Biography
Dan Klein was one of four May’s Department Store strikers arrested December 28, 1935 and tried on rioting charges in Kings County Court, Part 1, before Judge Brancato. The May 12 report says trial began the previous day, with one juror selected and adjournment until Wednesday. It also reports separate assault charges against Small and Morris; it gives no verdict, jail admission or precise release. No maximum possible punishment is counted as time served. Daily Worker, May 12, 1936, page 4. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1936/v13-n114-NY-May-12-1936-DW-Q.pdf
Page 4 announces a May 11 trial with Joe Dazzo in Special Sessions Court of Kings County, Part One, for inciting to riot in the May’s strike. Sid Morris and Jack Small also faced assault counts. It describes ILD opposition to District Attorney William F. X. Geoghan’s attempted conspiracy prosecutions and replacement coercion cases. The announcement is a scheduled proceeding, not a verdict or discharge; the separately reported actual May 11 opening remains intact. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1936/v13-n111-NY-May-08-1936-DW-Q.pdf
Daily Worker, May 8, 1936; relevant page stated in the accompanying profile note.
Named among four May’s Department Store pickets whose inciting-to-riot trial was continuing in Kings County after jury selection. The issue expands the printed names Daniel Klein and Sidney Morris. It gives no completed verdict, new jail admission or release.
