Biography
Byron Kitto was a Colorado coal-strike prisoner reported by the Daily Worker on November 9, 1927. Its report described the named strike leaders as held incommunicado with bail denied, while miners demanded their release. An individually identified photograph places him behind bars in Las Animas County Jail. The article and photograph caption use the spelling variants Byron Kitto and Byron Kito; both refer to the individually pictured prisoner.
Byron Kitto was a Colorado coal-strike prisoner reported by the Daily Worker on November 9, 1927. Its report described the named strike leaders as held incommunicado with bail denied, while miners demanded their release. An individually identified photograph places him behind bars in Las Animas County Jail. The article and photograph caption use the spelling variants Byron Kitto and Byron Kito; both refer to the individually pictured prisoner. The contemporary report establishes ongoing confinement during the coal strike. The individual arrest, admission, and release dates, total time confined, formal charge, and conviction outcome are not established by this source.
Daily Worker, November 9, 1927, PDF page 1: Colorado strike report and identified jail photograph.
