A Molly Maguire Story
by Patrick Campbell
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Author: Patrick CampbellEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1991-05
ISBN: 0681828757
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Templecrone Pr
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Book Review: HOLLYWOOD ACTOR JIMMY STEWART'S WIFE GLORIA'S GREAT-GRANDFATHER MURDERED BY MOLLY MAGUIRES
Summary: 5 Stars
Author Patrick Campbell takes the reader on a very interesting first-hand genealogical research high adventure. Patrick travels to northern Ireland to interview relatives of detective Allan Pinkerton sponsored Molly Maguire infiltrator James McParlan.
Patrick Campbell's grand-uncle Alexander ("Alec") Campbell was
convicted as one of the alleged "Molly Maguire" murderers of Morgan Powell and John P. Jones. This occurred in the Summit Hill-Mauch Chunk (now known as Jim Thorpe), Pennsylvania area of Carbon County. Alexander Campbell was hung in 1877. COINCIDENTALLY, WELSH COAL MINING SUPERVISOR MORGAN POWELL WAS THE GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF HOLLYWOOD SUPERSTAR ACTOR JAMES MAITLAND STEWART'S (JIMMY STEWART'S) WIFE GLORIA HATRICK MCLEAN STEWART.
The great tragedy of Morgan Powell's murder in 1871 was that Powell left behind a wife named Mary and several children.
My great-great grandfather Patrick McKenna and his brother-in-law Thomas P. Fisher were also implicated in the aforementioned Morgan Powell murder. They hid in the bushes when Morgan was shot by accomplices. Patrick McKenna was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to nine years imprisonment. Thomas P. Fisher was hung in 1878. He was one of twenty men hung for Molly Maguire crimes. Patrick McKenna and his brother-in-law Thomas P. Fisher both operated the Rising Sun Hotel and a saloon called "McKenna's" in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania in the 1870's.
Author Patrick Campbell describes how he obtained details about Molly Maguire impersonator Jim McParlan. Campbell researched Pinkerton records in Philadelphia and Chicago and obtained facts about McParlan's life in Colorado. McParlan infiltrated my McKenna ancestors by donning the pseudonym of James McKenna.
Author Pat Campbell believes that his grand-uncle Alexander ("Alec") Campbell and other alleged "Molly Maguires" were deliberately framed by the Allan Pinkerton detective agency in conjunction with Reading, Pennsylvania railroad magnate Franklin Benjamin Gowen.
Summary of A Molly Maguire Story
An outline of the Molly Maguire sagas from the point of view of a descendant of one of the executed Molly Maguire leaders. It describes the trial and execution of Alec Campbell, and it reveals how he was framed in order to get a major trade union supporter out of the way. The book also exposes the dirty tricks employed by the mine owners to destroy the miners union.General Books
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