Eddie Maleski

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1920s
State:Illinois
Support
United Mine Workers of America
Eddie Maleski

Biography

Eddie Maleski, not yet nineteen, was the youngest of the eight Zeigler, Illinois miners convicted in March 1926 in the "Zeigler frame-up" of assault with intent to murder; because of his age he was sent to the reformatory at Pontiac rather than the penitentiary, and was bailed pending appeal.

Case

Illinois State Reformatory, Pontiac
Charges: Assault with intent to murder (March 1926 Zeigler, Illinois frame-up of UMW miners)
Incarcerated: March 1926
Sentence: One to fourteen years; held at the Chester penitentiary (Pontiac reformatory for the youngest defendant) until bailed pending appeal. Verdict as recorded: Convicted, March 1926; bailed pending appeal
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Illinois

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