Ignatz Simich

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

Biography

Ignatz Simich was one of the eight miners convicted in March 1926 in the "Zeigler frame-up" — the prosecution of twenty progressive United Mine Workers members from the Klan-ridden coal town of Zeigler, Illinois, after a 1925 union-hall melee provoked by Klansmen. Convicted of assault with intent to murder and sentenced to one to fourteen years at the Chester penitentiary, he was bailed pending appeal after months inside. The case was a leading ILD defense campaign of 1926, and the spelling of the miners' names follows the ILD's Labor Defender.

Case

Southern Illinois Penitentiary, Chester
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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