John Barkoski
(????-1929)
American murder victim
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John Barkoski (also spelled as John Barcoski, John Borkovski, and John Barkowsky) was a Pennsylvania miner beaten to death by the Pennsylvania’s Coal and Iron Police on February 9-10, 1929. His passing and subsequent acquittal of his murderers on the first-degree murder charges provoked public indignation, which eventually led to the end of Pennsylvania’s Coal and Iron Police system. In the words of the Chicago Tribune, "It was the fatal beating of John Barcoski, a miner in the Pittsburgh district several years ago, that hastened the end of "the system." Researchers acknowledged the historical role of John Barcoski's slaying in the demise of Coal and Iron Police.
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