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Bige Wilson

Era:1930s
State:Kentucky
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Biography

Bige Wilson, a local strike leader, was released after the witness declined to testify at his criminal-syndicalism hearing on the Saturday preceding the February 8 Pineville dispatch. This establishes actual release by publication without a precise intake or complete custody total. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n034-NY-feb-09-1932-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Criminal syndicalism during Kentucky miners’ organizing.
Sentence: Released after witness declined to testify at the hearing; exact intake and complete custody total unknown.