21st June 1877: Ten Irish immigrants hanged for murder, having been accused of membership of the Molly Maguires secret society

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21st June 2021

21st June 1877: Ten Irish immigrants hanged for murder, having been accused of membership of the Molly Maguires secret society

Historians have since questioned the convictions, which saw ten men hanged for murder – six in the prison at Pottsville, and four at Mauch Chunk in Carbon County.

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21st June 1877: Ten Irish immigrants hanged for murder, having been accused of membership of the Molly Maguires secret society

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