Biography
Evelyn Cohen was arrested Saturday, December 28, 1935 during the May’s department-store strike in Brooklyn after a fifteen-minute speech from the elevated structure opposite the shop. The account says eighteen pickets were taken into custody and brought before Magistrate Charles Solomon on December 29. Trial was scheduled December 31; no final verdict, individual physical discharge or completed duration is supplied. Daily Worker, December 30, 1935, original PDF page 3. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1935/v12-n314-NY-dec-30-DW-Q.pdf#page=3