An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people, some of whom traveled hundreds of miles, gathered in the town to view the execution.

[2] Governor George Wolf agreed with the reporter and signed a law banning public execution on April 10, 1834.

[2] In the decades after the execution, Getter's Island was purchased by a lumber company that installed a mill there, while Wilson Dam at the southern end of the island provided a pool of water that was used by young people for swimming.

The amusement park, which offered swimming, picnicking and pony rides, was abandoned when a flood destroyed the bridge in 1944.

[2][4][5] The island was sold to the family of Lee and Mary Heilman in the late 1950s, who used it for recreational purposes.