At a Glance



1779 - July 1 - Lawrence Myers - A Torie, court martialed for inducing men to desert from General Sullivan's army



1779 - July 1 - Michael Rosebury- A Torie, court martialed for inducing men to desert from General Sullivan's army - Pardoned by General Sullivan.



1829 - Henry Keck - Shot and killed his father. Pardoned by Governor Shultz. Both Keck and the governor were both hanged and burnt in effigy on the public square at Wilkes-Barre.



1849 - James Cadden for shooting Daniel Gilligan.



1852 - September 9 - Reese W. Evans, age 19, for shooting and beating Lewis Reese, a Wilkes-Barre clothier.



1854 - April 21 - James Quinn for splitting open the head of Mahala Wiggins on a canal boat near Wilkes-Barre



1858 - April 30 - William Muller for the murder of George Matthews



1867 - May 20 - Alexander Wiley for murder of Mrs. John McElwee



1867 - November - Neal Devaney for murder of wife Catherine



1877 - June 21 - Andrew Lanahan for the murder of Captain Reilly. Said to be Molly MacGuire



1888 - April 3 - Adam Volkovich for the brutal murder of Stanislaus Broski



1889 - June 25 - Michael Rizzelo alias Red Nose Mike for the murder of J. Brainerd McClure, the contractor's paymaster, and Hugh Flanagan.



1891 - March 27 - George W. Moss for the murder of his wife

