Biography
Eugene Connolly was arrested during the unemployed workers’ demonstration at Madison Square Park, New York, on Saturday, February 15, 1936. The Daily Worker, February 18, 1936, page 1–3, 8 reports police detention of demonstration leaders under the description “protective custody.” The continuation on page 2 individually identifies him among those arrested with Representative Vito Marcantonio and describes him as an enrolled Democrat. No final charge, verdict, exact physical release day or actual served duration is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1936/v13-n042-NY-feb-18-1936-DW-Q.pdf
