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Al Stone

Era:1930s
State:New York
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Biography

Al Stone was a militant picketer in the New York dressmakers strike. Police raided the Brooklyn strike headquarters at 795 Flushing Avenue on Thursday night, February 26, 1931, and arrested him on an assault accusation. The report places the raid in a campaign of mass picketing and police interference with the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union strike. No sentence, physical discharge or complete custody duration is reported. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n052-NY-sect-one-feb-28-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1

Case

Charges: Assault accusation during Brooklyn dress-strike headquarters raid.
Arrested: Feb 26, 1931
Sentence: Actual arrest established; judicial sentence, total service and physical release unknown. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n052-NY-sect-one-feb-28-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1