. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present. Gowen, of Philadelphia, the task of removingthe blot on the county was intrusted. Xumerous attempts were made tocarry out the nefarious schemes they planned for the riddance of so able anopponent. At one time three men were detailed from among the faithfulto kill him, but he was warned and escaped. Xumerous times they visitedthe home of Reese, but were thwarted in their hellish purpose bv the men onguard: for two
. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present. Gowen, of Philadelphia, the task of removingthe blot on the county was intrusted. Xumerous attempts were made tocarry out the nefarious schemes they planned for the riddance of so able anopponent. At one time three men were detailed from among the faithfulto kill him, but he was warned and escaped. Xumerous times they visitedthe home of Reese, but were thwarted in their hellish purpose bv the men onguard: for two years it was necessary to have from two to five police on guardat his home. His house was made the headquarters for the law-abiding citi-zens of his community, and members of the family were obliged to remainon upper floors to escape violence from prowling Mollies for a period ofseven months. Though Mr. Reese was fired at on four different occasions,and his clothing pierced with bullets, he escaped personal injury from thatsource. He was killed by an explosion of gas in the Kehley Run colliery, inJuly, 1880, two other mine superintendents losing their lives at the same C^^a^-^^.^^ ^^ CyF-^- COUNTY, PENNSYL\Ai\IA 369 As a division supcriiilcndciU of the riiiladclphia & Reading Coal ^: Iron Com-pany, and an authority on mining and expert on the mine damps and gases,his services and advice were greatly in demand. lie had attained a high repu-tation and standing in the social and business affairs of the county. Frank C. Reese, then but a lad, rendered valuable service in the capacityof messenger boy during the Molly Maguire troubles. Often at night he wassent on an errand with ini])ortant letters, followed by an officer who saw thatthe lad was not molested as he made the delivery of same to different bossesor clergy and to the detective himself, or to Captain Linden, who had chargeof the operations of the detectives at work. So close was the secret held thata
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