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Andrew Fetzig

Era:1930s
State:New York
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Biography

Andrew Fetzig, former secretary of the Marine Workers Industrial Union, was jailed in Buffalo on Monday, August 13, 1934 and held incommunicado without charges, according to the August 15 report. International Labor Defense attorney Schmiell instituted habeas corpus proceedings for him and Manning Johnson on August 14. An application is not an order granting release; no final disposition or full custody total is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n196-aug-16-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Political and maritime-union arrest; no charge stated.
Arrested: Aug 13, 1934
Sentence: Andrew Fetzig, former secretary of the Marine Workers Industrial Union, was jailed in Buffalo on Monday, August 13, 1934 and held incommunicado without charges, according to the August 15 report. International Labor Defense attorney Schmiell instituted habeas corpus proceedings for him and Manning Johnson on August 14. An application is not an order granting release; no final disposition or full custody total is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n196-aug-16-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3