H. F. Pruitt

H. F. Pruitt was a confessed co-conspirator who became a prosecution witness in the Burlington textile-strike dynamiting case. W. T. Couch, The Carolina Magazine, December 1935, printed pages 21-25 (PDF pages 101-105), reports that he received two years suspended with five years of good behavior and obtained work with a mill in or near Burlington. Couch alleges that four hired Pennsylvania detectives kept Pruitt, Charlie McCullom and Jerry Furlough together in an Alamance Hotel room from the Monday before the November 28 trial through its conclusion on December 4, 1934. His accusations about inducements and compromised testimony remain attributed to Couch. Pruitt's suspended sentence is not proof of a served prison term. Couch also mentions unrelated burglary and concealed-weapons proceedings; those are not added as political cases. His first name and individual custody dates remain unknown. Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Carolina_magazine_%28serial%29_%28IA_carolinamagazine65univ%29.pdf