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C. Yenks

Era:1930s
State:Illinois
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Biography

C. Yenks chaired the unemployed delegates’ committee presenting demands to Governor Horner during the Springfield unemployment-insurance congress on Monday October 29, 1934. Police picked him up on the street and held him in jail. The October 31 dispatch reports that a delegation secured unconditional release of all arrested delegates and their return to the congress. First name, precise discharge day, charges and complete duration are unprinted. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n261-NY-nov-01-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2

Case

Charges: Arrest during the Springfield unemployment and social-insurance congress; statutory charge not stated.
Sentence: Held in jail and then unconditionally released with the arrested delegates; exact discharge and total custody unknown.