Biography
Abel Handy was an active member of Furniture Woodworking Division Local76-B in JerseyCity,NewJersey. The Daily Worker of November13,1936,page5 reports that he had been arrested about two weeks earlier on an assault accusation made by a strikebreaker employed at the Pacific Parlor Frame Company. His case was thrown out of court by the time of the report. The source does not establish an exact arrest day, time spent in custody or precise dismissal/release date.
