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Charles Bradley (Harlan miner)

Full name:Charles Bradley
Era:1930s
State:Kentucky
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Biography

Charles Bradley is individually named among miners arrested on the night of May 20, 1931 on murder indictments in the Harlan County coal conflict after miners’ armed defense against company gunmen. The May 21 dispatch alleges retaliation by the coal operators’ grand jury. It names five of a stated six arrestees, leaving the sixth unidentified. No individual verdict, release or complete duration is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n124-NY-may-23-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1

Case

Charges: Murder indictment arising from the Harlan County coal-strike conflict after the Battle of Evarts.
Arrested: May 20, 1931
Sentence: Arrest reported May 20, 1931; individual verdict, physical discharge and complete custody total unknown.