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Antone Ries

Era:1920s
State:Massachusetts
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Biography

Antone Ries was a New Bedford textile striker reported in a police cell by the July 26, 1928 Daily Worker. The report describes injuries and alleges that police refused him medical attention and water. His actual cell confinement is distinguished from the injury-only reports about other workers. The source gives no exact individual admission, release or completed detention. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1928/1928-ny/v05-n176-NY-jul-26-1928-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Detention in connection with the New Bedford textile strike; formal charge unreported.
Sentence: Actual confinement in a police cell; injuries and refusal of care alleged by the newspaper. Dates and completed total unknown.