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Albert Matozzo

Era:1930s
State:Illinois
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Biography

Kincaid police chief Albert Matozzo is individually identified among twenty-four people jailed on murder accusations after the January 1933 miners’ strike confrontation. The January 9 dispatch says sheriff’s deputies beat him and the mayor; the broader report describes local city police defending Progressive Miners pickets from deputies. His exact arrest day, trial outcome and release are not printed. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1933/v010-n008-NY-jan-10-1933-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1

Case

Charges: Murder accusation in the Christian County Progressive Miners strike conflict.
Sentence: Jailed by January 9, 1933, with arraignment planned January 13; no individual verdict or release supplied.