Biography
Ira Tackett was a member of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers prosecuted after the April 11, 1937 confrontation at its union headquarters in Galena, Kansas. He was initially charged with assault with intent to kill and obtained release on bond. After wounded Blue Card miner Lavoice Miller died on April 22, prosecutors brought murder charges against the union defendants. Tackett was among the men charged with first-degree murder.
