Beanery Online Literary Magazine

November 9, 2009

Ghost on Laurel Mountain (PA)

BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE

GHOST ON LAUREL MOUNTAIN (PA)

Diana Hunt

     The greatest Allegheny County scandal at the start of the 20th century involved a woman connected to Laughlintown, Pennsylvania, three and a half miles east of Ligonier.

     On April 12, 1901, an attempted burglary and a murder were committed in a store and the adjoining home of Thomas Kahney, in Mt. Washington, a part of Pittsburgh overlooking the city from high atop the hills. The crime was committed by (more…)