Grant Dunne

Released
Date of birth:21. 06. 1893
Date of death:04. 10. 1941
Age:48† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Minnesota
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Grant Dunne

Biography

Grant Dunne was a Minneapolis labor organizer, World War I veteran, and one of the Dunne brothers associated with the 1934 truck drivers’ strikes. He was indicted on July 15, 1941 in the first Smith Act prosecution but died before the October trial began. He was never convicted or sentenced in that case, and no pretrial confinement has been found.

Photo source credit on the original image: Daily Strike Bulletin. Borders cropped from the original scan.

Case

Charges: Smith Act advocacy charge and separate seditious-conspiracy count; Minneapolis prosecution of Socialist Workers Party and Local 544-CIO defendants.
Sentence: No sentence and no documented custody; died before the October 27, 1941 trial began.
Judge: Matthew M. Joyce
Indicted: July 15, 1941.

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