Biography
Printed page 3 reports that Socialist Party members Fred Siems and Martin Sherr were beaten by police while on Building Service Employees International Union strike duty at the Hunts Point apartments, 163rd Street and Hunts Point Avenue, the preceding Saturday. After notifying a firehouse of the strike, they returned to the picket line and were beaten and arrested on assault and unlawful-entry accusations. They were released on $500 bail with a Monday trial still pending. No final judgment or completed service is established. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/socialist-call/v1n06-apr-27-1935.pdf
Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 854. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.
