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Bernard Rush

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1940s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Communism
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Biography

Bernard Rush, a student at the Workers School in Philadelphia, was arrested with school director Adolph Heller on July 10, 1940 in a purported bomb case built around a device police said they found after an anonymous tip. He was held on $3,500 bail and later convicted, but the trial judge set the conviction aside for insufficient evidence. The length of any custody after arrest remains unresolved.

Case

Charges: 'Bomb plot' charges (Philadelphia Workers School frame-up)
Arrested: Jul 10, 1940
Sentence: Held on $3,500 bail after arrest July 10, 1940. The later conviction was set aside for insufficient evidence; the length of any custody remains unresolved.
Convicted: Yes