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Isidore Ashpitz

AKA: Isidore Ashpis; John Aspitz; John Auspitz
Released
Gender:Male
Era:1910s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
19 Days
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Isidore Ashpitz

Biography

Isidore Ashpitz was an International Ladies Garment Workers Union union officer detained in the prosecution arising from Herman Liebowitz’s death during the 1910 New York cloakmakers’ strike. He was acquitted at the end of the trial.

Cases

Charges: Murder accusation connected to the 1910 cloakmakers strike; May 1915 pretrial detention
Arrested: May 11, 1915
Incarcerated: May 11, 1915
Released: 1915
Prosecutor: Charles A. Perkins
Charges: First-degree murder charge; acquitted
Arrested: May 11, 1915
Incarcerated: Sep 19, 1915
Released: Oct 8, 1915
Sentence: Returned to jail September 19, 1915 for the first-degree murder trial, which began September 23. The jury acquitted him October 8, 1915. Contemporary reporting describes the five acquitted defendants leaving for home that evening. No prison sentence was imposed. This is the separate trial-custody segment after the earlier release on bail.
Prosecutor: Charles A. Perkins
Convicted: No