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Hyman Silkowitz

Era:1930s
State:New York
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Biography

Page 1 identifies a tailor arrested during the August 8, 1932 police attack on a rank-and-file clothing-worker demonstration at Branch Trucking Company, 308 Mercer Street. The newspaper says police singled him out for clubbing, beat him unconscious, took him to St. Vincent Hospital, then jailed him under $500 bail. Five workers were arrested; the individual allocation of the reported Sullivan-law, disorderly-conduct and razor allegations is not supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n189-NY-aug-09-1932-DW-LOC.pdf

Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 596. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.

Case

Charges: Arrest during clothing-worker demonstration; individual statutory count not identified.
Arrested: Aug 8, 1932
Sentence: Held under $500 bail following hospitalization; no posted bail, disposition or completed duration established.