Biography
Named as Edwin Flogus in the IWW’s partial Red Special deportation-detention roster. The report says the group left Seattle February 6, 1919 and arrived at Ellis Island February 11. It individually records release from Ellis Island on 1919-03-17. This establishes actual U.S. immigration custody connected with IWW repression, not a criminal conviction or proof that deportation was ultimately carried out. Original arrest date and full detention duration unknown. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v02n06-jun-1920_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=39
Vecellio’s partial Ellis Island list prints Ed. Flogas among thirteen men reportedly released March 17, 1919 from Red Special detention. This corroborates the roster identity in context; transfer is not initial arrest and bail/release is not proof of completed deportation.
The One Big Union Monthly, May 1920, vol. 2 no. 5, PDF page 60.
