coverage concerning the Molly Maguires with column heads: "A CRUEL COUGH" "The Signal for the Death of a Mine Boss" "What Came of the Plot Concocted by Fisher" "The Mauch Chunk Mollie Stretches Hemp in Style" "How He Induced Yellow Jack Donohue to Kill Powell" "Scene & Incidents Connected with the Execution". The article begins: "Another victim to the Molly Maguire excitement perished on the gallows today at Mauch Chunk..." with much detail. The article takes a full pg. 2 column & continues with 1 1/2 columns on pg. 3.
Page 3 begins with a fine report headed: "JAKE KILLIAN KILLED" "Bill Lake's Murderer Dies With His Boots On" "The Desperado's Career Cut Short by a Shot-Gun" "4 Young Virginian Who Richly Deserves Hanging" "His Brutal Assault On an Inoffensive Darky" with more.
Eight pages, very nice condition.

Category: Post-Civil War