Biography
George Humon was a labor educator and former editor of Industrialisti, the Finnish-language newspaper associated with the Industrial Workers of the World in Duluth, Minnesota. He was arrested on January 20, 1920, in a criminal-syndicalism prosecution involving the paper. The One Big Union Monthly reported that the charge against him was dismissed at the opening of the March trial because he was no longer connected with the newspaper. A cultural-resources report prepared for the City of Duluth independently identifies him as a former editor working at the Work People's College in Smithville when the January raid occurred. The 1921 book Workers' Education lists him as the college's principal.
The Duluth report individually says the case against Humon was dismissed at the beginning of the March 23–26 trial because he had no connection with the newspaper. That dismissal is not a conviction, imposed sentence or necessarily a physical-release date.
The One Big Union Monthly, June 1920, vol. 2 no. 6, PDF page 39.
