{"product_id":"100th-anniversary-of-the-holy-rosary-and-tilly-billy-hotel-zoom-nonmembers","title":"100th Anniversary of the Holy Rosary and Tilly Billy Hotel (Zoom nonmembers)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 100th Anniversary of the Fire-Bombing of the Holy Rosary Rectory and the story of the Tilly Billy Hotel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate and Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Thursday, June 18th at 6:30 pm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCost:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e free to SCHS members, $5 for nonmembers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpeaker:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Mike Glore and Mike Kitsock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMike Glore and Mike Kitsock share their research on one of the most diabolical crimes during the Prohibition Era in Schuylkill County. This promises to be an entertaining and informative evening!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJune of 2026 marks the notorious 100th Anniversary of one of the most diabolical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecrimes during the Prohibition Era in Schuylkill County. In a bold attempt to “burn alive”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReverend Patrick J. Fleming, Mahanoy Plane’s Irish priest, owners of the Tilly Billy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHotel, a prostitution house, poured gallons of gasoline onto his rectory during the early\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003emorning hours of June 15, 1926, and ignited it, turning the rectory into a massive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003einferno. Reverend Fleming had launched a series of fiery, unrelenting denunciations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eagainst the Tilly Billy Hotel in Mahanoy Plane, arousing public indignation against the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“business.” What was the outcome of this brazen crime? Veteran fire fighters and co-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eauthors, Michael Glore and Michael Kitsock, a native of Mahanoy Plane, investigate this\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eevent from both the fire-fighting and the criminal viewpoints\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SCHS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42884548493383,"sku":"45900","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/8620\/1415\/files\/100thAnniversaryoftheHolyRosaryFBPost_1_9c2c2a93-cd81-4c02-ad07-43cd12914ef7.png?v=1781712402","url":"https:\/\/schuylkillhistory.myshopify.com\/products\/100th-anniversary-of-the-holy-rosary-and-tilly-billy-hotel-zoom-nonmembers","provider":"Schuylkill County Historical Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}