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Last Survivor of Ludlow Massacre dies at 94
Submitted by Anonymous on July 12, 2007 - 10:36pmMary Benich-McCleary, the last known survivor of the Ludlow Massacre, has died of a stroke. She was 18 months old when the Colorado militia attacked striking miners and their families on April 20, 1914, at the Ludlow mining camp north of Trinidad during a labor strike.
Last survivor of Ludlow Massacre dies at 94
By TAMMY ALHADEF
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN
Mary Benich-McCleary, the last known survivor of the Ludlow Massacre, has
died of a stroke.
McCleary, 94, of Morgan City, La., died June 28.
She was 18 months old when the Colorado militia attacked striking miners
