Biography
Henry Brown was a Denver Federal Emergency Relief Administration striker and father of eight children. The Daily Worker of November 7, 1934 names him among fifteen strikers held on riot charges after police attacked their picket line. Brown had been shot and was also charged with assaulting an officer, with an additional $500 bond imposed. The paper reports that relief-work cuts had halved his family’s monthly income. His exact arrest date and release are unresolved; he is distinct from the later Black Liberation Army member of the same name.
Page 3's caption individually identifies this defendant in the Denver relief-strike group photograph. The December 6 report dates the police attack and arrests to October 30, says all defendants were actually out on bail and announces December 11 jury trials, defended by Thomas J. Croaff and Grover C. Johnson. Its potential six-month to two-year penalty range is not an imposed sentence. Henry Brown is identified as Englewood Colorado Workers Union president, shot by police and denied dressing of his wound for 72 hours in jail. Dietrich is described here as a Congressional candidate, differing from the earlier legislature designation. No final December outcome is inferred from this pretrial report. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n292-Nat-dec-07-DW-LOC.pdf
Page 3's December 18 Denver report individually names this defendant among six convicted in the October 30 FERA picket-line prosecution. Their sentences ranged from two to six months, with $200 fines; it does not say which person received which term. It reports nine unnamed acquittals and an ILD appeal being planned. Earlier bail liberty remains preserved; imposed terms are not completed service and the acquittals are not assigned to an assumed remainder of the photograph. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n302-Nat-dec-19-DW-LOC.pdf
