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Fred Bedel

Era:1930s
State:Alabama
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Biography

PDF page 4 reports Black worker Fred Bedel released in the criminal-anarchy prosecution after ILD intervention; it says the judge was forced to recognize that the Southern Worker and its contents were not illegal. The printed name is retained, with no exact physical release day or completed duration supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1935/v11n01-jan-1935-orig-LD.pdf

Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 897. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.

Case

Charges: Criminal anarchy involving working-class literature.
Sentence: Release during 1934 reported; further judicial disposition and complete duration unknown.