Biography
Arthur Chandler was a San Francisco worker jailed for vagrancy in 1934. An October 25 Western Worker report stated that he had spent thirty-nine days in custody, participated in a hunger protest and been released without trial. He subsequently sought damages from police over the detention.
Sources and evidence limits
Exact calendar admission and release dates are unknown; the report is not dated to his release day.
Historical claims are attributed to the contemporary newspaper. No present-day custody status, demographic classification or precise date is inferred.
The October 25 dispatch describes a roofer earning $6 daily, arrested at home in July. It reports thirty-nine days held, release without trial, and participation with sixteen other prisoners in a hunger strike over jail food. His $5,150 damages suit is civil, not another criminal case. Exact custody endpoints unprinted.
