US EditionThe Molly Maguire Executions: Building the Gallows in Pottsville
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The Molly Maguire Executions: Building the Gallows in Pottsville
While researching the Molly Maguires for a larger future project, I came across a striking sketch from a July 1877 edition of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. The image depicts workmen inside Schuylkill County Prison in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, constructing the gallows for what would become the largest mass execution in Pennsylvania history. On June 21, 1877, six men were hanged at Pottsville and another four at Mauch Chunk (modern-day Ji…
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