Biography
Abe Berg was one of eight workers arrested at an election meeting in San Francisco’s Jefferson Square on October 28, 1934. The Western Worker named Abe Berg in its arrest list and reported a vagrancy charge. Berg was also charged with battery. A November 6 report stated that Abe Berg remained jailed under $500 cash bail.
Sources and evidence limits
Birth and death dates, final case outcome and exact total custody time are not established here. No precise bail-release date is entered.
Historical claims are attributed to the contemporary newspaper. No present-day custody status, demographic classification or precise date is inferred.
Individually named in the October 28 Jefferson Square election-meeting arrests. PDF page 5’s November 6 account says Berg, Ensign and Boots remained held under $500 cash bail. No final verdict or discharge supplied.
