Paper Monument Poster #017: Sicilian Lynchings at the Old Parish Prison

ID: 5178 ~ Source: Courtesy of Paper Monuments. ~ Creator: Paper Monuments, Henry Lipkis, artist, Elizabeth Steeby, storyteller ~ Date: December 2018.

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Sicilian Lynchings at the Old Parish Prison

By Paper Monuments, Henry Lipkis, artist & Elizabeth Steeby, storyteller

On March 15, 1891, a lynch mob of thousands descended upon the city jail. The destruction and terror caused by this well-orchestrated mob reverberated well past this day, affecting local and global politics in the decades to come. Armed with guns,…