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Frank Suchaczewski

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:Illinois
Support
Labor Organizing
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Biography

Frank Suchaczewski was a Progressive miner of Westville, Vermilion County, Illinois, jailed in early 1938 and charged under the Illinois criminal-syndicalism law after a vigilante campaign by the American Legion and the 'American Patriotic Club' against the striking miners of the Danville coalfields. The International Labor Defense fought the case as a frame-up, and it was referred to the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee.

Case

Charges: Charged under the Illinois criminal-syndicalism law in a vigilante frame-up of striking miners.
Arrested: January 1938
Sentence: Jailed awaiting trial.
Convicted: Jailed, 1938