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Frank Martin (Harlan Baptist preacher)

Full name:Frank Martin
Era:1930s
State:Kentucky
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Biography

Frank Martin, preacher at the Baptist Church of the Ages, is individually reported arrested and charged with criminal syndicalism in the May 21 Harlan dispatch during the miners’ conflict. The source does not give an exact arrest day, disposition or release. He is not merged with the separately recorded Salt Lake City relief demonstrator arrested in August 1935 without an identity bridge. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n124-NY-may-23-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1

Portelli explicitly identifies the Baptist pastor as jailed for criminal syndicalism.

Source report, PDF 702, pages 213.

Case

Charges: Criminal syndicalism during the 1931 Harlan County miners’ conflict.
Sentence: Arrest reported by May 21, 1931; individual verdict, release and complete duration unknown.