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Edward Peterson

Era:1930s
State:Wisconsin
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Biography

EdwardPeterson, Beloit YoungCommunistLeague organizer, was abducted at gunpoint Tuesday night June28,1932 while walking home from an UnemployedCouncil meeting. The June29 report says three carloads of gunmen forced him into a car and he remained missing. It attributes the action to employer and local political intimidation; no judicial charge, return or complete detention is established. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n155-jun-30-1932-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1

Case

Charges: Extrajudicial abduction of youth and unemployment organizer.
Arrested: Jun 28, 1932
Sentence: Seized June28,1932 and still missing in June29 report. No final return, imposed term or complete duration supplied.